I believe you have to have a minimum of 800,000 baht in your account for the two months before you apply for your next extension of stay. A minimum of 800,000 for the 3 months after you get your extension of stay and a minimum of 400,000 thereafter. Once you start this you can’t let the balance fall below the minimums. You have some time before you have to do this but not a lot of time.

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

They do post advice about TM30's. When there are no more changes to the Immigration policy they collate what information they have, post it and then direct all further questions to that post and cut off further comments.

Interesting point on extensions. Maybe they need to change the name of the group.

Unlike TM30's, how to transfer money, using Transferwise or similar services, seems to have no firm answer from bank to bank or from the various Immigration offices around the country. In fact, a standard answer is that when they know there are inconsistencies between offices then those questions can only be answered by talking to your Immigration office. In the matter of bank transfers you have to talk to your bank branch.

People post their personal anecdotes all the time and sometimes get thanked for new information but discussion is often cut off quickly.

@Sammy ******

The point is that this site is known for its concise accurate information about immigration requirements. Endless anecdotes are discouraged.

Sammy Jones The other site has 12 pages of individual anecdotes about this topic with no resolution in sight. Not to mention the many similar threads over the past 6 months. Immigration offices interpret the requirements differently and each Immigration office is supplied by a dozen different banks. If the mods did weigh in they would say you have to visit your Immigration office and your bank.

The notice says they are adding a $3.20 fee so I assume that is on top of whatever Transferwise is already charging.

You can see how lightly moderated forums discuss this issue on other sites. It’s not pretty.

Ivan McAvinchey That is what Kasikorn told me and what I said above. As I said, it doesn’t matter to me. When the new Immigration rules were announced last fall I asked Kasikorn about this to do some advanced research just in case. I was surprised by this though when I looked at my bank statement. Thought others should know that a wire transfer doesn’t automatically show up as a foreign transfer.

@John *********

And Transferwise is the most confusing of topics

@Kun *******

My wire transfers from Bank of America to Kasikorn always show up as domestic transfers. They are being routed to Kasikorn through another bank. I’m using the 800,000 banked money method though so it doesn’t matter to me. I asked Kasikorn about it and they said they could produce a report showing the foreign origin for a fee and it would take a week or two.

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

It’s pretty clear what Immigration will accept. Money from a foreign source verified by your bank. Everything else is a banking discussion. There needs to be a Thai banking Facebook group.