Also check with your bank about the 1 year bank statement. My bank is Kasikorn. The statement was a couple of hundred baht and they produced it on the spot so it is very easy to do. Some banks make you wait a few days for a one year statement.

There are bank branches downstairs at Bangkok Immigration. Check to make sure that your bank has a branch there and has teller machines outside the branch.

I would get a one year bank statement. The last one was over 10 pages long. They are just looking to see if you dropped below 800,000 which is easy to check with a quick scan of the statement. They aren’t examining each transaction. You also need to bank letter which is different than year statement. Both will be valid for a week at Bangkok Immigration. On the day I went to immigration I would make a cash withdrawal and update my bank book at the machines at my bank downstairs.

I also just had one account. I kept 800,000 + a 400,000 baht buffer and then transferred monthly expense money on top of that. I never had a problem about dropping below the 800,000 limit.

@Rick ********

I was out getting exercise so I declined the rides until I got caught in a downpour. The weird thing is that she knew who I was and where I lived. There aren’t many of us in the neighborhood.

I’ve never seen a hitchhiker in Thailand. I haven’t seen hitchhikers in the US in decades either. People here don’t walk a lot on main roads. There are so many motorbikes and bicycles. I used to go for walks in the evening and I was constantly being offered rides to wherever I was going.

My previous OA visa was considered to be one of the several long term retirement visas because you can extend it for a full year. Similar for the O visa. You have to be over 50 years old and you can extend the OA and O visa yearly.

I now have the 10 year (5 + 5) pensioner LTR (Long Term Residency) visa. “Long Term Residency” is just the name of the visa. I am not actually a permanent resident which is a whole different thing and for which I am not eligible for.

People think the Thai visa ecosystem is complicated. It is but more so because of the casual misuse of names and terminology.

@Marshal ********

I have the pensioner LTR. They are explicit about targeting “wealthy” individuals which excludes a lot of digital nomads so I agree, it didn’t really address the needs of the digital nomad opportunity. I think about half the LTR’s have gone to pensioners.

@Marshal ********

How so? I’m quite happy with mine.

This is from the Thailand Board of Investment website for the wealthy pensioner LTR

“Personal income under LTR : Wealthy Pensioners’ definition is “unearned income such as a pension, rental, capital gain, dividend, etc”.

@Jo *********

Somehow I knew about this when I applied for the LTR so I looked for the fast track lane when I returned from the US last June.

@Jack ***************

It is considered long term because 1 year extensions are considered long term. Can you use the fast track lane at the airport? - No