In jomtien, you couldn't apply for the non-O unless you still had two weeks left on your admitted-until stamp. Plus your 800k had to be aged 2 months

@Tod ********

"be polite" lol. when I think of how rude the jomtien staff are to all farangs, that reeks of hypocrisy

@John *********

Everything I've read says 65k per month *OR* 800k/400k balance.

Nowhere have I read 65k per month *AND* 800k/400k balance.

In my opinion, there are no lingering requirements for your current extension. Once it is stamped in your passport, you are done, and balance requirements during the course of the year only apply if your next annual extension is based on the 800k.

That's my opinion. I could be wrong. I'm going to ask next time I'm in immigration

I'm going back to immigration in three months to help my friend with his first one year extension. I'll ask them

@Robert ******

@John *********

to be honest, neither you nor I know how they would react if they saw a balance under 400k during the year when you're applying for an extension based on 65k per month and have all 12 monthly payments. Do you have first hand experience with this scenario ? If you do, I'd like to hear about it.

Requirements when switching from 800k to 65k per month are not spelled out anywhere, so I remain skeptical about your interpretation of the rules. You are not an authoritative source.

There were many people on here who insisted that you couldn't use 12 monthly payments of 65k when applying for the FIRST one year extension after the 90 day O visa was granted. I now know this is false, because I just did it myself in March in jomtien. They approved my extension.

So, I'll recant my assertion that you can withdraw the 800k at any time, but I'm still skeptical about what you assert. And I'd very much like to hear from someone with first hand experience in this scenario. My opinion is that if you show the 12 monthly payments, they aren't going to care about your balance

The 65k per month must show as an international transfer. In jomtien, they don't care about the provenance of those funds, they don't require proof of a pension. Start sending 65k a month the day you apply for your first one year extension, in preparation for the next year's extension.

Unless they told you to show up in 90 days to prove you still have the 800k, you can move it immediately. You can even send it back to your home country. When you do your next one year extension, you're going to show proof of 12 prior monthly transfers of 65k from overseas. That's all you need

My friend got his visa approved today

Had to list my thai wife as the landlord in the lease. Had to show tabian baan for the room my friend is renting from me as well as the room where my wife and I live. Had to show two chanotes, and our marriage certificate also. Just like

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

described

Will they require all these documents when he goes to do the one year extension, 90 days hence ? Or will he be able to show just the lease and one tabian baan ? I imagine the extension document requirements aren't as rigorous as the initial visa 🤔

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

is right. Unless you own your own condo, the O visa can be very difficult to get without an agent

@John ********

she hates all farangs

@John *********

yeah, wish i could have gone over her head on that one