bubbadaguy

my last extension immigration wanted a letter from the bank confirming 800,000 baht and also wanted copies of my

bankbook showing i didn't go below the 800,000 requirement during the last 3 months. and they checked closely.

immigration office: chiang mai.

You can do a conversion to O at some but not all offices (the big offices, generally yes) as part of the so called "two step" process ... where the first step is the conversion and the second step in the retirement extension.

As far as proving incoming transfers for such a conversion, nobody here can give you guarantees of what they will ask and what they will accept, but of course keep records of all your incoming transfers. Also the passbook should have a CODE indicating the transfer was from abroad. Seems to me that should work.

You know, I wouldn't stress about this. You could always get a single entry O in Malaysia and avoid a conversion in Thailand if for some reason they don't accept the evidence of foreign transfer.

Again, this is an issue for CONVERSIONS only.

the passbook does have a code indicating funds received from outside of thailand. i had it explained to me a while back by

both a bank officer and by an immigration officer. and they have also checked to make sure my total of 800,000 baht in

the bank total did not go under that limit at all during the 2 or 3 month period. checked every deposit and every

withdrawal to make sure the 800,000 limit was NOT broken.

 

last i heard, which was several years ago, on a tourist visa(s) you were allowed only

90 days out of the last 180 days.  this is a "running" 180 days.. ie, from today back

for 180 days. if your next tourist visa will be more than those 90 days of the last

180 days, you will have to leave the kingdom until your eligibility (more than 180

days) returns.

 

this means that out of the last 180 days you can only be in the kingdom on a tourist

visa no more than 90 days.  half of the time must be spent outside the kingdom.

 

perhaps the dreaded red stamp is to alert you and/or the consulate the next time

you apply that your 90 day of 180 days is in question and deserves a closer look.

 

if this is the case, when you get more days you can return the kingdom again, no

fault... however, you won't be allowed to run over 90 days in a 180 day period.

 

that is what it used to be. i haven't heard of any change but there might have been.

 

bubba

 

Your post is out of date by over 5 years. And that only applied to visa exempt entries not tourist visas.

The 90 days rule went away when they changed visa exempt entries to 15 days at the border.
 

 

like i said..it has been awhile - and i've slept since then!

thanks for the correction.

last i heard, which was several years ago, on a tourist visa(s) you were allowed only

90 days out of the last 180 days.  this is a "running" 180 days.. ie, from today back

for 180 days. if your next tourist visa will be more than those 90 days of the last

180 days, you will have to leave the kingdom until your eligibility (more than 180

days) returns.

this means that out of the last 180 days you can only be in the kingdom on a tourist

visa no more than 90 days.  half of the time must be spent outside the kingdom.

perhaps the dreaded red stamp is to alert you and/or the consulate the next time

you apply that your 90 day of 180 days is in question and deserves a closer look.

if this is the case, when you get more days you can return the kingdom again, no

fault... however, you won't be allowed to run over 90 days in a 180 day period.

that is what it used to be. i haven't heard of any change but there might have been.

bubba

ever consider closing off part of this big house and living in something less than all of it?

i have 2 floors and i live in just the street level. leave the other level untouched.. -> no cleaning

necessary.

must be doing some good. last year all the rice fields around where i live and travel were plowed under...

i saw no LOCAL burning. many people commented on the unusually lack of annual smoke invasion.

it worked to a degree here in chiang mai last year. hoping for a repeat again this year.

"haze"??? interesting terminology i think. smoke is more appropriate, of course.

think it is slow here... try laos.

map with dots is, indeed, too much to ask... it requires "commitment" which can only backfire.

very typical. of course, predicting the flooding is the problem, not the flooding itself!

Applies to single men over 50 to.

If your 50+ and cant scrape 800 k baht together , I think you have bigger worries than being able to stay in Thailand.

would that we alll were so lucky!

when i lived in Nong Khai i often made trips to Laos on my bicycle. Never even a hint of a problem.

i don't know what the blood alcohol limit is but i don't think that is what your were asking about. [smile]

If he lives in aranyapratet, he can just cross the border every 15 days.

Bad advice!

1. Thai immigration has a limit on the number of border runs;

2. All his passport pages would be filled in 6 months.

my understanding is that on a tourist visa you are limited to 90 days out of the preceding 180 days.

however, a non-imm visa is not limited by number of days or border runs.

they do pressure you for a retirement visa if it is age appropriate, but i don't think you need to

do so. especially if you "live" in cambodia on a business visa.

cambodia business visa = $300 US a year and no immigration hassles.

a business visa in cambodia is $25 for one month, extendable at the same rate for 12 months, then can be reissued.

so, cambodia, no immigration checks, no immigration foolishness for $300 US a year... multi entry.

can come into thailand and go back as often as one wants.

oh, and, no, you don't actually have to have a business...

now i see what i'm missing... i live just outside of Chiang Mai in a nice gated community, 2 bedroom townhouse,

own 1 motorscooter, single, eat all meals out.

i get by on 20,000 baht a month. i know a guy who gets by on half that.

oh yes, at least 1 beer every day.

You can check with your countries Thai Embassy for their interpretation.

Also, do a google search for "embassy Thailand" and you can read the

requirements from their website.