39 minutes ago, Kwaibill said:

Don't  know if it is any help/relevance. Just applied for my " non O visa based on marriage" at Samut Prakan IO.

The would not hear about 45,000 baht monthly income, only 400,000 in a bank account. No talk of "seasoning" in advance, but warned it must stay for 60 days, and next time ok to show ten months of 45,000 baht deposits, if I understood the young man correctly. BTW, it was my Thai wife who scraped up the 400,000 baht on short notice, for the "all Thai women want..." crowd.????

We did it all yesterday, but have to return on Sept. 14 for results. I am guessing they send it to CW for approval, though I did not think to ask.

The monthly income requirement is 40,000 a month.

12 minutes ago, trucking said:

When I asked at my local immigration , I was told that the 60 day extension to visit wife would begin from the day of application not from 27th September ( end of amnesty )

 

This was clearly wrong and I informed the officer that the official line is that the 60 day extension to visit wife should begin at the end of the amnesty ( thus giving us more time to get things in order and avoiding a last minute crowd ) He would have none of it and repeated....begins on day of application.

 

So..............just 1 hour ago I telephoned the Immigration hotline ( 1178 ) and explained what I had been told at my local office. The guy I spoke to was very helpful and apologized about the misinformation.  He then assured me the extension would begin on the 27th , at the end of the current amnesty. He would guarantee it.  I then asked him if he would mind contacting my local office to inform them of the fact , since they appeared to be unaware of it.  He promised he would send them an email to inform them of official policy.

 

Lets hope he does as it will allow some people a little more time for seasoning the 400,000.

Thanks for the report!

It is actually daft of IO to insist that the 60-day extension of stay will start from day of application, instead of letting it start from 27 September.

By insisting on start-date of application, they only create the situation that all applicants will wait till final days of the Amnesty to do the application, resulting in over-crowding of local offices. 

Has anyone the link to the announcement from the government (in Thai, and if available the English translation too) regarding the 'amnesty' ?

 

Was it that extension was automatic granted OR no extension but really -amnesty- (thus loosing your extensions and the type of visa you are in)

1 minute ago, Metropolitian said:

Has anyone the link to the announcement from the government (in Thai, and if available the English translation too) regarding the 'amnesty' ?

 

Was it that extension was automatic granted OR no extension but really -amnesty- (thus loosing your extensions and the type of visa you are in)

The wording 'Amnesty' or 'Grace period' have NOT been used in the official announcements by government or Immigration.

The official announcements made only state that your expired permission to stay has been automatically extended till the date mentioned (first 31 July, now 26 September).

Note: Hence it is so frustrating that some IOs are making a distinction between a 'valid' permission to stay and an 'automatically extended one' because of the Amnesty, and use that as an excuse for not handling your application when you are on a permission to stay that was automatically extended (known as the Amnesty extension).

 

Answer to fishtank: yes, only 40,000. When I wrote I had my Social Security in mind, which is a bit over 45,000.

Glad I get a bit more from other investments, because as darling says, 40,000 ain't enough or two to be comfortable.

Returned to Samutprakan today as directed.

Still no result from CW. An officer explained they seem to be overwhelmed up there.

Glad we started on 31 August!

We were not required to season the 400,000 baht beforehand, but they have already checked to see if it is still there.