Cdn Needing To Update Retirement Visa

[duanebigsby]

What is all the paperwork required to update my retirement visa.

I have been told I need to do it at the immigration nearest where I live and have proof of monies coming in.

Anything else? Do I need bank statements etc or letter from embassy.

Any advice would be appreciated.

duane

[Jingthing]

Assuming that you seek an annual extension based on retirement and already have some kind of O visa.

OK, some questions first.

Which financial qualification method do you plan to use?

1. 800K in a Thai bank (must be seasoned for two months for first retirement extension application)

2. Income method (at least 65K per month)

3. Combination method. Income less than 65K per month, annualized and then add Thai bank account funds to meet 800K.

Choose ONE method.

Then more info can come later.

(On the office location question, yes, you must use the Thai immigration office associated with your RESIDENCE in Thailand. You must also supply some kind of PROOF of that residence as part of your extension application to that office. You should be doing 90 day address reports to your local office every 90 days you are in Thailand.)

[TerryLH]

1. Verified with a letter from your bank and your passbook. Account in your name only.

2. Verified with a letter from your embassy.

3. Verified with both; a letter & passbook from your bank and a letter from your embassy.

They'll also want copies of your passport, photo page, visa page, last entry/extension page and a copy of the arrival/departure card.

Some proof of your address will also probably be required. What that might be can vary by which immigration office you use.

Immigration Form filled out and 2 photos.

I'm sure I've probably forgotten something. Suggest you check with your immigration office for what they want.

Good luck.

Terry

[duanebigsby]

OK Thanks. I'm doing the income method 65k per month.

[Mario2008]

That means (presuming the income comes from abroad) you need a letter from your embassy confirming your income.

You don't have to show the money comes into Thailand, but having a Thai bankaccount with some money in it is soemtimes asked for. So takeyour bankbook with you.

Also take proof of your income with you to immigration, sometimes they ask for it.

[Apache704]

If you already have a Retirement Visa now all that has to be done is to show the Canadian Embassy Your last year's Income Tax form showing that you received 800,000 Baht or more and they will give you a stamped statement (Canadian Seal) imprinted on statement and show that to Immigration and that is all that is necessary along with filling out the necessary forms,photos,photo-copies of passport and house-book. That's all that I did and got my Retirement Visa in 20 minutes. If you are not in Bangkok then phone the Embassy and they will send you the necessary forms that you will have to take to a notorized Lawyer that will prove who you are and send his stamped copy along with his card together with proof of income and they will mail you the notorized,stamped letter to your address and take that with you to Immigration and fill out the necessary forms with photos and photo-copies of Passport and where you reside.

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

To the OP, I did the income method last August when I got my first extension based on retirement. The payrolll department of the Canadian company I used to work for (it still pays me) mailed me a statement on company letterhead showing a monthly amount. It was not notarized. I took that to the embassy in Bangkok and based on that, the consular office wrote a letter addressed to Thai immigration saying I earn this amount on a monthly basis. It was accepted at Jomtien immigration.

[JusMe]

Remember, OP, it's not a retirement visa for which you are applying, but an extension of permission to remain based upon retirement.

We'll assume you have a retirement visa and want to go the the embassy so you can extend your stay.

Remember that the embassy charges a fortune and a half -can't remember now how much -for those stamped papers.

[TerraplaneGuy]

Assuming that you seek an annual extension based on retirement and already have some kind of O visa.

....

(On the office location question, yes, you must use the Thai immigration office associated with your RESIDENCE in Thailand] ...)

Hi Jingthing,

Can you (or anybody else on this thread) please tell me the right office to apply at for a retirement extension? I'm in BKK on Sukhumvit Soi 11 (Nana BTS). What office should I go to?

Background: As per my other thread which you helped me on, I'm Canadian, over 50, entered on a non O-A which is expired but I got longer permission to stay by doing re-entries. Now I'm going to apply for a 1 year extension on Form TM7, using the THB 800K deposit method.

Thanks!

TG

[ubonjoe]

Chaeng Wattana

Location and Map: http://bangkok.immig.../location1.html

[lopburi3]

Chiang Watanna Soi 7 is where you make application.

[TerraplaneGuy]

Thanks All! Is there any easy way to get to Chiang Wattana starting via BTS/MRT from Sukhumvit or is a taxi the best bet?

Cheers

TG

[lopburi3]

You can get closer at the Morchit/Chatuchak area and take public transport or taxi from there.

[partington]

To add a bit more detail to get to Changwattana:

1. take BTS to Mor Chit, leave station on the Chatuchak Park side of the road, and take either

1. a taxi (ask for Changwattana soi 7 ('Soi jet' in Thai) or "Gang Soon Changwattana"

2. a #52 bus, costs 8B flat fare, takes 45min or so, when the bus turns sharp left you'll see the TOT building on the same side of road as travel direction, that's

two stops before you need to get off at the CAT building just before a footbridge. Soi 7 is to the left a few hundred metres further on.

3. Minivan bus from outside Mo Chit (I know little about these as never used them)

Once at Changwattana Soi 7 motorbikes go to the far end, where immigration is, as do shuttle songthaews, but these are infrequent. You can walk it in 15 min.

(PS. @ TerraplaneGuy You are using a pretty weird and incorrect terminology to describe your visa situation, and it always helps people to understand if you correctly describe it:

'entered on a non O-A which is expired but I got longer permission to stay by doing re-entries'

Re-entry permits have no connection at all with being allowed to stay longer. You have a visa that allows you one year stays every time you use it to enter the country, even if you enter the country on the last day of your visa validity. You are not getting anything extra or extended by doing this, you are just making the maximum permissible use of your visa.

The re-entry permit just allows you come back if you leave the country during the year you have already got legal permission to stay for by using your visa. If you don't leave you don't need one so they are not changing the period of your permission to stay.)

[TerraplaneGuy]

Thanks all for the directions!

Hi Partington, sorry about the terminology, as a newcomer I find it hard sometimes to express these concepts in the accepted form. I take your point.

Cheers,

TG

[lopburi3]

An O-A visa is only valid for one year from date of issue but each entry is a one year stay. Poster obtained a new one year stay that continues beyond the expiration date of his visa so is using re-entry permits for travel during that time period to keep it valid.