American Embassy - What Documentation Required?

[Roberto8]

I want get a retirement visa. I have rental income in the USA. What do I need to present to the USA embassy to get verification to minimize the cash I need in the bank in Thailand for a retirement visa?

Comments from anyone who has done this?

Thank you.

[Tomissan]

I want get a retirement visa. I have rental income in the USA. What do I need to present to the USA embassy to get verification to minimize the cash I need in the bank in Thailand for a retirement visa?

Comments from anyone who has done this?

Thank you.

Just go to the Embassy, give them your passport and ask for a 'Notarial" or 'Affadavit' for a retirement visa. Fill it out putting the amount you receive every month, (at least $2,000 per month) and pay the $30 fee or Thai Baht equivalent and Bob's your uncle.

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/services/visa...20schedule1.doc

Edited September 16, 2006 by Tomissan

[stoneman]

There is no documentation or validation or verification of any kind required...They are only notarizing your signature on the document. They are not guaranteeing what you wrote. That is your responsibility.

[Tomissan]

There is no documentation or validation or verification of any kind required...

Correct. The embassy doesn't require any documentation, validation or verification other than your passport.

Immigration does require them. thanks for correcting me...

Edited September 17, 2006 by Tomissan

[Sunbelt Asia]

There is no documentation or validation or verification of any kind required...

Contrary to the above: The document mentioned from the embassy, e.g., affadavit, IS A NECESSARY, REQUIRED document needed to apply and receive a Retirement visa. In other words, if you don't have this document they will turn you away...

There is no documentation or validation or verification of any kind required...

Stoneman was referring to no documentation or validation or verification of any kind required at the Embassy to prove the income. You need to swear it's true.

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[Roberto8]

Immigration does require them. thanks for correcting me...

What does immigration want to see?

Should I bring copies of the leases on my properties to document income?

Edited September 17, 2006 by Roberto8

[threelegcowboy]

Immigration does require them. thanks for correcting me...

What does immigration want to see?

Should I bring copies of the leases on my properties to document income?

You can bring your paperwork....just do not show it to them unless they grab it out of your hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thaiquila]

I want get a retirement visa. I have rental income in the USA. What do I need to present to the USA embassy to get verification to minimize the cash I need in the bank in Thailand for a retirement visa?

Comments from anyone who has done this?

Thank you.

Just go to the Embassy, give them your passport and ask for a 'Notarial" or 'Affadavit' for a retirement visa. Fill it out putting the amount you receive every month, (at least $2,000 per month) and pay the $30 fee or Thai Baht equivalent and Bob's your uncle.

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/services/visa...20schedule1.doc

????

Why did you say AT LEAST 2,000 dollars per month?

Alot of people receive pensions way under that?

Surely you can put in any figure that is accurate.

If you mean the 2,000 would cover the 800K baht, well, yes it would.

[lopburi3]

Immigration wants the copy of your sworn statement to your Embassy. You will still have to provide a local bank account passbook and letter of account balance but the amount will probably not even be checked if your income is over the 65k requirement.

[Roberto8]

Immigration wants the copy of your sworn statement to your Embassy. You will still have to provide a local bank account passbook and letter of account balance but the amount will probably not even be checked if your income is over the 65k requirement.

My income is a bit over the US$2,000 mark (on the leases anyway) - and my wife is a foreigner legally employed here. So - no problem maybe?

Currently on a Non_imm-B working. Will I need to leave the country to convert to a retirement visa?

Roberto

[Sunbelt Asia]

Immigration wants the copy of your sworn statement to your Embassy. You will still have to provide a local bank account passbook and letter of account balance but the amount will probably not even be checked if your income is over the 65k requirement.

My income is a bit over the US$2,000 mark (on the leases anyway) - and my wife is a foreigner legally employed here. So - no problem maybe?

Currently on a Non_imm-B working. Will I need to leave the country to convert to a retirement visa?

Roberto

If you have a extension of stay based on business. No need to leave Thailand to convert the visa, as long as you do it within the 7 day period, after you turn in your work permit.

However, if you have one year multiple entry visa( obtained from a Embassy and you must travel every 90 days) you can just do the extension off that visa ( without converting it to a "O")

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[wpcoe]

Immigration wants the copy of your sworn statement to your Embassy. You will still have to provide a local bank account passbook and letter of account balance but the amount will probably not even be checked if your income is over the 65k requirement.

I am coaching several friends of mine (all over 50 with US passports) on getting a Retirement Visa in Thailand. Our jobs (performed and paid outside of Thailand) require us to travel each month, so we have simply been using the 30-day passport stamp each month to stay in Thailand.

One fellow wrote to me:

"I'll get the income statement on Monday. Question; if I get it dated, say, Sep 18, and I submit the papers in Jomtien on Oct 15, will the income statement then be out of date? Same for the medical form. I wanted to use this week to get my papers organized at a leisurely pace. And then visit Pattaya when I [return to Thailand] after October 10"

It sticks in my mind that I read one of the forms is only good for seven days, but cannot find any such reference now. Will he be okay getting the documentation so far in advance? The income he will have declared on the notarized letter from the US Embassy will be sufficient to cover the B800,000 requirement. Will he still need to show a Thai bank account?

BTW, his bank book will show considerable money movement into Thailand over the past ten years or so. He's been "living" in Thailand since 1994. Would it be a bad thing to show that bank book?

[edited to correct a date: 1994, not 1984...]

Edited September 17, 2006 by wpcoe

[Sunbelt Asia]

"I'll get the income statement on Monday. Question; if I get it dated, say, Sep 18, and I submit the papers in Jomtien on Oct 15, will the income statement then be out of date? Same for the medical form. I wanted to use this week to get my papers organized at a leisurely pace. And then visit Pattaya when I [return to Thailand] after October 10"

Both are ok. The letter from the Embassy is ok if its even 3 months old the same as the medical cert.

It sticks in my mind that I read one of the forms is only good for seven days, but cannot find any such reference now. Will he be okay getting the documentation so far in advance? The income he will have declared on the notarized letter from the US Embassy will be sufficient to cover the B800,000 requirement. Will he still need to show a Thai bank account?

Sometimes they want to see a bank acct even if has 100 Baht. It is the bank statement that cannot be more than 7 days ( however some say 72 hours)

BTW, his bank book will show considerable money movement into Thailand over the past ten years or so. He's been "living" in Thailand since 1984. Would it be a bad thing to show that bank book?

If he was still working and getting income inside Thailand. This would create some questions.

www.sunbeltasiagroup.com

[wpcoe]

Thanks, Sunbelt. He will be relieved, I'm sure.