Extension of Stay - 65000 baht rule

[elviajero]

4 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Some of us cannot. In fact, will Immigration accept 65k transfers if your Embassy is still issuing letters?

I wouldn’t count on it — based on a few reports — at every office, although there’s nothing in the published rules that says they can’t or shouldn’t.

[Thailand]

10 minutes ago, elviajero said:

I wouldn’t count on it — based on a few reports — at every office, although there’s nothing in the published rules that says they can’t or shouldn’t.

The number one rule of Thai immigration is definitely consistent inconsistency.

[BoBoTheClown]

4 hours ago, Davut said:

Yes,    he meant that there was a letter to give "leniency" for the first extension after the new rules.    However, it seems this is not going to happen at some places.   This is for the 65,000 baht per month system.

 

Udon Thani Immig (for example) requires a full 12 months of transfers.    I went to UTH Immig last Friday    -   for the information of those who use UTH IO they require 800,000 baht for 2 months prior to application of extension,   and it must be in your Thai bank account via a bank transfer from overseas.

 

So the IO I spoke to told me.

So the IO in Udon Thani believes that people should've been depositing 65,000 baht a mont before it was required? Its no leniency at all. They have no right to do that.  

[elviajero]

2 hours ago, BoBoTheClown said:

So the IO in Udon Thani believes that people should've been depositing 65,000 baht a mont before it was required? Its no leniency at all. They have no right to do that.  

Offices have varying amounts of autonomy when “considering” an extension application. Extensions are not a given right.

[zaZa9]

On 7/14/2019 at 6:53 PM, ubonjoe said:

Probably because he was already getting his income transferred in every month.

I have been doing it for over 7 years. My current bank book shows 2 years of transfers in it. No complaint from me about the new requirement since it saves me a trip to Bangkok and the 1650 baht fee to get proof of income from my embassy this year.

All the thousands of words written on the subject and I STILL dont know if these transfers MUST be from a Government Pension  back or can  just be personal transfers sourced from Super or other investments back home  !

[ubonjoe]

20 minutes ago, zaZa9 said:

All the thousands of words written on the subject and I STILL dont know if these transfers MUST be from a Government Pension  back or can  just be personal transfers sourced from Super or other investments back home  !

The rules state the income can be from investments and interest. Pension can also be defined in many ways as well.

It certainly does not have to be from a government pension.

[BoBoTheClown]

5 hours ago, elviajero said:

Offices have varying amounts of autonomy when “considering” an extension application. Extensions are not a given right.

Yeah ok.