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5 hours ago, dayo202 said:

This Message is from the KEY VISA Facebook page.. please don't shoot the messenger.

Latest News ???????? we believe the new rules for retirement visa applications will not affect applicants who have had a retirement visa issued in the last 10 years, this new rule is aimed at new applicants ????????

News yet to be confirmed but looking good ????

Nothing new on the KEY VISA website, simply an invitation to call in if the proposed changes are causing sleepless nights".

Watch this space....

3 hours ago, peterg40 said:

My visit to Huahin Immigration yesterday CONFIRMED, after conversations with 2 senior Officers,

that ,absolutely NOTHING has changed with regard to visa extensions based on Retirement.

Indeed, they gave me a printed 

leaflet headed ,Retirement Visa.

Regulation & Required Documents.

This leaflet which is available to 

everyone absolutely confirms that the 

current requirements have not 

changed!!!

Please post a copy of the leaflet.

Thanks

8 hours ago, Pilotman said:

I binned the C of R idea and, taking the advice from many on this forum, I went into another bank and branch. Absolutely no problem at all.  Done and finished within 30 minutes and all they wanted was my passport, showing an extension of stay. 

Good!  May we know which bank and branch?

Thanks.

On 1/13/2019 at 8:43 PM, MrPatrickThai said:

To get a Thai ID card, it's a long process taking around 3 years. You have got a Non-Thai ID card, very different to a Thai ID card.

Agreed!

Bank of Bangkok (BB) website sets the criteria below  to be filled before an account may be opened.

Have any BM's opened BB accounts since the kerfuffle about income certification erupted and, if so, what documents did the branch they approached ask for/accept?

Many thanks in advance for replies.

9 minutes ago, melvinmelvin said:

 

and getting the yellow book was a breeze too?

 

Yes - posted my experience in post #24 in the Yellow House-Book thread (28 December).

Just obtained my Thai ID card from Lampang Municipal Office.

Easy business:

Documents Required:  Passport and Yellow House-Book, with copies of the ID pages in each

A few simple questions (including blood group!).  Photograph and thumbprints taken, all done in under half an hour.  No queue before being attended to.  Polite and good-humoured service throughout.

Onwards to opening a bank account .... (I'll post in the banking forum about that). 

Re: Post 24 above

Just obtained my Thai ID card from Lampang Municipal Office.

Easy business:

Documents Required:  Passport and Yellow House-Book, with copies of the ID pages in each

A few simple questions (including blood group!).  Photograph and thumbprints taken, all done in under half an hour.  No queue before being attended to.  Polite and good-humoured service throughout.

Onwards to opening a bank account .... (I'll post in the banking forum about that). 

On 12/11/2018 at 7:13 PM, Nyezhov said:

I had my lease, passport, visa. But when I got my 90 day OA extension I opened a new account with a real visa card just by going back to the branch with my new Visa

 

My transferwise transfers show local.

In anticipation of a "must have work permit"-style response from Krungsri, I e-mailed its Head Office asking what documents a branch would require sight of before agreeing to open an account.

Response as follows: 

you can contact any of our branches nearby with one of the following document;
For individual account
(1) Valid Passport and one of the followings:
     1.1 Valid Work Permit
     1.2 Thai residential documents i.e. household registration or letter from educational institute or resident rental agreement or condominium buying contract.
     1.3 Business Visa or Retirement Visa
(2) Alien License
(3) Identity issued by trusty organization such as Embassy or Foreign Affairs Department or the United Nations.

For Savings account: Minimum initial deposit is THB500. For an ATM card or VISA Debit card: new card fee is THB100 and annual fee is THB200.

Thank you for your interest in our products and services. For more information, please contact our 24-hour Krungsri Call Center at 1572, overseas call (66) 2296 2000 press 1.

Seems straightforward, providing the branch I approach can guarantee that incoming credits will be shown in the pass-book/statements as transfers from an overseas bank (not as domestic in-country transfers, which appears to be the case with Transferwise credits)

Just received my "Yellow Book" (Tabian Baan) from Lampang Municipal Office.

I took:

1.  Passport, photocopies of ID page + a translation of the latter

2. UK Wedding certificate + photocopy (no translation)

3. House-book and wife's ID + photocopies

4. 2 passport-style photographs

5. Immigration Department Certificate of Residence + photocopy

6. Wife

7.  One Thai witness, a neighbour.

*Very straightforward and simple procedure - front desk checked that my papers seemed in order, then steered us towards a table at which the checking/interview took place.  Asked about pre-retirement occupation, length of residence in Thailand and at current address, names of parents. 

