johnno2

Visa done, in my passport. Passport back with me now. Headache gone until next year. Took just under 2 weeks from going to the bank with them and giving them my passport and getting passport returned to me. Positives, DONT need 800000 baht sitting in a thai bank depreciating in value. (I already bring in over 800000 baht every year from my pension/super) DONT have to fill in multitudes of paperwork saying the same things. DONT have to go running to the bank paying them money to print out more pieces of paper or to give me some stupid letter saying I have xxxxbaht. DONT have to go sit in CW for another day and beat my head against a brick wall. Negatives. Cost me xxxxxbaht. Happy days ????

That's rather funny Joe. Mine was legalized in australia but thai consular services said it was out of date (ahhhh yeah, right). You can't just walk in and get it certified. If I make an appointment today with australian embassy, the next available appointment is on 26 October. And then if and when that's done, you have to make an appointment with thai consular services for their legalization. I then have to go along to the local district registration office for a KOR22 (no idea). And then I can go back to CW. Yeah, it's not really that hard to do ????

I've got both, I used to transfer the money to my savings account,so I could leave the 400000 plus alone. Remember, I was trying for an extension based on marriage to my thai wife. Now I know it's nearly mission impossible to get that extension if you were married overseas, this year I'll be bringing the 65000 in to the other account. Oh, thai visa guys claim they can get a marriage visa for hard to get cases, but it costs more, of course

1st stage done, some communication issues with them but so far it's smooth sailing

Dear doctor, don't bother replying unless it's about staying on topic

And this topic is about thai via guys so stick to the topic or write me a private message so I can delete it.

Don't guess, it's the same as assuming.

Don't take this the wrong way, but have you had experience with CW? I said I have transferred the 840000 in this year, x amount each month. Not 65000 regularly. But the total for the year is over 1300000. My thai wife was with me and we asked the lady supervisor "aren't you able to have the 800000 as money in bank for 12 months (over 400000) plus transfers in totalling over 800000." She wouldn't answer and deflected back to the 65000 each month regularly. I was originally trying for marriage to the extension. What a nightmare that was. We were married in australia. CW wanted it legalized at thai consular services. Thai consular services wanted it notarized by Australian embassy and translated to thai. There was some mention about KOR 22 but by that stage my head was spinning so I dumped that idea. Oh, here's another good CW story, my visa started 23 sept. I had 800000 in the bank and was allowed to take money out after 3 months but balance had to stay above 400K as I'm sure you know. On 23 Dec, I withdrew 30000. When I went to CW yesterday, they say I withdrew the money 2 days early (notice I said they, not just 1 person, a few of them). Wot????? I patiently explained (i call it logic) that my 12 month visa expires on 22nd, that means 12 months finishes on 22nd. So if 12 months finishes on 22nd, 3 months finishes on 22nd. Means I can withdraw on 23rd, which is what I did. After about 1 hour of waiting while high level discussions took place, they eventually agreed. My head was ready to explode and my thai wife was nearly in tears, lots of other visa staff came to tell her not to worry. Can you understand why I might be interested in using a visa agent for this extension. Next extension will be 65,000 monthly, or if this is as easy as i read, i might stick to an agent. CW can be a nightmare or it can be easy. I hear more nightmare stories than good ones.

I have a non immigrant O retirement visa. It is due for 12 month extension. I have 560000 baht in bank account for over 1 year, never dropped below 400000. I have transferred over 840000 in also during the year, but CW aren't happy with this and want me to do a visa run and then after 1 month, change to non immi O and then after 3 months, apply for 12 month extension. Yeah, so easy. Ummmm im trying to extend it now. My local bank is uob. I asked thai visa centre and they said can assist, but I'd have to change my bank to one of the "usual ones" first. I asked thai visa guys and they said they can assist and I don't have to pay until the visa is in my passport. I'll keep you updated on progress

Looks good. I don't think I've done 1000 klms yet. If I was really bothered, I'd get the whole bike wrapped but I'd still be left with a thing that's got big plastic panels all over it. 4,000 klms before an oil change? At this rate, I'd be changing the oil every 4 years ????