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20 minutes ago, jossthaifarang said:

How do you report address without TM 47?

If you have correctly filed a TM30/28 you should have a "Receipt of Notification of Address" stapled in the front of your passport.

15 minutes ago, Langsuan Man said:

Not from the FBI

In Australia it is the Federal police - same, same.

Most countries require you to apply for a "Retirement Visa (OA)" in your home country.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There's the answer - not designed by Thais.

Doesn't the UK O require exiting every 90 days and annual trips back to UK?

Hardly as convenient or cheap as retirement extension plus "piggyback".

1 hour ago, genericptr said:

Because I planned to come here and I'm here now. :)

"Planned?" - research first, bookings after.

It's simple to print out transfers received by Transferwise, Bahtsmart et al from your home country account, proving the deposits origin.

You passbook is coded to show international transfers.

If you know you have to exit every 90 days you can book all your holidays cheaply well ahead!

21 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

what reduction are you talking about with regards to the Australian age pension

OAP overseas is currently about $820 per fortnight.

You lose some of the in Australia allowances.

You and your friend on DSP need to read this:

http://guides.dss.gov.au/guide-social-security-law/7/1/2/20

If you think up a number which is not true for the Statutory Declaration is commiting perjury under oath.

Tanoshi is wrong in his assertion - wrong nationality.

An increasing number of Immi offices are requiring back-up income proof to the Stat Dec.

The stat Dec form is available on the Bangkok Embassy website - do not sign until you present it at the Embassy.

I'm confused .

A short time ago you posted about "a completely foreign kid".

Now you're posting about a visa based on a Thai kid.

(being born in Thailand with no Thai parent doesn't give the kid any Thai rights).

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There are two elements to transferring internationally:-

1. the Baht rate

2. the charges at both ends

However all that counts is  the nett amount credited to your local account divided by the amount it cost you = actual rate.

My bank in OZ, CBA, sends direct to Kasikorn if you accept their **** FX conversion rate and send Baht, but uses a correspondent Bank if you insist on sending AUD (much better onshore FX rates) and charges and extra $60.

So I agree - this a money grabbing scam.

So I use Bahtsmart - great rates and no fees.

They transfer to a Chiang Mai a/c and then to my KBank.

Perhaps try going back to the main Immi page, using IE and check from there?

4 hours ago, Paul944 said:

He probably wants a multi entry visa. Those are not easy to get, except the expensive elite visa. If he travels a lot maybe it still worthwhile because the free limo service saves the taxi costs. 

You can also get multi entries on a retirement visa. But then he has go to the process obtaining it, including being in Thailand for 2 months.

Two months!?

Unnecessary if you start with any Non Immi O Visa and the financial deposit and documents ready - two days maximum.

If you want to use a "work around" of course it takes longer.

The correct way is always the best way.

My understanding, over 10 years, is that the Bank Letter only certifies what is in that Account that day (but it's in Thai - certainly the one I got for an Australian Embassy, in English, only stated that).

The "Seasoning" period and minimum balance is proved via the bank certified Statements for the "Seasoning" period.

How do the "Agents" provide that, for the current application and subsequent ones?

37 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

Someone who has, say, a retirement pension of 1,500 dollars or euros, thus below the 65,000 baht requirement, and doesn't have 800,000 baht (more than 25,000 dollars or euros) of savings in cash, may be perfectly able to live a decent life in Thailand.

There are many such persons, who are not necessarily "incompetent or lazy".

Assuming they don't have a Thai family, on what kind of visa do you suggest they stay in the country on a long term basis?

Well if they read and follow the Rules, which you obviously don't, They could use the combined method with a bank deposit for the deficit between their income and 800,000 baht - thousands do so legally.

1 hour ago, Brunolem said:

Desperation has nothing to do with that.

A friend of mine who owns 3 condos in Thailand uses this system because he doesn't keep 800,000 baht (almost the price of a small studio) sleeping on a bank account.

On top of that, for long term residents with no Thai family members (wife, kids), there are not many options...I mean except for those who can afford to keep 800,000 baht in cash year after year...

Do the maths.

The lost interest on 800,000 baht for 3 months is nowhere near the agents fee of 15,000-42,000 baht quoted above.

The agent is catering to incompetent and/or lazy people.

If there are consequences later - "too bad".

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24 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

their response is curious; as a USA citizen , our consulate/embassies here do Not require actual proof/support, they just rubber stamp a notarized form (altho i suspect they Will So require such proof in the future) of self-declared income ;so....why would the thais treat canada any differently than the Usa ?

It's the Canadian treating Canadians!

I agree - there are far too many Americans with a casual relationship with the truth re. Affidavits resulting eventually with proof required at the Thai Immi office.

Phuket Immigration are getting very technical.

Yesterday, with an Income Affidavit, they held it to the light, palpated the back to feel the writing through the paper (!) and finally rejected it because the signature was a different pen colour to the body of the Affidavit (which I had downloaded and pre-filled to save time).

It meant another trip back to the (Official) Consulate to get another one.!

I go back in the afternoon and the rest, which was fine in the AM needed more photocopies in the PM.

One would be forgiven for thinking they are trying to drive us to agents (where their tea-money comes from).

Anyone - a Current List of above, Please.

Thanks.