Jenson75

14 hours ago, poka513 said:

I got this attached list 2+ months ago from Chiang Mai Immigration

thai_wife_chiang_mai.pdf 1.91 MB · 19 downloads

Thank you so much, poka513! In #7.3 of your PDF above it looks like since I have a pension from abroad of above 40K a month that all I have to show to document my income is an embassy letter. It looks like I do not have to show any statement from any banks, Thai or foreign.

This is the way it has been at CM Imm for me from 2009-2017. In 2018 CM Imm asked me for a bank statement from my home country as well, but now it looks like it's back to normal.

If I were to do as Chilly07 suggested and get a new 3 months Non-0 from the Thai embassy in my home country every year, then it would not be easy for me to stay here in Thailand for 6 months a year... I know it can be extended for 30 days at CM Imm, and then I could stay for a total of 4 months. But to get 2 months in addition to that - so my total stay would add up to 6 months - I would have to travel to a Thai consulate or embassy in Laos or another neighbouring country and get a 2-month tourist visa. And that is much harder to get now than it used to be. Sometimes you cannot get it at all. So this does not seem like a good solution for me. But maybe I have misunderstood something? Or misunderstood Chilly07.

Anyway. Thanks to everyone who has replied/posted in this thread! I really appreciate it.

2 hours ago, chilly07 said:

Best to get a new Non O from home country every time you come which is less onerous financially. Non O with extensions is mainly for people who live in Thailand. Income Letters need to be new for each extension.

OK. But I have gotten 1-year extensions since 2009 with no problems... This year might be different though, if the rules/practice has changed at Chiang Mai Immigration from last year. Has it? Does anyone have any actual experience with the income-method 1-year extension because of marriage in Chiang Mai?

Can I still get by with just a new embassy letter stating my yearly income? (which my embassy still produces!)

Or do I need additional income documents as stated in my first post?

Thanks!

I have an embassy letter confirming my income of 900K a year. I have used this document to get a 1-year extension because of marriage to a Thai national for over a decade now. Last year I had to bring a print-out from my European bank for the last 12 months in addition to the embassy letter - showing my pension payments in Europe.

This year I have heard I have to bring a statement from my Thai bank on money I have transferred into Thailand from my bank in my home country - and it has to show I have transferred more than 400,000 baht in the last 12 months to my Thai bank. Is this accurate? Or will I only be asked for an embassy letter confirming my income?

Also, I only live in Thailand 6 months of the year, so I don't transfer a minimum of 40,000 baht a month into Thailand -- but I do transfer more than 400,000 baht per year. Is this a problem?

I think people who apply for Retirement extension have to transfer at least 65,000 baht a month for 12 months in a row (just 1 month with less than 65K and you have a BIG problem even if the yearly total is more than 800K). But I have heard that for an extension because of marriage you only have to AVERAGE more than 40K a month, not move 40K+ EVERY month. Have I understood this correctly - how this is practised in at Chiang Mai Immigration?

I would really appreciate help from someone who is wiser and more knowledgeable than I!

16 hours ago, orchis said:

Simon Cabaret Phuket exists since 1991. The above review of Simon Cabaret 

 Chiangmai is from 2006, thus the two have for a long time existed concurrently. 

You are right, of course! I think it is the same company, though. So for some years they had cabarets in 2 cities. When the CM-operation closed they had signs outside the premises that said: "Moving to Phuket".

http://withoutbaggage.com/essays/thailand-simon-chiang-mai/

Found it myself. Tian Visa Services is located at the spa directly across the road from Immigration.

I need a residency certificate and I don't want to wait 2 weeks for it. Is there a Visa Agency/agent close by the offices of Chiang Mai Immigration? I have heard that the fee is 1,000 baht - and then I can get the res-cert the next day. Is there an agency across the road from Immigration, or is that just a photocopy-shop?