Recent Non O retirement Visa extension at CW

[Nowaythatsreal]

Just a note to highlight a few things that might be useful to anybody visiting CW for the Non O retirement visa extension. 
 

I used the 800K method with Bangkok Bank. 
 

1) The document check lady was a young trainee that briefly checked through the 

my paperwork

 

2) I arrived one hour early for my appointment but was seen pretty much on my appointment time. The queue numbers were displayed on electronic notice boards and called as well. I have read in other posts that the queue numbers were not called but this was not true on the day I attended. 
 

3) I supplied what I thought was all the relevant paperwork with the exception of the first and last page of my current passbook. This was not a problem since the IO had a photocopier next to her desk and did the copying for me 👍

 

4) I obtained 12 months worth of statements from my local branch (200THB) starting from 2 months before my last extension and my last 6 months from the CW branch of Bangkok Bank in addition to the standard balance confirmation letter (Toal cost 200THB). There was obviously a little overlap here of transaction postings but better too much than too little I thought. One thing which maybe of interest is that unlike the 6 month statements obtained from the CW branch the 12 month statement from my branch was not officially stamped but is printed on headed Bangkok Bank computer stationary including the sprocket feed holes which branch staff assured me would be OK. As pointed out in previous posts there is a delay in the delivery of the statement since the printing is done in head office, mine was completed in 3 days. The IO lady did want to see my previous passbook to confirm the 800k balance was still in the account for 3 months after the previous extension. I thought that was the purpose of the 12 monthly statements but she wanted to see both. 
 

Anyway it all worked out fine and the extension was issued. 
 

I guess I should add that this was my own personal experience on a particular day in front of a random IO at CW. I hope it may help. 

[Tod Daniels]

Thanx for the update,

You are correct 👍 NOW the appt you book online has it's own queue number on the emailed confirmation and that number comes up on the board in front of the cubby you go to for the extension.

Yep, if you change bank books because one got filled you have to have that book with you too, even though the year print out of the transaction detail shows every transaction on the account for the year..

Most bangkok banks have that "dot matrix" printer paper for the year statement that has the bank logo on it 

 

[Colabamumbai]

22 hours ago, Nowaythatsreal said:

Just a note to highlight a few things that might be useful to anybody visiting CW for the Non O retirement visa extension. 
 

I used the 800K method with Bangkok Bank. 
 

1) The document check lady was a young trainee that briefly checked through the 

my paperwork

 

2) I arrived one hour early for my appointment but was seen pretty much on my appointment time. The queue numbers were displayed on electronic notice boards and called as well. I have read in other posts that the queue numbers were not called but this was not true on the day I attended. 
 

3) I supplied what I thought was all the relevant paperwork with the exception of the first and last page of my current passbook. This was not a problem since the IO had a photocopier next to her desk and did the copying for me 👍

 

4) I obtained 12 months worth of statements from my local branch (200THB) starting from 2 months before my last extension and my last 6 months from the CW branch of Bangkok Bank in addition to the standard balance confirmation letter (Toal cost 200THB). There was obviously a little overlap here of transaction postings but better too much than too little I thought. One thing which maybe of interest is that unlike the 6 month statements obtained from the CW branch the 12 month statement from my branch was not officially stamped but is printed on headed Bangkok Bank computer stationary including the sprocket feed holes which branch staff assured me would be OK. As pointed out in previous posts there is a delay in the delivery of the statement since the printing is done in head office, mine was completed in 3 days. The IO lady did want to see my previous passbook to confirm the 800k balance was still in the account for 3 months after the previous extension. I thought that was the purpose of the 12 monthly statements but she wanted to see both. 
 

Anyway it all worked out fine and the extension was issued. 
 

I guess I should add that this was my own personal experience on a particular day in front of a random IO at CW. I hope it may help. 

Ya so what else did you need. Tambien Ban, lease or rental contract, owners I D. Hand drawn map? 1 photo? Help other members. 

