FYI - U.S. Consulate Chiang Mai income verification update

[tstcman]

Just an FYI : I went to the US Consulate in Chiang Mai this morning to get my income verification letter for my non o marriage visa extension in Chiang Mai. I asked the the staff member who is from the US what the policy in the future will be starting next month and she told me this came from the lips of the consulate officer, she said and I quote "we do not have a definitive answer yet but that i was told directly by the Thai immigration that within the next 30 days the Thai government would be making a large announcement to help rectify what will happen after the income verification letter is not accepted anymore". To repeat this came from the us Consulate official this morning December 4th 2018.

[Pattaya46]

Information from "a staff member from US Embassy" is not more reliable than information given by random Immigration Officers in various offices...

The fact she speak about "income verification letter not accepted anymore" proves she knows nothing...

[garyk]

Personally at this point I would not bet on any changes.

Letter out, income in bank in!

[TerryLH]

1 hour ago, Pattaya46 said:

The fact she speak about "income verification letter not accepted anymore" proves she knows nothing...

If you're going to quote something, do it right so that people who didn't see the original can understand the context.

 

"...what will happen after the income verification letter is not accepted anymore".

[Pattaya46]

3 minutes ago, TerryLH said:

"...what will happen after the income verification letter is not accepted anymore".

What does it change to quote it longer ?

It's still BS, as T.I. never said that income letters will not be accepted in the future.

[OJAS]

1 hour ago, Pattaya46 said:

It's still BS, as T.I. never said that income letters will not be accepted in the future.

Although on the BS scale I don't think that some vague reference to a possible Immigration Bureau announcement ranks as highly as the British Embassy's specific (and totally nonsensical, as things stand) assertion that monthly income sighted in a Thai bank account will be acceptable in the post-income letter/affidavit era!