If you have 800,000 baht deposited in a bank, how long does it take you to get a letter from the bank stating this?

 

Last year I was told one week, because the request had to go to Bangkok. When I came back a week later, they had forgotten, but they said they could do it in two hours.

 

The reason I am asking is I'm cutting it close by returning a few days before my renewal date.

Which bank?

For me at Bangkok Bank it takes from 5 minutes upward depending on the queue.

They enter my account details, feed some template form to the printer and then sign/stamp the output.

 

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the request had to go to Bangkok.

Sounds like rubbish.

 

Just done mine last week at BKK Bank in Pantip Plaza (CM) took less than 15 Minutes.

 

I assume the OP's must have opened his a/c in BKK hence the delay.  If that is the case you need to move your a/c to your home town in Thailand, but obviously not until after you get your present extension.

 

1 minute ago, scottiejohn said:

I assume the OP's must have opened his a/c in BKK hence the delay.

A possible explanation.

Like the others mentioned it should be very fast to get a letter from the bank.  I put my immigration deposit into a BKK branch of KBank but have also opened an account with KBank in the Promenada shopping mall where the CM immigration office is located. Haven't bothered to transfer the money because the CM branch can just look up the BKK account details on their computer and the CM branch is used to producing a letter whilst you wait.  There are rules about how long the money should have been deposited for and when the bank letter is dated which you'll need to comply with but thtat's all spelt out in the procedure instructions.  Good luck.

19 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

A possible explanation.

I had my 800,000 in a Lamphun a/c and got the letter from Promenada within 10 minutes.

Of course it may depend on which bank it is.

On ‎3‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 1:49 PM, KhunBENQ said:

Which bank?

For me at Bangkok Bank it takes from 5 minutes upward depending on the queue.

They enter my account details, feed some template form to the printer and then sign/stamp the output.

 

Sounds like rubbish.

 

Not always rubbish.When I first arrived in CM 11 years ago I had not closed my Bangkok savings  acct in Bangkok and needed a new ATM card from memory ,finished up withdrawing my savings by ATM and opening a new BB account here to save the hassle and delay which  they said was "normal".

  

 The Manager here, who I know very well, said .....quote "Sometimes even we are the same bank we act like we dont know each other"

 

I get my retirement letter from BB, KSK maximum 10 mins wait