Thai Visa Extension DENIED!!! NEW Requirements as of NOW. My Experience.
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Vlog#996 The ever so changing Thai Immigration Policies. Yes the rules have changed and I was not prepared. The rules online remain the same, but the official rules have changed and I got notified to what is new, after reading the notification I was asked to sign as understood. This video is about MY experience just like all the rest of my videos on everyday life and experiences living in Thailand. If you chose not to believe my experience, as they, say up to you. Try your luck and share it, see if everyone agrees with your experience. Cheers.
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Most people use an agent who shows up exactly on time at "Bribe-o-clock" to submit the application. This is the reason the changes occur every ten minutes, so that applicants have to turn to these crooked agents so that every one gets a cut.
I went to Immigration in August to renew my one year extension @ Sri Racha, ChonBuri. I had all my copies signed and my bank letter, plus signing every page of my bank book. It took about 45 minutes and I did it without a service. They scrutinized my bank book very carefully, but in the end, no problems. In past years I always used a service, but this time it went fairly smoothly, by myself!
I am wondering if you had Thai Insurance . I am 70 and Insurance is denied me, and I sought of had to make special arrangements if you know what I mean, With the destruction of families by the New World Psychopaths I do not mind a contribution which does not go to the bureaucracy
@@paulscottfilms I'm on an O extension, no insurance required. I'm 65 and have been here for 18 years. I pay for any medical out of pocket. It works for me.
@@jamesbritt9333 Good, thanks very much. I have been struggling along with the 0-A Visa. The Insurance medical was tricky for an extension, hence the gratuitous payment this year. I see the author is also an O Visa. I will change to O Visa later this year from Ne Zealand. It's amazing how long it takes to get to work this system. I am in Bangkok, with it's general fear and really I would love to get put into a smaller place.
@@paulscottfilms Please check if I am wrong, but you can only get the Non Imm O Visa in Thailand.
If you apply from NZ, you will get another OA Visa (requiring insurance).
Good luck.
I attempted to do my “Extension to Stay” last week in Chiangmai and two Immigration Officers sitting next to each other couldn’t agree on the current and correct procedure, what chance did I have.
what was the original visa?..You were rejected-no extension?
OMG - but that is corruption and that is not allowed in Thailand :)
Holy shit 🤦🏻♂️
@@SveinMBortne No it is not allowed and it is not permitted in Thailand. Corruption is not permitted in the USA, particularly in the elections. No corruption.
It will never be the same anywhere you go, and that means everywhere.
This is Thailand. I do my retired o- visa yesterday in Nong Bua Lamphu, 15 min and no problem. I only show my bankbook for 800,000 B 1 photo thats it. I like your video's
Thank you very much for sharing.
Mr.Rudi you are great
@Rudi
....You put $26,000 USD in a Thailand bank??? Just to get a VISA extension???
@@cannnthonnn9664 yes
I recently had to get my first marriage visa extension. All of the required paperwork was in hand and they still said no. I took the exact same paperwork to a visa agent and wow, approved. Kinda makes you wonder.
Maybe if you included a few thousand baht with your application, it would have been approved. I would make a complaint to the NACC.
@@braddalton1951 how much did the Visa agent cost you? Thanks 😊
I've dealt with IMMIGRATION for 17 years. Yes they can give you the run-around OR they can be helpful and polite. I finally found a fast and easy solution to annual renewal of retirement visas ... I START my annual renewal by collecting what i THINK I need at home. Then I go to the PHOTOCOPY shop next door to IMMIGRATION and ask them to copy whatever they KNOW is the exact current list of required paperwork that I will need. They know all the latest requirements. Quick in and out and cheap . ahhhhhhh why haven't I done this for the past 16 years ? Duh ! It can be a stressful day when some guy in a brown uniform has the power to deny your application on some new technicality and you may have to exit the country.
thank you for sharing Ken.
