Bank Letter For Oa Extension

[lopburi3]

And indeed there is no need to make any deposit at Bangkok Bank. Any teller can update your passbook to the current date. I have been told that K-Bank can not do this however so perhaps Bangkok Bank is not the norm. In that case you would use a deposit slip.

[DickFarang]

And indeed there is no need to make any deposit at Bangkok Bank. Any teller can update your passbook to the current date. I have been told that K-Bank can not do this however so perhaps Bangkok Bank is not the norm. In that case you would use a deposit slip.

If there are no recent movements, i.e. since your last passbook update, nothing will be printed.

To force the printing you will have to perform a (small) cash operation, e.g. a deposit of 100 baht or better still a deposit of 100 baht followed by a withdrawal of 100 baht, so that the balance remains unchanged.

[lopburi3]

The teller has the ability to make an entry regardless of last transaction which will be current balance with current date. But as I stated am not sure all banks can do this.

[dighambara]

You will not have a problem. The letter is good for a year.

Barry

An embassy income letter is often good for 1 year or the year it is issued in. Don't confuse it with a bank letter confirming your balance, that is only valid for a few days.

The "embassy letter" is not "good" for a year...it is good for getting a 1-year extension of your visa for retirement purposes. Most immigration offices want it to be dated within a week or so of when you submit your extension application (or renewal). Up until a couple years ago, the Jomtien/Pattaya office would allow you to use the same letter for two years (so the letter was "good" for 2 years/extensions) but now they too require a "fresh" letter each year.

For 3 years, copies of my original Embassy letter were acceptable. Then the time period was reduced to 2 years, this year, to my surprise, immigration took the original, which was 2 months old. As the Embassy outreach team doesn't visit here often, I am planning on using this month's letter for January...

The unusual thing is that last extension, I was told the Bank letter wasn't needed... Usually my bank balance is fluid, which has been acceptable. Earlier this year, I split the flow with two Thai banks, so I plan on two bank letters - without the $400,000 Baht deposit.

I usually go with everything they have ever requested and they take about 3/4 of the papers, but not always the same items... Different every time.

[curtklay]

The teller has the ability to make an entry regardless of last transaction which will be current balance with current date. But as I stated am not sure all banks can do this.

Kasikorn Bank updated my passbook the same day I got the letter. I went to the bank 3 days prior to Immigration. They simply entered a zero amount deposit with the date and current balance. My letter and passbook then agreed on date and balance, and I had no problem at Immigration.

[BigC]

thanks for the information, i'm in chiang mai. a friend of mine had a problem with immigration a couple of years ago with the bank letter not being "fresh" enough. trouble is, immigration only processes about 40 - 50 oa visas per day and if you don't get in early you're out of luck. i like the idea of going to an atm on monday morning with a balance slip. i can't see why they wouldn't accept that.

yes if u have a thai bank. just wack the book in one of those machines. then show the immergrationn your bank book. or photo copy every page

[TaoNow]

Just a few clarifications for people who use a fixed deposit account for the 800K baht:

I set up the fixed deposit account 3 years ago at SCB and have never withdrawn or deposited (other than the automatic interest payments to the account made by the bank several times a year).

So there is no sign of recent activity in my passbook when I show it to Immo/Bangkok, and they don't seem to mind.

Besides, since it is a fixed account, I can't simply run to an ATM to do activity. A fixed account passbook up-date won't show any entry since the last interest payment went in (unless I make a deposit).

Also, the letter from the bank confirming the balance has to come from the bank branch where the account is held (in the case of SCB). So I can't just run down to the basement of Immo/CW to the SCB branch there to get the letter.

In the past, it never bothered Immo/Suan Plu that the bank letter was dated the previous working day -- though I haven't tried doing the bank letter the day before when processing at CW.

[lopburi3]

I suspect SCB in basement of Chiang Watanna can issue a letter of account deposit if you ask. They appear to be very consumer orientated; as are the other branch banks there.

[phutoie2]

Again depends which Immigration Office you are using, This year Embassy letter was over 2 months old - (Brit Embassy closed in May!)

My Bangkok Bank letter was a few days old too, some of us live a few miles away from our banks!, plus some banks want a few days to prep it for you.

ATM statements are only good for those with Debit cards etc, my retirement cash is in a fixed account and no card is available.

Bank counter withdrawal, only and it would be in the passbook.

This is in Phitsanulok Immigration, a 450 km round trip so I spend a few days preparing all my paperwork before going!

If you have a savings a/c at BBL you can have a Be1st Visa debit card, and also link your fixed account to the card - you will be able to see the balance at an ATM.. You can also make deposits into your fixed account by transferring from the savings a/c.

ATM slips don't usually show the full account name, so I wouldn't rely on this method. But printing out from Internet banking will give an up-to-date view of an account -maybe that would work.

Just for clarity, I have two Bangkok Bank savings accounts, one a fixed deposit account and the other a savings account. The savings account comes with the BE -1st card and is a joint account.

When Immigration decided that you could not use joint accounts, I opened a fixed deposit account in my name only.

My pension from UK gets paid monthly into my savings account, I do'nt think you can do that with the fixed deposit account.

Sometimes confusing, I just know that one passbook has a blue cover and the other is orange!!.

A side note about the Bangkok Bank fixed deposit account, you can only withdraw funds at your home bank where the account is, I know, I tried it in another province BKK Bank and they would not do it.