@Gregor *********

I have mates who are married to Thailand ladies who I used to work with and they all told me that to get a non-O based on marriage they only show 400k in their Thai bank account and similar when they go for the extension based on marriage they only have to show 400k in their Thai bank account. They have never had to show a monthly income to get their extension, or so they told me.

@Gregor *********

I didn't know you had to show a monthly income. I thought all you had to show to get the extension based on marriage to a Thai was a Thai bank account with at least 400k deposited.

Probably because you wobble your head's when you talk, so people don't know if you mean yes or no 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Michael *******

Years ago you only needed to show 200,000 baht in a Thai bank account. A few issues with this monetary requirement that are anyone 50+ can apply for a non-O and a twelve month extension. So anyone who hasn't actually reached their countries official retirement age to receive their state pension could go to Thailand, have mates there that would lend them 200,000 baht, process a non-O and then the 12 month extension, then give the 200,000 back to whoever they'd borrowed it from and then what would they do to support themselves for the next twelve months. I reckon that is the reason they upped it to 800,000 THB. At the end of the day if you are in receipt of a state pension from your country and it can support you in Thailand, then there should be no reason for showing 800,000 THB in a Thai account. Just my opinion. By the way, I knew a Swedish guy who lived on the road from my village to Udon Thani. Nice guy with a Thai wife and daughter, but they didn't have much. They had a modest wooden home and next to the home a smallish pond where they farmed cat fish I presume. Now this guy had to borrow the then 200,000 from a friend every year to get his extension. Perfectly respectable chap unlike some of the dubious characters that are hanging out permanently in Thailand.

@Stuart ********

Plus you need two things in Mexico. A bullet proof vest and bodyguards.

@Andreas ********

And what about if you stay with a Thai family in their home free and do not have to show a pre booked piece of paper 🤔

@Did ****

I opened an SCB account back in 1999, armed only with my passport and visa exempt 30 days. How times have changed. The account was closed by the bank after I moved back to the UK as all the funds had been withdrawn before I left. I didn't think to leave a few thousand in for debit card annual renewal. I still have my old pass book and Debit card. When I was in Thailand in 2023, I went into a branch of SCB with my pass book, expired debit card, two month tourist visa and a slip of paper from immigration stating where I was staying. Asked if I could open new account, sorry no can do 😭

Sadbook is full of expat spurious comments on anything and everything to do with visas and living in Thailand. Take everything with a pinch of salt. Now I'm waiting for all the replies telling me I don't know jack shit 😂😂😂😂

@Jesper ******

Annual fee for debit card 😂😂😂 was 100 a year when I had a Thai bank account. OMG, what I could do with all that money 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Anonymous participant 979 Which has an ongoing cost or supposedly has and for part of or all of five year duration of the visa.