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3 minutes ago, dotpoom said:

Strange that a married man needs to show he has less money than a single man, considering the fact he has a wife to support and possibly children?

Go back to the earlier comments on this thread. Said already and responded to by others

6 minutes ago, Lovethailandelite said:

Are you stupid to think this has just been put out on a whim without the UK speaking with Thailand? The requirements are there on the government website. I have no idea what other information you need? It's easy enough to understand. Money needs to come into a Thai bank account. That's it.

Stupid no, intelligent yes,  along with many others who, understand things much better than yourself perhaps and would rather address these issue then just attempting to troll and insult another TV member

Just now, smedly said:

The bank knows were it came from and can confirm this in a letter for immigration - not an issue

 

Only issue I see is that some people don't transfer every month - I do 2x transfers a year but I also have a running balance in excess of 800k baht for most of the year which I may not need now

 

Like I keep saying - we now need clarification from Thai immigration as to what then need for annual income proof

Exactly as I said yesterday Smedly, and as far as we are currently aware, there is not any requirment yet for the source of income to be from ones home country.  So any deposit into a Thai bank account including Transferwise or the like should in theory be ok.  But as we all know , this will require further definitive confirmation from Thai authorities as that will open up a can of bigger worms.

25 minutes ago, Constantinos said:

Nikon D800, 60 mm, 1/80 sec, f:3.2 ISO 400

so natural

7 minutes ago, Psimbo said:

Does anyone know what the Embassy actually DOES do- seems to be the sum total of sod all to me.

it appears that of late they are into property investment and sales mainly ????

9 minutes ago, phutoie2 said:

For many years I have used the embassy income letter and savings in the bank (BKB) for retirement extensions. Will my Imm office accept the annual P60 and pension forecast plus savings?.  I cannot raise 800K Baht, so looks like a switch to a marriage extension. Yikes. 

And what is the problem with an extension based on marriage, surely the way to go if you are married?   If necessary you can even get a WP .

As a side issue it is possibly a more stable, higher quality of person in the eyes of the Thais then Farangs on a retirement visa/extension just acting as if they are single ? 

4 minutes ago, Fred31 said:

yep, a buch of layabouts, with no advocacy for British people -- why don't they protest?

 

And the numbers of British people actually working in the BKK Embassy (as opposed to foreign, non British), are diminishing every year

25 minutes ago, theoldgit said:

That may cause a problem to the increasing number of us, including me, who now use Transfer Wise to transfer funds from overseas.

Maybe not as income can be from any source, anywhere.  Deposits/transfers into your bank account should be considered income but of course would require definitive clarification

52 minutes ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

The retirement visa allows you to stay 365 days a year as long as you do 90 day reporting. For what possible reason would they shorten this time period? It's called a retirement visa for a reason.

 

Sounds like you're one of the "skint" and your post is just a rather weak retort, or, spiteful wishful thinking.

Perhaps you are one of the retired with failing eyesight ?  I said renewal of retirement extension. Is it you could not read properly or just you don't undertsand the difference ?

Just now, 50BahtLeo said:

Writing on the wall for skint farangs now. Other embassies to surely follow. You'd have to think the 'soft touch' Non-O's will then be targeted. Game over for anyone without the cash.

And if or when they introduce the minimum annual residency period in order to continue to qualify for a retirement extension it will be game over for many non skint farangs

5 minutes ago, Mickmouse1 said:

Funds must be on regular basis if not the lump sum.Of course they will check your annual statements when you go for renewal. 

Best solution move to Laos or Cambodia. If you love LOS so much you can still live across the border. 

Please reference the Thai requirement that requires funds to be on a regular basis

Just now, Mickmouse1 said:

What do you want them to do?  The only option is to levy a few hundred quids charge for such a service. 

Probably cost far more than that given most of their work is now outsourced to Mumbai anyway.

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

Personal circumstances will vary, but for me it was only 4 months statements from Kasikorn, that was totalled then ÷ 4 = av.per month ×12 to give annual income. Letter produced.charged £50+

 

Dependent on how many months statements the Thai IO asks for I see no difference except no letter writing to Embassy and no £50+ payment.!

 

Or am I missing something ?(based on above circumstances)

You mean you provided the above to the British Embassy to get the confirmation of income letter ? I always used UK pension statements as I thought that was needed as proof of income outside of Thailand. Back to my post 22 then my friendly IO is saying just show me your Thai bank book next ( of course it will show credits from foreign transfers). So that being the case you are right and we save money

21 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Be interesting to see how this gets interpreted and implemented by the numerous offices around the Kingdom. As we all know, rarely any consistency.

 

I would suggest to talk to your local office for what they want.????

done that already in post 22.  no one corroborated it yet though

21 minutes ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

When you get the letter from the bank, the bank also supplies a certified copy of every page in your bank book. At least they do for the seasoned 800K route.

so what is the point of the letter then if they also have the real bank book pages as proof I wonder ?

2 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

If you are not transferring money from the UK to live,  then how do the idiots think that you are financing yourself.  Income doesn't need to be checked by the Embassy. beyond ensuring that the supporting docs are genuine.  Its not the job of the Embassy to do the work of the Thai Authorities for them, its to support their Citizens.  

perhaps they may think you are getting income thro working in Thailand illegally ?

Well a contrary argument could be that a retired person is probably on their own, predominantly living a Farang lifestyle in Thailand. A person married to a Thai, even with an extended family,  could be benefiting from a Wife's income and even benefiting from Brothers and Sisters contributions dependant upon lifestyle. Not everybody marries into a non working lazy Thai family you know,  no more than in Farangland land that the man is the sole breadwinner.

2 minutes ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

Maybe Thai banks can issue official letters confirming that a minimum of 65,000 Bt each month has been deposited in your account with them. This will be the same kind of letters that the bank issues for the seasoned 800K.

even easier if like my previous post 22.   But maybe they will no longer accept letters ( due to the dodgy scams) rather want to see actual bank books to witness the history of all credits ?