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Tod *********
Nope you cannot,

It says right on the landing page after you log in that data is available for recall for 7 days after you enter it 😕
Tod *********
No problem doing it yourself, you don't need an agent, you need a good bit of patience, but you certainly don't need to speak a word of thai (few foreigners who get visas actually do 😛 )

You will first be applying for a 90 day Non-O visa based on being over 50 (retirement). To do that you need to have 800K baht in a thai bank account in your name only and at least in bangkok you have to prove the funds were transferred in from abroad

You need a minimum of 2 weeks left on your current 60 day free entry stamp or 60 day tourist visa to apply for the 90 day Non-O visa at the immigration office because the application goes under review for 2 weeks before you go back to get the Non-O visa and new 90 day stamp inked in

You should go to your immigration office and get the hand out listing the requirements, (TM30, lease, bank letter, copies, etc) so you can get them together and apply
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@Johnny *******
seeing as you are already ON a yearly extension of stay there should be no issue at all as long as you can show incoming 65K baht a month, each month, every month for the previous 12 months to a thai bank account in your name only from abroad.

There's no issue changing from "embassy letter" to monthly income method for the following year.

You just have to make sure you don't skip a month, that will run you off the rails for sure 🙂
Tod *********
you're out nothing by trying it
@John *********
but it appears that it doesn't work, several people have tried it and were told you have to be on a visa/extension of the same type for the previous 12 months before you can use monthly income. <- meaning just becuase you transferred the funds in for the previous year, IF you weren't on the "marriage visa" while doing it they won't accept it as proof of funds
Tod *********
You can show monthly income to get the initial 90 day Non-O visa based on marriage at the embassy in your country before you wing your way bere BUT

You will not be able to use monthly income method to get the first yearly extension on that 90 day entry after you get here..

The US/UK/Aussie embassies all stopped affidavit of income from abroad letters back at the end of 2018 (so this isn't a new thing by any means)

What that means for people from those countries is IF they want to use monthly income method to meet proof of funds for visa/extensions they have to transfer in to a thai bank account in their name only the required minimum (for marriage 40kbaht a month), each month, every month for the previous 12 months before you apply for the extension <- you see how that rules out using monthly income by transfer for the first year extension 😕
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@Paul ******
there have been reports of people being told when they went to scan their passport in to stamp in that they didn't file the TDAC and then they were directed to the Kiosks to file one

Just telling someone you'd done it isn't gonna cut much ice I would wager
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@Ian *******
a return flight is NOT required , they are not mandatory fields

and you can select your reason for staying as OTHER and write Retirement in the box 🙂

you sure you didn't file it without even knowing ?
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@Paul ******
you would hope that all the entry points to thailand are on the same data base 😛
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@Umberto **********
I wouldn't trust AI about anything to do with thai entry/visa/extension information

You need to contact a service in your area that runs to the border and see what they say about using Ranong to bounce out off a 60 day free stamp and re-enter on an eVisa Non-B