I've had similar experience at Chaengwattana. The copy shop knows more than the "information" desk.
Great idea especially as it is extremely hard to exit Thailand at this present time.
Smart...very clever
@Warren Guerdes ??????????????
Congratulations on securing an extension. Looked like it was stressful but now you can relax again.
The best part about your videos is that you are always positive, and never a" Know It All " Thanks for sharing.
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Your wife has patience of a saint ,smile says it all.
Maybe next years visa run extension will be better
Visa extensions have to be done in the province that you reside. Unless you make border runs because you don't have a permanent resident and you're just renewing visas instead of extensions.
@@notime2bsad Indeed. Which is not possible to do at the moment with borders closed. Hopefully later in the year things might return to normal and the status quo will return. Won't be necessary for me though.
🦩I really think it’s so much better to give a agent to take care that kind paper work. All paper work-bureaucracy give me headaches.
I use an agent simply hand over the passport to them nothing else is required and it gets done , worth every penny of the cost
@@jonah1234567891
I totally 💯 agree 🙋♂️
Trouble is.....baht 15000...!
@@438harry
That’s only 500 US Dollar.. it’s really nothing
@@jonah1234567891 - Couldn't agree more.
If you can afford it - it's a no-brainer.
12,900 baht all-in.😀
Similar service if you need to renew your passport - 5,000 baht handling fee, plus whatever your country charges for the actual passport.
congrats on receiving your new visa! Looking forward to another good year of nottime2be sad from Thailand!!
You can add that different offices have their own specify requirements not in the laws. I know friends residing in different provinces and we talk about this. In your case, I may be wrong, but they want to see one year statement to be sure you never went lower than 400,000B during the year. It is a new requirement since about 2 years. Good luck and have a nice day.
Chuck and Paige, thanks for sharing your visa renewal experience, it is the same challenge with other countries for applying a visa as an expat. Hey, it is worth it, it is Thailand. Have a wonderful 2021.
HA, another year! AWESOME! Thanks Chuck!! Have a GREAT 2021!!! I look forward to all your new Vlogs.
Thanks for staying with us so I appreciate it.
I have to renew mine next month. But my wife works for the government and we live in BKK. So like you said everyones is different. Take care and be safe
Thank you for sharing brother. I am looking forward to getting back vlogging in Pattaya🤞. Thank you for keeping me going💯
Really interesting video.thanks for the updates and your experience with Thai immigration..just want to say I enjoyed all the Xmas and nee year’s videos with you and the gang..thank you
Thank you very much for watching.
Thank you for the update about important information. I hope to be in buriram with my family soon. I watched your channel for a long time now. Your family members together keeps me entertained in positive ways. Thank you very much
Thanks Chuck and Paige,
Loved the background view of the Mekong river and the mountains!
I paused the video so I could enjoy the view without Chucks blah blah blah lol
Hey Stuck, I hear ya!
Great stuff you're putting out, as always Chuck. Really appreciate that you do, and all of the effort you put in to getting these awesome vlogs out to us! Be safe - be healthy - best to you and Paige. Sawadee krap!
Thank you very much Brent for the compliment, thank you very much for watching our Channel.
Thank you for the great 👍 informative video brother. While I update my bank book on a monthly basis, Thai Immigration still required that I get a certificate of credit/deposit showing that I transferred the required (in my case) 65,000 baht or more a month from a bank abroad going into my Thai bank account. I chose not to use the 800,000 baht option but after this most recent change for me, I am now rethinking that option for my next extension of stay. Stay safe!
Thanks for sharing my friend.
I thought you said in your video that you needed the 800,000 plus the 65,000 monthly. I think that confused me unless I misunderstood.
@@Tra980 if your question is for me. I think you were confused or perhaps I confused you. Lol 😂 I said that I chose the option to transfer 65,000 baht a month into my Thai bank account and Chuck chooses the option to keep 800, 000 in his Thai bank account. What I was referring to is we both had similar issues this time, when trying to extend our visa extension of stay by needing to go to the bank for additional documentation which takes a week to get. I hope this clarifies it my friend. Stay safe.
