well, if you enter Thailand with a tourist visa and want to apply for the "change of visa type" to a 90-days Non-imm-O Retirement visa on Immigration, you will need a minimum of 800,000.- THB in a Thai bank account in your sole name on the day of your application. The money must just sit there, and you must show a proof that it came from abroad, and seasoning is not required at this point. You will then receive the 90-days Non-Imm-O visa (it will15 days "under consideration" first). Now after 60 days have passed, or from up 30 days before the 90 days will expire, and the money has seasoned in the account for two months, you will need the "bank letter of guarantee" (rab roong thanakan) confirming the seasoning period. You must then apply for the "1-year Extension of Stay Permit". After having issued the extension, a minimum of 800K must remain in the account for three months, some Immigrations will ask you to come back after three months showing an updated bankbook. For the rest of the year the funds should never fall below 400,000.- THB. And two months before you need to apply for the next "1-year Extension of Stay", the funds must again be over 800,000.- THB . . . . . . . . .NOTE: this is NOT valid for the Immigration Pattaya, because THEY require a two months seasoning not only for the application to the "extension", but already for the "change" from the tourist visa to the 90-days Non-Imm-O visa

@Ruth ******

I don't recommend doing the "change" from a 30 days visa exempt to a "90 days Non-Imm-O retirement visa" in Pattaya, because they ask for a two-months seasoning of the 800,000.- THB, already on the day of the application for the visa. Which in most cases is NOT doable if the applicant has to open a bank account first

@Matthew *******

it must be noted that if the inheritance includes a bank account, a Thai Last Will is not the final say in the matter. The Thai Last Will must then be presented to a Thai court, and only after a court decision, the bank account can be taken over by the beneficiary of the Last Will. This process can last for 6 months or longer

@John *********

yes, Jomtien - as until now the ONLY immigration office - wants it seasoned. However Jomtien will not ask for a proof that it came from abroad. At least this was the last info about it, in the Thai Visa Advice group

bank account, visit

@Stefan *******

in Pattaya, it is somewhat like 5000.- THB for an account at any Thai bank, on tourist visa no problem. No insurance scam

@Eddie *******

the money just has to sit in the account for the "change of visa type". There must be proof it came from abroad. Only when applying for the extension, the seasoning has to be 2 months

@Chris ******

"if you qualify" hopefully means that you don't need an agent to front you in not having the 800,000.- THB, but that you can transfer your own 800.000.- THB from abroad to your freshly opened Thai bank account . . .. . NEVER enter the "agent carrousell" if you can avoid it. You can ask them for support during the process, but don't allow them to bribe Immigration officer because you cannot show your financial proof

@Nigel ********

and

@Ivan ***********

OKAY, the riddle is solved. Tod Daniels the “visa guru” of Facebook, had his say in the matter

My question was:

“will a person who arrived on a "visa-on-arrival" for 15 days, be accepted on Immigration to apply for an extension and receive the "application denied, you have 7 days to leave the kingdom" stamp ?

Or will this person not even be accepted to apply?”

Tod Daniels:

“They have to show onward travel in 15 days to even get into the country on a VOA

Now before that 15 days is up they could go to the immigration office and show that they're going to leave within a week and apply for the 7-Day extension denied stamp

They give it out it's not common most of the VOA people already have onward travel in 15 days and just leave”

@Nigel ********

and

@Ivan ***********

.. I by now have asked Tod Daniels and the Thai Visa Advice group to clear this question. Let's be patient and wait for the reply

@Ivan ***********

you will find a lot of wrong info in the internet, including that f...d website thaiembassy dot com. They list absolutely incorrect info in this matter. You can clearly detect it, because a citizen who can only get a VOA, cannot be handed out a 30 days stay permit at the airport (the last sentence!) This advice is complete BS. . . it starts with the misleading info that the 7 days are called an extension, however they are an "application for extension denied" stamp