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With those documents, you shouldn't have a problem at any of the Bangkok Bank branches. For convenience, you may want to open the account at one close to where you live OR the Branch on Jomtien 2 Road near Soi 5 which would be convenient near to Pattaya Immigration.

If you are renewing your retirement extension at Jomtien, you do not have to join the queue. They now have a desk outside - to the right of the entry gate - where you can obtain a queue number for Desk 8 then bypass line to enter when number is called. Apparently you have to look for it as the sign is small. I have had a couple of folks tell me they were not aware of it, but they just went to the exit door and told the Immigration person they were there for retirement extension and were admitted. Jomtien Immigration also has an outside desk for 90 day & TM.30 reporting where you turn in your passport, get a claim number, and wait while an Immigration Officer takes them inside for processing and brings them back. There are chairs available to sit in while you wait.

The Pattaya City Expat has posted the following on their website:

The Pattaya City Expats Club website notes the requirements for the first (initial) report requires the following documents at Jomtien Immigration: For subsequent reports, all you need is your passport and the receipt with bar code. You can also use online reporting - the PCEC page describing the online reporting is at: https://pcec.club/online-90-day

Now that the latest online reporting appears to be working fine, there is no need to go to Immigration at all. I have now been using the online system for my past 3 reports. With this latest system, they send me an email reminder when the next report is due.

Each Immigration office may have different documentary requirements for the extension. Also, sometimes it may depend on the IO processing the extension. At Chonburi (Pattaya) Immigration, they require some form of proof of residence. I use my lease, but I know some that have used their Thai driving license (showed their current address on the reverse side).

Using the Long term stay option works provided you are sending funds to a Bangkok Bank account (a Wise partner) so that Wise will send the funds through them rather than another partner bank - it is also my understanding if you have a Kasikorn Bank account (another partner) it will also be the same for their account holders. However, if you have an account at another Thai bank, it will not result in it being shown as international as the funds going to that account will be from one of their partner banks and be coded as a domestic transfer.

Pepper and Salt & Suggestions are good restaurants. Another I like is Vespresso - it is opposite the Tara Pattana International School ( Thung Klom-Tan Man 9 Road)

Based on this message, I contacted the PCEC and they have now updated the page to clearly show a 5 year Thai driving license is required.

That link is supposed to automatically send you to their new website URL, which is: https://pcec.club/ The link for IDP information is: https://pcec.club/Thailand-IDP

The Pattaya City Expat's Club has a webpage with information about getting an International Driving Permit (it not a driving license) based on your Thai 5 year license(s). The nearest location for those in Pattaya is at the Chonburi DLT (the Banglamung DLT near the Regent's School does not provide them). Visit the PCEC's website at www.pcec.club - across the top hover your mouse over the Living in Thailand topic, then hover it over Driving Vehicles in the drop down menu - and another drop down menu will have the link to the IDP page - it is the second item listed.

For a booster, you will most likely need to have evidence of your previous vaccinations. If they were in Thailand, they should be shown on the Mor Prom app. I obtained my 4th booster at Jomtien Hospital (it is part of the Bangkok Hospital Group) located on Sukhumvit Road.

When I order from Amazon and pay the shipping/customs fee added, I consider it to be the cost of the item without expectation of any return. I am satisfied that I will get delivery without any hassles regarding customs duties. But sometimes Amazon notifies me of a refund because the duties were less than they collected. The last time was a couple o months ago. Over the years, I have never had them come back to ask for more because they didn't collect enough.

Go to www.pcec.club (Pattaya City Expats Club website), across the top hover your mouse over Thai Immigration topic - near the bottom of the drop down menu is "Checklists" - click on that and in the page that comes up, you can select their documents checklist for those obtaining a marriage visa at the Immigration Office in Jomtien. It is based on reports they receive from expats doing their extension renewals at Jomtien Immigration and should be up to date.

I just did my 4th online report - no problems with approval email arriving within hours of getting "successful" message when sending the report.

For Wealthy Pensioner:

In order to obtain an extension as a dependent of a retiree, she will need to enter Thailand on a Non-Immigrant Visa obtained from a Thai Embassy/Consulate outside of Thailand - it will not be granted if the spouse enters as Visa Exempt or using a Tourist Visa.

You say "we" which implies you and your spouse. If you are both 50+ years of age, then each should be able to apply for the Non-Immigrant O Visa provided that you both meet separately meet the financial requirements of having 800k in a Thai bank (have at least 2 x 800k = 1,600k). If your spouse is under 50, then you can apply for the Non-Immigrant O in Thailand and they can use your retirement extension qualification to extend their stay based on being your spouse - BUR, they will have to get their Non-Immigrant Visa from outside of Thailand.

If your bank has an 800 number, there is no charge to call it using Skype.

Pattaya Immigration and maybe a couple of others are the only ones that have required the reporting back after 90 days to show proof that the 800k remained in the bank for the required 90 days. As mentioned, the requirement has always been a hit or miss situation. Some are told to report back while others are not. That said, they do not have a tracking system so they do not know who has been told to report. As mentioned, those that skip the return appointment have had not problems. Those that have done the report say nothing is written down or recorded to show they have don so. Like other Immigration Offices, when you go to renew your extension again, they will want to see your bank records the preceding 12 months as proof that the 800k was kept on deposit for the following 3 months and the 2 months prior to renewal application. Further that the balance never fell below the minimum requirement of 400k for the other months.