payed a visit to surin immigration police yesterday re 90 day reporting, when there they advised me because my retirmement visa will soon need to be extended i would now need a 12 month bank statement ,to obtain this i have to make an appointment with bangkok bank and give them 5 days notice to complete the formalities to make the statement available on e mail, it was all a bit complicated and my wife who was with me seems to think its to do with the prime minister who won the recent election tightening the finiancial rules. if anybody knows anything about this and can enlighten me i would be happy to here from them.
new rules for extensions to retirement visas
- Thread starter Russ
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EnglishAlan
Surin Legend
Russ you don t say if your Retiremnt Extension s based on money in the Bank or based on mthly transfers.However,if it s mthly transfers,they ve asked for 12mth statemnts for awhile now.
My R/Extension s based on money in the Bank & they wanted a 12 mths statemnt from last yrs processing.
My R/Extension s based on money in the Bank & they wanted a 12 mths statemnt from last yrs processing.
lightfoot
Cannot re - Member
Maybe I have a misunderstanding, I looked up the hoops for marriage visa, seemed to me there were more hoops to jump with the marriage visa. If I can find the requirements for a marriage to submit to immigration, I will post the requirements.
If anybody can contribute to the requirements to obtain a retirement marriage visa please submit.
If I recall properly, you had to supply original marriage certificate, photos of you and your wife in various places of the house you live in including the boudoir, house books plus the season 400 K baht season in the bank.
AI not to be taken seriously.
If Applying Through a Thai Spouse
- Marriage Documents: Copies of your Thai marriage certificate.
- Spouse's Documentation: Copies of your Thai spouse’s National ID card and House Registration document (Tabian Baan).
- Residence Proof: A map to your current residence in Thailand and photos of you and your spouse together inside and outside of your home. [1]
Rice
Resident Smart Arse
Here is the exact photo requirement for "SURIN" Immigration for extension based on marriage.
1 Picture of couple in front of the house showing whole house.
2 Picture of couple standing outside house clearly showing residence sign. (Name and address of home owner on the sign)
3 Picture of couple in the bedroom. Most tasteful is clothed and sitting on the bed.
You can throw in a couple more to round it out but those three are compulsory.
The main difference besides seasoning money time and the money amount it's self is. The Surin office cannot process extensions based on marriage that is up to the regional department to handle. Ours in Surin is KhonKaen. This means you receive a 1 month temporary extension pending the full 1 year granted from KhonKaen. In that time the immigration police come and inspect your home and question witness's as to your veracity.
PS @lightfoot your great AI, (Cough) Left out that you need Kor Ror 3 (Flowery) and Kor Ror 2 (Computer extract).
AND! The Kor Ror 2 must be printed fresh on the day of application. To prove you are still married on the day of application.
I forgot something on my application day. ( insert forehead slap ) when you do your bank statement you must make a transaction on the day as well. I did that!
You know what I forgot? I did not update my bank book !!!!! DOH. I had to run offf like a mad fool to the bank.
1 Picture of couple in front of the house showing whole house.
2 Picture of couple standing outside house clearly showing residence sign. (Name and address of home owner on the sign)
3 Picture of couple in the bedroom. Most tasteful is clothed and sitting on the bed.
You can throw in a couple more to round it out but those three are compulsory.
The main difference besides seasoning money time and the money amount it's self is. The Surin office cannot process extensions based on marriage that is up to the regional department to handle. Ours in Surin is KhonKaen. This means you receive a 1 month temporary extension pending the full 1 year granted from KhonKaen. In that time the immigration police come and inspect your home and question witness's as to your veracity.
PS @lightfoot your great AI, (Cough) Left out that you need Kor Ror 3 (Flowery) and Kor Ror 2 (Computer extract).
AND! The Kor Ror 2 must be printed fresh on the day of application. To prove you are still married on the day of application.
I forgot something on my application day. ( insert forehead slap ) when you do your bank statement you must make a transaction on the day as well. I did that!
You know what I forgot? I did not update my bank book !!!!! DOH. I had to run offf like a mad fool to the bank.
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thanks gent's for the replys, i guess regarding the extension to my retirement visa alen's explanation seems that's how it's done now i just got a little confused when the immigration people were talking about giving 5 days notice and bankok bank were talking about issuing e mail statements after the 5 day notice period,have never had to do anything like that in the past so was not sure of what was happening but all makes sense now. regarding the marriage visa side of it the thai wife and i were married in the uk in 1999 and only have a uk marriage certificate, about a year ago i made an appointment with an visa agent in pattaya to see if i could convert our uk marriage certificate to a thai marriage certificate, i wont go into the details but it's a nightmare of a job to sort out and very expensive too. if any of you lad's have heard any different i would love to here about it, thanks again for your replys really appreciate it.
CO-CO
Rather wrinkly & occasionally cantankerous member
Absolutely no offence here but in the interests of not getting wrong advice, I think the terminology should be:-
You saw an Immigration officer if you were doing a 90 day report.
If you were doing a 90 day report you don't have a visa you have an extension based on marriage.
Your marriage extension will be based on monthly income (evidenced for 12 months @ 40k each and every month), bank statements will provide the evidence, or money in the bank ie 400k seasoned for 2 months prior to application.
Other docs as per above,
FERRET
WELL WORN MEMBER
@Russ,I didn't mean to sound flippant, It's just I have been using a marriage extension for a while and we have all the requirements
notorised from the last extension, takes the guess work out of it unless they throw a curve ball in the mix, ( it has happened ).
wildoates
Surin Dinosaur
Had an American friend here go though the marriage certificate process, it was a nightmare for sure, getting the proper paperwork did not go well had to make several trips to Bangkok and Surin never accepted what he got finally got the paperwork through Bangkok for a brown bag, cause they were frustrated with what Surin wanted....
lightfoot
Cannot re - Member
- Primary Proof: It is the primary document used to prove you are legally married in Thailand. [1]
- Common Uses: You will need it to apply for a Thai Marriage Visa, family extensions, joint bank accounts, or for legalization purposes at foreign embassies. [1, 2]
- Related Documents: While Kor Ror 3 is your actual certificate, the registrar also creates a detailed registry extract called Kor Ror 2. Foreign authorities and immigration offices often request both. [1]
CO-CO
Rather wrinkly & occasionally cantankerous member
It is not complicated. The paperwork (KR2) can be obtained from any amphur in Thailand. Banking paperwork is pretty standard for any extension application; the witness/photo/ requirements will vary from different Immigration offices.
Mike - if your friend had to go to Bangkok I would suggest that there were deficiencies in his marriage process - or paperwork,
wildoates
Surin Dinosaur
Don't know just know it was a pain in the A$$ for him.
CO-CO
Rather wrinkly & occasionally cantankerous member
Absolutely no offence to your friend but I suspect that the issues were more to do with him than the system.
A better understanding of the process should help him next time,
wildoates
Surin Dinosaur
Don't know he had been here for over 15 yrs on Retirement visa was working remote, wanted to change to marriage visa for money in bank for he was retiring and had the marriage registration problem...
CO-CO
Rather wrinkly & occasionally cantankerous member
There is more to the story; ‘normal’ marriage registration couldn’t be e more straight forward.
I am only labouring the point because SF members often read these threads as a source of informations/education…I would hate them to get the impression that there is any complication in registering a marriage, or getting KR2 papers from an amphur.
Visiting Bangkok suggests something more complicated.
FERRET
WELL WORN MEMBER