*Responses by wife and witness to various questions (nothing at all difficult) were transcribed onto various forms, some of which I and wife were asked to sign.  Start to finish about one hour (no queue).

Collected Yellow Book four working days later.  

Next step:  Obtain Thai ID card, the procedure for which I'll add to this thread.

Long shot:  Any advice as to which banks in LAMPANG are falang friendly?

Situation:  On retirement visa extensions for the last ten years, using proof of income embassy letter for the extension ritual.  Now need to open an account to hold 800k or receive one of my UK pensions (or at least 65 k in monthly transfers.  I can get a Certificate of Residence from Immigration and, all being well, should soon have a yellow book. (I'll do a post about that ritual when it's complete)

Thanks in advance!

13 minutes ago, onera1961 said:

 

Where is EmQuartier? Is it in Bangkok?

Adjoins Phrom Pong Skytrain station in Bangkok

Thanks for the swift reply.  I'll give Krungsri a try as soon as I've got a Residence Certficate from Immigration

(own house, in wifey's name, no yellow book).  Will report back here as I guess it's going to be a common question over the next few months.

On 9/28/2018 at 5:26 PM, Nyezhov said:

and the winner:

Krungsri, Mquartier Branch, an hour of paperwork, a 500 baht fee on an ATM card, a passbook, 4 fee free at any ATMs a month and unlimited fee free Yellow ATMs. All deposits must be made at a branch.  Cant use the Visa for purchases though. No internet banking. Done.

Q:  What documents did Krungsri ask to see before agreeing to open your account?

Q:  Does Krungsri show incoming foreign transfers as such on statements?

(Need to open a new account so that when the time comes for annual visa extension, I can prove income.  Last time I tried (2009), I was rejected because I had no work permit.  I do have an account with another bank in Bangkok, but now live up-country and need a local account in the event that Thai Immigration insist on same-day bank statement and letter.  Something tells me trying to transfer an account from one branch to another would not be easy....).

Many thanks in advance!  

On 11/24/2018 at 8:12 AM, OneeyedJohn said:

Received my proof of income letter yesterday from the BE. 

I'm beginning to get nervous about my proof of income letter.

Q: How many embassy working days between BMs supplying the raw material and arrival of the embassy letter?

Q: Was the embassy letter sent by ordinary or registered post?\

Thanks in advance! 

2 hours ago, HHTel said:

In one report the TI have said that they won't accept embassy documents dated after 1st January.

Source please.

23 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

Who is it?  You seem to know. 

My e-mails on this topic have been answered by "Stacey" (no position given) and Sara Peth, Deputy Consul and Head of Operations.  Both likely to be locally-engaged employees.

The current 1st Secretary (HM Consul) is Paul Kaye, recently arrived and interviewed here: 

1 hour ago, tgeezer said:

‘Customers’!
Is the damned embassy a shop? Where is it by the way? In an upstairs room of a Chinese restaurant I shouldn’t wonder.

Quite right - 'customer' is so 20th century.  I thought we were all 'stake-holders' or 'clients' now..... 

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office/about/complaints-procedure

This has a section for complaints about Consular Services ...

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office/about/complaints-procedure

This has a section for complaints about Consular Services ....

Just signed and copied it to pals.  Up to 75 now. 

13 minutes ago, 007 RED said:

Those of us who have applied online for an Embassy letter as evidence of or income during the past 12 months have provided the Embassy with our email address, and no doubt that information is retained by the Embassy on a spreadsheet somewhere.  I would have thought that the Embassy, as a ‘damage limitation exercise’ for its Nationals, would send the past year’s applicants an email to inform them that they will no longer provide the letter confirming income and advise them of the alternatives.  OK, pigs will fly, I know. 

Precisely.  ????

31 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Its not the wording etc, the main difference is UK income letter the consulate is the writer and signatory of the letters. All the other consulates the letters are written and signed by the citizen (the consulate just verifies you wrote it and signed it)

An income letter from Australia, Canada US etc, immigration has the writer and signatory sitting in front of them applying for an extension.

A UK income letter, the writer and signatory is sitting in the UK consulate.

I got that, and was wondering why the British Embassy wouldn't adopt a similar procedure to avoid stirring up the angst in this thread.