I just extended my retirement visa for the 1st time, and it was pretty straight forward! I didn't have any issues regarding the bank. perhaps,because i had a dedicated account for the 800k. Anyway, in CM we have several immigration volunteers and I was surprised how helpful and knowledgeable they were. Don't be afraid to ask them questions. They love to help tourists and retirees out. I did not use any agencies in helping me out on both times. the 1st time i had to run back and forth several times, but the 2nd time was a breeze with the help of the volunteers on both times. I tried to do my 90-day check in online forever, but i could never get it to work, but just found out from Chuck today that you have to do 2 week prior to your 90-day. I wish i knew that! Thanks Chuck!
Great update. Loved watching it. Love your positive atitude. Been through this process a few years ago (business visa) and since then have a company do it for me. Thanks, pleasure watching your videos.
I love your videos, dude. They are always informative and filled with a ton of light-hearted humor-- Paige making fun of you or just being goofy. I'm moving to Nakhon Pathom in February to teach English from Philadelphia, PA and I found your vlog as I was searching for info and videos of Nakhon Pathom. The walk through of the market in Nakhon Pathom was captivating; the immense size of it and the variety of foods and goods available-- I love food and all the exotic and unknown ingredients that are impossible to find in the US. Well, just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to put these up for us to be more informed. Maybe one day I will run into you and your crew while im bopping about in Thailand. Happy New Year and blessings my friend.
🦩Thai government make more difficult for farangs , me and like me people want to retire in Thailand 🇹🇭 it’s getting harder and harder.
It seems like in every country when there is a rule change it's always the responsible people that have to take the hit. It's usually the ones who have to cheat the system that caused the problems.
@@notime2bsad And then they simply find another way around the rules. Same thing back home in America. Seems that the only logical thing to do is do away with all rules and laws since they serve no purpose.
@@notime2bsad Exactly. Blame those that gamed the system, not the system.
Thailand have made Polices change to *_branch out from visitors and tourism_* towards manufacturing. 2021 Thailand will be manufacturing hub of advanced technology, the government will start 20 new hub in addition to the 50 already in place the last 20 years (on paper). 95% of all stuff made on earth will be made in Thailand via blockchain financing hub (what that will be is still to be determine), much better, stronger that things made in America or Germany. Thailand's bottom less source of taxi and TucTuc drivers will manage that expansion, if you are observant you can notice how they sit and do the planing. Thailand will colonize the moon + surrounding solar system from early 2022 and onward. *[sic!]* I forgot anything?
@@ChocolateManInThailand It's possible to do both. I remember when the system was utterly corrupt and the immigration police chief was among the richest people in any tourist area. It is a balance between "people gaming the system" (it was mostly Thais themselves) and evermore bureaucracy/authoritarianism. Given the average monthly salary in Thailand is 15k baht, demanding foreigners earn 65k (or have 800k in bank) is peculiar to me. Especially given tourism has helped Thailand grow into a dominant regional economic power and is a clear net benefit to Thailand and Thai authorities (unlike immigration in general to the West).
I’ve dealt with building and zoning for many years in many counties, each county has their codes and M O and change constantly, if I can deal with that without going postal I think I can deal with immigration ok. Great information Chuckee thanks for sharing your experience, many blessings to you, Paige and family 🙏🏼
Cheers 🍺🍺🥃 🥃
Thank you very much for sharing, thank you for watching.
Philippines Welcome expats and you can stay there without leaving for 3 yrs, you just have to go to immigration every 90 days greeted with a smile and no confusion !
Is there a fee every 3 months in PI?
@@phoenix7924 For non visa requirement nationals it's 11,500 PHP , 13,900 PHP for visa required nationals.
