@Matt ******

just file a California return on the income. You're getting from that property and only play Calfornia tax on that income.

@Brandon ***********

I helped Bangkok Bank figure out that they had locked my account by getting the code they had to issued wise as a reason for refusing my monthly transfer. once I told them that Wise was given a R02 code when my monthly deposit was refused, the Bangkok Bank phone representative told me to come to the original branch with passport, Visa, and bank book.

@Pete ******************

they do not know what they are doing. they did not even know they had locked my account I'm talking about customer service representatives on the phone. It is pure chaos at that bank now if you are a foreigner

@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?