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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!

So it's only OTP's added to Thai bank accounts that are childish and naive in your eyes, then? Whereas OTP's added to our home country bank accounts are, on the other hand, worthy of praise to the very highest heavens as being the best thing in mature adulthood and sophistication since sliced bread, right?

In connection with (2), if relying on a non-THB account you may need to keep a close eye on the relevant bank notes buying exchange rate at all times so as to minimise the risk of the balance inadvertently dipping below the equivalent of 400k or 800k THB depending on the time of year in your case.

Depends on what powers said elected HoS would have, I think. If their role as President was a purely ceremonial one as in Germany and Ireland, for instance, that might arguably be a bitter pill worth swallowing eventually. But under no circumstances would it be acceptable in my eyes for the UK to run the risk of having clowns like Trump and Macron actively involved in running its affairs!

In particular I earnestly hope that they won't have the audacity and temerity to want to set foot in Sussex ever again, the county where I was born and whose proud name they have, as far as I am concerned, taken great delight in gleefully trashing through all their whinging and whining under the guise of their dukedom.

Well, all these points are, of course, equally applicable to his brother who, in stark contrast to him, isn't exactly whining and whinging about his lot in life, is he?

Well one thing he's definitely helping the world in is by demonstrating to it what a deluded individual he is!

An even bigger headache IMHO is being forced to make 2 trips in person to a rundown tower block in Bangkok (or its Chiang Mai equivalent which may not necessarily be rundown for all I know) or fork out an extra 5,000 THB for an agent to make these trips on your behalf. Not to mention that obtaining mugshots complying with HMPO's over-fussy requirements as regards acceptable background colours can be easier said than done in Thailand as most professional photographers here are simply not geared up to take mugshots against physical plain cream or plain light-grey backgrounds.

Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't once DHL told them that they couldn't accept any new applications for delivery as there would be no-one in HMPO's mail room to sign for them. They certainly had no hesitation in pulling the plug for several weeks at the height of the pandemic as I recall (although in fairness to them I think that they were acting under strict orders issued by their HMPO masters on that particular occasion).

We might need to hang on until exactly 23:59:59 on 31 March before knowing for certain one way or the other! ????