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29 minutes ago, rabas said:

WARNING !

Note the 4 thousand baht Outpatient above is wrong.  I just looked at the original Thai. Google  wrongly translates 40,000 baht to 4000 baht, some kind of software bug.

 

Thai                   Google translate

4 หมื่นบาท          4 thousand baht   (wrong)

   หมื่นบาท          ten thousand baht  (correct)

1 หมื่นบาท          ten thousand baht  (correct)

 

Outpatient is not 4 thousand baht it is forty thousand baht

It would be great if you could post the original Thai version.  Thanks in advance.

3 hours ago, malibukid said:

Jesus, get cremation insurance

Where? (Serious question; apologies if the info is on one of the previous 50-odd pages)

3 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Lots of companies do over 75, its just more expensive, one of them does up to 100 years old.

Please name that company.

Thanks!

3 hours ago, BestB said:

400000 is not exactly a high cover , highly unlikely will cost a fortune , even less if you chose a deductible.

for all those worried, maybe even look at accident insurance as payout amount required is very low.

 

my full health insurance cover has a payout of 50 or so million with premium of 55000 baht.

Name of company, please.

Successfully opened a Krungsri account today, but it was chore-full.  I hope this will help anyone in a similar position.

I've banked with Krungsri in Bangkok for almost 15 years - no complaints at all: smooth UK-Thailand transfers in both directions.  However, it made sense to transfer the account to where I live now/open a new account here to ease the chore of producing updated pass-book and letter for the local immigration office when my next visa extension was due (used embassy statement of income in the past). 

Manager Jobsworth would not oblige - I'd had a work permit when I opened the BKK account years ago, but now, he said, as a holder of a Retirement Visa + many extensions, I had no work permit and was thus no longer eligible to open a new account/transfer the old account to his branch.  I resisted the urge to show him the Krungsri e-mail I reproduced in post 962 above confirming that I was eligible for both. 

Onwards to another branch, and a much warmer reception.  I took with me:

* copy of last statement from Krungsri in Bangkok;

* yellow household registration book & photocopy;

* Thai ID & photocopy;

* copy of UK bank statement showing regular pension income;

* copy of pension provider letter used in December to obtain embassy statement of income + a copy of the embassy statement;

* copy of passport ID and current visa extension pages;

* THB 1,500 cash to open the new account;

* cheque drawn on Krungsri Bangkok account to cover visa extension 800,000 requirement.

Not all were specified in the post 962 e-mail, but I opted for as many docs that I could think of that proved nationality, address, banking record and what-not.

All went fairly smoothly until inputting my data for the new account - system didn't like English, but the clerk sorted that after calling Krungsri Head Office. 

First time round, the passbook bore my given names but no surname, but a second and correct one was quickly prepared once I pointed out the omission.

I goofed by counter-signing the photocopies before I left home for the bank, so had to sign them again in the clerk's presence.

Pass-book shows the initial cash deposit of THB 1,500 - invited to return on Friday to have it updated to reflect the 800,000 cheque deposit.  Fair enough.

ATM issued on the spot after a cash payment of THB 300. 

Asked to complete a form promising not to be a US national or in any way a client of a US bank. 

The process took a shade under two hours from start to finish.  

Next step: opening an interest-bearing joint account.

Good luck to those that may follow!

10 hours ago, sniggie said:

Which just goes to show the inconsistencies that seem to plague Immigration offices. My UK embassy letter dated December 2018 was accepted without question last week in Jomtien (as others have also reported), But your local office doesn't! If only all offices had up to date copies of the relevant hymnsheet. 

Quite so ... my UK embassy letter was accepted in Lampang earlier this month.  In and out in 15 minutes. 

8 minutes ago, pr9spk said:

It's not Bangkok bank, 

May we know which bank it is?

28 minutes ago, pr9spk said:

What kind of document would show that your money has come from savings built up whilst working in the UK?

And that is the key question isn't it?  

Has anyone here used a Krungsri/Bank of Ayudhya account to receive an incoming SWIFT transfer from overseas?  If so, was it shown/coded on bank paperwork as an incoming foreign transfer?

Thanks.  

15 hours ago, Jack19290 said:

and she showed me her flight ticket. 

Small point, but who sponsored the flight from Isaan to Phuket?

Great work indeed!  Any chance of reposting the bank letter, duly anonymised, without the Google translate overlay?

Thanks in advance. 

1 minute ago, Justin Side said:

Try asking them or letting us know where your Immigration Office is.

Going there next week and will be kitted out with both sets of paperwork.  Note to follow here on what the annual extension window turns out to be 

Thanks for the quick replies.  Was hoping to perform 90 day and annual extension rites in a single visit to TI.

Dunno if my local office works to 30 or 45 days in advance....

Q:  How many days before/after annual extension deadline date may applications be submitted?

Tried searching here and to find the limits via the TI website, but it's having  a bad hair day. 

Thanks in advance! 

Commendable speed.  Has it shown as a foreign transfer?

4 hours ago, AjarnChan said:

My course is no longer offered, so proving I was ever there became impossible ! I did the course in pieces over several years, slowly amassing Credits, leaving then returning as a mature student, marrying and having two children, sometimes studying at a totally different institution. It got very messy, but I did eventually have a Valid Degree Certificate thought I swear I never got, or I forgot about Transcripts. Such a lot as changed. [ CNAA -> Council For National Academic Awards .. no longer exists ! ]

Worth a try?  http://www.ntualumni.org.uk/document.doc?id=142

Situation: have to open a Thai bank account to handle the documentary requirements under the new visa extension arragements.

It seems that overseas SWIFT transfers to Bank of Bangkok are appropriately coded as FTT in savings books/bank accounts.

Others not so clear: a post suggests that Krungsri codes incoming SWIFT transfers as TN, which may not be acceptable to Thai Immigration.

So, the question is as the title: which Thai banks show incoming SWIFT transfers as coming from overseas?

2 hours ago, albertik said:

A brief synopsis of my Immigration visit today.

Very useful post, thanks.

Which Immigration Office did you visit?

4 hours ago, xylophone said:

There is a ray of hope and this issued from the IO at Phuket states that............"evidence of adequate finance more than 65,000 monthly" will be sufficient to prove you have enough for the retirement extension to be granted. It doesn't stipulate that it has to come from overseas.

 

Hopefully that will apply elsewhere too??

 

What "evidence" will be acceptable?

14 minutes ago, Martyp said:

 Before I went to Immigration I payed Kasikorn 200 baht to print 6 months of past statements. These were the statements the Immigration officer didn’t care about. She instructed me to go to the Kasikorn office downstairs to get “the letter”. It is whatever she wrote down on the note she gave me. I have a photo of the letter. It is in Thai. I should probably get it translated. I was just planning to show it to the bank next year to show them what I wanted.

 

Get a printout of your statements. I’m always in favor of being over prepared. 

It would be great if you could post a copy of "the letter" here - Thai version alone would be very helpful.

6 hours ago, billsmart said:

I'd be happy if that were the case. I have the entire document, the "official" Thai version. I can't read Thai, but I can read English.

Please post the official Thai version here.  

1 hour ago, BumGun said:

My problem is, I can't open a bank account.

What's the problem?