rawhod Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Yesterday in "Thai visa, residency and work permits" Lite Beer posted information from Immigration regarding income requirements for foreign married couples. The information also contained the following statement. "Separately, the British Embassy has confirmed that none of its provincial staff is empowered any longer to provide notarial services. Those Brits requiring income letters for the Immigration Bureau must now deal with the main embassy in Bangkok or find another local consulate willing to provide the service. The German honorary consul in Phuket stated recently he believes that his office could provide some such services for Brits but that he was seeking formal permission from Berlin. It may take some time before European Union consulates in places such as Pattaya, Koh Samui and Phuket feel confident enough to fill the gap left by the retreat of the British Embassy from provincial Thailand. Source: Immigration Bureau -- thaivisa.com 2013-12-03 It looks like we will no longer be able to obtain Income confirmation letters from the British Consulate in Chiang Mai... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyme Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Before you post you should get your facts right Chiang Mai consulate are still doing Income letter all it take is a phone call to get the right Facts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Maybe you should read this release --->http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/676094-brit-embassy-confirms-some-consul-services-dropped-for-brits-in-phuket/So, only Phuket and Samui dropped notary services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APA Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Have had confirmation from Consulate that notarial services are carrying on as normal in Chiang Mai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawhod Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) Before you post you should get your facts right Chiang Mai consulate are still doing Income letter all it take is a phone call to get the right I did put a question mark in the title because I wasn't 100% sure... Edited December 4, 2013 by rawhod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Before you post you should get your facts right Chiang Mai consulate are still doing Income letter all it take is a phone call to get the right I did put a question mark in the title because I wasn't 100% sure... End of thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolies Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Income letter for Brits in Thailand go to this link https://www.gov.uk/n...de-for-thailand and scroll down to "services we provide in Thailand" scan down to income letter and.... follow instructions - easiest by post IMHO Hope that helps Fees Fee 2(i) Letter in English THB 2,430 EMS postage and packaging THB 100 Below is extract from site copied 4/01/2014 Consular letter confirming pension/income for Thai Immigration We can issue a standard letter addressed to Thai Immigration confirming your pension/income to support the renewal/extension of your retirement visa. This letter is a Thai requirement and the granting of the visa is at the sole discretion of the Thai Immigration authorities not the British Embassy. Please ensure the pension/income evidence you provide is in a form that is simple and easy to understand and contains the essential financial amounts that are required for inclusion in the letter. According to Thai Immigration, your pension currency should not be converted into Thai Baht. The fee for this letter is payable by cash or credit card if applying in person or by postal order for the exact amount if applying by post. The letter can be collected in person or sent to you by express mail with an additional postage and packaging cost of 100 Baht. Please note that fees can change without prior notice. If you are unable to visit us in person, please mail us your request stating the total pension amount received monthly/yearly and enclosing the required documents. Please make the postal order (available at Post Offices) payable to the “British Embassy” and to be cashed at “Nana Post Office Bangkok 10112”. Fees Fee 2(i) Letter in English THB 2,430 EMS postage and packaging THB 100 Documents required for this service original valid British passport or a photocopy if applying by post proof of address such as outlined above evidence of your current pension/income which will be returned to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Do note that the separate income statement wasn't necessary to marry in Chiang Mai. My embassy said it was, and charged me a nice fee for it. But when it came to actually marrying at the district office, it was not needed. (This as advised by the small agency that did the translation and certification by the ministry of foreign affairs. Which was nice of them, as they could have made more money just translating it.) So, small Chiang Mai agency is more on the ball than my embassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toryboy1979 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I have just returned from the British Consulate Chiang Mai after collecting my 'proof of income' letter. I was informed that next year I would have to apply to The British Embassy Bangkok and that I should check the website of the Embassy for furthr information. Additionally the extremely pleasant member of staff said that this procedure would be effective from 1st February 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I've never done the proof of income by letter from my consulate. If you have proof of income coming into Thailand, can't you just show that to immigration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PostmanPat Posted January 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2015 I spoke to the British Consulate this morning, as my annual letter for proof of income is due in February. They confirmed that as another poster already said, applications for such letters have to go by mail to British Embassy Bangkok from 1st February onwards. Quite tiresome, and yet another reduction in service for UK citizens living abroad. Given that Passport application checking service, and now notary letters have been withdrawn, I politely asked just what services do the Chiang Mai Consulate provide, and was met with a vague answer which explained nothing at all. Wouldnt be surprised to see the British Consulate here close. For once am envious of the fact that US and Australia citizens can still get the valuable assistance we all need in Chiang Mai whereas we Brits seem to have been hung out to dry. