This was supposed to be my first retirement extension in Bangkok, my 3rd in total, coming from another province.
I had all my needed legal documents, bank statements, bank letter, 800k, my own condo with chanote.
Last year I moved my money legally from Kasikorn to Krungsri. In 2 400.000 steps... you know, to not go under the 400k minimum and start with the 400k minimum in the allowed period after 3 months of approval.
So I brought my Krungsri bank papers with me.
Nothing to do Kasikorn since beginning of 2023.
I thought it would be a quick 60 minutes in and out... had appointment made, a month in advance.
The supervisor comes to me and say, I don't trust your 800k retirement visa in Samut Prakarn...
You need to show me bank statements of your OLD bank starting 2023.
My Krungsri had 15 months of 800.000 in the bank and off course, I did not bring a bankbook of a bank I do not business with, specially for immigration.
She forced me to go to the bank, without passbook, the bank would not want to make a certified statement or show me the history.
500 baht they took for an email statement that they would not put a stamp on, or print in the bank.
I hoped with this that the IO would just give me extension, as this was not my first one and I got the statement she wanted from 2023 till now.
Nope, we will consider it, never heard of that for a retirement extension and come back after songkran.
And... get new bank statements and bank letter, from Krungsri, as... your paper will have 'expired'
like what the hell
Took me 7 hours to go there, wait and back to get nothing.
I have my own condo and they still asked for a tabien baan of ... my ex wife and maybe if I had a copy of her id card?
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
divorced for a reason, not being there for anything but my own retirement extension, nothing to do with my ex...
guess they really like to F with people ...
anybody else ever had this kind of crap ?