Bank letter / bank statement for retirement extension of visa.

[javel]

This is now ridiculous. Because of the banks aggregation of deposits/withdrawals into 1 printed line in your bankbook the immigration at Jomtien now demands a separate attested statement from the bank, showing every movement the last 3 months. According to the bank the only way to avoid this aggregation is to update your bankbook once a week.

We were 2 people that experienced this the last week. My statement was 3 full pages, but my friend’s statement was a “mirror” of what was printed in his bankbook.

The bank letter only states the balance of the account at the time the letter is printed, with no info about balance the last 3 months.

Please, Thai immigration, modernize the rules. Ask for a statement for 3 months attested by the bank, and skip the “Bank letter”, and the copy of the pages in the bankbook. This will make everything easier for everyone. The bank letter costs 100 baht, and the bank statement costs 100 baht. Go for the one that gives the best information (the bank statement).

The reason why this now is a problem is probably because the banks are modernizing, and want to save on bankbooks by reducing the printing. (Until they remove the bankbooks completely, which happened in my country in the early 1980’s.)

[Jingthing]

What banks do that?

In my experience Kasikorn does the aggregation, but I don't think Bangkok Bank or SCB does.

But maybe that's changed. 

Immigration may be correct that they need to see more documentation if the book you show them doesn't show definitively that your balance was properly seasoned for every single day in the seasoning period. 

[wpcoe]

What bank is that?

 

[edited to add:]  Was composing my post while JT posted the same question.  In my experience, too, with Bangkok Bank and SCB there is no aggregation -- line by line details, single transaction per line.

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, wpcoe said:

What bank is that?

Kasikorn definitely aggregates but in my previous experience you don't have to update as often as weekly. 

[javel]

8 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

What banks do that?

In my experience Kasikorn does the aggregation, but I don't think Bangkok Bank or SCB does.

But maybe that's changed. 

Immigration may be correct that they need to see more documentation if the book you show them doesn't show definitively that your balance was properly seasoned for every single day in the seasoning period. 

My bank (3 pages aggregate) is Kasikorn. My friends (statement "mirror" of bankbook) is Bangkok bank. I can understand the request in my case, since I was "balancing" on the 800.000 mark, but my friend was never below 1.100.000, but he had no transactions  for 3 weeks when he went home for Christmas. We visited immigration 1 day apart, and had different officers handling the papers.