@@user-zm9gc1kt8b awesome thanks
@@user-zm9gc1kt8b how much in American dollars for a three month Visa extension? Thanks 😊
@@user-zm9gc1kt8b ok.. thanks..are you saying it's going to cost me $80 us dollars a month to live in the Philippines..my fiancee told me my monthly Visa charge would be about $30 us dollars..is she mistaken? Thanks 😊
Good morning from England, never ever commented on your vlogs before. Just wanted to say all the best to you and Paige and yes very envious, I usually visit twice a year.
Glad to see you got your extension Chuck 👍
Thanks Chuck, the vid is viewer friendly and timely with immigration info.
Your vid cam is superbly clear. Hope to catch up with you and Joe when travel opens.
Blessings to you and Paige.
Well done chuck. Glad to hear your here for at least another year.
When I retire I’m looking at spending summer in the uk and the British winter In Thailand 🇹🇭
Same here Clive. Best of luck.
Just what I do.Rent my house here and rent in Thailand.
I'm not sure if you can get a 6 month tourist Visa now for your 6 months in Thailand ?
Best way
I can't imagine who would put a thumbs down! 555! You always make it clear that you're sharing YOUR experiences!
Oh well, haters gonna hate. I happen to love you guys! Hello to Paige and Mafia! ❤🙏
Haha thanks I don't think they go to the whole video to really understand that and I think once you have a dislike for something you never go back.
Of course you may need a 1 year statement for a retirement visa extension. How else are you going to prove that you meet the 3 months of 800,000 after extension and not going below 400,000 Baht the whole year if they want proof? Create an account just for the Visa and don't touch it. And always make a small deposit or withdrawal the day you apply to show an updated balance.
Molon Labe last year was the first time i've been asked for a years statement.
Just one point on watching your video which is very good but regarding your passport to fly to Bangkok and return if you have a Thai driving license you can use that you don’t have to have your passport. At the airport.
Thank you for sharing Chuck, as you said everyones experience will be different and same applies to the varous immigration offices and officers. But the more info shared about any new or possible boxes we have to tick, helps us prepare for the unexpected 😁. Once again thank you for sharing.
I just realized ... Paige steps on your feet ... bully and mugs you ... gives you the “Mafia” stare: You are Paige’s snail! Also ... you wanted clicks today ... scared the hell out of everyone by having us think you were denied and might have had to leave ... 🤣
The Thai Eye!!!
Ha, ha, ha !!! I was noticing the same thing over the hundreds of videos that I have watched.
But damn Chuckie is 1 giagantic snail....who would of thunk it !!! I was thinking more like a Giant Pooh bear.
That’s love my friends. Love hurts 🤣
Ur too good a guy to be thrown out Thailand tbh.. 👍🏻
A pre-visit to your office, about a month before you intend extending, is critical to know what they require. You-tube comments are pointless unless they refer specifically to your registered Immigration office.
Thank you for sharing your experience and congratulations on successfully extending your visa.
I really enjoy your positive attitude, lets face it it's their Country! We love your channels, God Bless be safe!
Thanks for another great movie!
Hi Chuck. The continuation of your visa is a process you have to work through. As you have said it is what it is and you just have yo be patient. As an Aussie we would to keep approx $34,000-$36,000 aussie dollars a year to stay. Thinking I will holiday in Thailand up to 3 months a year instead of retiring in Thailand. The cost of staying in Thailand is I think too much. Yes I know if you want to stay permantly in Thailand it will cost but is that cost worth it?????? Just a few observations. Great info. Great video. Richard from Tadmania Australia
I’m always try to be very nice to the immigration people because I’ve seen people argue with then and they don’t win. And sometimes it depends on the mood of the immigration officer . I on a marriage visa so I just leave my 400000 in an account all year
I've been embarrassed many times in the office. It always seems to be a miscommunication and a foreigner thinks he's special.
