If your school has never done this before... Their personnel have a steep grade ahead

Your school administration should be handling that

Hmmmm

Non O normally has a reason - marriage, retirement, volunteer and other. So which is it that you have?

And I think the discussion involved an American - actually I got lost in the discussion :)

I didn't mean to exclude other nations - just an oversight

Terminology:

Inside Thailand: 90 day O Visa to be used for an Extension of Stay and the actual Extension of Stay

1. Cash in the Bank Method 800,000 THB.

2 month seasoning 1st time, 3 month seasoning second and third time, etc.

2. Income Method - for Americans requires only the Income Affidavit (Embassy Income Letter). Most Thai Imm Offices accept at face value without bank records - some don't.

Non Imm O-A - obtained at a Thai Embassy / Consulate in the Home country. Must have Equivalent of 800,000 THB* in a Home Country bank.

I wrote this because the above back and forth is very confusing.

*certain investment might be able to be substituted for a bank cash account

Bangkok Bank New York is a routing conduit only - money goes through there - not to there. And AFAIK... Only Bangkok Bank Branches can receive money in Thailand via that routing method. Other banks would have to use a Swift code.

In my opinion - Nothing in the actions of the Thai Government over the past 4 years should cause anyone to believe that any sort of Visa will be devised or issued to make it possible for people under age 50 to stay in Thailand for long periods of time. In fact the opposite is true - almost every change has been to make it more restrictive for under age 50

Most of the misinformation was put out by Visa Agencies - I think knowingly put out falsely just to entice people to use their visa services.