@Nongnuch *******

Cyprus is no schengen country.

I could not even put in my Thai telephone number in my bank apps (Bangkok- and Kasikorn bank) in international format (with + country code and leaving out the zero). I really don't know but maybe, maybe a vpn works 🤷‍♂️ I would say try and maybe let us know. Good luck.

@Paul ****************

John is right. But....think you can do it in 2 steps same day. First transfer an then get the year extension stamped in y'r new passport.

@SteBu *****

I'm retired and have a credit/master card. You get it when you follow their procedure. Before I tried with 4 banks and they did not refuse immediately so had to fill 15-plus forms they would send to the main branch in Bangkok. With all 4 banks, I got an SMS within 2 weeks that it was refused due to bank policy. Then I went to a Kaskorn branch in Korat and said that I read that if you open a Fixed deposit account, as some kind of collateral, I could get a master card. They confimed, opened the fixed account, I put money in it and fill the forms to get the mastercard. Within 2 weeks it was in my mailbox.

@Paul ********

I'm retired and have a credit/master card. You get it when you follow their procedure. Before I tried with 4 banks and they did not refuse immediately so had to fill 15-plus forms they would send to the main branch in Bangkok. With all 4 banks, I got an SMS within 2 weeks that it was refused due to bank policy. Then I went to a Kaskorn branch in Korat and said that I read that if you open a Fixed deposit account, as some kind of collateral, I could get a master card. They confimed, opened the fixed account, I put money in it and fill the forms to get the mastercard. Within 2 weeks it was in my mailbox.

The nonsense worked for me. But I think basicalley you are right with 'Fixed' account. What happens is that if I pay e.g. 2,000฿ with my mastercard, it's deducted from my xxxk฿ on my fixed deposit account. Strange indeed but that's what happens. Then within a couple of days, I have to 'pay the bill'. When I push that button within the app, the 2,000฿ (in my example) is transfered from my savings account to that fixed account and the limit is again like before. By the way, I get interest every half year. Same like the savings account.

I read before that there are different 'Fixed deposit accounts' like Kai Kwan mentions. I asked if I could redraw the whole amount of my Fixed account when I wanted and the answer was yes. But.......You lose the interest from the last half year and y'r Mastercard.

@Michael *******

Yep. That's the way to go. Have a Fixed deposit account and that amount is the limit of my Master card. It's more or less a pre-paid Master card 😉

@Albert *******

Oh, sorry to hear. There are 2 kind of agents/agencies if you know what I mean. There is no problem using one if you can fulfill all requirements you need for y'r imm. Better go for the legal path, otherwise in future you can run into problems. Good luck !

@Albert *******

Bit off topic but official it's called a NON Immigrant O. Then there are a lot of reasons you can choose. Most are for retirement or mariage. Nowadays it's always 'single entry'. (Before there was a multy entry, but think they don't have it anymore). So, this visa is valid for 90 days. If you come in in Thailand within de dates mentioned on the visa, you can stay for 90 days in Thailand. Most people with retirement (older then 50 years), buy this visa in their home country. And then go for a year extension (so no visa. visa is void/used) After you come in, try to open a bank account as quick as possible for sure if your Embassy not hand out an income statement (then you can use that with proof of 65k฿-plus each month). Then you put 800k฿ in that bank account 2 months before you go to y'r immigration. When you fulfill all requirements, you get the year extension. You have to repeat this every year. When you want to leave and come back in a year you need a re-entry permit before you leave to keep the year extension alive.