UK CONSULAR LETTER

[wgdanson]

Just applying for the Consular letter showing proof of income. On their form it has a table of boxes to fill in with YEARLY AMOUNT, followed by a box saying MONTHLY TOTAL (Yearly Total / 12 calendar months) followed by one saying YEARLY TOTAL. Surely the YEARLY TOTAL should come before MONTHLY TOTAL. And then when you take it to Immigration what do they do.....multiply the MONTHLY TOTAL by 12. All a bit ar*e about t*t.

[ubonjoe]

Immigration only wants to see the monthly income of 65k baht or more. There is no annual requirement. 

Looking at the form here I cannot see that it matches what you wrote about. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631665/Attachment_2.pdf

[partington]

In any case Immigration do not see this form so what it looks like is completely irrelevant.  

 

The Embassy letter is a couple of lines only, and just states (in addition to your name address and passport number) the total income and the monthly income in GBP.

 

This is what immigration read and they only care about the monthly amount.

 

 

[wgdanson]

18 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Immigration only wants to see the monthly income of 65k baht or more. There is no annual requirement. 

Looking at the form here I cannot see that it matches what you wrote about. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631665/Attachment_2.pdf

Hi Joe, the MONTHLY TOTAL box comes BEFORE the ANNUAL TOTAL box, but you have to fill in the ANNUAL box first.  So it is the MONTHLY total, irrelevant of how the ANNUAL total is derived, which they are interested in ie Bht 780,000 per annum, or the equivalent in GBP at the prevailing exchange rate. If you use the 'combination' method, let's say 50/50, is it Bht 400,000 in the bank here, and 6 x 65,000 UK income, ie 380,000?

[wgdanson]

16 hours ago, partington said:

In any case Immigration do not see this form so what it looks like is completely irrelevant.  

 

The Embassy letter is a couple of lines only, and just states (in addition to your name address and passport number) the total income and the monthly income in GBP.

 

This is what immigration read and they only care about the monthly amount.

 

 

I was not saying Immigration see the Consulate form. But if you fill it in carefully as shown, getting an annual total for each pension/income name, then come to add them up, the box for that is BELOW the monthly box, which is calculated from the annual total. Just a case of whoever 'made up' the form not being properly organised, as are many things in gov.uk pages.

[ubonjoe]

2 hours ago, wgdanson said:

If you use the 'combination' method, let's say 50/50, is it Bht 400,000 in the bank here, and 6 x 65,000 UK income, ie 380,000?

It would be some amount of monthly income times 12 not 65k X 6.

For the combination option you must have a total of 800k baht of income and money in the bank not 780k baht in total.

 

[Evilbaz]

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It would be some amount of monthly income times 12 not 65k X 6.

For the combination option you must have a total of 800k baht of income and money in the bank 

not 780k baht in total.

Sorry Joe but this doesn't make sense.

I use the combination method.

You require income (certified by your Embassy) plus bank funds (seasoned for some Immi offices) certified by your bank, together totaling 800,000 baht.

[ubonjoe]

59 minutes ago, Evilbaz said:

Sorry Joe but this doesn't make sense.

Fixed my typo. Perhaps a not enough coffee problem.

[wgdanson]

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It would be some amount of monthly income times 12 not 65k X 6.

For the combination option you must have a total of 800k baht of income and money in the bank not 780k baht in total.

 

So Joe, would an annual income of the GBP equivalent of 6 x 65000  (or 12 x 32500. ) = 390,000 plus Bht 400,000 in the bank be OK.

[ubonjoe]

4 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

So Joe, would an annual income of the GBP equivalent of 6 x 65000  (or 12 x 32500. ) = 390,000 plus Bht 400,000 in the bank be OK.

That only totals to 790k baht. You have to have at least a total of 800k baht.

From clause 2.22 if the police order.

 

Quote

(5) Must have an annual earning and funds deposited with a bank totaling no less than Baht 800,0000 as of the filing date.

 

[wgdanson]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

That only totals to 790k baht. You have to have at least a total of 800k baht.

From clause 2.22 if the police order.

 

 

12 x 65000 = 780,000 So really it is Bht 66,667 per month.

 

[partington]

You've already been told that the total for the income method: 780,000B differs from the total of the combination method, or the single bank account method, which are both 800,000B.

 

This is very clear from the clause given.

[wgdanson]

1 minute ago, partington said:

You've already been told that the total for the income method: 780,000B differs from the total of the combination method, or the single bank account method, which are both 800,000.

 

This is very clear from the clause given.

Thanks.

[wgdanson]

Just one more point regarding the Consular Letter. You can now send all Bank Statements ( in my case 36) and forms by email. However, the man at the consulate said 'please send individual sheets' and not in a zipped file, and did not know whether pdf or jpg was better.

[Mattd]

1 hour ago, wgdanson said:

Just one more point regarding the Consular Letter. You can now send all Bank Statements ( in my case 36) and forms by email. However, the man at the consulate said 'please send individual sheets' and not in a zipped file, and did not know whether pdf or jpg was better.

PDF should be a lot smaller in file size.

[wgdanson]

3 hours ago, Mattd said:

PDF should be a lot smaller in file size.

Yes I agree, but was amazed that the man at the Consulate did not know.

[wgdanson]

18 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Yes I agree, but was amazed that the man at the Consulate did not know.

And is possibly still using Windows 7 !!!