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So presumably you (and others in your position needing 12-month statements from Bangkok Bank) need to take particular care to ensure that no transactions (+ or -) hit your account at least during the time it takes Bangkok Bank to produce a 12-month statement, since the latest balance total reported in this statement could otherwise be out of kilter with that reported in the bank account confirmation letter (all the more likely if Kamphaeng Phet are just as insistent on this letter being obtained on the same day as you lodge an extension of stay application with them as their Rayong counterparts, I would have thought), thus giving Kamphaeng Phet in your case yet another excuse for making life difficult for you at annual extension of stay time, presumably!

Does your office not accept consecutive 6-month statements 6 months apart from each other? Mine (Rayong) certainly does for the 40k/65k monthly income method, based on personal experience.

And specifically Savannakhet for a new multi-entry non-O visa, I think - recent report below:-

And not just 1 long queue but possibly up to 4 at peak times: (1) check-in, (2) security, (3) re-entry permit and (4) Immigration, followed by a long trek to a distant departure gate only to be then told that boarding for your flight has closed!????

Which Embassy? May not necessarily be the same as the OP's!

Not necessarily so. The Embassy letter in the OP's case might take the form of a confirmation of monthly income as based on supporting evidence provided by the applicant (as was certainly the case for us Brits before our "beloved" Embassy pulled the plug on their income confirmation service a few years ago).

In your case you might, in practice, only need to provide proof to Immigration in the form of evidence provided to your home country embassy as required to issue their letter. No big deal, I would have thought! In the meantime, we're still awaiting your clarification as to whether it's actually a non-O visa conversion from your local office that you're after, or an annual extension of stay.????

As does Jersey.

Precisely what do you mean by this expression? An application for an annual extension of stay based on marriage? Or for the conversion of a visa-exempt or tourist visa entry into a non-O visa for marriage, for which the official requirements are clearly spelt out in the link below (section 7 is particularly relevant in the context of your specific query)? https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/6.FOR-PROVIDING-SUPPORT-TO-OR-BEING-A-DEPENDANT-OF-A-THAI-CITIZEN-SPOUSE-VISA-NON-O.pdf

Yep, your local office (CW?) might well spot a missed 90-day report when you next need to do business with them for any reason, and slap you with a 2,000 THB fine as a result (although that shouldn't in its own right prove a bar to the success of your fresh extension of stay application based on an original non-B visa in July).

The stark reality is that gender feudalism, whereby the husband is the breadwinner and the wife is the homemaker, is still deeply ingrained in the traditions of Thai society, and the contrasting Immigration requirements placed on male and female non-Thai spouses as regards the need for 40k pcm or 400k pa are based on this premise. Sexist it most certainly is as viewed in the eyes of 21st Century Western society, but unfortunately a fact of life here that we have no choice, in practice, other to accept IMHO.

Since when have the few at the Monastery who apparently need to be one-upped for some obscure reason in your husband's case have had any influence in issuing a certificate of employment for him duly certified by a head of department????

The OP is female! But presumably she could still seek a one-off 60-day extension for the purposes of visiting her Thai husband?

@AmySukwan - link to official Immigration Bureau guidance covering this initial stage of the whole process below:- https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/6.FOR-PROVIDING-SUPPORT-TO-OR-BEING-A-DEPENDANT-OF-A-THAI-CITIZEN-SPOUSE-VISA-NON-O.pdf EDIT: The financial requirements set out in section 7 may well not apply in your case. But your husband will definitely need to be aware of the requirement placed on him in section 8, I think!

Unless the OP's pal is American, Australian or British, an alternative option open to him might be to obtain from his home country embassy in Bangkok a letter confirming minimum monthly income equal to at least 65k.

60 days actually. In any event not applicable in the OP's case, I think, as I distinctly recall him saying on here previously that his wife is Laotian.

Only 3 embassies don't to the best of my knowledge - USA, UK and Australia. That said those 3 do represent a sizeable chunk of the expat population here in LOS, I strongly suspect.

OP - official lowdown on obtaining a non-O visa conversion for retirement:- https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9.FOR-RETIREMENT-PURPOSES-50-YEARS-OLD-NON-O.pdf

OP - following are links to (1) official Immigration Bureau guidance on obtaining non-O visa conversions for retirement: https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9.FOR-RETIREMENT-PURPOSES-50-YEARS-OLD-NON-O.pdf (2) what appears to be official German Embassy guidance on obtaining monthly income confirmation letters should this be of interest to you (unfortunately my grasp of the German language is pretty rusty these days): https://bangkok.diplo.de/blob/1396412/46846f2a57049f6a46d7b52ae984d42a/renten-einkommensbescheinigung-data.pdf

Absolutely zero chance of a fast-track passport renewal service for us Brits from Thailand, I'm afraid! Click on the following link for details of the bureaucratic nightmare that lies ahead of you:- https://www.passport.service.gov.uk/overseas/information/thailand/renew/adult Probably worth your while paying an extra £10 for a jumbo-sized passport, I think, if you usually get through your passports like hot cakes! This thread might also be worth a read:-

UK passport renewals are, indeed, in a state of chaos at the present time, as described in this thread:-

Advice to the OP: contact the Embassy direct using their online enquiry form:- https://www.contact-embassy.service.gov.uk/?country=Thailand&post=British Embassy Bangkok

The work permit requirement being a case in point, I think!

Have come across this interesting note explaining the differences between resident and non-resident bank accounts - although it doesn't strike me as being 100% accurate, though:- https://www.tilleke.com/insights/banking-thailand-resident-or-non-resident-account/ E.g. this sentence: For the purpose of a resident bank account, Thai residence can be proved by a permanent residence permit or a valid work permit in Thailand. Most of us longstayers are classed as non-immigrants and covered by permissions of stay lasting up to 365 days. As already said, though, our lack of PR status in LOS doesn't appear to act as a deterrent to our obtaining resident bank accounts in practice - although it is indeed the case that certain banks (or at least certain branches) do insist on work permits being a prerequisite to resident accounts being opened with them!

Doubt whether 600 THB would cover the cost of a return trip to his big city via the lone customer service desk at his bank branch, though!