@Simon ******

you are 100% not correct, 🙁 doesn't depend on the bank at all, they don't set visa regulations, immigrations does

This is how it works

If you are using monthly income via transfer method for a retirement extension the requirement is you transfer in a minimum of 65K baht a month from abroad into a thai bank account in your name only, each month, every month for the previous 12 months,

There is abso-tively, posi-lutely ZERO obligation to keep even a baht of that transferred money in your account once it credits.

You only show a year of incoming monthly transfers to get your next extension NOT any required balance on the account

Whether you even do a 90 day report or not depends on the visa/extension you're on while you're here

Now if you're on a long term visa/extension where you are obligated to do a 90 day report it works like this

If you're in the country for 90 continuous days you are obligated to file a 90 day report. You can file a 90 day report in person from 2 weeks before until 1 week after your due date.

HOWEVER

If you leave the country before the 90th day, the "count down clock" stops when you stamp out and when you return to thailand your NEXT 90 day report would be due 89 days from the date you stamp in, (the day you stamp in is day one) 🙂

@Paul ***********

you can use monthly income method for your initial in country Non-O visa or the first year extension ONLY if you come from a country whose embassy still issues the affidavit of income from abroad notary letter.

Otherwise you have to have the minimum amount transferred in from abroad to a thai bank account in your name, each month, every month for the previous 12 months

and

you have to be on the same visa/extension when you do the transfers.

What that means is you couldn't start transferring funds in, live here on free stamps, etc for a year then try to apply for the in country Non-O or yearly extension because those previous transfers were done when you were on another entry type and don't count 😕

initial 90 day Non-O visa/first year extension if you're from a country that doesn't issue the income affidavit here can be by banked money method only

Yep, no requirement to keep that money in the bank at all,

You just show it is transferred in from abroad, each month, every month, for the previous 12 months before you apply for your extension.

@George ********

usually it's a full body shot of you and your Thai wife in front of the address numbers where you live, one or two shots of you sitting on the sofa in the living room, one or two shots of you sitting/standing in the kitchen, and that's about it

again check with your office to make sure you get it right the first time..

@George ********

it's so immigration office specific you need to ask your office how many they want, how they want them oriented, what size, where they should be taken,

Some offices let you upload images and print them a few per A4 paper, others want real printed photos on photo paper that you print out, they pick what they want and you stuck them on A4 paper at the immigration office

And as you can see

@Jeffrey ******

it comes down to personal preference as far as what one you want to be on extension wise.

I thank everyone who weighed in with their 2 satang worth of opinion, and hopefully the O/P can make an educated decision

Best of luck to them, we are done

@Steve ********

that is indeed another advantage

You get granted extensions a year at a time, so every year is a NEW application; requiring all new documentation,

That means, passport copies, lease/TM30, wife's i/d house book copies, marriage document copies, updated Kor Ror 2, map, new photos, new TM7 application form.

Everything needs to be all done again for the next yearly application

copies of

her Non-B visa,

her extension of stay,

her most recent entry stamp to thailand,

her passport data page

a filled out TM8 application for re-entry

and

a passport sized photo.