Does the Thai Consulate Savannakhet Issue NON-O (Retirement) Visas?

[Peter Denis]

1 hour ago, Aforek said:

Good for you ! Which country are you ? for me ( France ), it's not easy to have a stamped and signed pension certificate ( I got one after 2 months, too late ) and my embassy has no right to do it ; as I told you, they did it some years ago but not now anymore, it's not their job and they have not permission to do it ( only pension providers can do it , but Thai Consulate wants a document from embassy ) , they don't look at the pension certificate, they write what I declare ( right or wrong ) 

why do you think US, GB and Australian embassies don't write affidavits anymore ? I would even say that the French affidavit is nothing but legal, and Thai consulate accept it 

If you have the pension statement from your pension provider, would it not be possible to simply ask your Embassy to 'stamp' that one?  Kind of an endorsement by the Embassy that the document is genuine.

That would probably satisfy those in-country IOs that require a signed pension-statement when applying for the Non Imm O - retirement Visa.

Note: By the way, the Savannakhet consulate does require a pension statement, but - contrary to what their website says - that pension statement does NOT have to be signed-off by your Embassy.

[JackThompson]

9 hours ago, Max69xl said:

And why would an embassy in Vientiane issue something they don't issue in BKK? That's not normal procedure. But I guess US embassasies like to issue bogus statements. 

It's a felony to lie on a sworn statement = extradited, end of living abroad, time in prison, felony record, 95% conviction-rate in federal-courts.  And BTW, they validate the SS paper in some South American US Embassies (what they say they cannot do here).

 

The US State-Dept is politics.  They want us to live somewhere other than Thailand, is my best guess.

[ubonjoe]

8 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

And BTW, they validate the SS paper in some South American US Embassies (what they say they cannot do here).

Actually it is done by doing a affidavit that it is true and correct. A embassy cannot certify anything.

[Max69xl]

21 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

If you have the pension statement from your pension provider, would it not be possible to simply ask your Embassy to 'stamp' that one?  Kind of an endorsement by the Embassy that the document is genuine.

That would probably satisfy those in-country IOs that require a signed pension-statement when applying for the Non Imm O - retirement Visa.

Note: By the way, the Savannakhet consulate does require a pension statement, but - contrary to what their website says - that pension statement does NOT have to be signed-off by your Embassy.

The embassy or consulate transfers the pension(s) after tax from the pension providers certificate to the income letter. That way the certificate from the pension provider is also translated. You can't take the certificate straight to the immigration office or to the consulate in Savannakhet. They won't have a clue what it says and it doesn't matter if it's stamped and signed. 

[Peter Denis]

1 hour ago, Max69xl said:

The embassy or consulate transfers the pension(s) after tax from the pension providers certificate to the income letter. That way the certificate from the pension provider is also translated. You can't take the certificate straight to the immigration office or to the consulate in Savannakhet. They won't have a clue what it says and it doesn't matter if it's stamped and signed. 

I hear what you are saying which is consistent with other posts on the subject, but there is a confirmed report from a UK retiree who succeeded in getting the Non Imm O - retirement Visa in Savannakhet with a copy of his UK pension statement (no embassy letter or signature).  And he even used the combination method with the difference on his thai bank-account as his yearly pension did not meet the 800K tresshold.