Questions about Retirement Extension at Phuket

[PhuketSarah]

 

Below is the requirement sheet I was given- NOTE; Does not include a new requirement about a picture of myself  outside the house, which I was told verbally and shown an example of a pic filling an A-4 size sheet of paper- 

 In front of house with house number showing. 

But my house does not have a number on it.

 That's OK      

 ( Would be prudent to  make sure a number  shows..)  Also verbally told I must apply BEFORE 45 days of the expiration. After a few questions about that-and insisting I be shown on a calendar  it's  not before  it's within 45 days.. But have read it is actually within 30 days.. So which is it? 

 

                                                                Extension of Retirement Visa 

 

Eligibilities  of Applicants  

 

3) The applicant must have a deposit of 800,000 in a Thai bank account (savings or current account only; an investment account is not acceptable) for the last 3 months (or for the last 60 days for the first year of application) 

 

4) The applicant must have a proof [sic] of monthly income of at least 65,000 baht; or

 

5) The applicant must have a total of 800,000 baht combination of personal bank deposit and monthly income

 

OK  so as I understand it,  # 3 is a requirement -  800,000 in the bank  When I asked about this,  I was told  " Or  proof of 65,000 monthly income."

 

So which is it? 3 or 5 or 3 and 5 ?   I did not dare  ask for  clarification on any further  questions as it was obviously annoying the officer trying to watch TV.

 

So I did not get answers to these questions regarding ;    

                                                                                     Required Documents;

2) Passport and a certified copy 

 

So what is a certified copy of a passport   Notarized ? By Thai notary? By my Embassy ? And all pages in the book , some pertinent pages, just  ID page? ) If it's all pages by a Thai  notary that could be 20, 000 baht or more. By the US Embassy, 40, 000 baht. 

 

3) A bank letter confirming a deposit in a Thai bank (same amount as shown in the updated bank book) and a bank statement for the last  three months. 

 

The bank gave me a letter confirming the account, easily enough but would not put in the balance.

So what to do about that ?

 

Now I've  just read on another read this bank verification letter needs to be within 7 days of application-

Is that true?  Nothing about validity period in the requirement sheet.  If so, then...

 

Is this 7 day validity  also a requirement for the Bank Statement? 

 

Anything special to know about the statement? Like it has to be mailed to me from Bangkok head office (taking 10 days to do so..? ) 

 

6 )  House registration of a current address or a tenant's agreement.  

Then  no need for any TM 30  or 90 day notifications? 

When I last did a TM - 30  I was asked   to provide an original company stamp on the lease, the house registration copy and the house owner's passport  (foreign director of a Thai  Co) and the companies' shareholder list.

Am I going to need  all that  again? 

 

 

Thanks in advance 

 

 

[stevenl]

Many threads about this already, both here and in the general visa forum.

 

I get more and more the idea you're just here to stir up the pot.

[LivinginKata]

I agree with Steven. So many previous threads on this. And I too am thinking you are just trolling given one of your last posts claimed that you were ouf of Thailand soon as you were fed up with the Immigration requirements.

[Here2008]

I am surprised you have made this post because very recently you said this    "..I hate this bloody place, too. NO WAY WILL I STAY - going to wait for high season to sell a bunch of stuff, and then out.." 

[PhuketSarah]

6 minutes ago, Here2008 said:

I am surprised you have made this post because very recently you said this    "..I hate this bloody place, too. NO WAY WILL I STAY - going to wait for high season to sell a bunch of stuff, and then out.." 

Really more along the lines of hating the  ever swaying hoops required to stay here.  I rather like Thailand fine. If you must know my extension expires soon   but  would like  to get through 2- 3 months of  high season   Have a vehicle to sell, lot's of  furnishings, etc etc. Will take a while as I'd rather not just give it all away in a hurry. Also have  paid for the lease up front,  really need to utilize  that expenditure.

 

Not so hard to figure out, eh? 

 

 Not so hard to figure out. 

[Rimmer]

You already have a topic running in the Visa forum so let the experts over there deal with this

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