90 Day Reporting changes - now 15 days before up to reporting date

nomad97 said:
It would be interesting to learn how many people on this forum have skipped doing a 90-day report because of the amnesty. From what I have observed, most, if not all, of the regular contributors to his forum has continued to do 90-day reports. Hands up please anyone who has not.
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I haven't - I haven't actually needed to but I wouldn't have reported even if a report was due.. I most certainly would have taken advantage of the relaxation.


My IO did a 90 day report when I did my extension last week so my next report is due 10th August. I am scheduled to fly out on 15th August so there will be no need for me to report.
 
nomad97 said:
I did drive door-to-door this morning to Surin Immigration. I arrived at 09.00 and 'the man' was standing outside the building. There were 4 or 5 foreigners already there being processed, each sat on a chair in the shade of the coolabah tree. The 'man', the IO, greeted me as I arrived and I returned the greeting. I showed him the 90-day report, he nodded and disappeared back into the building. Five minutes later he returned, handed me my passport, my 90-day report done without any fuss. At no time did the IO question why I should have a 90-day report done today. There was no mention of an amnesty either. It was just a routine business transaction. From a personal point of view, I am happy I did the report today. I am now good to go until 15th August, which I can delay until 21st August, and well clear of the beginning of August. I am/will be clear of the first week of August which could be rather busy should the amnesty end on 31st July.
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Exactly Nomad. I did my 90 day report on April 27th for the same reason.
 
CO-CO said:
I haven't - I haven't actually needed to but I wouldn't have reported even if a report was due.. I most certainly would have taken advantage of the relaxation.


My IO did a 90 day report when I did my extension last week so my next report is due 10th August. I am scheduled to fly out on 15th August so there will be no need for me to report.
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Sneaky, you did not do a 90-day report but your IO did. And you never thought to ask why he did so?
 
nomad97 said:
Sneaky, you did not do a 90-day report but your IO did. And you never thought to ask why he did so?
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I know why he did so..... it was because I was there doing my annual extension; they routinely do 90 day reports at the same time.


I didn't give it any thought (because in normal circumstances I would always go somewhere out of Thailand in any given 90 day period) so it was fortuitous that it covers me until my next scheduled departure.
 
I shall be applying for my new extension of stay and also transferring data from my old passport next Tuesday (26th May 2020). I'm guessing that as my 90 day report is due on 6th June 2020, the I.O. will process the report at the same time.
 
Yorky said:
I shall be applying for my new extension of stay and also transferring data from my old passport next Tuesday (26th May 2020). I'm guessing that as my 90 day report is due on 6th June 2020, the I.O. will process the report at the same time.
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Correct.


You may just want to check that he has done it. I have known cases where the IO has not automatically processed a 90 day report....... you may need to ask.
 
CO-CO said:
Correct.


You may just want to check that he has done it. I have known cases where the IO has not automatically processed a 90 day report....... you may need to ask.
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I know of such cases too. That is why I got fined 2,000 baht for a late report. I had assumed he had done my 90-day report when I did my annual extension, he had not and I did not check.

To the best of my knowledge, Surin Immigration does not synchronize the 90-day report with your annual extension. It's been like that for as long as I can remember and certainly since I was last fined for late reporting. My 90-day report will be some 45 days out of step by the time I come to do the annual extension at the end of this year.
 
Was at S.I. this morning. Other than it taking almost 50 minutes, all transactions were a piece o' pish. As has been stated on here the procedure has changed slightly from 10 years ago, my next extension is now due 6th June 2021. Transfer of the data from the old to the new passport cost ฿ 500.00 as someone advised earlier. There was no suggestion that I should have followed @nomad97's rule book and transferred the data months ago. My new 90 day report date is 90 days hence from today.

By the way, on the "information board" outside S.I., 90 day reporting on line is still listed as being restricted to 15 - 8 days before actual.

[Edit: For information, the I.O. gave me back the letter requesting transfer of data to my new passport.]
 
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The I.O. did point out that it would be required that I keep a balance of ฿ 800,000.00 in my account for at least 3 months. I've known this for two years now but it's the first time S.I. have mentioned it. Immigration will check when I next apply for my extension.
 
Yorky said:
Was at S.I. this morning. Other than it taking almost 50 minutes, all transactions were a piece o' pish. As has been stated on here the procedure has changed slightly from 10 years ago, my next extension is now due 6th June 2021. Transfer of the data from the old to the new passport cost ฿ 500.00 as someone advised earlier. There was no suggestion that I should have followed @nomad97's rule book and transferred the data months ago. My new 90 day report date is 90 days hence from today.

By the way, on the "information board" outside S.I., 90 day reporting on line is still listed as being restricted to 15 - 8 days before actual.

[Edit: For information, the I.O. gave me back the letter requesting transfer of data to my new passport.]
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Your post confirms that S.I. does not synchronize the 90-day report with your annual extension.
 
Maybe I spoke too soon. My wife just had a call from the I.O. "Please send a copy of the "extension" page in the new passport to me."

{Edit: False alarm - no problem.........not for me anyway]
 
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Another observation whilst I'm in this mood. Kasikorn Bank now require a written request to provide a letter showing the account balance for Immigration. It is a form which took me a few minutes to understand and complete. Another minute or two in proximity to bank staff and other customers which is completely unnecessary.
 
Yorky said:
The I.O. did point out that it would be required that I keep a balance of ฿ 800,000.00 in my account for at least 3 months. I've known this for two years now but it's the first time S.I. have mentioned it. Immigration will check when I next apply for my extension.
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Just a snippet from a Jomtien Immigration user by way of comparison:-

"As far as I know it is only the Jomtien Office and the UdonThani Office that require Non Imm O Visa holders on a 1-year extension of stay using the money-in-bank method, to come back 3 months after their 1-year extension has been approved to prove the 800K is still on their personal thai bank-account. At other IOs such a bank-balance check after 3 months is not required.

When applying for the 1-year extension of stay, your 12-month bank-balance history is checked at all IOs anyway, and your application is denied when not meeting the requirements.

So why this check after 3 months?

The only reason I can think of is that there are retirees that take out all or part of the required 800K and 400K that is supposed to be kept on their thai bank-account. Obviously by doing so they will not be able anymore to get a 1-year extension of stay".





... and from a Hua Hin Immigration user:-

"I went to Huahin Prachuapkirikhan immigration office yesterday, Friday, for my OA retirement visa Permission to Stay one year extension.

I had a bank letter of my current balance as well as the previous 6 months of transaction history. That was insufficient. I had to go back to Bangkok Bank for the transaction records for the first six months of my Permission year. In other words they wanted the transaction records for the entire year of my extension. Naturally, the same teller who had given me the records on Thursday could not produce the records for the first half of the year on Friday. She said it takes three days to get such records. Thankfully she copied each relevant page of my bank book and stamped and signed them. Huahin IO reluctantly accepted that and I completed the extension.



The law requires the 800k for the first and last 3 months of your extension year and 400k for the middle six months. The full transaction records, not bank book copies, are required".
 
To itemise the financial information I provided yesterday for Surin Immigration.

1. Copies of all of the used pages of my bank passbook. This covers a period from January 2016 to the last entry which was 26th May 2020. The balance has not dropped below ฿ 800,000.00 during that period.

2. A letter from the bank dated 26th May 2020 confirming the balance of the account was the same as at the last entry on the passbook.

That's it.
 
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