@Gary ******

The rules relating to "retirement" visas, non-O and non-OA have actually changed very little in the last few years.

@Brandon ***********

I was responding to

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

's post relating to banks and CRS requirements. You probably missed this

@Brandon ***********

No, it's the wider ranging measures being introduced by BOT. The CRS implications go further than Pattaya

@Brandon ***********

Part of the whole BOT deal is also tax evasion. I was recently summoned to my bank at SBC to provide tax file number from overseas

@James *****

Tik-Tok have stopped offering a number of services due to the clampdown on banking

@Kevin *****

I transfer 65k baht each month from overseas into a Thai bank account. Absolutely nothing to do with any embassy.

@Graham *****

First I heard was only two weeks ago, a German guy, so it's probably a fairly new policy. No doubt we'll hear more as the weeks roll by

@Graham *****

I don't know, there's been several reports of Bangkok Immigration no longer accepting income affidavits from any country, so we might be seeing a shift in policy

@Kevin *****

So you can no longer use the "income affidavit" method, you'd be better moving onto the 65k per month international transfer, although you've left your run late for this year, so you'll have to swallow the pill and transfer the 800k for the first year, but make sure you start the 65k transfers immediately, so they'll be in place for your next extension

A few other embassies stopped with this as they cannot guarantee the authenticity of the pension payments, Australia being one of them. I went onto the 65k per month overseas transfer rather than tie up 800k lump sum, which is much better option