Thai immigration to show leniency to foreigners applying for retirement & marriage extensions

Oh well, looks like I'll be making a few days holiday in Savanakhet then again. I like the city actually. Nice people there, good bands and music and restaurants too. And big beer Laos for like 30 baht a pop. :)
 
Cent, the news about the renewal of the long stay extensions has been discussed at length while you have been away. Just check the visa section for the news. In short, this article concerns those whose previously obtained a letter from their embassies to 'verify' their annual income. Now that most embassies have stopped producing such letters, Thai Immigration has published new rules on how to verify your annual income. Simply put, they want to see 12 monthly transfers into a Thai bank account for one year that exceeds 40,000 baht/month for a marriage extension or 65,000 baht/month for a retirement extension. This is to be supported by a bank statement for the 12 month period and balances in a bank book. Alternatively, you may obtain these extensions with a seasoned bank balance (money in the Thai bank account) of 400,000 or 800,000 baht respectively as before.

Alternatively, there is the 1 year multi entry visa from Savannakhet that is available to you. I understand no proof of income is required for a multi entry visa based on being married to a Thai.
 
I apologise for beating this to death but is it fact that the Thai consulate in Savannakhet will issue a 12 month multi entry 'O' (based upon marriage) without proof of funds whereas the Thai embassy in Vientienne will not?
 
Cent said:
Oh well, looks like I'll be making a few days holiday in Savanakhet then again. I like the city actually. Nice people there, good bands and music and restaurants too. And big beer Laos for like 30 baht a pop. :)
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as a long time "visitor" to Thailaland how come you haven't arranged for yearly extensions of stay
based on retirement - marriage or whatever?
 
melvin said:
as a long time "visitor" to Thailaland how come you haven't arranged for yearly extensions of stay
based on retirement - marriage or whatever?
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Mainly because I leave once a year to visit family usually for a month or so at a time. And it used to be simple and easy to get a new 1 year multi entry O visa for marriage at the Boston consulate. Took like 15 minutes in there and everyone spoke English and no one had their hands out. Easy as pie really. I use a marriage visa rather than a retirement visa as it just needs to show half as much income, and I figure it's a good buffer at half in case these silly knobheads raise it even more. I can show the money, but why do so if you don't have to using the marriage visa rather than the retirement visa? I AM married to a Thai. Could have been on a retirement visa the past 15 years, but why? No difference really except what you have to show for income. That, and I don't want to put my money in a Thai bank. Rather it remains in a US bank. Ever since the baht crash in '96 I've been a bit leery of the baht and Thai banks etc. And I see no real reason for our money to have to be in a Thai bank really. It's bullshit these days.

This crap just started happening the past couple/three of years. And I still go back to the states most years for extended periods. Only time I ever made an extension was a few years back when I wasn't going back for almost 2 years. Then the cunts wanted to give me a retirement visa. Basically refused to give me the marriage visa. Then, even with a f**king 50 dollar income verification letter from the US Embassy (had to travel back and forth to BKK to do that), they STILL wanted bank statements for the past year. I asked what the hell I needed the income verification letter from the embassy for then? They said, 'Just do.' And this was around 5 years ago at least. So I paid the cunts 100 bucks/3K baht and all was fine and dandy. I'd rather not deal with the crooked pricks here in Immi if I don't have to. 'Nuf said.
 
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Yorky said:
I apologise for beating this to death but is it fact that the Thai consulate in Savannakhet will issue a 12 month multi entry 'O' (based upon marriage) without proof of funds whereas the Thai embassy in Vientienne will not?
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Yes and you get a GOLD STAR.
 
The Thai Embassy in Vientiane has never done this. The only thing you can get from them based on marriage is a single entry 90 day O-visa But you have to show 400k in a Thai bank account. The Thai Consulate in Savannahket has stared recently issuing 90 day single entry O visa based on retirement BUT you have to show 800k in a Thai bank
 
Cent said:
Mainly because I leave once a year to visit family usually for a month or so at a time. And it used to be simple and easy to get a new 1 year multi entry O visa for marriage at the Boston consulate. Took like 15 minutes in there and everyone spoke English and no one had their hands out. Easy as pie really. I use a marriage visa rather than a retirement visa as it just needs to show half as much income, and I figure it's a good buffer at half in case these silly knobheads raise it even more. I can show the money, but why do so if you don't have to using the marriage visa rather than the retirement visa? I AM married to a Thai. Could have been on a retirement visa the past 15 years, but why? No difference really except what you have to show for income. That, and I don't want to put my money in a Thai bank. Rather it remains in a US bank. Ever since the baht crash in '96 I've been a bit leery of the baht and Thai banks etc. And I see no real reason for our money to have to be in a Thai bank really. It's bullshit these days.

This crap just started happening the past couple/three of years. And I still go back to the states most years for extended periods. Only time I ever made an extension was a few years back when I wasn't going back for almost 2 years. Then the cunts wanted to give me a retirement visa. Basically refused to give me the marriage visa. Then, even with a f**king 50 dollar income verification letter from the US Embassy (had to travel back and forth to BKK to do that), they STILL wanted bank statements for the past year. I asked what the hell I needed the income verification letter from the embassy for then? They said, 'Just do.' And this was around 5 years ago at least. So I paid the cunts 100 bucks/3K baht and all was fine and dandy. I'd rather not deal with the crooked pricks here in Immi if I don't have to. 'Nuf said.
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right, thanks for that

I have 800 000 in bank which I use for retirement extension, works just fine, no questions asked
not financially wise to do this - but it works - every time
 
melvin said:
right, thanks for that

I have 800 000 in bank which I use for retirement extension, works just fine, no questions asked
not financially wise to do this - but it works - every time
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I remember when the baht crash happened in '96. I had buddies with around a million baht each in a Thai bank. Once the crash happened that money was worth half nearly of what they had deposited. If they wanted to take the baht out and cash it into dollars for some reason they were f**ked and lost nearly half what they put in. If they just used the baht to buy here they were okay. Whereas my money was in the states in USD. At that time at one point I bought baht at 52 baht for a dollar. It leveled off soon after in the 40s for ages. Then hung at 38 for a buck for years, a decade or so. I just don't trust the baht or the banks and the rich f**kers manipulating it all.
 
melvin said:
right, thanks for that

I have 800 000 in bank which I use for retirement extension, works just fine, no questions asked
not financially wise to do this - but it works - every time
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I'm not sure why it's not financially wise. Better than having Sterling stuck in the UK.
 
Yorky said:
I'm not sure why it's not financially wise. Better than having Sterling stuck in the UK.
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neither am I - not good with this

but with very low interest rate and inflation I would assume that the purchase power of those 800 000
is being reduced year by year
 
Did my extension yesterday at KC with 800k. No mention of monthly average deposits etc. obviously
 
Just to add I took my little un who acted as a charm offensive for the whole room! Also met a Surin English teacher originally from Brighton UK who was paying 1900 baht for some sort of permit? Nice fella and has travelled extensively including Laos and he’s only 25. My teerak says he teaches at Nomads girls’ school
 
Eanto said:
Just to add I took my little un who acted as a charm offensive for the whole room! Also met a Surin English teacher originally from Brighton UK who was paying 1900 baht for some sort of permit? Nice fella and has travelled extensively including Laos and he’s only 25. My teerak says he teaches at Nomads girls’ school
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Sound like Alex. Not Alice. By the way, I suspect he teaches at Anubarnsurin where my youngest is in Year 4. My eldest daughter has now moved on and is in Sirindhorn, Year 1.
 
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