@Ken **********

The 12-month extension you can do on the day the 90-day expires, although I wouldn't advise it in case there's a hiccup

@Ken ******

You have to have 12 months worth of 65k international transfers to demonstrate this criteria, but yes you can most certainly use this method. The beauty is, you can spend the 65k the minute after it registers in your Thai bank account. The 800k is effectively untouchable

@Jan *****************

My point is the so-called "experts" are continually pushing the "it can't be done" barrow basing their beliefs on provincial immigration offices, and then reverting to "the only way to avoid the 800k is to use an agent". How about the "experts" try to actually help people seeking advice, and suggest they "move" to Bangkok for a couple of weeks in order to obtain their visa using the 65k method and not having to pay bribes?

@Brandon ***********

Pretty well set in stone in Bangkok. They have the handout which specifies what you can do. I wonder why these visa advice groups exist if the answer to everything is "it's up to the immigration officer on the day". For some reason this and the other group owned by a Thai visa agency always get their mods to push the "you can't do it" agenda, which is totally wrong, but I guess if it's going to cost your bosses 30,000 baht a time, it's pretty obvious why you spread the misinformation and then hide behind the "every office is different" facade. Why not just be helpful with the advice?

@Brandon ***********

So you think the official handout from immigration is wrong too? Hmmmm. When my buddy first found the "hack" in the system of getting onto 65k transfers without the 800k lump sum, he described his strategy on the "other" group and one of the mods there booted him for "spreading misleading information". But funnily enough, Tod Daniels actually went to CW to enquire if this actually happened and they confirmed it could be done. However the "other group" (also owned by an Agent) didn't like my friend possibly cutting into their business. I know now of two others plus myself who have carried out this process, it has nothing to do with "the officer you talk to" or "the day of the week". What is clear however, is the mods in this group don't like being wrong 👍✅

@Jan *****************

So because you haven't seen something, you're happy telling people it doesn't exist? There are other immigration offices other than Chiang Mai. If people want to avoid the 800k trap, perhaps they should just stay in Bangkok for a few days whilst they carry out the transaction? Or perhaps as this group is owned by an agent, it suits you to push people down the agent path?

@Jan *****************

So this published immigration handout is wrong, but you're right? 😂

@Jan *****************

Actually you're wrong. It's in the requirements for obtaining the non-O visa in-country, although the stipulation is a total of 800k, whereas 12x65k adds up to 780k, but it appears they overlook this when issuing the visa

Parliament votes on it in January. Will probably include the 300 baht tourist tax, so expect introduction in February

Still must do TM47 form and TM30 form