Terry Scoble

Thanks for your reply and to the other members who also replied. Here is an update: I went to another branch (Pattaya Klang) this morning and they also said that they would not issue the Credit Advice Summary Letter or the Account Verification Letter. They did not ask me where the account was opened. I then told them that the account was opened in Udon Thani and they advised me go to that branch for the letters! This is contrary to their earlier advice that they were no longer issuing the letters. I then went to the Immigration Office in Jomtien and spoke to the IO who deals with Retirement Visa Extensions. He seemed aware of the problem and said that the statement would suffice and I would not need the Credit Advice Summary Letter. However, he said that I would need the Account Verification Letter and asked whether I had another bank account. Luckily for me I also have an account with Krungsri. The IO advised me to do a transfer from Bangkok Bank to Krungsri Bank, update the passbooks and obtain the Account Verification Letter from Krungsri. I then visited Krungsri and they confirmed that they would issue the letter. I told them that this account was also opened in Udon Thani and they said that this was not a problem. As an aside, the IO advised me to do all my future transfers to Krungsri Bank!

Bangkok Bank said they stopped issuing the 2 letters as of last December. I wasn't asked for proof of source of income (February 2025). Is this a new change?

Thanks for the reply. I am using the 65K a month method. The letter is just the account verification ie: account number, name and balance. I did contact Bangkok Bank Customer Services but they couldn't answer the question. The branch said that they had stopped issuing the letters for about 2 months and that it was the same with all the banks. I will do as you suggest and visit another branch.

Apologies in advance if this has been covered in other threads. I have to extend my Retirement Visa in Pattaya next week. Today I went to Bangkok Bank to order a 12 month statement which was fine. I asked about the letter that details just the foreign transfers, which I have had to produce for my last 2 extensions, but Bangkok Bank said that they have stopped issuing these letters. Similarly they won't issue the account verification letter which I would normally get the day before visiting immigration. Bangkok Bank said that immigration will be happy with just the 12 month statement. Can anyone clarify if this is true?

My UK DL expired. Herein lies the absurdity of the situation as I can comply with the proof of address stipulated by the British Embassy by providing a bank statement with a UK address. This UK address is a place that I have never resided at! So, in their effort to comply with anti-money-laundering legislation they make it easier to provide proof of an address that I have never lived at than to provide proof of the address I do live at!

This is where it is a little ambiguous. They say that you can use the yellow book and that any documents submitted can be in English or Thai. They go on to say that the document must contain your name as it appears in your passport which would rule out the yellow book. There is no mention of translating the yellow book from Thai to English. Either way, I am going to use my Thai DL and forget all about yellow books!

Seems a little crazy. Luckily for me I have never been married!

Thanks for the message. Yes, I know about all the next steps. It was the proof of address that was causing me a headache.

Thanks for the many replies. I think the Thai DL will be what I use.

Thanks, that's a big problem solved!

Being able to use my Thai DL would be ideal if the embassy accepts it as proof of address. Yes, it contains my name as in my passport and my address in Thai and English. Yes, I have a Thai bank account which I changed my address on when I moved. However, the bank didn't ask for any documentation to show my new address and I just told them verbally what it was and they changed it on their system. Hence, I am not sure how reliable that would be!

Thanks for the message. Did the British Embassy confirm that you can use a Thai driving licence? If so, that would solve all my problems!

Thanks for taking the time to reply but I think we are going round in circles. I can see your point and maybe I am misinterpreting things. Regarding the yellow book, the guidance says that this is an acceptable proof of address but I don't understand how it can be when the guidance goes on to say that documents can be in English or Thai but your name must be how it appears in your passport. So my first name is แทร์รี่ but that isn't how it appears in my passport.

I see your point but the guidance says the name should be as it 'appears' in your passport. 'Appears' is the crucial word and I would interpret that as being what it looks like. So a document might well have the Thai translation of your name but that is not how it appears in your passport.

Maybe I am misinterpreting it, I don't know. From my understanding, foreign nationals cannot be listed in a blue book only in a yellow book. If you have a yellow book then your name would be written in Thai which will not match the name in your passport which will be in English. I have a Thai driving licence with my current address on it and am waiting for any member to tell me that they have used that as proof of address at the British Embassy.

Not any more!

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I understand that a passport is proof of your name but if you look further into the guidance at proof of address it states that the document can be in English or Thai but must contain your name as it appears in your passport. As both, the blue book and the yellow book are in Thai, I cannot see how the embassy would accept them. How did you manage to use the blue book as proof of your address as, from my understanding, this is only for Thai nationals and would not have had your name in it?

I should have mentioned that, although the British Embassy accepts a yellow book as proof of address, they state that the name has to be the same as in your passport. From my research, the yellow book is in Thai and contains no English so why would the embassy list this as an acceptable proof of address?

I am seeking advice regarding the proof of address required by the British Embassy when applying for an affirmation of freedom to marry. On the gov.uk website it states that proof of address can be a yellow book, pink ID card or another document that is accepted by the district office. I don't have a yellow book and consequently no pink ID card. I asked the district office what other document they would accept and, following some blank looks, they suggested I went to immigration. I went to immigration with an application form for a Residence Certificate but was advised by the IO that the Residence Certificate was not a form used for embassies but just for local matters. What other forms of proof of address have UK nationals used to satisfy the British Embassy?