@Lianne *******

No you don't have to go to an office, you can do it by mail. Send in the form 14 days before the due date. Enclose a SAE and they'll send back the notification

@George ******

Correct. There are three methods, all of which add up to 800k

(1) 800k lump sum

(2) 400k lump sum + 40K/month

(3) Zero lump sum + 65k/month

Both (2) and (3) don't add up exactly to 800k, but this is one of those nuances of immigration which seems to work

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

You're talking to an Aussie here. You obviously don't know how Aussie super works. After age 60 all super investment earnings are Tax Free, and my particular fund pays around 10-11% per annum tax free. If you think that the 1% (taxable) you'd get from a Thai bank account is "not much interest to lose" remind me never to ask you for financial advice! On 800k I'm getting 84,000 baht interest tax free, as against the 8,000 baht interest taxable I'd get from a Thai bank account. Not much difference? Yeah, right,!

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

If you say so! I've never been silly enough to tie up for months or whatever, I've always used the 65k transfer. Why would you recirculate? Don't you need money to live on anyway? Sometimes I just don't understand the advice being given in this group!

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

Sorry, no idea what the relevance is. I'm talking about 65k international transfers. You can spend it as soon as you get it

@Ken ******

The 65k you can spend as soon as it is registered in your Thai bank account

@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?