Don't be so quick to claim the moral high ground...
Then you have clearly forgotten the American tw4t (in Korat I believe) who went off on an anti-Covid rant - embarrassing himself and his country.
There are many other examples if you need them.
Correct.
I am also sure that you recognise the stupidity of taking funds out of PSB's into a current account (losing only month's prize draw if you time it right) just to put the same money back again once the statement has been produced. I really don't like doing things that are unnecessary and pointless.
I agree.
In a different situation (providing a deposit for my daughter's house purchase) I told the broker/lender that I could not provide statements unless I registered as a financial adviser - and that would be a FAF. Eventually, they accepted a copy of the bond record .
I am grateful for your detailed response. Obviously. I am looking for the simplest route to providing 'evidence of funds'.
This is item 4 from the MOFA website:-
"Financial evidence: amount of no less than 500,000 THB, e.g. bank statements, sponsorship letter".
IMO, if a PSB summary is acceptable to, say, UKVI then there is no reason why it should not be acceptable to MOFA...................I fully accept that acceptance, or otherwise, will be at the behest of the approver.
You may wish to review your comment about no statements being available.
How to get NS&I-branded statements online
Firstly, you need to register for our adviser online service. This will give you easier and faster access to information on your clients’ NS&I holdings, so is worth doing anyway, but it’ll also give you access to NS&I-branded statements.
https://www.nsandi-adviser.com/helping-us-help-you-nsi-branded-statement-requests
I didn't suggest that they were a bank statemen.....BUT, they are evidence of funds (I have used the Bond Summary as evidence for UK visas and also a house purchase deposit).
Statements ARE available but you have to go through the FAF of registering as an agent? (i think).