@Chip *******

correct (y) you have to do that first yearly extension with banked money method (the 800K), keep the seasoning requirements on that extension (800K baht in the bank for 3 months after and then not below 400K the rest of the year) AND you have to also transfer in a minimum of 65K baht a month, each month, every month for the next 12 months before your following extension comes due

You'll be able to fly in, and using a service get out and back on another entry, BUT doing it yourself (trying to border bounce) can often end up not working out that well

@Gary *********

no one is buying tourist visas because most everyone gets in for 60 days FREE stamp on the visa exempt entry program

you're not gonna live here on free 60 day (soon to be 30 day) entry stamps 🙁

Sooner or later you'll get pulled aside and asked WTH you think you're doing trying to live here on free stamp entries. Then you'll be 'encouraged' to get a visa to stay here OR denied entry outright.

It is not, 🙂 There is no requirement that you bring any funds in to the country every month if you are using banked money method to meet the proof of funds

These are the two ways you can meet the proof of funds for a "retirement visa" (Non-O/Extension)

- 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱

bank 800K baht in a thai bank account in your name only for the requisite time (2 months before you apply for the extension, the funds stay in the account 3 months after the extension is granted and then the balance can't go below 400K the rest of the year)

- 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱

transfer in to a thai bank account in your name only from abroad a minimum of 65K baht per month, each month, every month for the previous 12 months before you apply for your yearly extension

OR

get a letter from your embassy here in thailand stating you have that income in your country (US, UK, Australia and Canada all stopped issuing that letter)

With over 90 countries getting stamped in FREE stamp for 60 days on the visa exempt program I am doubtful you're talking about a real 60 day tourist visa entry <- from a visa you buy from a thai consulate before you come here 😕

If you're here on a 60 day free stamp and you leave, that stamp cancels when you exit, and when you come back you'd get stamped in for a NEW 60 day free entry stamp

the 30 day extension has nothing to do with it, when you stamp out of thailand the 60 day stamp you arrived on cancels. Then you get a new one when you come back to thailand

Totally could be two separate accounts, BUT on the fixed or term deposit account you have to have access to the funds all the time. It can't be "locked" for the term of the deposit (don't think not being able to get at it thru an ATM or an app is a problem as long as you can walk into a branch and get to the funds)

AND

I sure wouldn't move all of it at once into that account either (but that's just me) I'd wait the 3 months after my extension was granted so that I met the 3 month seasoning requirement rule, THEN move 400K of the money to the term account and after that deposited move the rest, that way you have 400K baht (the required minimum) in at least ONE account continually so that they can't say you broke the "chain" of the funds

Should have no issue at all doing that and dumping the 65K baht a month into the other account each month, every month for the next 12 months before you apply for the following year extension

You're confusing two very different things a VISA & an extension of stay

If you had a year-long, multi-entry Non-O VISA <- the kind that you bounce out/back every 90 days on you'd have to wait for that visa itself to expire before you could apply for a new type of visa (the DTV)

BUT

You don't have a visa at all, you have a yearly extension of stay from an immigration office based on marriage to a thai AND a re-entry permit

That's a completely different "animal" and you can go apply for a new VISA while on an extension even when that extension is still valid

There is no issue at all and as I said you're confusing the difference between a real visa from an embassy and an extension of stay from immigrations

You can't cancel your multi-entry permit, it's not needed at all and there's no need to waste your time or the people at passport control at the airport about it. Just stamp out, go to Cambodia apply online for the eVisa (remember to upload the cambodian visa and arrival stamp to PROVE you're in cambodia when you apply) and you'll be fine

@Arthur *******

I just said I didn't recall people being asked to show proof of funds (the 500K baht banked) when they stamp IN

No matter what it says on the TM7 application for extension form as a general rule at ALL immigration offices

IF they accept your documentation, take your 1900baht & get a receipt you'll get the extension

They will just turn you away at the "document check" phase of the application for extension process.

report back on how it goes. So few people actually get the in country extensions, because of the hoops the offices require people to jump thru to get them..

The process works exactly as I outlined it AND remember just because you stamp OUT of thailand on an extension or even if it runs out while you're out of the country that doesn't officially cancel it

If you are on an extension based on employment you need to go to the immigration office that issued that extension and cancel it BEFORE you leave the country.

This is the process

1 - Cancel the current extension of stay

2 - leave the country on that passport

3 - re-enter the country (by AIR) on the new passport free stamp entry

4 - get the 800K baht in a thai bank account in your name only

5 - apply first for the 90 day Non-O visa for 2000baht at the immigration office where you live

***wait the require under review period

6 - go back get the Non-O visa and new 90 day stamp inked in

***wait until the 800K baht is seasoned 2 months and you have 30 days or less left on that 90 day stamp

7 - go to the immigration office and apply for a year extension for 1900baht

As a rule most offices issue extensions based on retirement the same day you apply for them, so once you get the year extension inked IF you are going to travel make sure you buy a re-entry permit