As a rule there's no issue leaving during an under consideration stamp although when you apply for the extension let them know you'll be leaving in case they decide to do a home visit so you can coordinate it with them

AND

As James said, make sure you get a re-entry permit (which will be valid only for that u/c stamp) 🙂

As you see other than the Nong Khai/Vientiane crossing (1st Friendship Bridge) this is only in effect at these airports; Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Pakse

I got a report today that someone went to the Thai consulate in Savannakhet showed 3 months worth of bank statements but only had deposited the 400k a few days before he went for the visa.

He was approved, so while it appears they do require a 3-month bank statement they do not necessarily require the 400k to be in the bank for those three months

You're getting way ahead of yourself.

If you get an OA Visa in your country before you come here, you'll get stamped in for a year (or as long as your insurance is valid for up to a year) when you show up .

The next year before the Visa itself expires, if you get a new year of insurance and you exit reenter the country you will get another year went stamp.

Most people get almost 2 years of stay out of an OA Visa that is valid for one year.

You wouldn't need to start transferring money in until the beginning of that 'second year' so that you could use monthly income by transfer method for proof of funds, get a year's worth of the mandatory insurance and apply for an in-country yearly extension at your immigration office.

My advice to you, just get the OA visa, come into the country get the year entry stamp and don't get caught up in what you need to do for your first yearly extension which of you work that OA visa right will be your 3rd year in Thailand

@Christer *********

shouldn't be a problem but immigrations have been know to give people a hard time who move the money to a new account, same bank or different bank doesn't matter to them

if you're moving it to another bank and will still use the funds to meet proof of funds for your extension

@George ********

how about just do it like I suggested and move 400k at a time, 🙂

If this is for the visa application itself I would put the departure city from your country that you're leaving from seeing as you have to be in your country when you apply for the Visa that's where you'd be leaving from once you get it.

If this is just for that tdac arrival card online program, they don't care, put whatever you want.

As far as the conundrum that you can only upload one file, use a search engine and search for file combiner online so that you can combine all the jpegs into one file and upload it in the required spot.

There is another thread on this group that just asked the same question recently so see if you can't find it. I'm not at the PC so I can't link to it.

There's nothing to prohibit you from moving to another bank account however with that being said, I would move it in 400k increments so that you keep the seasoning requirements at one bank until you get that same amount in the next bank and then move the balance over.

There's nothing in the rules that says you have to do this, but I always err on the side of caution..

The other thread got closed down because it devolved into a how can you move money into thailand, what about the Bangkok Bank 4 month frozen account policy they recently implemented.

None of those things had anything to do with visa advice so let's not let this thread turn into that.

Remember the seasoning of funds for banked money method retirement extension is:

You need 800k in a Thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply for the extension

The 800k stays in the bank account for 3 months after the extension is granted

Then the balance can never go below 400k the rest of the year.

Nope, that is most definitely NOT possible 😮

Unless I'm mistaken, neither Vientiane or Savannakhet ever offered the year-long, multi-entry Non-O based on raising a thai child, 🙁 Didn't matter whether you had the 400K in a bank or not. That wasn't a category of Non-O visa they issued in year long/multiple entry.

When those two consulates went to the online eVisa system (like every thai consulate in the world is on now) the year long/multi-entry options were discontinued for Non-O visas based on retirement/marriage/raising thai kids.

You can get a 90 day single entry from them, by going to the eVisa online website and reading the requirements, going to Lao, applying by uploading proof you're in Lao (visa/entry stamp), the required documents, submit it online, get the confirmation emailed to you, then print that and take it to the consulate to pay the 2000baht in person.

There's no thai consulate in the world that issued year/multi-Non-O's anymore.. You can get that 90 day single entry, then take the one 60 day visit thai family extension at the immigration office where you live. That'd buy you 5 months if you can't meet the requirements to get the in country yearly extension.

The current 90 day non b isn't a problem, it cancels even you stamp out of the country.

Now whether you can get the 90 day non-o based on thai child with a 3 month bank statement where it shows the 400k hasn't been in the account the whole three months is anyone's guess.

Seeing as they only issue single entry non o up there (for any reason), and before they went online you only need to show 400k in your account when you applied, it might work

OR

It might not and you'd be out the 2000 baht application fee. Good thing is, at both Vientiane and Savannakhet you have to go in person to the consulate to pay, so it'd give you a chance to ask them when you're there, and if it wouldn't work you could just not pay and let the app cancel....