@Johnny ********

Good stay where you are!

@Nick ***********

Wrong! I use Wise and BB every month for my 65k. Just did a transfer from US a week ago

I just did it in September. Sounds like you want to avoid unproductive use of the money when that is the whole purpose of this system is showing the Thai government you have enough resources to not miss 800k baht for a year. There are rules that allow you to pull the money out for a few months and then put it back, of course if you are one day off they will cancel your retirement visa. The choice is yours. Call a bunch of highly rated visa agents in the city you will be returning to to for 90 day stay and annual renewals and see who has the connections to get the bank account open. I did the rest of the paperwork myself. Good luck!

I completed the paperwork for the long term visa in a couple weeks and now have a long term visa that does not require health insurance. The choice is yours 😊

@Stuart **********

I disagree, I opened a bank account with an agent. Some agents can open bank accounts with a residency certificate and a tourist visa. Others cannot. Get on google maps, search for visa agents until you find one who says they can open an account now and get the price

go to a Visa agent and ask that question

I use wise to send money to my bank account in Thailand from my bank account in US

your ability to stay in the country depends on your having a perfect record of 800,000 baht or more. how critical is that money to you? why would you monkey around with your right to stay in Thailand? I have three accounts one that I bring overseas money into, a second that extra money goes into that I do not allowed to be accessed for small purchases and a third which is my daily scan account that I used to pay bills and transportation expenses etc

I just did mine through Chiang Mai with a 6-month no problems.

It is my understanding that you are not able to use the monthly income method under a marriage visa. as a retired visa recipient I can transfer $65,000 baht a month from overseas and do not have to keep $800,000 baht in the bank. since I'm going to use about that much a month for expenses anyway to me this is better than having a dead 800,000 in a bank account. You are not allowed to have that $800,000 restricted in any way which limits you to non-interest bearing accounts. Good luck!