Always try to go after they’ve eaten NEVER before and nearest to Friday as possible. Usually they are in a much better mood!
@@notime2bsad Absolutely true sir.
Solid info bro! Looking forward to the comments on the passport renewal.
I've been told it's pretty painless but you have to mail it in certified mail the only instructions on the US Embassy website is for mail-in so I guess it is what it is got plenty of time now to wait for it haha
@@notime2bsad Cool cool. I got a couple years ,but great info!
Yes,can be frustrating at times .
Well done chuck
I miss Thailand. I love that view across the Mekhong, miss that too x
I paused the video because I couldn’t concentrate on what Chuck was saying with that beautiful view across the river.
If you are Stuck in Florida stop complaining. Her in Norway we have winter 9 months and the rest of the year Rudolf complain bc there is too little snow :)
Good information. Did seem like a bit of problems this year. I hope to be going through this in the next year🙏👍stay safe
Bill Bryson said that the thing Brits don't understand is that our bureaucracy doesn't hate the citizenry. He suggests that the US federal bureaucracy does! Maybe that's why I don't cope well with bureaucracy when it is unhelpful. (My pal paid a dodgy agent €300 and he arranged a fraudulent 800,000 baht in the account, so you can see immigration's point of view).
It has been a requirement to have a 12 month bank statement since December 2018 when The US, UK and Australian embassies stopped issuing lncome verification letters. This is not a new requirement, however when these 12 month statements were first required in 2019 for visa renewals, the immigration offices around the country were not all used to the new system and some offices were more lenient than others in enforcing the new system. Last year it was a requirement that was strictly enforced by most offices with many nationals from the US, UK and Aus experiencing frustration re the inconsistent application of the new proof of the financial requirement for retirement visa renewal This has been the only change to retirement visas in many years. It's a bit of a myth that the immigration rules are constantly changing. And yes, that is good advice to go into your immigration office before doing your visa extension and pick up the print out from your individual immigration office
Also it is now possible to do your 90 day report online right up to the date your reporting is due. I have done mine online a couple of times in the early hours of the moning of the due date. This changed in March of last year after previously only allowing you to report no closer than 15 days and not after 7 days before the due date. No need to hire an agent, five years of retirement visa extensions without an agent, no need to speak Thai or take a Thai speaker with you, follow the handout, bring extra copies of everything, it truly isn't rocket science if you speak and read English and you have no visual or hearing impairment
Thanks for sharing. I have a separate, what I call my (visa account) and will now,
periodically run that Book when I go to the Bank!
It seems so complicated to get a visa. You definitely have it under control. Thailand is beautiful worth the paperwork.
The paperwork isn't that complicated it just that the exact requirements are never known until you hand over your documents and the reviewing officer gives you the nod.
Hi Chuck N Paige, enjoyed your video. I feel for you bruver it's a frustrating experience getting everything in place and then to be told you have to jump some more hoops to get it sorted.
Paige is a Blessing in these situations she has the patience and demeanour to calmly get through the obstacles. Happy that your set up for another year and can enjoy your time and relax. Keep the vids coming. Take care, GOD Bless you and yours. M
No-no-brainer agent. Thanks Chuck really good video very informative very interesting watched it three times 👋👍👍👍🇹🇭🔮
Thank you for watching it you must be watching it on super turbo speed haha
If you've had one renewal then it's much cheaper to do it yourself and even if you buy a photocopier/ scanner you will save 1000's baht on a visa costing only 1900baht against 20k-30k for an agent .most of it's just copying and signing papers
When i was living in Thailand i had a agent that did everything for 8 years and we became good friends .
Thailand and paperwork - my first trip to Thailand 20 years ago, I had done my research into the culture, what not to do etc, and felt suitably prepared. The lonely planet guide informed me there was no need to pre book a hotel for Phuket, just turn up and there will be plenty of choice and so I arrive at Bangkok, intending to get across to the domestic terminal (as it was then) and head off to my final destination, I just had to get through immigration.
