Retirement Extension Savings

[alantheembalmer]

My wife and I went to Bangkok immigration yesterday, and we both got our 1 year retirement extension. We are British citizens, and, of course, both aged over 50.

We took the savings in a Thai bank route, and this is where it might be of interest to other members, because we have a joint account, (with savings well over the equivilent of 800,000 baht each), in a foreign currency account at Bangkok Bank in GBP. This means that we only have a certificate to show immigration, (no pass book), and the letter from Bangkok Bank, which showed the amount in sterling along with the baht amount at that day's exchange rate. This presented no problem to immigration, and no questions were asked by the immigration officer about this type of account for the purpose of obtaining a retirement extension.

I hope this will be of help to other people who are considering applying for this type of extension.

Alan

[Mario2008]

A foreign currency acocunt is accepted, as should multiple accounts be. In that case you would need multiple bank letters.