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On 7/1/2025 at 5:07 AM, spidermike007 said:

The fee relates to overseas accounts so a Thai would pay that fee also if withdrawing from an overseas account. No need to engage in bashing, that's not what this threat is about. 

Exactly.

And those withdrawing from an overseas account are not withdrawing the currency held in that account.

Minimum charges are becoming more and more the norm. Where I am at the moment the company that runs buses at nearest stop only sells day tickets, a bit much to go one stop.

Just like the bus, moving money is more economical in larger amounts.

3 hours ago, Dan O said:

although all Imm office can be  different as are some bank statement formats.

Exactly the point. Nobody can say what an IO would know or what the documentary evidence would show. 

Just because one bank may use codes, doesn't mean they all do and even the same office can change from one year to the next.

Always best to ask at the office concerned.

4 hours ago, Rob Browder said:

And, if they think they landlord is doing something wrong, they can take it up with them - has nothing to do with the applicant living where they say they are.

Indeed, but if they think there is something not quite right they are quite entitled to make sure the applicant is not involved.

There are many on here that would say the applicant is at fault if living in an Airbnb, they would be wrong of course, but that is the reality.

10 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

They won't see it as cancelled. 

Agreed, they would see it flagged as no longer valid. The airlines can also check for validity.

You shouldn't be trying to promote breaking the law.

17 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Thai immigration doesn't know it's cancelled. 

When you pass through Thai immigration at departures they scan the passport, they would soon see it had been cancelled.

Of course everyone is free to think otherwise, but at the end of the day getting an ETD would be less hassle than being prevented from boarding.

20 hours ago, Dan O said:

 

All the monthly international deposits should have codes listed on them so highlight each monthly deposit. IMM know the code numbers.

My bank statements have never had "codes" on them, transactions have "description" and "channel". All I have ever seen on "channel" is "auto" or "international".

I always supported the statement with the remittance advice,  as opposed to the credit advice.

In all the time I did income extensions immigration never once asked to see the bank  book.

14 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

I'm wondering about that.  UK passport doesn't need an ETA so the first encounter with UK Immigration would be on arrival.  Until then nobody would know that the passport had been cancelled.  I realise airlines send passenger lists but to what extent they are reviewed and how quickly I don't know.

You wouldn't be able to leave Thailand with a passport that had been cancelled by HMPO. I was caught up  in the 2014 passport fiasco and advised by the embassy that the only travel option was Emergency Travel Document(ETD) back to the UK. My passport couldn't be used for travel once the HMPO had received an application for a replacement.

I was advised to sit it out even if it meant overstay. If i travelled and the new passport was sent out I wouldn't be able to retrieve it, meaning a further cancellation and a new application.

18 hours ago, cliveshep said:

Thank you for your concern, as I said elsewhere my current passport doesn't expire until next January so there is no immediate urgency

That is not quite the case. When you make an application for a new passport HMPO will on receipt of the application cancel the existing passport. If you had needed to return to the UK you would have had to get an ETD from the embassy.

Fortunately it sounds like progress has been made and no longer a concern.

On 6/14/2025 at 2:59 PM, Jingthing said:

Will need to do a new retirement extension at Jomtien with a new passport (new passport number). I have a valid TM30 and last address report but they have the old passport number on them. Will it be required to do a new TM30 and address report with the new passport number?

When i did an extension after getting new passport, a bit over a year ago, I just took the the TM30 out of the old passport and put it in the new passport. Nothing was said.

My TM30 doesn't have a passport number on it.

16 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

They need to know where you live, how the owner support his finances has nothing to do with that.

So you think they don't need to know if your accommodation is legal or not.

You can think what you want, it was those that advocated nominee shareholders, and there was some on this forum, that have created the need for more extensive checking.

You cannot blame immigration for the misdeeds of others, but why not take the easy option.

11 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

That doesn't make me support illegal ownership. 

The conditions of somebody's mortgage is none of their business.

 

And what do you think advocating against immigration's right to verify supports.

3 hours ago, Caldera said:

 

That the landlord is an individual (not a company) could be established with the usual documents requested. The additional ones that the OP is being asked for are way over the top.

You are entitled to your opinion.

Immigration is quite entitled to check the landlord  is a private individual, and not a company.

At the end of the day,  the man with the stamp has the last word.

6 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Were might one be that they would have to "trek" thousands of kilometers to an immigration office?

Assume you meant "Where", the "km" was nothing more than an emphasis on "metre".