I'm from the UK so VISA on arrival should have been no issue, but looking at the face of the immigration guy, something's wrong. He's holding my arrival card, and pointing, not even looking in my direction and not really saying anything either, maybe he did, all the noise in the airport, but he's certainly not happy. I look at the card, it's the line that says 'Hotel'. I start to explain that I haven't booked anything and that I'm going to..... He says something in Thai louder than before, and again points at the section of the form.
I realised I wasn't going anywhere unless that box was filled. No problem, I said as I picked up a pen and wrote the name of a hotel I stayed in some years earlier on another trip. It was a gamble, but as soon as he saw it was filled in, out came the stamp, a flurry of hands and my passport was being held out for me to take back, and off I went. My final destination, according to the paperwork, the Sahara Beach Hotel lol.
Isn't Sahara Beach Hotel a bar? :)
@@SveinMBortne lol, the Sahara Beach Hotel was a place I'd previously stayed in North Africa. Any similarity with anywhere else was purely coincidental.
You are correct to say, if you can afford it, use an agency to help with the retirement or marriage visa extension. Myself I use a law firm that I have retainer anyway so that is just one more service they help me with. Anyway good you managed to get it all done.
I have the law firm on retainer as well.
The reason the bank has to send it back to the main bank is because it needs to show the money in your bank account came from a foreign source and not internally in Thailand. If your bank statement shows Interbank Transfer, it came indirectly from another partner bank within Thailand. To prove that it came from abroad, one bank (Usually Bangkok Bank) will show the transaction source with FTT against it (International Transfer) for your bank book - They need to supply this information to your bank. If using Transferwise to bring in money, make sure you select "Funds for Long Stay in Thailand" as the reason. The bank you transfer the money to, should be able to route it directly to your bank, but you need to request it via a FET letter requesting the transfer goes directly to your bank in Thailand. The Bank statement will then show a number like TFN05027 or similar next to the transaction....which is a code for International Transfer.
After nearly 2 decades living in Thailand, from Phuket to Bangkok, and I can relate ! The best years I've been enjoying this country were... the first ones! Then it declined... Until the point we've reached today! They want farangs out. Period. I'm out since few months, and i will NEVER re-establish anything there anymore! I will relocate to a much more farang-friendly destination and I just hope I will get a tourist visa sometimes to visit my thai family and daughter! Cheers mate :)
Kbank are excellent and they issue 12 month statements at the branch, on the day, in minutes. Always done a 12 month statement just to be safe and to show the 800K balance for the 3 months after last renewal, no less than 400K for next 7-8 months and 2-3 months before renewal (time frames depend on your immigration office) - They do check very carefully!!! To be safe, never let balance go below 800K all year.
Thank you for this video and all the rest.
Now I kind of know what I have to do with all the changes to the Retirement Visas.
I am not to sure if I will ever get a t it for sure I will pass down the information to others that won’t to retire Now..
Great Vlog, information, analysis, etc. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Chuck, always enjoy your vlogs, any information regarding visa procedure and requirements is always appreciated, especially as my permanent move is just a year away. Did I misunderstand Joe's vlog? I thought he said he was required to have 800,000 AND 65,000 a month deposited to Thai bank?
Happy it all worked out. I hope 2021 is all good too!
I feel your pain, Chuck. Every year I get so worked up and stressed for my marriage visa renewal until it's approved. As much as they need tourism and farangs to spend our money here, they make things so stressful for us. I've even considered getting the 5 year elite visa just so I don't have to deal with the yearly visa stress.
You don’t want to come or go back. You 100% better off living in Thailand. If I could I would be living in Thailand and do everything possible to stay there till the day I die .
When you see things from far it always looks attractive
Informative video! Thanks! Cheers from Alaska!!
Thank you so much for keeping us updated. Hopefully, you get many more extensions to live the dream of your life with Paige.
