Retirement Extension One Year

[amazedat]

Having just renewed my one year’s permission to stay, I thought others might find this information useful. This advice applies particularly to Phuket but other offices should be similar if not exactly the same.

To ease your passage through Immigration may I suggest the following checklist.

• Passport plus 1 copy each of your details page and all pages which contain Thai entry/exit stamps and visas since your last renewal.

• Bank book with 1 copy of name/account number page and all pages with entries.

• Letter of guarantee showing the minimum 800K Baht in your account. (Or evidence of equivalent monthly income, but I never used this route so I am not sure what exactly this involves, probably original bank statements to show and copies to leave.)

• Health certificate to show that you are fit enough to walk into a Doctor’s office and extract between 100 and 300 Baht from your wallet.

• 1 recent passport size photo.

You will have to fill in a form, but the questions are in English so not difficult.

(Note, I brought away a couple of forms so that I can prepare next years in advance, if they don’t change it.)

The Officer, having satisfied himself that all your documents are in order will then type up your case on a Thai form which you have to sign.

I suggest that you write or type the following Q&A on a piece of paper and pass it to the officer when he starts writing up your case.

• Your address?

• How much you paid for your condo or house, if applicable?

• Your fathers name?

• Your mothers name?

• Your level of education?

• Your occupation before retirement?

• Do you have any Thai dependents, wife or children?

• Do you have wife or children in another country?

If all goes well, you should be in and out in about 40 minutes.

Cost; 1,900 Baht, an extra 100 Baht to buy some more of those little sweets they give you will not go amiss.

Don’t forget to get a Re-Entry Permit, if you plan to leave the country during the coming year, you will need:

Passport, with copies of Photo/Details page, and whichever other pages he earmarks (so at least one visit to his wife’s copy shop is unavoidable). 1 more Photo. Cost; 3,900 Baht, plus he also likes some sweeties.

P.S. All Officers were courteous polite and happy to be of service.

[lopburi3]

Thanks for the input as it is always useful to hear the latest experience. FYI: most common applications are now available for download from Division 3 at:

http://www.imm3.police.go.th/form/main.htm

[RDN]

Having just renewed my one year’s permission to stay, I thought others might find this information useful. ...

P.S. All Officers were courteous polite and happy to be of service.

Well done mate! Same list as I have! I also keep a small brief case full of photocopies of everything - 4 or 5 copies - and sort out what I need a few weeks before I go. It certainly is easy if you are prepared. I also have spare copies of the form - TM 7 - and photocopy my completed form each year before I go, so all I have to do is copy last year's and update certain bits (address, photograph) if necessary.

I just checked out the link "lop" supplied - excellent. I can print out some new blank forms now. Cheers, lop.

Edited October 5, 2004 by RDN

[Limbo]

• Bank book with 1 copy of name/account number page and all pages with entries.

• Letter of guarantee showing the minimum 800K Baht in your account. (Or evidence of equivalent monthly income, but I never used this route so I am not sure what exactly this involves, probably original bank statements to show and copies to leave.)

Mr. Amazedat,

Is it not enough to show just the bankbook (and hand over copy copy copy)?

Did you have to proof that the money came from abroad?

What is the letter of guarantee?

I got my one yesterday. I used the proof of income.

Send your pension-information, a copy of your passport and the fee to your embassy. They return an english language conformation and that's the one I presented.

The captain told me that next year probably only the bankbook will count.

Excgange rate lower compared to ATM, higher costs of overbooking? No interest on thai bank-account?

What is the most profitable way you think?

[lopburi3]

Mr. Amazedat,

Is it not enough to show just the bankbook (and hand over copy copy copy)?

Did you have to proof that the money came from abroad?

What is the letter of guarantee?

I got my one yesterday. I used the proof of income.

Send your pension-information, a copy of your passport and the fee to your embassy. They return an english language conformation and that's the one I presented.

The captain told me that next year probably only the bankbook will count.

Excgange rate lower compared to ATM, higher costs of overbooking? No interest on thai bank-account?

What is the most profitable way you think?

Amazedat is welcome to answer but as it was his first post will try to help:

a. Bankbook and copies is normally enough for proof of overseas transfers if they have an indication of source code in the bankbook.

b. Letter is always required when bank deposit is used and current within the week that you have xxx,xxx in your bank account and signed by branch manager (or official at central bank office). Normal cost is 200 baht.

c. Each Embassy has specific rules so there is really no all inclusive procedure to follow. You need to ask your embassy what is required.

[astral]

I suggest that you write or type the following Q&A on a piece of paper and pass it to the officer when he starts writing up your case.

• Your address?

• How much you paid for your condo or house, if applicable?

• Your fathers name?

• Your mothers name?

• Your level of education?

• Your occupation before retirement?

• Do you have any Thai dependents, wife or children?

• Do you have wife or children in another country?

I wonder why they ask this every year.

Most of it does not change, like parents names, education level previous occupation, etc.

We are not allowed to own houses, and condo's are only permitted under certain rules.

If we have Thai dependants then we are on the wrong visa.

Dependants overseas are irrelevant to a visa here.

Are they trying to catch us out if we give a different answer?

[lopburi3]

I suggest that you write or type the following Q&A on a piece of paper and pass it to the officer when he starts writing up your case.

• Your address?

• How much you paid for your condo or house, if applicable?

• Your fathers name?

• Your mothers name?

• Your level of education?

• Your occupation before retirement?

• Do you have any Thai dependents, wife or children?

• Do you have wife or children in another country?

I wonder why they ask this every year.

Most of it does not change, like parents names, education level previous occupation, etc.

We are not allowed to own houses, and condo's are only permitted under certain rules.

If we have Thai dependants then we are on the wrong visa.

Dependants overseas are irrelevant to a visa here.

Are they trying to catch us out if we give a different answer?

I have never been asked these question on support extension - what old information that is required is looked up in file and entered on new form by officer.

You are free to use retirement extension even if married. It is your choice and not wrong.

Wife/children in other country is a valid question as they would be able to come here on your visa deposit.

The condo/house question is probably related to visa on that basis.