@Tommy ************

I use the Colonel across from the immigration station in Chiang mai. Good Luck!

You do know that there are agents that will file the 90-day reports for you for one year for $1,500 baht, yes?

I thought in that situation you could do all of the proof of financial competency through the embassy of the country you got the OA visa from.

do you want to have a stress-free Visa renewal?  keep the money in the account and during the 12 months of your first visa, deposit ฿65,000 into your thai bank account  moving yourself over to the monthly deposits category.

@David *********

yes and no. I find a hard time spending $2,000 USD a month in Thailand so I just left the money accumulate

It was easy to deposit the 800,000b in a Thai bank which eliminated The need to buy private medical insurance which gets canceled the moment you start using it, what a waste of money! Once the money is deposited in the bank then you can start adding $65,000 baht or about $2,000 USD a month into the same account. When you've put in 12 deposits, in the second year you can qualify for the income method. Overall much cheaper!

when was the last time you bought lunch for a $1.50 at a restaurant?

You do realize the intention is for you to participate in the economy. that means spending thousands of dollars. if it's your intention to spend nothing and say that you are constantly taking cooking classes, good luck! you'll just fly into the country one time and they'll go show us all your cooking classes and you'll say I am not taking any and then they'll say go back to your country! NOW, sounds like fun ☺️

get on Google maps, search for Visa agents, call them all until you find somebody that says they can open you an account. Good luck!

@Johnny ********

Good stay where you are!