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I strongly suspect that the most valid reason on why the UK State Pension would not be covered by the DTA is that there is no Article specifically mentioning it in the DTA!

A "household" face of paedophilia.

If IMM home visits and witnesses aren't practicable in your case, then your only option, as I see it, would be to stick with retirement as the reason for your annual extensions . A further consideration which you might need to bear in mind in this connection is that, if your wife's condo unit is located within the catchment area of another immigration office to the one you deal with at the present time, you might need to deal with that office on all IMM-related matters from now on - a key prerequisite to which would, of course, be the submission of a fresh TM30 to them by presumably your wife in your case.

Just beware, though, that your first marriage extension will last 12 months from the date you apply for it and not from when your current permission of stay granted under your previous retirement extension expires. As stated by both @DrJack54 and the late ubonjoe in this 2022 thread: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266697-married-extension-appointment

Dunno why we can't attach Word docs on here. Nor even PDF ones! 🤬 Anyway, here are 7 JPG conversions of the Word template I've used for my Thai will - in English and Thai as specified by the OP. One page per converted file, I think. EDIT: I now see that the text of my JPG attahments has somehow been displayed sequentially (presumably). Why, you learn something new about attaching files on AN every day, it seems!😄

And 3 pages further on that's still the case.

I am not aware of any other office which requires hand-drawn maps to your residence to be provided in support of - and, consequently, home visits to be performed in connection with - non-O visa conversion and annual extension of stay applications for retirement. So in this particular regard CW can justifiably be considered a rogue office IMHO.

I have always been under the impression that the maximum financial liability facing airlines in the event of one of their passengers being denied entry into Thailand took the form of the cost of a one-way ticket for a flight back to the airport of origin.

And things got worse: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmj2r1403jpo Didn't realise that the organisers had employed Joe Biden to announce the teams!

By the same token, if Somchai in the local TRD office decides that 'rich Falang' who does not file a tax return (even though his total assessable income is in excess of the relevant threshold) should be punishable not by a 2,000 THB fine but instead a lengthy stretch in the Bangkok Hilton, again said Falang has "very little (none really) legal recourse to challenge that decision", even if he owes no tax, it seems to me.

In particular those who are adamant that tragedies of this sort can only happen in Thailand and never ever in any other country on this great planet of ours..

Sounds to me like they're hedging their bets!

Plus taxing us to the hilt.

Suggest that you put this question to IMM when you visit them. If, in the light of what they tell you a non-O conversion for retirement might prove necessary in due course, the following link contains info as to how you go about seeking one: https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9.FOR-RETIREMENT-PURPOSES-50-YEARS-OLD-NON-O.pdf

There is also the option of applying for a non-O visa conversion at Bangkok as set out in the following link:- https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9.FOR-RETIREMENT-PURPOSES-50-YEARS-OLD-NON-O.pdf For this purpose no 2-month seasoning of the 800k in your Thai bank account would be needed. However, assuming that your initial permission to stay would be granted on the basis of a 60-day visa exemption, you would still need to provide evidence of an onward/return flight (as stated by DrJack54 in the context of a single-entry non-O visa obtained in your home country) when checking in for your flight to Bangkok at your home country airport.

Correction: it is actually FTT (standing for Foreign Telegraphic Transfer). Not sure whether any of the remaining banks indicate the foreign origin of monthly 65k transfers in a similar manner, though - meaning that the OP might need to obtain credit advice notes unless his monthly transfers are to be made into a Bangkok Bank account solely in his name.

But in the case of the 65k monthly income method for retirement extensions do Kasikorn have a distinctive code to denote the foreign origin of monthly transfers in passbooks as required by IMM (akin to Bangkok Bank's FTT code)?

Based on your Bangkok Bank and Kasikorn experiences it would appear that where you live might also be a significant factor. In other words Hua Hin is not the place to live if you want to open a new bank account, whereas Bangkok is! 😄

They do have a textphone number (+44 (0) 191 218 7280) you could contact them on if that would be better for you. https://www.gov.uk/international-pension-centre

Oh really? You can actually renew from Saudi online according to the step-by-step guide at https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports. Beats the antiquated and cumbersome procedures we're forced to follow when renewing from Thailand hands down anytime, I would have thought!

Or bumped off the flight altogether if it's been overbooked.

Nope, has to be 20 crisp 1,000 THB (or alternatively in your case 22 crisp £20) notes

Upon reflection, I don't think that we need have too much fear about what this particular individual might have to say, whoever he might be! EDIT: The remaining trio are now on my Ignore list!

It is, I think, to be seriously wondered whether, compared to those who believe that UK Civil Servants collectively have the brain cells of a mouse, mice collectively are, in fact, members of Mensa! 🐁😇

Might be a tad difficult to self-declare at your local immigration office instead during business hours, though, since all offices are closed between 9:00AM on Sunday 21 July and 9.00AM on Monday 22 July (the second date being a public holiday)!