Retirement Visa info please

[Thai Bart]

Hello wise sages. I have recently done my retirement visa and wanted to know if on the follow up 90 days, are they insisting on another letter from the bank and your bank book to prove you have had the 800K for an additional 3 months or not? I forgot to ask when I was there. Dumb of me I know.
Regards
Bart

[CO-CO]

Hello wise sages. I have recently done my retirement visa and wanted to know if on the follow up 90 days, are they insisting on another letter from the bank and your bank book to prove you have had the 800K for an additional 3 months or not? I forgot to ask when I was there. Dumb of me I know.
Regards
Bart

Let's be clear..... you haven't done your retirement visa; you have extended your permission to stay based on retirement. That original permission granted on your now "used" visa.


Sounds pedantic but if we don't get the terminology right then we are talking about two very different things.


Personally, I don't know if Buriram Immigration enforce that requirement - I doubt it but others will have first hand knowledge. Do your 90 day report online and the question becomes academic.

[Thai Bart]

 Hi CO-CO, I have a new retirement visa, Feb 2020 but I read somewhere that you now need 800K for 6 months and hence assumed that   they may or may not ask to see this again, I was hoping that someone may have recently been to Buriram IO and had the answer. Yes an online would negate this if it was to get processed but again I have seen it reported that the online is very hit and miss. There is also some conflicting statements on here as to the covid-19 " amnesty " grace period extending to July 30th, in that people don't need to go to Immigration as it will be done automatically, whilst someone has suggested to go as it will be quiet, don't risk it, you could get into serious trouble. I am in a quandary as to what to believe and do. Going to get the bank letter etc is just another inconvenience if you don't need it, as last time it took over an hour just in the bank, without my travelling time there and back.
Regards

[paiboon]

You don't need a letter from the bank, update your bank book and they'll take a copy of it.
If you want to do it online, you can make a scan and add it as a document.

[DeputyDavid]

I would say call and ask. In my situation they only wanted updated bank book when I went for final stamp for my extension based on Thai wife.

[iammike]

I would say call and ask. In my situation they only wanted updated bank book when I went for final stamp for my extension based on Thai wife.

May I ask when you did yours? When I did mine in January, I needed to come back in February (2 weeks before the Final Stamp) to give them a "Statement from the Bank" that the money was still in my Fixed Deposit Account..

This statement showed all the Deposits / Withdrawals done in the last 6 months.

[Thai Bart]

Thank you for your replies. I think its sorted now.
Kind regards
Bart

[paiboon]

iammike,

it's about the first 90 days report after a new extension.

[Thai Bart]

Hi iammike, you are correct and so is paiboon. I manage to work myself up so much over these things as I am basically the only farang I know here and so have no one to bounce things off and the TW is as useful as a chocolate teapot. I wasn't going to go to the IO as the Royal Thai police and obviously the Gov't had said they were going to update automatically because of covid-19 and then extended to July 31 but in the "don't panic" topic I think some guy said go cos it could be big trouble if you don't and this started me off. I think at the moment I will go next week just to be on the safe side. I can update the passbook on the way to Buriram just incase.
Thanks again for posting a reply.
Bart

[CO-CO]

Hi iammike, you are correct and so is paiboon. I manage to work myself up so much over these things as I am basically the only farang I know here and so have no one to bounce things off and the TW is as useful as a chocolate teapot. I wasn't going to go to the IO as the Royal Thai police and obviously the Gov't had said they were going to update automatically because of covid-19 and then extended to July 31 but in the "don't panic" topic I think some guy said go cos it could be big trouble if you don't and this started me off. I think at the moment I will go next week just to be on the safe side. I can update the passbook on the way to Buriram just incase.
Thanks again for posting a reply.
Bart

Thai Bart.... from what you say it appears that you DON'T have a visa......... you have an extension of stay. Please understand the difference..... a visa is usually obtained outside of Thailand - an extension of stay is then what you apply for each year. 90 day reporting applies to extensions, not to visas - where you normally have to leave the country every 90 days.

I recommend that you DON'T go next week; the whole point having the amnesty to 31st July is to prevent people traveling to immigration offices.

[DeputyDavid]

There are some that say the amnesty does not apply to long term extensions. Another forum suggests doing the 90 day and obtaining extensions when due.

[Smithy]

There are some that say the amnesty does not apply to long term extensions. Another forum suggests doing the 90 day and obtaining extensions when due.

Yes I have read that .....  ( Tod Daniels on Thai visa advice )
" Long term extensions are not covered on the amnesty plan, just go like you do every year get your extension " ...also " we are advising people on long term extensions to go do their 90 day report like normal
There is no down side to doing it, and there's no one at the immigration offices really, you'll be in and out in minutes, although technically there is a "no 90 day reporting amnesty" until the 31st of July if for some reason you just don't want to do a 90 day report"

[DeputyDavid]

I guess I?m just a bit overly cautious when it comes to immigration. I would rather be early or on time rather than have the ?amnesty rules? changed, twisted, misinterpreted and then have big problems.

[iammike]

iammike,

it's about the first 90 days report after a new extension.

I was responding to Deputy David post about the extension based on Marriage and approval stamp (as I have the same), I had to show a statement before the approval stamp and apparently DD didn't, so I was wondering when he did his extension based on Marriage.

[iammike]

I guess I?m just a bit overly cautious when it comes to immigration. I would rather be early or on time rather than have the ?amnesty rules? changed, twisted, misinterpreted and then have big problems.

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