Can I Show Money In Ing Account, Instead Of Bank Account

[rudolf von hamburg]

I have married my wife,a Thai perso, for 2 years. I spend some times with her in Thailand. Come to see her often and she is now 4th month pregnant. I am thinking to spend more of time to see her so I think I to apply a multiple marriage 1 year visa maybe in Penang. I have work in Hong Kong and China. I think these 2 places do not issue marriage 1 year multiple.

From the postings I read, in Penang Thai embassy may be wanting bank account statement of 400000 bahts. This is no problem to me, because I have in this several years wired more than 8 million bahts to here. Spent a portion for her living and I spent a portion to buy her a condominium in Silom, and I keep 4 million in a Thailand ING no risk mutual funds, auto roll-over every 6 months or so, and always keep my bank account about 200000-250000 at a time for her to use for living. But the ING fund is in my name so is the bank account too.

When I go to apply to the multiple marry visa, can I bring my Thai ING account statement of 4 million to show the embassy staff in Penang. Or it has to be a bank account?? if it has to be bank account I will top up some money from my ING account to deposit there to make up to the 400000 in bank account when the next roll-over comes.

Also if when I apply for the marry visa 1 year extension at the Bangkok immigration hall maybe in the future maybe not, can I show them the ING account or it has to be bank account as well??

Any forum expert know about this??

[lopburi3]

There is no established requirement to show any bank account information to apply for a multi entry non immigrant O visa on the basis of visiting your wife. What Penang my require becomes that they say to the person they ask. I would think what you have might work. Or perhaps just apply in KL or Singapore which reportedly do not ask for this?