1st Extension(retirement) Requirements

[nzexpat]

My extension of stay (retirement) is due next month .

I use the Phuket immigration office.

In addition to the Embassy income letter what else will be required.

Thanks

[AUSSIE BOB]

I went to the phuket town office last week to do the same. First visit was on the day of my 50th birthday. Waited approx 3hrs only to be told come back tomorrow as I could not apply on the date of my birthday. Next day went back waited another 2hrs only to be told come back next week, also by same officer. This time he told me because his boss needs to sign my application in front of me and he went to a different office that morning. Not too sure about that excuse??? Both times I asked can you. Heck my paperwork.

Application for extension of stay

Photocopy of every page in passport (ID page, current visa page, Current stamp page and departure card)

Photocopy of home lease. I own a condo so it was a copy of my Tabien ban or home owners book.

Photocopy of every page of my bank book and current letter from bank confirming amount in account.

Take alone passport photos (need 1 but I took all I had just in case they wanted more)

Passport

Tabien ban

Bank book

I am off to the office again tomorrow to try again.

Good luck

[Gsxrnz]

OP - do you know that you can get a "free year" if you leave the country and reenter prior to the expiry of your visa?

No need to meet any requirements if you don't want to.

EDIT: I'm assuming from the title of the post that you entered 12 months ago on a visa (obtained overseas) and this is your first extension.

[ubonjoe]

It has been reported that Phuket will want some back up proof for the income letter. You might want to check with them about it because it seems to vary as to what they want.

[nzexpat]

Thanks for the tip Joe.

Providing "back up" for the income letter is no problem because the letter cannot be obtained without definitive proof of income.

[Suradit69]

OP - do you know that you can get a "free year" if you leave the country and reenter prior to the expiry of your visa?

No need to meet any requirements if you don't want to.

EDIT: I'm assuming from the title of the post that you entered 12 months ago on a visa (obtained overseas) and this is your first extension.

"OP - do you know that you can get a "free year" if you leave the country and reenter prior to the expiry of your visa?"

That's only true if he entered on a non-Imm O-A. If he started out, as most do, with a non-imm O and is ready to do his first extension of stay, he doesn't have the option of doing a border run for a year's permission to stay. In fact if he entered on a single entry non-imm O and leaves the country without a re-entry permit, he'll be back at square one with no visa and no extension of stay.

There's nothing in the title of the thread or the O/P that suggests he entered twelve months ago or that he used a non-imm O-A.

A non-imm O is a visa, but it wouldn't entitle him to a "free year" as you put it.

[IMA_FARANG]

Thanks for the tip Joe.

Providing "back up" for the income letter is no problem because the letter cannot be obtained without definitive proof of income.

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No. I'm sorry but that is not true.

When you get an "income letter" from the U.S. embassy you simply attest to the income you claim at the time.

The U.S. embassy does no checking of your claim, and, in fact you can lie on that form if you want to.

When the embassy officer signs the letter, all he attests to is that:

• He checked your identity and found that you were a U.S. citizen.
• He then reviewed what you claimed as income on the form and verified you signed the form.

And that is all he can attest to.

Specifically the embassy official does NOT certify that your income declaration was correct.

That is precisely why the embassy will NOT defend your income claim if Thai immigration disputes your claimed income figures.

If you doubt me, ask the U.S. embassy person who signs your statement, and he or she will tell you what I just said.

That is the reason that you should have verification if the immigration does not accept your income statement.

You do not have to show any proof to obtain that "income statement" letter in the U.S. embassy to obtain that letter, which is precisely why the U.S. embassy will not defend your unsubstantiated claim if it is challenged by Thai immigration.