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19 hours ago, malibukid said:

just wanted some fresh air

yes like my taxi driver in Beijing who during very cold weather kept one window open because he needed "fresh air"

18 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

Yes for other than the 4 countries that will not issue such letters they are accepted (but backup proof may be asked) - and for the countries not providing the old letters have been valid for up to six months.  65k income into a Thai bank account for the previous 12 months is the new requirement for those 4 countries (although fewer could be accepted this year).

In my case IO asked for backup proof together with my affidavit legalised by my Embassy and then (after translation) legalised at Foreign Ministry CW.

When I asked IO if it would be enough that I show bank statement(s) as proof that I do monthly transfers with sums more than the legal minimum....it was made to me very clear that I need the affidavit as well as the bank statement(s).

I do not understand why - under the new regulations - my bank statement(s) are not enough....indeed this is more powerful proof than my own affidavit. 

It would be interesting to learn from other Forum members if in their case the letter made by their bank was enough.

11 hours ago, ezzra said:

Ahhh, I love the sounds of firing squads and the smell of blood in the morning, nothing like a good 'ol purge to start the day...

 Now his lover boy Donald Trump cannot fall behind and will put Bolton and Pompeo before the firing squad

On 5/26/2019 at 4:31 PM, CharlieH said:

What is your definition of "much younger" ? that might be a starting point, and I doubt that the OP could be answered properly if done "briefly". You have given no basis for your what can only be your assumptions.

 

Just saying.

I married in 1988 a Thai woman based on 1/ mutual respect  then growing 2/ mutual trust then growing  3/mutual friendship before we fell in love ...and we are still happily married.  I think every relationship is unique but the points 1/2/3 are true not only in Thailand but worldwide.

I have written in this forum before that I only believe neurosurgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta (search his name on Youtube and add "Weed") : he explained in detail on CNN why he changed his mind  on marijuana and also that there is NO known case of death due to overdose of marijuana....and I hope it will be available when my health declines and I suffer from pain.

I was the Belgian national informing TVF members that my affidavit (the same as described by above Confiscius) was refused for the first time in more than 10 years. The reason given by IO was correct i.e. that the legalisation stamp applied by the Embassy only certifies it is my signature but not that my declaration of income is true (or not true).  

Indeed since more than 30 years I know that on the Belgian legalisation stamp it is mentioned in Dutch, French and German that "This legalisation does not guarantee the authenticity of the document".

Signing a false affidavit would be a criminal offense but I cannot blame the IO that from now on evidence of bank transfers would be required. Luckily I had records of bank transfers covering one year and much more than the amount legally required : the IO accepted this evidence to grant me another extension but asked that in future I would make monthly transfers and not sometimes every 2 or 3 months as I did in the past. However I was surprised when I asked if in future I would then only have to submit the monthly bank records supplied by my bank (SCB) and the answer was that I would need both the above legalised affidavit  + the SCB bank statement. I repeated my question to make sure there was no misunderstanding and I got the same reply about the need for both the legalised affidavit and the proof of bank transfers to my SCB account.

8 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It’s immensely encouraging to hear financial crimes being taken so seriously and warranting such severe penalties.

His only way out is now to get himself elected as President of the USA and appoint William Barr as attorney general????

8 hours ago, mania said:

I think it is a pretty easy assumption that all forms will eventually require medical insurance.

 

Folks now without would do well to decide what they want to do about it in the future.

 

Meaning find suitable insurance now or start planning an exit

Especially if one has hard assets in Thailand to sell

 

..what about me ...I am 76 years old, staying in Thailand now with a yearly retirement extension and married with a Thai lady for more than 30 years.

I cannot find any company offering me a health insurance...and I cannot blame them because they are not in the business of providing health insurance but in the business of making money

14 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

Iran has spent years positioning itself in middle eastern countries so that it could start some mischief with the Saudis...

 

I have no dog in this fight...but I do find it curious that 2 factions of one of the world's great religions...claim moral superiority and would gladly annihilate one another...

...this is what happens when competing religious establishments claim to have exclusive rights as "administrators" of the Almighty God on this planet /  in Europe they had a 100 year war about this which ended in 1648 when both sides were exhausted / in our lifetime the advanced weapons will not require a war of 100 years.  IMHO the Wahabbi's are trying to create incidents which would drag the USA in the war they want with the Shia's ...but Trump does not seem to be eager to take the bait

I have never used cannabis but as I am now becoming really old I hope it will be available easily if my health declines and I am in pain.

