Khun Roberto

Thanks Dr Jack. At some point during Covid they sent me from CW to that Popular Rd. Office to do the 90 days. I guess that was spreading out the crowd. Now they're back at CW. I shall follow your instructions. Thanks again. 🙂

Hi Folks, Is that the main Immigration building? (The big upside-down pyramid building.) Or the office just north of Impact Expo? I have copies of my TM 47, and Electricity bill. Need the CoR to renew my driver's license. Cheers

I think like DrJack. Simultaneous method until new method is accepted. Like a monkey swinging through the jungle, don't let go of one vine until you have the other vine firmly in hand.

Another thing is this new threat of possible income taxation on foreigners, or at least having to file paperwork to avoid the taxation. If you’re advertising that you’re bringing in 100k or whatever every month, that leaves a paper trail. 800k deposit or Embassy affidavit avoids monthly transfers.

Another thing is that Embassy’s change the rules. My embassy still does the affidavit, but that could change. Other embassies used to do the affidavit and stopped. That could (has) leave (left) some of us with a sudden surprise when we’re suddenly unable to renew. 😮

I think most of us who want to change method, for whatever personal reason, figure it’s best to use the simultaneous method, like DrJack and I am doing, because it’s unclear what Immigration will decide when it comes to the day we need to renew. Best cover both options. My query is: really how much do I need to keep in the bank?

I’ve never done the monthly transfers, only the embassy affidavit. This last time I renewed, I started what you are planning, the simultaneous method. I had the 800k in the bank, seasoned for over two months, but didn’t show it. I used the embassy letter. So next time I renew, I will have both options, the letter OR the affidavit. But… I want to spend some of the 800k for a couple of months, and it’s not past the three months since renewal Aug 4th, even though I didn’t use 800k method to renew. So if it drops a little bit below 800k it would violate the 3 month after rule, but I didn’t use it for this renewal, I hope to use it for next one, which theoretically would be only 2 months.

I've used the Embassy Income Letter for years and never had any monthly deposit.

Right? Theory and practice are not always the same. Right? Theory and practice are not always the same. When you’re new to the system, with the 800K method, you only have to prove two months prior, but once you’re in the system you’ve got to prove 12 months prior. The 800k/400k/800k over the past year. If you’re new to the system with the affidavit method, they aren’t looking at the past. Your affidavit just says “That’s what this guy gets every month.”

I’ve always renewed my Non O with an affidavit of income from my embassy. But next time I renew (Aug 2025) I want to change to the 800k deposit method. I have the 800k in a Kasikorn Savings account since 2 months before I renewed this time, (Aug 2024) but I didn’t tell them about that, I used the Embassy affidavit method to get the extension. **The Question**: In Aug 2025, I’ll change from affidavit to 800K deposit, is Immigration going to want to see the 800K since Aug 2024? Or for the two months before Aug 2025?

No LTR for me, just a lowly Non O I think I'm stuck going up to CW

Update. The folks at the Land Transport Office area 3 office won’t accept my condo title as proof of address, I have to have the address certificate from either the Embassy of the Immigration Bureau. I have to take a training course which apparently is 5 hours! (My Thai car license is expired for over three years.)

Interesting, so you never stayed long enough for a 90 day regsitration. I do have the TM47, and an electicity bill in my name, and blue book for a condo. My friend is Falang, had his TM47, and said he did not go to CW to get his COR. I'll dig some more and report back if I get any info.

Hi Dr Jack, I sold a motorcycle to a guy a couple of months ago, and he said he didn't go to CW to get his Certificate, that he got it in town. it was mailed to him, took two weeks. Cheers