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 anyone no how long immigration will allow time frame on income letter im due late febuary for extension using the income method would immigration allow a 3-4 week time gap as i could go next week get income letter before they finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostmanPat Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 anyone no how long immigration will allow time frame on income letter im due late febuary for extension using the income method would immigration allow a 3-4 week time gap as i could go next week get income letter before they finish. 60 days from date on letter to complete visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 cheers mate tv at its best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbarker Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (graphic borrowed from What if website) Looks like the sun set a long time ago but now the lights are being turned off .... one has to review what the purpose of the consular service will be ? Not a good future career choice Voluntary or otherwise. off to shed a tear........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernjohn Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Other than have people in a building what is the British Consulate going to do in Chiang Mai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Other than have people in a building what is the British Consulate going to do in Chiang Mai? Good question. Continue to issue proof of address for 3,040 baht and as much as they can get for notorising anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I spoke to the British Consulate this morning, as my annual letter for proof of income is due in February. They confirmed that as another poster already said, applications for such letters have to go by mail to British Embassy Bangkok from 1st February onwards. Quite tiresome, and yet another reduction in service for UK citizens living abroad. Given that Passport application checking service, and now notary letters have been withdrawn, I politely asked just what services do the Chiang Mai Consulate provide, and was met with a vague answer which explained nothing at all. Wouldnt be surprised to see the British Consulate here close. For once am envious of the fact that US and Australia citizens can still get the valuable assistance we all need in Chiang Mai whereas we Brits seem to have been hung out to dry. If you are an Australian citizen you still have to go to Bangkok to apply for a new passport.Only benefit is that you don't have to go back to pick it up they send registered post unlike British citizens who have to make 2 trips to Bangkok,makes for a very expensive passport.The Oz honorary consul in CM has restricted powers but at least advice is free. The visa section at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok was out sourced to a Thai company years ago and if you want to move to Australia with your Thai wife they have put the visa application fees up 50%. The heavily guarded Australian Embassy is a huge building on prime real estate in Sathorn Rd, must cost a fortune to maintain but very few people actually work there. You would think the CM, being Thailand's second biggest city, would provide some essential services but typical of our home countries that they have gone the opposite way. Next time we complain about CM Immigration bear that in mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paagai Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) British friend just forwarded an email dated today with details from the horses mouth, so to speak: www.gov.uk: changes to our Services in Chiang Mai To answer the question about what they will do at the consulate, seems like they are still recruiting Edited January 21, 2015 by Paagai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 British friend just forwarded an email dated today with details from the horses mouth, so to speak: www.gov.uk: changes to our Services in Chiang Mai To answer the question about what they will do at the consulate, seems like they are still recruiting And look at their fees! https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/393073/FeesTable_Customer_Bt54_as_of_12_01_15.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 British friend just forwarded an email dated today with details from the horses mouth, so to speak: www.gov.uk: changes to our Services in Chiang Mai To answer the question about what they will do at the consulate, seems like they are still recruiting And look at their fees! https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/393073/FeesTable_Customer_Bt54_as_of_12_01_15.pdf And people complain about the 500 baht fee at immigration. Unbelievable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsakda Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 British friend just forwarded an email dated today with details from the horses mouth, so to speak: www.gov.uk: changes to our Services in Chiang Mai To answer the question about what they will do at the consulate, seems like they are still recruiting And look at their fees! https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/393073/FeesTable_Customer_Bt54_as_of_12_01_15.pdf And people complain about the 500 baht fee at immigration. Unbelievable. Continuously rising fees for government services are maddening but corruption is intolerable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 British friend just forwarded an email dated today with details from the horses mouth, so to speak: www.gov.uk: changes to our Services in Chiang Mai To answer the question about what they will do at the consulate, seems like they are still recruiting And look at their fees! https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/393073/FeesTable_Customer_Bt54_as_of_12_01_15.pdf And people complain about the 500 baht fee at immigration. Unbelievable. Continuously rising fees for government services are maddening but corruption is intolerable. Welcome to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 British friend just forwarded an email dated today with details from the horses mouth, so to speak: www.gov.uk: changes to our Services in Chiang Mai To answer the question about what they will do at the consulate, seems like they are still recruiting And look at their fees! https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/393073/FeesTable_Customer_Bt54_as_of_12_01_15.pdf And people complain about the 500 baht fee at immigration. Unbelievable. Aah but you do get a receipt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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