What happens if my bank balance for a Thailand NON-O visa falls below 800K baht for a short time?

This is no going to be “how to mange a Thai bank account balance” post.

Thank you, everyone.

A valuable lesson for everyone who has banked the 800,000.

One year I went under by 50฿ for about 1.5 minutes (the time taken to rectify the problem) and they failed me. They wouldn't give me a new NON-O there so had to do a visa run to Penang.

Cost me a heap and have never made the same mistake again.

I did that several years ago by mistake to the tune of a few thousand

Luckily they forgave me!

I guess it depends on the officer at the time

Maybe leave a bigger cushion than 15 baht

The rule is clear, IF you're using banked money method

you need to have 800K baht in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply for the extension

you need to keep the 800K baht in the account for 3 months after the extension is granted

after that the balance can't go below 400K baht during the rest of the year

So what that means is you have 5 months where a balance LESS than 800K baht (even by a single baht for a single day) is BAD 😮 and means you didn't follow the terms of the extension you're on.

Meaning you wouldn't even be able to apply for a new extension. 🙁

when is your next extension due?

I mean is it during the "safe time" when the balance can go under 800K or not?