British Consular letter confirmation of address/income

[thedom]

My husband and have applied for the above as required for renewal of our yearly Visa at Chaeng Wattana due before 8 October (Monday) We are British and in our early seventies. My husband's letter arrived today, Friday 5 October, but despite making it clear to the Embassy that we require two letters (same as for last eight years) my letter was not enclosed. As it is the weekend we are unable to contact the Embassy and do not know if my letter will be available before 8 October.

My question is about overstay (if the letter does not turn up in time) I understand the penalty starts at 500 THB per day which I will gladly pay if it is only for a few days, but I am concerned that my Type "O" visa may be affected in some way (particularly now that Big Joke is newly in charge!) To further complicate matters our 90 day permission to stay forms are also due on 8 October so I am unsure whether I should accompany my husband to Chaeng Wattana -  I assume I can't get the 90 days without first getting the Type "O" renewal? All advice very welcome and appreciated.

[ubonjoe]

You could apply for an extension of stay for being your husbands wife based upon his extension. You do not need to prove a income to apply for it. You would need your legalized marriage certificate to apply for it.

Immigration will normally do the extension with few days of overstay after you pay the 500 baht a day fine.

Not sure why you waited so late to get the income letter. You can apply for your extension up to 45 day early and lose no days on your extension.

[thedom]

Thanks Ubonjoe for your time and suggestion to combine with my husband. We considered this a while ago but decided it was not suitable for us. However in our present quandary we may need to reconsider so we will take our marriage certificate along to Immigration on Monday and see what they say. Are the immigration officials likely to be sympathetic to my situation as I have all documents ready except for my Embassy letter which is identical to last year? Do I have any other options?

 

I don't understand what you are saying in your last paragraph. Do you mean we could have applied for the Embassy letter up to 45 days before we need it? I can't see any reference to this either on the Embassy or Thai immigration websites and as the letter is meant to confirm income surely it has to be issued close to the application date?

 

I must say we have found the letter application process a confusing mess to put it politely! We live close to the Embassy yet it is impossible to pick up or drop off documents. The web sites are all providing conflicting information on fees and methods of payment, as a result of which we have paid too much - but they have no way of providing us with change so we just have to accept it. Emails go unanswered for days. Relying on the postal service for delivery of documents is just crazy and is one of the reasons we find ourselves in this situation. OK rant over!

Sorry about all the questions and we do appreciate your help.

[ubonjoe]

1 minute ago, thedom said:

I don't understand what you are saying in your last paragraph. Do you mean we could have applied for the Embassy letter up to 45 days before we need it?

Immigration will accept income letters that are up to 6 months old. What I was stating is that you can do your extension applications up to 45 days early instead of doing it on the last day since you lose no days by doing it eaarly.

3 minutes ago, thedom said:

I must say we have found the letter application process a confusing mess to put it politely! We live close to the Embassy yet it is impossible to pick up or drop off documents.

I think part of your problem may be is doing both of them in the same submittal to them. IMO it would of been best to mail the applications

separately.

I think the instructions you can download here are fairly good. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-obtain-a-pensionincome-letter-for-thai-immigration