Statement by UbonJoe caught my eye

[elviajero]

5 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

It's a pretty selective enforcement of the "rules", since they stopped enforcing them once the purge got beyond the initial four embassies. Any comments as to why other nationalities have been given carte blanche to continue as in previous years? 

Those embassies have chosen to stop issuing letters.

 

Immigration still accept embassy letters, but will accept proof of the foreign income coming into the Thai bank for those they can no longer get the letter.

[oobar]

2 hours ago, elviajero said:

If providing proof of income they want to see a bank statement showing transfers from abroad

Wish we could see this somewhere in the rules from Immigration.  No such written stipulation seems to exist (at least I can't find it), concerning pensions.  All I can find is what Ubonjoe posted. 

[ubonjoe]

17 minutes ago, oobar said:

Wish we could see this somewhere in the rules from Immigration.  No such written stipulation seems to exist (at least I can't find it), concerning pensions.  All I can find is what Ubonjoe posted. 

There is the option to show income coming from abroad in the same police order.

It does not directly mention a case like yours for proving the income but I aware of immigration accepting income from a source here before. All you can do is ask immigration about it.

[oobar]

Have a 90-day notification in a couple of weeks, at the very friendly Immigration office in Sisaket.  Will ask then and post afterwards. 

[oobar]

21 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

There is the option to show income coming from abroad in the same police order.

It does not directly mention a case like yours for proving the income but I aware of immigration accepting income from a source here before. All you can do is ask immigration about it

Another thought:  Since the fund will send to her account whatever amount she chooses to receive, and do it like clockwork monthly, the only real issue may be if the immigration office must see a passbook deposit code that identifies the money as coming from abroad or locally. 

[elviajero]

5 hours ago, oobar said:

Wish we could see this somewhere in the rules from Immigration.  No such written stipulation seems to exist (at least I can't find it), concerning pensions.  All I can find is what Ubonjoe posted. 

Here you go;

[elviajero]

5 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

There is the option to show income coming from abroad in the same police order.

It does not directly mention a case like yours for proving the income but I aware of immigration accepting income from a source here before. All you can do is ask immigration about it.

It doesn’t mention it because it’s not allowed. They only accept foreign income.

[oobar]

Looks like you've nailed it down tight, Elviajero.  We appreciate the good research and help.

[elviajero]

17 hours ago, Mattd said:

I would say this is exactly what they would want to see, if a person has been working in Thailand for a number of years and has amassed a sizable provident fund, then there must be the option for them to retire in Thailand.

You’re not really retiring in Thailand given it’s only permission to stay for 1 year for someone that is retired (not working). 

 

There is currently no option specific to someone that has amassed money in Thailand. As a rule immigration do not ask for proof of foreign funds when applying for an extension of stay, so you shouldn’t have a problem using monies originating in Thailand. If they did require proof I would expect them to accept funds acquired from Thai employment income of investment, but it would have to be signed off as an exception.

 

17 hours ago, Mattd said:

They would even have a small Thai government pension due as well, if they have paid in to the SS fund for more than 15 years.

They will not allow Thai based income to be used. You’d need 800K min in the bank or a foreign income, or a combination of the two,