@Jacob *******

for the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement visa, you need money in any bank account in any country as long as you can prove it is in your sole name. However for the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit based on retirement, that money must be in a Thai bank account in your sole name. Only when you apply for a 365-days Non-Imm-O/A Longstay visa, the money can be in a bank account anywhere, in your sole name, But when you go from this O/A visa to the Extension of Stay, Immigration wants to see these 800,000 THB in a Thai bank account

@Terrence **********

and I think Albania does so as well . . an American buddy of mine lives in Albania, they make a longstay easy for elderly people, and the living costs are very inexpensive.

@Simon ******

maybe the London Embassy wants to see a 90-days health insurance from applicants to a 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa. Have you applied for it before, or do you happen to know people that have been asked for such an insurance when they applied? As you see, all visa applications outside of Thailand come with the footnote, that an embassy or consulate is free to ask you for extra documents and even might set up extra requirements

@Simon ******

that's not fully true . . . . . . The 90-days Non-Imm-O doesn't require any health insurance, regardless if you apply it in your home country, another country or on Immigration inside Thailand. . . . . . However I can assure you that there are SOME Thai embassies that require you to show a health insurance for 90 days (starting on the day of your intended departure to Thailand) when you apply for a 90-days single entry Non-Imm-O retirement visa. . . . . maybe you were referring to such an embassy rule (which actually SOME embassies pull out of their noses, because this mandatory 90 days insurance is not a an official part of the requirements for obtaining the Non-imm- O retirement visa)

@Eric *******

. . so, you have spent years to learn about the Thai retirement visa and how can be achieved inside Thailand, but then post a comment that holds a big mistake

“I have been researching retirement Visa in Thailand for several years and now am here. Multiple websites, chat groups, and official Thai immigration websites mention depositing 800K Baht and having it “mature” for 60 days prior to being approved for Visa.”

These words are wrong : “and having it “mature” for 60 days prior to being approved for Visa” . . it must say: "prior to being able to apply for the 1-year extended stay permit (NOT for a visa!)

*** if you want to apply for the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa on Immigration inside Thailand by the so called “change of visa type”, you first need a Thai bank account with a minimum of 800,000 THB sitting in it, in order to be able to apply for the visa

There is no maturing period needed for this application. The 800K just need to sit in the account and you need a proof that this money came from abroad

The crucial point – and that’s where your bad luck starts – is that since February 2025, governing banking rules have tightened, and you are no longer able to open a Thai bank account on a tourist visa or on a visa-exempt entry

You need a 90-days Non-Imm-Visaclass to be able to open a Thai bank account. Which means – you need to apply for your visa BEFORE you wing your way to Thailand

***before February 2025, when you were still able to get a Thai bank account opened on a touristic visa, with the help of an agent, after you had been issued a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa on Immigration, you had to let the 800,000 THB season in your Thai bank account for 60 days. So anytime from up to 30 days before the 90-days stay permit of the Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa, you could then apply for the “1-year extended stay permit”

The wording “having it matured for 60 days prior to apply for the Visa” is totally off, because at this point, you don’t apply for the visa, you will be applying for the “extension of temporary stay permit”, Which many people wrongly call “retirement visa”, which but is not a visa at all. It is a stay permit, and stay permits are not visas

You are a few months too late – by last year, you were still able to open a bank account on any visa, even on a visa-exempt entry. Sorry to have to explain it again. Brandon put the explanation into nice words for you, no need to put any blame on him

@Ho *****

yes, in the USA, if you put 24,000 USD into a fixed term account, it might earn up to 5% - 6% interest every year.

@Dean ********

the financial proof for the 1-year Extension of Stay is 65,000 THB, not 56,000 THB. You need a bank statement over 12 consecutive months of money transfers coming in from abroad to fulfill the requirements of the Immigration every year, because your embassy does not issue an income affidavit

@Colin ********

yes, but what I said is, the visa is only good for ONE entry (single entry visa class) so the visa itself will become invalid for further use after he entered Thailand. He then is in Thailand on a "90-days stay permit", and this stay permit can get extended for one year, if he fulfills the requirements. A visa cannot get extended. Buriram Immigration now uses the correct terminology, they don't "extend visas" any more. They fully correctly only extend "stay permits" 😎

the 3-month visa VALIDITY starts to count on the date of issue. The 90-days STAY PERMIT starts the day you enter Thailand. The visa must be used within the period of the validity, and it will become invalid upon entry

@Jesper ******

there is only one thing that starts to count when he enters Thailand, and this is not the visa. When he enters, he will receive a 90-days stay permit, and the visa itself will become invalid