I apologise if this has been covered already, it is a few days old. If it has I missed it and cannot now find it. Below is an extract from the Pattaya City Expats Club Newsletter for 2nd to 9th September. Any confirmation from another source? If so is this policy cancelled or just postponed?

“The meeting was opened by Jim Jones, who was making his first appearance as MC. His first task was to introduce Barry Kenyon, Honorary British Consul who was making a welcome return visit to announce some breaking news about retirement visas – good news for a change. Barry announced that the Commander of the Pattaya Immigration Office told him that he received a notice from his superiors that the requirement to obtain a stamp from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok as verification of the authenticity of the Embassy letter certifying pension income has been cancelled. This requirement was initially supposed to go into effect on October 1, 2007,”

It seems if there were plans to do so they have been canceled.

The only thing I can say for sure is that the Pattaya office took my letter and would not return it and said I would need a new one for next year. Last year they told me the letter was good for the life of my passport!