Money seasoning counted by days or months ?

[Jingthing]

For example for three month money seasoning, are you OK just counting 90 days

OR

does it need to be the day after the date of the day you started? (by date)

Like if your counting start date was 6 of some month do you have to wait until 6 of the three months later month?

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Second question:

Also is the last day included in the counted or not?

In the above options do you really need to wait until the 91st day (OR) the day after three months by day date, the 7th in the example?

[Dancealot]

Thanks, JT.

[Mario2008]

Counted by months so 6th till 6th is 1 month, but first application counted by (60) days.

Goin on the 6th (or day 60) should be fine, but that is my personal opinion. As always, different officers and offices....

[KhunBENQ]

Just a guess:

1) the wording is "three months"

2) commercial banks count fixed deposits by months (per date)

So my conclusion: Immi will look for the date.

Compare also with the O visa: they are 3 months, not 90 days (can be less than 90 or more than 90 days).

But please, don't ask why the have the 90 day report.

Thai logic

[ubonjoe]

Non immigrant visa entries are 90 days not three months.

[Jingthing]

So the theory here is this ... just confirming ...

Three month money seasoning period starts the 6th of some month

You go in the 6th of three months later

Even IF the total days between the 6th and 6th is LESS than 90 days

and immigration will accept that as three month seasoning?

Unless they don't.

OK, thanks for the feedback.

[ubonjoe]

Months are months not days.

It says three months so 3 months from today would be the 19th of October.

I think they made it months so there would be no confusion like there can be when counting days.

[KhunBENQ]

Non immigrant visa entries are 90 days not three months.

I did not mean the entry stamp (admitted until), but the validity date.

It is always (simplified) like this:

Date of issue: dd.mm

Enter before: (dd-1).(mm+3)

E.g. 26 July to 25 Oct, 16 Oct to 15 Jan, 25 Jan to 24 Apr etc.

[ubonjoe]

Correct they do it that way because it is an enter before date which is 3 months from date of issue.

For other things you would count it month to month like the example I posted.

[Ticketmaster]

Why gamble with it over 2 or 3 days? If you have a short February in there, use 90 days. If you have two 31 day months in there, use the month method.

Look, here's the real rub. You go into one immigration office and they interpret it one way, you go into another and they interpret it another way. Or the same office over the course of two years changes its interpretation.

It really doesn't matter how "right" you are about what the rules mean. When you go into that immigration office, they are going to call the shots, and maybe they are wrong. So put the money in three days early and sleep easy.

Another thing to consider if you are trying to cut the seasoning period down to a fine hair. If you put exactly what you need in there, say 800K for retirement or 400K for marriage, beware of bank fees. A friend put in exactly 400K for his marriage extension and the bank, unbeknownst to him, deducted a 200 baht debit card renewal fee. He had a big problem with immigration. They finally gave him a pass, but they were reluctant to do so as it was the second time he was a couple baht short.

So put in an extra 1,000 baht; keep it there for an extra three or four days and you'll have nothing to worry about!

On the other hand, if they ask for money, that's not a misinterpretation; that's corruption. Tell them "fuc_k no."

[Jingthing]

My personal motivation in asking the question wasn't related to wanting to cut the seasoning to a so called fine hair.

It was about when best to schedule my immigration appointment.

I always go in earlier than my deadline anyway.

Of course some people might have issues including mechanical delays that were unavoidable where the specific reading of the money seasoning rules could be critical.

[wayned]

Aren't you just pulling our chain? I bet that you you really don't cut it that close do you?

[Jingthing]

Aren't you just pulling our chain? I bet that you you really don't cut it that close do you?

I just said I didn't. See my previous post.

Perhaps you didn't understand it.

Since you seem more interested in making this personal instead of about a GENERIC question that could be important to lots of people, my question was about timing related to AVOIDING an immigration meeting during a HOLIDAY week because the waiting times tend to be much longer during those weeks, and sometimes even before and after those weeks.

The question was 100 percent sincere.

I didn't post this question to pull anyone's chain.

Cheers.

[Baerboxer]

Good question. The answer really depends on which immigration and which officer. Seriously, the rules on anthing seem to be what the officer decides they are on the day you are there.

I always err on the side of caution now.

Yesterday I deposited a large amount of money in my bank account. The clerk made an error and debited the amount rather than crediting, spotted the error and credited to amounnt twice to correct it. My visa extension is not required for several months, but if it had been immiminent, can you imagine trying to explain to Immigration why you had gone below the limit on your balance, albeit for less than 2 mins. Paranoia - doesn't mean they're not after us !

[Baerboxer]

Good question. The answer really depends on which immigration and which officer. Seriously, the rules on anthing seem to be what the officer decides they are on the day you are there.

I always err on the side of caution now.

Yesterday I deposited a large amount of money in my bank account. The clerk made an error and debited the amount rather than crediting, spotted the error and credited to amounnt twice to correct it. My visa extension is not required for several months, but if it had been immiminent, can you imagine trying to explain to Immigration why you had gone below the limit on your balance, albeit for less than 2 mins. Paranoia - doesn't mean they're not after us !

[Ticketmaster]

Aren't you just pulling our chain? I bet that you you really don't cut it that close do you?

Sure he is. That's JingThing's specialty, especially on such things as FBAR. He loves it. Anyone with over 43,000 posts has got to love pulling chains.

[Jingthing]

Aren't you just pulling our chain? I bet that you you really don't cut it that close do you?

Sure he is. That's JingThing's specialty, especially on such things as FBAR. He loves it. Anyone with over 43,000 posts has got to love pulling chains.

If you want to play gossip games, I suggest starting another thread.

[lopburi3]

Flame removed and topic closed.