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

@Nicolas *********************

I found the application process to be very easy one year ago. All of my income was pension income which was easy to see on my tax return. The barrier for most people is the financial requirements of $80,000/yr passive income. If your passive income is more complicated than pension income then the application process will be more complicated.

Once they start working on your application the Board of Investment staff are a pleasure to work with.