The Royal Dutch Ambassy checkes indeed te papers you bring in before they give you a statement of income.

They can do that. The American situation is different. But to state that an embassy can not check is not true.

Dutch law protects privacy, yes, but Dutch law also proihites the embassy to give a false statement, so that is why they double check.

It's one thing to explain the rules. Quite another to explain the reality. If I had questions about a Thai visa or extension, I'd want to know the reality and, secondarily, the law.

I've never done anything to be unloved, but these are the demands that are made. Period. I've been renewing at the same office for three years. It's the same drill every time. More than 100 seperate documents in total for a miserable one year extension that includes 3-month check-ins.

Arguing with them is pointless and guarantees you get nothing.

And this is exactly what I refuted.But,I admit,this is only my personal experience with the NongKhai Imm. Office.

And now we are not so friendly.They understand the rules, though!

Visa runs, visa run fraud, ed-visa for grandfathers, not verified income statements, better not go to the utmost cause rules will change again, from bad to worse, even for people who behave properly.

Yes it sounds like people are openly advocating lying to the embassies about your income or getting around the bank balance requirement by taking out loans and other methods to circumvent the law or at least the intention of current regulations.

As an example, the reason the "three month bank balance" rule became policy is because too many people were shifting the same money from account to account just before they applied for an extension of stay.

Once these "tricks" become common knowledge then the rules and regulations will be tightened or made more onerous and the same people who were playing the tricks will bitch about Thai Immigrations constantly changing the rules.

Will they ever learn Kaojai........... seems not and then these same individuals not only bugger it up for themseleves, but everyone else who simply do and provide what is required by the LOCAL imm. office.

SM

Edited May 17, 200917 yr by sheff_mick

Once these "tricks" become common knowledge then the rules and regulations will be tightened or made more onerous and the same people who were playing the tricks will bitch about Thai Immigrations constantly changing the rules.

Will they ever learn Kaojai........... seems not and then these same individuals not only bugger it up for themseleves, but everyone else who simply do and provide what is required by the LOCAL imm. office.

SM

Just to clarify my post, the broad red highlight is originally quoted by Kaojai and i simply did this to show and acknowledge my total agreement with it, but forgot to edited the rest of the quote out as per Thai Visa Forum rules.

If any poster has been mislead in any way by it, i apologise for any unintentional misunderstandings.

Thank you

SM