[Digitalbanana]

22 hours ago, Nowaythatsreal said:

4) I obtained 12 months worth of statements from my local branch (200THB) starting from 2 months before my last extension and my last 6 months from the CW branch of Bangkok Bank in addition to the standard balance confirmation letter (Toal cost 200THB). There was obviously a little overlap here of transaction postings but better too much than too little I thought. One thing which maybe of interest is that unlike the 6 month statements obtained from the CW branch the 12 month statement from my branch was not officially stamped but is printed on headed Bangkok Bank computer stationary including the sprocket feed holes which branch staff assured me would be OK. As pointed out in previous posts there is a delay in the delivery of the statement since the printing is done in head office, mine was completed in 3 days. The IO lady did want to see my previous passbook to confirm the 800k balance was still in the account for 3 months after the previous extension. I thought that was the purpose of the 12 monthly statements but she wanted to see both. 

Its easier just to have a second 800k bank account for immigration and they just ask for the book, no statements needed at CW.

[Nowaythatsreal]

6 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

Its easier just to have a second 800k bank account for immigration and they just ask for the book, no statements needed at CW.

Thanks but I think I will stick with what works for me 👍

[Nowaythatsreal]

18 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

Ya so what else did you need. Tambien Ban, lease or rental contract, owners I D. Hand drawn map? 1 photo? Help other members. 

What is required is well documented on here!

 

This was more of a personal experience post. 

[DrJack54]

24 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

Its easier just to have a second 800k bank account for immigration and they just ask for the book, no statements needed at CW.

Perhaps you had an FD account.

At CW I was made to obtain 12 month bank statement for my (immigration dedicated) savings account.

Reason given was that there was 2 months without any transactions.

Ridiculous but they never fail to surprise me. 

 

[Ben Zioner]

8 hours ago, Tod Daniels said:

even though the year print out of the transaction detail shows every transaction on the account for the year..

It is relatively easy to OCR and edit a statement while editing a copy of a bankbook require artwork. I guess they want both because the banks would probably charge a hell of a lot to verify/certify a dozen of pages of bankbook copies. While a yearly statement is usually 200 Baht. 

[jwest10]

23 hours ago, Nowaythatsreal said:

Just a note to highlight a few things that might be useful to anybody visiting CW for the Non O retirement visa extension. 
 

I used the 800K method with Bangkok Bank. 
 

1) The document check lady was a young trainee that briefly checked through the 

my paperwork

 

2) I arrived one hour early for my appointment but was seen pretty much on my appointment time. The queue numbers were displayed on electronic notice boards and called as well. I have read in other posts that the queue numbers were not called but this was not true on the day I attended. 
 

3) I supplied what I thought was all the relevant paperwork with the exception of the first and last page of my current passbook. This was not a problem since the IO had a photocopier next to her desk and did the copying for me 👍

 

4) I obtained 12 months worth of statements from my local branch (200THB) starting from 2 months before my last extension and my last 6 months from the CW branch of Bangkok Bank in addition to the standard balance confirmation letter (Toal cost 200THB). There was obviously a little overlap here of transaction postings but better too much than too little I thought. One thing which maybe of interest is that unlike the 6 month statements obtained from the CW branch the 12 month statement from my branch was not officially stamped but is printed on headed Bangkok Bank computer stationary including the sprocket feed holes which branch staff assured me would be OK. As pointed out in previous posts there is a delay in the delivery of the statement since the printing is done in head office, mine was completed in 3 days. The IO lady did want to see my previous passbook to confirm the 800k balance was still in the account for 3 months after the previous extension. I thought that was the purpose of the 12 monthly statements but she wanted to see both. 
 

Anyway it all worked out fine and the extension was issued. 
 

I guess I should add that this was my own personal experience on a particular day in front of a random IO at CW. I hope it may help. 

Good you got it sorted and just an experience where I am like to see the Bank book every 90 days and also add a very small amount to it and never ever let it go below 800K