Hi All
We all know the requirements of the 800K minimum to be in the account and used to be a deposit on the day of the extension.
Some are suggesting that certain Immigration Offices now like to see a deposit in to the account every month and it does not have to be a lot.
Also one in an emergency say a medical bill or household bill one can withdraw from the account and yes showing the account iis active.

Has anyone experienced this and it depends on what Office
Thanks

Moving to the Thai Visas forum.

There is no requirement to have an 'active' account, you can keep the 800k just sitting in the account no problem.

When you go for your extension you need three things:

*Standard bank letter

*Year transaction detail report

*Update the bank book the day you apply.

All they want to make sure is

-you kept the 800k in the account 3 months after your last extension was issued,

-then that the balance never went below 400k the rest of the year

-and that you had 800k in the account at least 2 months before you apply for your next yearly extension.

2 hours ago, jwest10 said:

Some are suggesting that certain Immigration Offices now like to see a deposit in to the account every month and it does not have to be a lot.
Also one in an emergency say a medical bill or household bill one can withdraw from the account and yes showing the account iis active.

That is not the case. In fact some folk have a dedicated bank account and just maintain balance all year round of 800k +

Which immigration office.

55 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

That is not the case. In fact some folk have a dedicated bank account and just maintain balance all year round of 800k +

Which immigration office.

Not sure for certain but Kanchanaburi?

1 minute ago, jwest10 said:

Not sure for certain but Kanchanaburi?

Was asking for banking required docs.

Here is cut/paste from first post by Tod

"*Standard bank letter

*Year transaction detail report

*Update the bank book the day you apply."

The first 2: Bank Letter and 12 month Bank Statement can usually be obtained days prior to application.

#3 : Bank Book update should be done on day of application.

Folk need to be aware of their imm office procedures

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Was asking for banking required docs.

Here is cut/paste from first post by Tod

"*Standard bank letter

*Year transaction detail report

*Update the bank book the day you apply."

The first 2: Bank Letter and 12 month Bank Statement can usually be obtained days prior to application.

#3 : Bank Book update should be done on day of application.

Folk need to be aware of their imm office procedures

Precisely they are all different indeed and any answers here one needs to ne careful and best to check!!

1 minute ago, jwest10 said:

Precisely they are all different indeed and any answers here one needs to ne careful and best to check!!

Also they like to see it active each month and again check with them not just on here with respect.

I am talking about the 90 day report !! And like to see some movement in the account each month, but always check with your office

25 minutes ago, jwest10 said:

Also they like to see it active each month and again check with them not just on here with respect.

Think you will find that "activity each month" is for acceptance of bank book (+photocopies) to show financial compliance.

I use dedicated bank account and one year had two months with no activity.

They made me obtain a 12 month bank statement (CW)

With a bank statement you don't need to be concerned with activity.

OR just make sure each month there is min one transaction.

Bank statement is 200b and most banks (apart from BBL) can provide on the sport.

I now request a 1 year bank statement the same day as my extension renewal.

This way I don’t need to deposit or withdraw funds every month from this particular account

27 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Think you will find that "activity each month" is for acceptance of bank book (+photocopies) to show financial compliance.

I use dedicated bank account and one year had two months with no activity.

They made me obtain a 12 month bank statement (CW)

With a bank statement you don't need to be concerned with activity.

OR just make sure each month there is min one transaction.

Bank statement is 200b and most bsnks (apart from BBL) can provide on the sport.

That's the way it works at Rayong Immigration. I make a small cash withdrawal every month and make sure I keep the bank book updated. I've never been asked for a separate statement, just the letter confirming the account. Once there was a slight query because of overprinting of a previous entry in the book. The officer showed it to a superviser and they let it go.

9 minutes ago, Eff1n2ret said:

That's the way it works at Rayong Immigration. I make a small cash withdrawal every month and make sure I keep the bank book updated. I've never been asked for a separate statement, just the letter confirming the account. Once there was a slight query because of overprinting of a previous entry in the book. The officer showed it to a superviser and they let it go.

Yes, indeed sometimes one has to make an emergency withdrawal and then replace with a little deposit each month and yes as stated it does depend on the Office, but check it and sometimes things change and not advised.
Also always show each 90 days the actual bank passbook and sometimes one has to have an emergency withdrawal and in the main a small deposit each month outside the 90 days!!!

1 hour ago, jwest10 said:

I am talking about the 90 day report !! And like to see some movement in the account each month, but always check with your office

Not sure why reference to 90 day report which has nothing to do with bank account.

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Not sure why reference to 90 day report which has nothing to do with bank account.

