Non o immigration visa Thai wife

[wood78]

Greetings Everyone.

I was hoping to post a more upbeat first post- but here we go....

I started my application process for the 12 month non imm o extension, due to being married to a lovely Thai lady for over 20 years.

Trying to make Thailand our home after being in Europe for the last 20 years..

Sent my 400,000 Thb (from my EU account) to my new thai bank account in January.

Received my 11 month extension ( not 12 month as expected) all good and thank you immigration for being very helpful with the process 🙏.

Went to send the same money back to the original EU account and was met with a brick wall...

Can not do, not allowed.

My wife, very polite and obviously speaks good Thai, could not reason with them. 

All legitimate and I have the transactions from the EU bank into Thailand.

Still they would not allow the same amount to be returned to my EU bank.

Major word of warning, be prepared to have the money stuck in Thailand, no recourse to this.

You have been warned....

Money has left my Thai account and has not been returned  yet €10,000.

 

[Stocky]

Why send it back?

If you're now living in Thailand just spend the money on your living costs, then send money again ahead of when you need to renew your extension.

[CharlieH]

MOVED to Visa forum

[wood78]

24 minutes ago, Stocky said:

Why send it back?

If you're now living in Thailand just spend the money on your living costs, then send money again ahead of when you need to renew your extension.

Why not ?

[DrJack54]

58 minutes ago, wood78 said:

Trying to make Thailand our home after being in Europe for the last 20 years..

Your OP makes very little sense. 

As @Stocky pointed out.

How do you plan to live in Thailand Money wise.

 

The funds only need to remain in bank for 2 months + under consideration period. 

Then you can use it. 

 

Regarding sending funds to UK which options did you try.

Surely you looked at DEE money 

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, wood78 said:

Why not ?

What will he and wife live on while living in Thailand. 

 

[wood78]

1 minute ago, DrJack54 said:

Your OP makes very little sense. 

As @Stocky pointed out.

How do you plan to live in Thailand Money wise.

 

The funds only need to remain in bank for 2 months + under consideration period. 

Then you can use it. 

 

Regarding sending funds to UK which options did you try.

Surely you looked at DEE money 

Don't need it here, was the only way to open a Thai bank account with funds sent from overseas as you know.

[wood78]

Just now, DrJack54 said:

What will he and wife live on while living in Thailand. 

 

Plenty here in Thai wife's name

[wood78]

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Your OP makes very little sense. 

As @Stocky pointed out.

How do you plan to live in Thailand Money wise.

 

The funds only need to remain in bank for 2 months + under consideration period. 

Then you can use it. 

 

Regarding sending funds to UK which options did you try.

Surely you looked at DEE money 

The essence of my OP was to warn all prospective non imm o's that due to the new "rules" monies in does not necessarily mean monies out - so be prepared for this scenario.

[DrJack54]

19 hours ago, wood78 said:

Plenty here in Thai wife's name

You will require 400k in your Thai bank account in your name for subsequent extensions.

Cleary wife can cover that ongoing.

As for the funds already sent its not big money sort it with wife and plan for ongoing extensions. 

 

[DrJack54]

3 minutes ago, wood78 said:

The essence of my OP was to warn all prospective non imm o's that due to the new "rules" monies in does not necessarily mean monies out - so be prepared for this scenario.

How did you try and transfer funds back to UK? 

Also VERY few would be in your situation regarding wife having Financials covered both for living and obtaining extensions.  

Point of your thread? 

[DrJack54]

1 hour ago, wood78 said:

Sent my 400,000 Thb (from my EU account) to my new thai bank account in January.

Why did you need to do that.

If you entered Thailand with a non O marriage from UK ...

The 400k does not need to come from overseas for extension

[wood78]

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You will requure 400k in your Thai bank account in your name for subsequent extensions.

Cleary wife can cover that ongoing.

As for the funds already sent its not big money sort it with wife and plan for ongoing extensions. 

 

For first time, non imm o extension due to Thai wife, immigration require funds to be remitted from overseas and into exclusively the applicants name for the preceding 2 months. 

The essence of this OP was to advise those first time applicants that they will meet issues with funds repatriation if attempted due to the new 2024 scrutiny.

Nothing to do with if I need the money or not, nothing to do with if my wife has funds or not, nothing to do with keeping the 400 K baht in a Thai account or not.

Clearly my post makes a lot of sense once it is explained further....

[marin]

So since you have been here you have opened another account?

 

Simply the bank sees it as, if you transfer all your money out you have no account. 

 

You seem to be well off. Just balance your funds you have incurred no loss. 

[DrJack54]

19 minutes ago, wood78 said:

For first time, non imm o extension due to Thai wife, immigration require funds to be remitted from overseas and into exclusively the applicants name for the preceding 2 months

https://aseannow.com/topic/1218096-400k-baht-marriage-visa-requirement-do-the-funds-need-to-come-from-overseas/

[wood78]

8 minutes ago, marin said:

So since you have been here you have opened another account?

Why ?

 

Simply the bank sees it as, if you transfer all your money out you have no account. 

No.

 

You seem to be well off. Just balance your funds you have incurred no loss. 

Assumption.

 

[OJAS]

1 hour ago, wood78 said:

Went to send the same money back to the original EU account and was met with a brick wall...

Can not do, not allowed.

 

Dee Money may be your friend if you're really hell-bent on doing this:

 

https://www.deemoney.com/

 

[DrJack54]

4 minutes ago, OJAS said:

 

Dee Money may be your friend if you're really hell-bent on doing this:

 

https://www.deemoney.com/

 

I mentioned Deemoney earlier.