I have been convinced about the benefits of cannabis by CNN neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta and his documentaries can be seen on Youtube

5 hours ago, Thailand said:

My UK peso pension is remitted in Thai baht and then via Citibank as the intermediary bank and then to my Bangkok Bank account as a Bahtnet transfer. The credit note shows UK source,Thailand intermediary,and BB receiving account.

This is insufficient for immigration and for Bangkok Bank to confirm transfers originate from overseas. I have to obtain a letter from Citibank ( intermediary bank) confirming the last 8 transfers are in fact from a foreign source.

Then of course have to get a letter from Bangkok Bank to confirm it is my active account!

Every case is different but I want to clarify :

1/ if I do online bank transfer from BNPParibas bank and I ask that the transfer expenses be paid by my SCB account here then the transfer goes through an intermediary bank and the applied exchange rate is unclear.

2/ if I do online bank transfer from BNPParibas bank and I click the option that transfer expenses be paid by my overseas account then there is no intermediary bank and I can get from SCB bank here a clear statement about the origin and exchange rate.

I do not understand why...but from now on I use only the transfer method nr 2

22 hours ago, rickb said:

The Suphanburi IO gave me a copy of someone else's letter from Bangkok Bank.  Next time I go to the bank I am going to bring this letter with me and ask if they can produce one similar for my account.  The letter looks like a form letter where the bank fills in your name and passport number and then lists below the international transfers for the desired period.  I'll report to the TV Forum what I learn from the bank.

Yes please inform us what you learn from the bank

17 hours ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

Any proof for that? Of course not. 

 

Why need proof if Trump himself admitted the losses...and called it a "sport"

34 minutes ago, stevenl said:

If that is the case your income affidavit doesn't prove you have that income, so should be rejected by Thai authorities.

However I have not read this before on this or Dutch language sites, so there is something irregular here.

As I wrote earlier an affidavit is equivalent to a statement under oath and it worked for me at IO the last 10 years.

My OP was written to inform other Forum members that it no longer worked for me (but that Thai authorities have the right to set and enforce their immigration rules)

57 minutes ago, stevenl said:

No, the embassy has to confirm that your statement is correct. This is exactly the reason some embassies are not doing this anymore, since they claim they can not verify the statements.

sorry but the Belgian Embassy in BKK only confirms that I am the person signing my affidavit (equivalent to a statement under oath) and I had to use similar legalisations in other Belgian embassies since 1969 and it has never changed. The Thai authorities have their rules and so have the Belgian authorities.

12 hours ago, DJ54 said:

Yep after rereading OP post the document was generated by himself. US and possibly other Embassies provide forms which

I have. 

 

OP have you always used self generated forms and what your Embassy accepts or do they have an Embassy provided form .

I used a template provided by the Embassy several years ago but this Affidavit remains MY declaration / the Embassy only does the legalisation of my signature which is normal

2 hours ago, luckyluke said:

"about having the nationality of a country not being proud of" 

 

This individual known here under the alias henry15 is  well known on different fora as a Flemish extremist, hating his country. 

 

Banned or choosing to dissappear on different fora. 

 

This is something which must be known, in order to understand his postings about Belgium. 

 

This post can be deleted but than it should be fair that his hate postings about our country Belgium should be deleted as well. 

 

 

I trust moderation here with their fair judgement. 

 

If you read my OP again it was certainly not my intention to create animosity ...but only to warn others about changes in the rules IO applied to me.

The Thai authorities are sovereign in writing and enforcing the rules to be respected by foreigners in order to be allowed to enter or stay in their country. 

2 hours ago, SEtonal said:

Could you please provide a link or give the title of this thread?

Application for retirement extension.

This to inform the Forum members that Chaengwattana office of Immigration has rejected was is called in this forum an "Embassy Letter" about my income.

The reason is .....that this letter does not certify my income but only legalised my signature on an affidavit made by myself : this is correct, indeed my Embassy does NOT certify the content of a document but only the person who signs it ..... but that is how I got retirement extensions for the last 10 years.

I was informed by IO that I should still use this "affidavit" in future but that I need as a support the 12 print outs made by my bank about the monthly transfers.

To-day a Forum member made available one single letter (not 12 monthly transfers) made by Bangkok Bank to certify his income : do some members have similar "single letters" from other banks and were they accepted?

I would be interested to know if the majority of the people contributing to this topic are Thais or foreigners.

Imagine Saturday Night Life comedian running for president in 2020 ????