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The real question is what is your previous entry stay history this year in the country. I mean have you been milking free stamp entries and 30-day extensions to facilitate living here? Because the borders take a dim view of people doing that who bounce out and back to get another stamp This is exactly why people use the service to bounce you out and back because they can get you out and back safely with out regard to your entry history. Best of luck with it
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Visa Renewal
Tod Daniels replied to Rich the Robin's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
If you bank with Bangkok Bank they will bring you to Bangkok to bank the funds, get the bank letter, etc. Then they take you to get the extension and back to begin to get the money out. For some reason they can't use Bangkok Bank in Pattaya. It doesn't seem to have affected other banks down there -
BKK Bank 4 months banked method??
Tod Daniels replied to homemade514's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
there is nothing out of the ordinary being asked to do that IF you are using "banked money method" and it's NOT the first year you get the extension from the Non-O (when the seasoning is just 2 month) you have to show a year detail transaction report so that immigrations can see that you left the money in the account for 3 months after you got the extension last year, then that the balance never went below 400k the rest of the year and that you got it back up to 800K two months before you applied for the new extension That's a totally common thing to be asked by IMMIGRATIONS This topic is about Bangkok Bank making their own rules about how long you have to leave the funds in their bank to get the letter from them -
BKK Bank 4 months banked method??
Tod Daniels replied to homemade514's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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BKK Bank 4 months banked method??
Tod Daniels replied to homemade514's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Someone posted this on a f/b group saying it was at a Bangkok Bank branch in the basement of Chaengwattana here in Bangkok where immigrations is and that they heard about it today when they went to get their bank letter.. They have an extension based on raising a foreign child so their 500k was already in the bank for 3 months, BUT because it wasn't in for 4 months total the bank made them sign they would leave it in ANOTHER 4 months in order to issue the bank letter -
Can't see if you're a foreign condo owner how providing a TM30, a copy of the blue book (which would be blank seeing as foreigners can't have their name IN a blue house book) and a copy of the front/back of the chanote <- which WOULD show the foreigners name on it are all that invasive and/or difficult to produce.. 😕 Foreigners that rent are routinely asked to provide TM30, rental contract, thai owners i/d, blue book when getting a yearly extension so if you own a condo as a foreigner stands to reason you'd show something more substantial than just a TM30. Remember the documentation you provide on the TM30 online system is only to create an account and add an address, NOT to file a TM30 on someone
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The real questions are : What do you mean by the statement my passport is running out of days? Do you mean you're current stamp is running out? OR Do you mean your passport is expiring soon? Another question is WHERE are you in thailand? If you're in Bangkok there are border bounce services that take you to the borders in Lao and back SWD Transport is one (www.thaivisaservice.com) If you have an extensive entry/stay history you are unlikely to bounce yourself out/back at the Nong Khai border without either being told to stay IN Lao 2 days or so OR being told you can leave but have to fly back in <- which again, with an extensive entry/stay history (especially if it's free stamp visa exempt entry) can come with it's own set of problems
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There's no problem flying in and out of Cambodia, or flying out and back to any location, The real problem is getting stamped back in on another free stamp 60 day visa exempt entry at the airport. especially if you just had one.. They are hella hard on "bouncers" <- people living here milking free 60 every stamps, and deny entry to a couple thousand people a week at the airports. If you're thinking of flying out and back as a way to get a new free stamp entry (especially if you're on one now) you should think about using a safe entry company. They guarantee you get in at the Bangkok airports no matter what you entry/stay history is.
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Missed 90 day Report & TM30 Issues
Tod Daniels replied to bigqueso26's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Dual back the paranoia just a notch or three. 😉 Nothing is going to be said because you missed the earlier 90 day report (but the excuse you didn't know about doing them cuts no ice 😮 ). You already leFT the country and "wiped the slate clean" concerning that last one you missed. Nor is anything going to happen because your landlord filed a TM30 late. As long as you have the PDF print out that it was filed you'll be fine doing a 90 day report at that address. If you're in Bangkok you can always just go to Bumrungrad Hospital 10th floor business center and they'll do your 90 day reporting for 650, you drop off the passport and pick it back up from there a few days later. One last thing, even if you don't file a 90 day report, nothing will happen when you go to stamp out and come back in a new stamp, the officers at passport control don't care in you ever filed a 90 day report or not. You can only be fined by the immigration office 2000 baht for failure to file a 90 day report on time, and if you don't have any business at the immigration office (certificate of residence, extension, etc) they'll never even know -
Verify UK pension
Tod Daniels replied to elfpattaya's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
and there in lies the problem. 😮 IF that agent used "banked money method" and banked the money just long enough to update your bank book, get the bank letter and get you the extension, then even IF you had 12 months of a minimum of 65K baht a month in international transfers coming into your account you couldn't use monthly income method for this upcoming extension 😞 That's because The banked money method seasoning is 800K baht in the bank for 2 months before you apply for the extension, the 800K baht stays in the bank for 3 months after the extension is granted and then the balance can not go below 400K baht the rest of the year <- you meet these requirements in addition to bringing in 65k baht a month each month every month for the previous 12 months for this upcoming extension When you go to get an extension they will require a year detail transaction report from the bank, that will show the balance every transaction for every day of the previous year AND (if the agent banked the money for you) they will see that you didn't meet the requirements for the banked money method and deny the extension Just continue using the agent (the prices didn't go up THAT much, I previously saw prices in Pattaya for 14k and now it's like 17k-19k, although bangkok is higher)