Thai Consulate Chicago

[claynlr]

This is from the Chicago web site pertaining to O-A Visa.

 

VII. Retirement in Thailand, the applicant must be at least 50 years old and must submit documents as follows :

• documentation showing proof of retirement
• bank statement or monthly/year income.
• a copy of the applicant’s criminal record from the local police department
• a certificate of health.

*These documents must be certified by a Notary Public and certify true signature of the notary public by the Secretary of State.

What is "documentation showing proof of retirement" if you are not getting a pension or receiving Social Security?

Also, as my home state is in Chicago's jurisdiction am I limited to them for application or is the Embassy in Washington an alternative?

 

[claynlr]

My app will be sent by mail. Anyone recently mailed application and documents to the Chicago consulate?

[Lamkyong]

i would think any application made outside THAILAND  would be similar to your 

itemised list

[ubonjoe]

I don't recall any reports of the embassy turning down an application sent by mail for being sent from outside its area of responsibility.

[Langsuan Man]

They only restrict based upon your home address as listed on the application

 

I doubt if they even look at the envelope the paperwork comes to them in

 

The Embassy in Washington used to accept applications from anywhere and that was a way around Chicago and LA's silly notary rule but a couple of years ago the Embassy in Washington started to enforce the area of responsibility rule so that option is no longer available

 

To the OP,  the proof of retirement funds is either a pension or a statement from your bank showing that  you have enough funds at your disposal to satisfy the 65,000 THB per month income requirement.  And as stated above you,  must use the Consulate in Chicago based upon your residence state

[ocddave]

2 hours ago, Langsuan Man said:

They only restrict based upon your home address as listed on the application

 

I doubt if they even look at the envelope the paperwork comes to them in

 

The Embassy in Washington used to accept applications from anywhere and that was a way around Chicago and LA's silly notary rule but a couple of years ago the Embassy in Washington started to enforce the area of responsibility rule so that option is no longer available

 

To the OP,  the proof of retirement funds is either a pension or a statement from your bank showing that  you have enough funds at your disposal to satisfy the 65,000 THB per month income requirement.  And as stated above you,  must use the Consulate in Chicago based upon your residence state

 

Not true, I just got done sending my application and receiving back my Non-Immigrant "O" Visa (Marriage), and I am from Massachusetts, I sent mine to Washington DC. So either I was lucky, or its more a suggestion, not a rule. I liked the forms and structure of their website more than the NY website.

[Langsuan Man]

21 hours ago, ocddave said:

 

Not true, I just got done sending my application and receiving back my Non-Immigrant "O" Visa (Marriage), and I am from Massachusetts, I sent mine to Washington DC. So either I was lucky, or its more a suggestion, not a rule. I liked the forms and structure of their website more than the NY website.

From the Royal Thai Embassy's Web page:

Jurisdiction Royal Thai Embassy,	Royal Thai Consulate-General,
Washington, DC	New York
1. Alabama	1. Maine
2. Delaware	2. Massachusetts
3. Florida	3. New Jersey
4. Georgia	4. New York
5. Louisiana	5. Pennsylvania
6. Maryland	6. Rhode Island
7. Mississippi	7. Connecticut
8. North Carolina	8. Vermont
9. South Carolina	9. New Hampshire
10. Tennessee	10. Ohio
11. Texas
12. Virginia
13. West Virginia
14. Puerto Rico
15. District of Columbia

[ocddave]

31 minutes ago, Langsuan Man said:

From the Royal Thai Embassy's Web page:

Jurisdiction Royal Thai Embassy,	Royal Thai Consulate-General,
Washington, DC	New York
1. Alabama	1. Maine
2. Delaware	2. Massachusetts
3. Florida	3. New Jersey
4. Georgia	4. New York
5. Louisiana	5. Pennsylvania
6. Maryland	6. Rhode Island
7. Mississippi	7. Connecticut
8. North Carolina	8. Vermont
9. South Carolina	9. New Hampshire
10. Tennessee	10. Ohio
11. Texas
12. Virginia
13. West Virginia
14. Puerto Rico
15. District of Columbia

Which is why I said I was either lucky, or its just a suggestion, either way the fact remains....I am from Massachusetts, and I just applied and received my visa from Washington DC.

[otissp]

On 9/4/2016 at 9:57 AM, ocddave said:

 

Not true, I just got done sending my application and receiving back my Non-Immigrant "O" Visa (Marriage), and I am from Massachusetts, I sent mine to Washington DC. So either I was lucky, or its more a suggestion, not a rule. I liked the forms and structure of their website more than the NY website.

 

ocddave,

 

could i ask what the turnaround time was on that visa application? how long after you sent it in did you receive it back?

 

i am going to apply for a non-imm O family and was a bit spooked by the comment on their webpage that processing time is "minimum 15 business days".  i need it fairly soon...

 

I actually am in the jurisdiction of DC, legitimately, was wondering if i should go ahead and use them or perhaps jurisdiction shop elsewhere.... chicago is saying 5 business days on their website, and LA is saying "usually 2 weeks but lately could be longer".

 

thanks

oats

 

[ocddave]

5 hours ago, otissp said:

 

ocddave,

 

could i ask what the turnaround time was on that visa application? how long after you sent it in did you receive it back?

 

i am going to apply for a non-imm O family and was a bit spooked by the comment on their webpage that processing time is "minimum 15 business days".  i need it fairly soon...

 

I actually am in the jurisdiction of DC, legitimately, was wondering if i should go ahead and use them or perhaps jurisdiction shop elsewhere.... chicago is saying 5 business days on their website, and LA is saying "usually 2 weeks but lately could be longer".

 

thanks

oats

 

 

They say 15 business days minimum on their website, but I think I got mine back in about 5-6 business days. I sent everything via USPS like they asked for, with the return postage they ask to be applied. So I sent in the paperwork to them with a $22.95 stamp applied, and with the return envelope inside with another $22.95 stamp applied. My application was pretty straight forward, and well documented, with nothing questionable, so that might be why it went fairly quickly. Your mileage may vary...

[gk10002000]

Frankly I doubt my primary investment bank (Etrade) would generate any such letter.  All they could do is look at the income estimator tool that comes with their site, which shows the estimated bond interest, stock dividends etc.  They might send such a letter, I don't know.  My plan would be print out and get notarize my income statements.   Maybe even do that in front of the notary so he can see where I printed them out from?  Although that would mean my account numbers would be visible to the embassy and whoever else they show the document to.  Since I don't have a lot of faith that an over worked under paid USA Embassy staff will have any proper controls of submitted documents or personal information, I will ask Etrade about this.