It does they like to see the passbook every 90 days and some suggesting that a small deposit is made each month outside that date ie the other 2 months, CHECK WITH YOUR OFFICE OK
As I have stated but hearing of reports as per my original post and please check with your office ok
And with respect to the so-called experts on this forum things do apparently very much differ it seems.
In essence if one has a minimum 800K and the requirements but again you guys check out your own office ok
I am only going on what I have heard and anything on forums one should take as a pinch of salt as many agree many offices seems to have different policies and this the last time ok

1 hour ago, jwest10 said:

Also they like to see it active each month and again check with them not just on here with respect.

Why did you ask a question and then answer it yourself if anyone contradicts you? Pointless post if you just want to argue with people. There is absolutely zero requirement to have any activity in the account. In fact MANY people have a completely separate bank account for their visa that never has any activity except once a year when they make a deposit to update the bank book. This makes it MUCH EASIER for the immigration officer, as there is nothing they have to dig through to determine if the requirements were met.

1 hour ago, jwest10 said:

I am talking about the 90 day report !! And like to see some movement in the account each month,

I have never heard of any immigration office in the country asking to see the bank book updated when you go in to file a 90-day report.

I have seen offices give people a piece of paper saying the first 90-day report after your first yearly extension update the bank book and that is so they can see that you kept the 800k in the bank for 3 months after the extension was granted.

But I have never seen them ask for the bank book on subsequent 90 day reports.

Were you asked to update your bank book at the Kanchanaburi immigration office when you filed a 90-day report, or did you just hear that someone had to do that?

Just curious, What is up with your attitude in this post? People are trying to weigh in with answers to your question and I don't know why you're trying to bite our heads off.

2 minutes ago, Tod Daniels said:

I have never heard of any immigration office in the country asking to see the bank book updated when you go in to file a 90-day report.

I have seen offices give people a piece of paper saying the first 90-day report after your first yearly extension update the bank book and that is so they can see that you kept the 800k in the bank for 3 months after the extension was granted.

But I have never seen them ask for the bank book on subsequent 90 day reports.

Were you asked to update your bank book at the Kanchanaburi immigration office when you filed a 90-day report, or did you just hear that someone had to do that?

Just curious, What is up with your attitude in this post? People are trying to weigh in with answers to your question and I don't know why you're trying to bite our heads off.

I have that is my point with respect

1 minute ago, jwest10 said:

I have

So you have a yearly extension from the Kanchanaburi immigration office and are asked to update your bank book and bring it in when you do a 90-day report?

Is that correct?

1 minute ago, jwest10 said:

I have that is my point with respect and there is nothing wrong with my attiude ok and did say with respect so not going to help or think I am and expert but many people seems to be ok

1 minute ago, Tod Daniels said:

So you have a yearly extension from the Kanchanaburi immigration office and are asked to update your bank book and bring it in when you do a 90-day report?

Is that correct?

Not me but have heard and I would no give advise on that and yes as well as 3 months after and 2 months before the policy in certain Provinces seems to have changed that is all
Take my genuine post down then ok

4 minutes ago, jwest10 said:

I have that is my point with respect

So what happens with those that file a 90 day report online?

There is no personal contact with Immigration in that situation.

27 minutes ago, jwest10 said:

I am only going on what I have heard and anything on forums one should take as a pinch of salt as many agree many offices seems to have different policies and this the last time ok

Rather petulant reply.

I would rather take your post as a pinch of salt.

The two experts have pointed out that 90 report has zip to do with bank book.

The office that Tod referred to with piece of paper to return in 3 months to check bank book was Jomtien.

Even then it was never enforced.

Don't believe it's even done anymore.

Seems you have only heard of whatever and not posting facts.

Phitsanulok Immigration. 90 day report needs ONLY passport in the Officer's machine, no form needed. She takes my photo.

For Extension I have used the Combination Method for many years ie 400k in one bank account never touched and 35k from Wise every month into another, money transferred to our Joint Current Account, and book updated, bank letters a week before as, it is Bkk Bank, updated the day before.

55 minutes ago, jwest10 said:

Yes, indeed sometimes one has to make an emergency withdrawal and then replace with a little deposit each month and yes as stated it does depend on the Office, but check it and sometimes things change and not advised.
Also always show each 90 days the actual bank passbook and sometimes one has to have an emergency withdrawal and in the main a small deposit each month outside the 90 days!!!

I do not make "emergency withdrawals". I keep the balance well above 800k and just use that account for the small amount of cash withdrawals that I need every month. Most of my expenditure is via QR payments and transfers out of another account. As others have pointed out, my bank balance has nothing to do with 90-day reporting, which I do online.

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