The old Sri Ratcha location wasn't particularly easy for their part of the province, but the new one is a bit of awkward if things are not quite right.  Decided to go out of town into no mans land.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/GH4NjP2s8rTUyXzn7

6 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

No, that isn't what I am saying, read it again.

Quite obvious what you said, and what you meant.

Your words

"The landlord is right, immigration shouldn't ask for this information."

10 hours ago, isaanistical said:

talk about making a crisis out of a drama....

The amphoe is 200m across the car park from the IO (which is a 5min walk from the BTS, it's not exactly away in Isaan). She can do it by the time you have got your queue number and sat down.

You should have addressed that to the poster concerned.

I don't know that office and only made a suggestion.

My office and the nearest amphur are some miles apart, apart from the huge queue sitting on the doorstep at opening time.

14 hours ago, connda said:

Actually I just shut up and let my wife do all of the talking.  At this point she personally knows 3 IOs at our office on a casual level and hangs out and gossips with them.  

A bit the same, I just go and sit down while my wife goes to the desk. Been the same IO doing marriage for the last 11 years that I know of.

On 6/13/2025 at 10:32 AM, FritsSikkink said:

The landlord is right, immigration shouldn't ask for this information.

Are you saying immigration shouldn't have the right to ensure extension applicants are not aiding and abetting criminal activity.

When I first came here there was a consensus that buying a house through a company with nominee shareholders was the only sensible method.

Those that respected the law and did it with their wife were seen as stupid.

6 minutes ago, KruAlastair said:

She works full time in HR in the city. It's quite difficult to get her out of the office, especially on a weekday, needs to be planned ahead in advance. I work at home and do the school runs and try to do any menial tasks related to immigration myself. 

You could try taking the marriage certificate and her ID to the amphur and see what they say, probably no but you never know.

15 minutes ago, KruAlastair said:

So wife must be there with me at the amphur to get it ? or can I get it on my own? 

A Thai ID number is required for the database, something very unlikely to be on the marriage certificate for a foreign spouse.

12 minutes ago, KruAlastair said:

So theoretically the KR2 doesn't have to be done on the day, it just has to be recent, the trip to the bank on the other hand needs to be done on the day?

Generally speaking yes. I have heard of some offices allowing a bank letter from the day before but mine doesn't.

Not sure on the lifespan of the KR2, could be as much as a year but wife goes about a week before. The one we had was 10 year old before they said to get a new one.

On 6/14/2025 at 2:53 PM, KruAlastair said:

Thanks for the info, what documents do you need to ask for at the amphur and bank? Is it a quick and easy process? 

Quick and easy is in the eye of the beholder.

One year immigration said the KR2 was too old and to pop down to the local amphur in Sri Ratcha and get a new one. This was about 10.30 in the morning and the guy at the amphur said come back about 4pm. We drove along to Chonburi and did it in about 15 minutes, back by the time immigration reopened after lunch. 

Best check  with the amphur that nothing taking place before deciding to go, the KR 2 only needs to be recent.

You should be able to get the letter and statement from any branch so look for one close to immigration.

Nothing new here, land has been rising steadily alongside the No 7 since it's completion a few years back.

When I built my house in 2009 I was offered a plot about 10 rai for 6 million, it is still  for sale, about 10 times that now.

A few years from now every chance that corner of Thailand will be the most prosperous.

1 hour ago, Olof Karlsson said:

A system where the policemen can collect fines will relentlessly create corruption.

The road traffic situation in every country is an evolutionary process and not all started at the same time.

I was stationed in Germany early 70s and that was the way it was done.

We were heading back to camp one day and my friend went a bit  too fast in a roadwork  area. The motorbike police pulled and the conversation went something like

40 marks

What

50  marks

You can't do that

60 marks

I don't have enough

70 Marks

Paid up at 80 Marks.

Be thankful they haven't read that page of the handbook yet.

On 6/13/2025 at 6:40 AM, Equatorial said:

 

I am trying to decide which way to go. I think I understand pros and cons of both, and I am strongly leaning towards the income method. I am curious, what are your reasons for switching from the income method to money in the bank method (if you want to share, of course)?

For many that have no embassy letter, I would think it is the paperwork that would  be the main reason, why I changed. It is not really a big deal but you need to keep your eye on the ball with the transfers. They like to see a regular pattern, for example not the beginning of one month and then the end of another.

I nearly caught a cold a couple of times, distracted while out of the country when a transfer was due.

On the retirement extension there is a bit more of a downside to money in the bank than for marriage.