Any Us Citizens Use Chiang Mai Immigration To Get Retirement Visa Or Extension?

[Wentworth]

I posted this topic earlier today but would be grateful for some help from those using Chiang Mai Immigration.

An American friend is coming shortly on a Tourist Visa and is checking the lay of the land with regard to getting a retirement visa. He may well have to go back for a short while and knows that changing from a TV to retirement means a trip to Bangkok Immigration to transfer the visa, then applying separately for the Retirement version in Chiang Mai.

The main thing I would like to clarify is the money aspect of a Retirement Visa. The US consulate confirm that he will need to take his passport and sign a sworn affidavit to say he has the requisite amount of at least 65,000 Baht a month; he doesn't need to show any proof eg bank statements. He doesn't have 800,000 Baht that he can put in the bank, so can't use that option. Do Chiang Mai Immigration ask for proof eg bank statements as well as the sworn affidavit from the US consulate?

[7by7]

Moved to correct forum.

[Maestro]

From the OP:

Do Chiang Mai Immigration ask for proof eg bank statements as well as the sworn affidavit from the US consulate?

No, they won’t ask for bank statements. If anything, they will ask for evidence of the equivalent of minimum 65K Baht monthly income, for example if they suspect that your friend might have made a false sworn statement at the US consulate.

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Maestro

[Maestro]

Duplicate topic. Closed. Please read here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Retirement-V...Co-t341873.html

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Maestro