@Lia *********

I know there will be a problem 😕

The rules are clear 🙁 In fact, you signed a form stating it when you were at the immigration office (even if you didn't know you signed it)

in Bangkok they make you hold up the paper and take a picture of you holding it so IF you say you didn't know next year they can show you 😮

This is the english translation of the rule

note; there is nothing in the rules saying you can't move the funds to a new account, and there is nothing saying you have to do it in 'chunks', I was suggesting that so you don't run afoul of any seasoning requirement or have an over zealous officer go thru the banking stuff with a fine tooth comb looking for a problem

I would say you'd move the money in 'chunks' so that 400K baht was always in one account or the other 🙂 AND don't do any moving of funds during the 2 months before an extension is due OR the 3 months after it's granted <- when you're required to have 800K baht in the account.

After that (when you only need to have a balance of 400K), move the money in two steps, 400K at a time would be the safest 🙂

The next year you would need a print out of the old account statement and the new account statement to show the money trail, but you should be able to do it no issues other than that

and yet again, another thread devolved into the "4 months frozen account" bangkok bank ONLY conversation.

People that has NOTHING to do with visa advice, it's a bank policy

We are done, best of luck to the O/P

@Pat *******

You're confusing a Bangkok Bank banking policy with the seasoning requirements for bank money method on a retirement extension.

Those are two completely different things entirely.

Only Bangkok Bank has that wacky 4 month frozen funds policy..

To get a year extension based on retirement using banked money method there is no requirement that the funds come from abroad.

You need to have the funds in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply for the year extension, the funds need to stay in the account for 3 months after the extension is granted and then the balance can't go below 400k baht the rest of the year.

The documentation you need from the bank is a 3 month detail transaction report (statement), the 'standard bank letter' (stating your name, account, date and balance the day the letter was written) and then update the bank book the date you apply for the extension

Also one other thing, even if you were on a visa/extension that requires 90 day reporting but you didn't do it and left the country, the officers at passport control whose job is to stamp you in/out of the country don't care in the least if you EVER filed a 90 day report.

You wouldn't be fined on exiting the country even if you were required to file but didn't do one

How about you start out with saying what stamp you entered thailand on? 🙂

You only do 90 day reports IF you're on a visa/extension that requires it, AND your first 90 day report has to be done in person (which is why IF you were required to file one it was rejected)

Another factor is, even if you are on a visa/extension that requires 90 day reporting seeing as you're leaving ON the 90th day you do not have to report

I'll explain how it works (or how it should work) and you can make your own decision

You go to a country, apply online, upload the required documents, pay and then you wait in that country until the visa is approved.

There is nothing specifically in the rules that prohibits you being in the country whose consulate you're using, applying, then returning to thailand

BUT

with that being said keep in mind some consulates will send you a request for additional documents and want copies of all the pages of your passport (blank pages too) just to check to see if you went back to thailand.

As a rule they're approving standard visas (Non-O, Non-B, Non-ED, Tourist) pretty fast at most consulates in S/E Asia, so I would doubt you'd be there more than 3 or 4 days.

The other problem you might face is getting back in free stamp 60 day visa exempt when you come back without a visa. Depending on your previous entry/stay history you could be pulled aside questioned, and/or denied entry at the discretion of the officer you're standing in front of when you go to stamp back in free stamp.

I'm not trying to scare monger, I'm explaining the very real risks you run in doing what you're asking about. It could work fine, or it could run you right off the rails. That's a decision you have to decide on your own, and no one on this group can tell you what you should do.

how long do you get in Vietnam when you go there? Most of those visas are approved pretty quickly, (certainly in under 5 working days)

So you're currently on an extension based on banked money method AND you're going to apply for a new yearly extension using the same proof of funds (banked money method) when your extension comes in Feb 2026.

BUT

In Jan you're going to start transferring in a minimum of 65K baht a month, each month, every month for the next 12 months so you can apply for the following year extension using monthly income by international transfer method.

So in that situation it will work like this

For the extension you will apply for in Jan/Feb 2026 using banked money method you will have to keep the 800K baht in the account for 3 months after that extension is granted and then for the remainder of the year you can't let the balance go below 400K baht because that is the seasoning requirements for banked money method

AND

you will need to be transferring in the 65K baht a month so you can use monthly income for the following year