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

[Digitalbanana]

17 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Perhaps you had an FD account.

No its a savings account like my other account used for daily living. Like you say it may depend on the IO on the day. Been repeating my method for several years now.

[Tod Daniels]

18 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

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.

Totally common to be required to provide the year transaction detail report showing EVERY transaction on the account for the previous 12 months

They usually require this for both banked money method AND monthly income method by international transfers

That's because no one updates their bank book enough to catch every transaction (especially if you have a card or the app) so the ONLY way immigrations can tell you met the seasoning requirements (800K for 3 months after the extension was issued and then never below 400K the rest of the year until it's back to 800K 2 months before your extension application) is to have you do that year transaction print out..

Chaengwattana usually requires
- standard bank letter (just the account number, your name/passport, the date they wrote the letter and the balance on that date) 
- year transaction detail print out (broken down by month)
- updated bank book the date you apply for the extension
- copies of the current bank book pages (and if you swapped out bank books because one was full during the year, bring the old one)

[DrJack54]

26 minutes ago, Tod Daniels said:

..,......so the ONLY way immigrations can tell you met the seasoning requirements (800K for 3 months after the extension was issued and then never below 400K the rest of the year until it's back to 800K 2 months before your extension application) is to have you do that year transaction print out..

That's well and good however my bank book using money in bank (CW retirement) was fine with some months of zero transactions for first 11 years then out of blue last two extensions ago io was upset about 2 random months with no entries.

 

 

To make matters worse various posters stating that bank book was sufficient at CW. As per post from @Digitalbanana above yours.

 

I asked the io that if I made sure every month had an entry would that be OK. 

Reply : "have 12 month bank statement " 

[BKK57]

23 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

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. 

 

Drjack - If I went to CW on July 15, 2025 for retirement extension expire on Aug 9, 2025 and I provided CW with a copy of the bank book and the Bangkok Bank showed the following entries:

21/05/24   FTT                  ****800,000.00    *****800,000.00

25/06/24   INT      ******* 396.21                 *****800,396.21

25/06/24   TAX                  ******** 59.43     *****800,336.78

25/12/24   INT      ******* 396.21                 *****800,732.99

25/12/24   TAX                 ******** 59.43      *****800,673.56

25/06/25   INT      ******* 396.21                 *****801,069.77

25/06/25   TAX                 ******** 59.43      *****801,010.34

15/07/25   TRF                  *******100.00      *****800,910.34

 

that is, no CMB(combination) entries, would CW still require a 12 month bank statement??? The bank statement in this case would be 25/12/24 - 15/07/25, and would show exactly the same entries as in the bank book.

If yes, I need the 12 month bank statement, can you obtain that statement at Bangkok Bank at CW or do you have to go to the Silom branch to do that? This is, of course, in addition to "The Bank Statement" showing ownership of account and the ending balance on the day of extension, in this case 15/07/25.

[DrJack54]

15 minutes ago, BKK57 said:

If yes, I need the 12 month bank statement, can you obtain that statement at Bangkok Bank at CW or do you have to go to the Silom branch to do that? This is, of course, in addition to "The Bank Statement"

Bangkok Bank cannot provide 12 month bank statements "on the spot" 

 

I read a post just recent that someone's statement took 3 days.

 

In any event you can provide a bank statement that is up to 7 days old on day of application.

 

Despite reading some posts of guys using money in bank method that CW has accepted the photocopies of the pages and bank book.

 

I'm suggesting that CW will push for the 12 month bank statements moving forward.

I have provided that for my last 2 extensions at CW.

Cost is 200b and done on the spot by most banks.

I obtain mine couple of days prior to attending CW. 

[BKK57]

8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Bangkok Bank cannot provide 12 month bank statements "on the spot" 

 

I read a post just recent that someone's statement took 3 days.

 

In any event you can provide a bank statement that is up to 7 days old on day of application.

 

Despite reading some posts of guys using money in bank method that CW has accepted the photocopies of the pages and bank book.

 

I'm suggesting that CW will push for the 12 month bank statements moving forward.

I have provided that for my last 2 extensions at CW.

Cost is 200b and done on the spot by most banks.

I obtain mine couple of days prior to attending CW. 

So I would have to go to BB Silom (that is closest) and ask for 12 month statement, then come back in 3-4 days to pick it up, then on day of extension go down to BB at CW to get "The Bank Statement"?  That's more work than 65K/month method, which is one trip to BB Silom for a Confirmation Letter showing 12 months of  Credit Advices showing Intl. transfers, done while I wait.

 

Using a different bank might make it a bit easier except that I have heard that many banks don't want USA customers because of the USA reporting requirements.

 

I think it would much easier for everyone, Thailand Govt. and Immigration included, to just charge 10,000 baht fee for a retirement extension and forget the bank reporting crap. The interest on 800,000 baht sitting in an 1% saving account is almost nothing. Could get that 10,000 baht fee back and a lot more, if I had that 800,000 baht earning 5% back in the USA.

[DrJack54]

5 minutes ago, BKK57 said:

I think it would much easier for everyone, Thailand Govt. and Immigration included, to just charge 10,000 baht fee for a retirement extension and forget the bank reporting crap. The interest on 800,000 baht sitting in an 1% saving account is almost nothing. Could get that 10,000 baht fee back and a lot more, if I had that 800,000 baht earning 5% back in the USA.

Yes you are referring to "opportunity cost" of locking up 800k.

As for bypassing that by a "fee" ... we already have that via use of agents. 13-15k 

7 minutes ago, BKK57 said:

So I would have to go to BB Silom (that is closest) and ask for 12 month statement, then come back in 3-4 days to pick it up, then on day of extension go down to BB at CW to get "The Bank Statement"? 

You can obtain the "bank letter" same visit as picking up the 12 month bank statement.

I changed from obtaining the bank letter on day of application as finding the banks at CW can now be busy.

No que for general teller where you can make small deposit on the day of application and that also updates bankbook.