I'm doing this right now

Others say I can come on the normal visa (60 day tourist visa) then once there I can convert to the non immigration O visa then convert to the 1 year retirement visa.

@Tim ********

they are over worked as well

@Ken **********

immigration officer he is the person who you talk too in side immigration office

@Ken **********

90 day then non o then pictures then tm30 then bank letter and held my hand the whole way

@Edward *****

yes

I walked into immigration..took care of me. Pay 6000 baht all said and done .. I had already 800,000 baht in bank, took pictures for me and everything,residency permit for tm30 and went too bank all verified funds immigration stamp everything.. in and out under 1 hour he call me 90 days or so...or I call him

O visa Based on retirement

@Jan *****************

yes yes

@John *********

yes I leave here in 3 days to fly to thailand it is the current rule Anything under 10k does not need to be declared anything over 10k needs to be cleared.An authorized

What if I was in country in April for 2 weeks and managed to open my banking account and the funds have been transferred over the last 4 months . can I move past the seasoning time needed for the money because it's been in bank for 4 months already ???

@John *********

anything over 10,000 k you must fill out forms and declare it