HarryWho

If you have the notarized US embassy income verifcation letter, and IMM asks you for proof of income....

Are there any guidelines for the 65K baht monthy income regarding what qualifies as income?

Can you show stock sales and dividends from the current calendar year as proof that you have the required income?

Thanks.

These forum topics are frequently confusing because some people are talking about "visas" and others are talking about "extensions of stay", two completely different things.

I am here on a non-immigrant education visa from the US, and I plan to try to get a one-year retirement "extension of stay" later this month. I am over 50.

This is my plan.

1) Go to the US Embassy in Bangkok, actually USCIS, and get a notarized Income Affadavit for Retirees. I can prove I have Investment Income exceeding 65K baht per month by showing my bank statements, but because I am from the US, I will not have to produce that evidence at the US Embassy due to privacy laws. They will just ask me to raise my right hand and swear under oath that I have the income, and they will notarize my affidavit. As I understand it, some embassies from other countries, such as the UK, will require proof of income before they notarize the income affidavit. Here is a link for the form.

http://bangkok.usemb...it_retirees.pdf

2) Go to my local Thai bank and get a letter from the bank saying I have a bank account in Thailand (cost 100 baht) and get copies of all pages of my passbook showing I have had the bank account in Thailand for many months with a balance over 15K baht.

3) Bring these originals and copies and copies of the relevant passport pages and photos to the local immigration office and fill out the the retirement "extension of stay" form.

My questions for the experienced retirees who have an extension of stay is

1) Plan any good?

2) Will the local immigration office still ask for proof of 65K baht monthly income at that point and will they accept investment income as proof of income?

3) Will this work if I am here on a non-immigrant education visa?

TIA!