FracturedRabbit Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 For the past three years I have had a deposit account of one million baht with Bangkok Bank. This has served two purposes. 1. I can use it for my annual retirement visa extension. 2. It is used to secure a credit card with an expenditure limit of 500,000 (which is way more than I need, but see 1). It also provides reasonable interest. Every year I get the balance confirmation letter from BB stating I have 1 million baht in the account and I present that in support of my visa. This morning I went to the bank and the letter they gave me said I had 500,000 in available funds, and there was a note below saying that a further 500,00 was to secure a credit card balance. I expressed concern that this would not be acceptable to immigration, but the clerk said it was a new rule from Bangkok and she had another customer that had used it with no problem. Not surprisingly, Pattaya immigration would not accept it. Luckily I had some funds with another bank which I could use to top up the required balance; but just a warning to others who have used this method in the past; the available balance may be less than you expect! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Ok! Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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