Bit off topic however....

I not long ago purchased a condo from UK guy.

There was a misunderstanding and I paid him in cash. 

I sent him to Deemoney as he was returning UK in few days.

Subsequently he needed all the land office transfers and blue book etc. 

 

[wood78]

7 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

https://aseannow.com/topic/1218096-400k-baht-marriage-visa-requirement-do-the-funds-need-to-come-from-overseas/

Appreciate your input & comments DJ but, this is April 2024, not 2021 as per your pointer.

Scrutiny of applicants for extensions is clearly  greater, I recall some comment on this matter following the saga with the beach steps in Phuket.

This combined with greater scrutiny on source of funds in to Thailand, surely we must all provide up to date & current information.

Many years visiting Thailand has taught me that what was accepted a year ago, may not be accepted this year. Simply an heads up to newcomers to Thailand to understand that up to date postings due to actual experiences are the most relevant and as a forum source of very useful information, there is an obligation to present the most up to date information.

We all know requirements change periodically....

[DrJack54]

5 minutes ago, wood78 said:

This combined with greater scrutiny on source of funds in to Thailand, surely we must all provide up to date & current information.

3 weeks ago I transferred 80kaud+ from Oz using WISE.

I ticked "long term living expenses " 

Arrived in my Thai account in less that 2 hours. 

[wood78]

20 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

3 weeks ago I transferred 80kaud+ from Oz using WISE.

I ticked "long term living expenses " 

Arrived in my Thai account in less that 2 hours. 

Yes, similar experience with the money in, very easy,it's getting the money out which seems protracted. 

[stoner]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Point of your thread? 

 

as he stated was simply a heads up to those who may not know this kind of thing can happen. maybe he just doesn't want his money in a thai bank. maybe he didn't think it would be such an issue being able to prove where funds came from etc. 

 

last week i went through the same sort of situation. they went on about income in thailand and tax. i showed where the money came from. my thai bank account has only deposits from canada. 0 transactions or withdrawals made in thailand in 5 years.

 

my wife can cover expenses etc as well. so maybe not as few as you may think. 

[DrJack54]

3 minutes ago, stoner said:

my wife can cover expenses etc as well. so maybe not as few as you may think. 

Yeah for sure . 

I'm sure Thailand is rampant with Thai wives supporting fully their farang partners, including the funds in bank requirements for extensions 

400k as a once off the OP wishes to return to UK is a red herring. 

 

 

[wood78]

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Yeah for sure . 

I'm sure Thailand is rampant with Thai wives supporting fully their farang partners, including the funds in bank requirements for extensions 

400k as a once off the OP wishes to return to UK is a red herring. 

 

 

Explanation required, otherwise you sound angry ?

[stoner]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Yeah for sure . 

I'm sure Thailand is rampant with Thai wives supporting fully their farang partners, including the funds in bank requirements for extensions 

400k as a once off the OP wishes to return to UK is a red herring. 

 

 

 

i just returned to canada last week. may not see my wife for months. came home to look after my parents and take care of things for them at their house. 

 

seems in this thread alone 2 of us are in a situation where our wife can handle things while we are away. 

[DrJack54]

11 minutes ago, stoner said:

seems in this thread alone 2 of us are in a situation where our wife can handle things while we are away. 

This is such a nonsense thread.

First up you can remit money back to "home country" 

400k is not serious money.

Not too long ago I had a hip replacement in Bangkok.

By Coincidence 400k. 

BTW: The op was not about wife "taking care of things" 

He wanted to send 400k baht back to UK.

 

[stoner]

32 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

This is such a nonsense thread.

First up you can remit money back to "home country" 

400k is not serious money.

Not too long ago I had a hip replacement in Bangkok.

By Coincidence 400k. 

BTW: The op was not about wife "taking care of things" 

He wanted to send 400k baht back to UK.

 

 

ok.

[wood78]

5 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

This is such a nonsense thread.

First up you can remit money back to "home country" 

400k is not serious money.

Not too long ago I had a hip replacement in Bangkok.

By Coincidence 400k. 

BTW: The op was not about wife "taking care of things" 

He wanted to send 400k baht back to UK.

 

That's right, someone turned it into a nonsense thread, when all along it was solely to alert viewers to extra scrutiny when attempting to remit funds to an overseas account.

No red herrings, nothing to do with buying / selling condos, nothing to do with bringing money into Thailand, nothing  to do with surgery and nothing to do with lovely Thai wife's who look after us. 🙏

[OJAS]

2 hours ago, wood78 said:

when attempting to remit funds to an overseas account.

 

Which, of course, will inevitably result in significant banking charges and fees being racked up on your part over the years as you play ping-pong with your 400k between your European and Thai bank accounts. While you might well be more than happy to make generous donations to the Bankers' Benevolent Fund in this way, I strongly suspect that precious few of the rest of us on here would likewise be so willing in similar circumstances!

[wood78]

7 minutes ago, OJAS said:

 

Which, of course, will inevitably result in significant banking charges and fees being racked up on your part over the years as you play ping-pong with your 400k between your European and Thai bank accounts. While you might well be more than happy to make generous donations to the Bankers' Benevolent Fund in this way, I strongly suspect that precious few of the rest of us on here would likewise be so willing in similar circumstances!

Only making reference to this single occasion, who knows what the future holds, I don't, do you ?