southsideBruce

I ended up going to Chonburi Immigration (at Jomtien)... Had all the paperwork required, signed copies of passport/bank book... I told the guy at the retirement visa desk that I had lost the original form... He said no problem, quickly looked at my documents, stapled them together and put them in a pile of retirement visa paperwork he was processing... I know that I probably didn't have to do the 90 day 800K THB in the bank drill - but feel better following the Immigration rules... but the rules are strange in that you end up having to show an entire year's worth of bank transactions when you file for an extension - and that would show if you withdrew too much at any point during the year, didn't leave enough in the account... BUT I guess maybe they are trying to catch the visa applicants who go with a visa company where they don't have to have anything in a bank account (apparently, from what I've read)... still, I sleep better at night knowing that I am following the Immigration rules...

Wow - thankful that I noticed this, as I had TOTALLY forgotten about the 90 day return to Jomtien Immigration to prove the 800K funds still in the bank account, and 90 days for me is June 7!!... Looked for the form they gave me when I picked up my passport (or when I applied for the extension, forget when they gave it to me) - can't find it, and for some dumbARSE reason, forgot to photo the form like I usually do, and forgot to add it to my google calendar to remind me... but thankfully last year I noted what I needed to take with me in my google calendar: Need Passport copies - photo page and last visa pageBankbook copes - first page, last page (updated before making the copy)Form that Immigration gave when did visa extension.