Thanks for the Visa update..glad you and page are doing good. What kind of hat did your friend sitting at the table have on his head? It kinda looked like a welding cap.. thanks 😊
I wishing you best luck in anything you wish will come true into your life
enjoyed your video, just renewed in Hua Hin no problems, did not know about keeping 800k for three months after visa issue. I renewed my passport in Bangkok in 2019, they mailed the new passport to me no problem. Post is available in the embassy. I think they are closed now, so you may want to check, also Chiang Mai is much closer to you and they provide the same service. Thanks again for the info and good luck with the passport.
Always enjoy your videos
Thank you.
Thai Immigration:"Oh you not have Thai agent, give job to Thai people - application denied".5555
Amen
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Thank goodness for that, I thought the worst when I read the title. Congrats on another year.
Aren't you used to his cheap clickbait titles by now?
Awesome vlog Chuck. Watching Paige organize all your paperwork in the background made me appreciate all that she does for you. Not only for immigration but also for all your travels.
Hire an agency or have a Paige lol
Chuck have one Paige to keep his pages. If this img continuously changes I think he will need two Paiges just to keep up with the office work.
They will always want 12 months after your first year to check that you have left the 800k in the bank for the 3 months after and to see that the balance has not dropped below 400k in between . Glad you had it all approved ☺️
Last year, I setup a fixed account with my 800k at Bangkok Bsnk. When I did my 1 year extension this year, I only needed the letter from the bank stating the current balance and that is a fixed account. Immigration accepted this and did not require a one year statement. So the fixed account makes it a bit easier. Just my experience ... results may vary, after all, this is Thailand and every province can do things differently ...
Where in Thailand are you Farang Dave?
@@david-reason - I'm in a small village about halfway between Chiang Mai and Bangkok.
Great to see you guys!
Excellent! At least another year of great videos 😁👍
That is one HECK of a beautiful river, and environment. It seems that you chose your spot in Thailand well, for sure.
Good morning Chuck and Paige. Have a great day. 👍😍🙏
Been watching this guy since he had 14k subs and finally subscribed 😂 its been quite a journey actually
Brilliant info Chuck does seem like year on year things get a little trickier paperwork wise but hey we are always guests so we do what's required right.
Have to just remain patient to get thru the process smoothly. Seems to make sense just to leave the required funds in the account all year round like you said and keep the bank book up to date every month.
I hope it gets slightly slicker when I come to do it in about 10years 😂🤣 but I'll do what's required.
Good luck with the passport stuff Chuck 👍👍
Loved Paige mimicking you as you described the process at the end Chuck! 😂
Last year had to make 7 trips to immigration because one officer didn't like the word affidavit in my letter of income from the embassy. That had me scratching my head. End up getting the embassy involved. Finally got my one year extension for marriage visa. Cheers 🍻
This is my experience at Udon. I've been doing the one-year printout from BB for a couple of years. Like you, I don't always remember to update my passbook so to me, getting the one-year statement ordered from Bangkok is the easiest way for me. My renewal was in August. I always start my renewal process at the 30 days prior mark because there is always something, and I want to have plenty of time for whatever expectedly unexpected thing is going to happen this year. This past August I had my one-year statement but I got the one Immigration officer who always seems to find something to make me come back a second time. That IO wanted an 18-month statement instead of the 12-month statement I had with me. That was the only hiccup. I waited for the new longer statement to arrive from Bangkok, went back for my second trip to Immigration, and got my extension processed quickly and easily (by a different Immigration Officer.) Like Foreigner Joe I do my extension on monthly income rather than savings in the bank. The way I look at it these are only minor hiccups for one or two days and all the rest of the year I get to enjoy living in Thailand. To me, it's a pretty small and insignificant price to pay for being able to live here. :-)
Thank you for sharing
Good information Chuck.
I have used a service for my visa's, and both my drivers licenses. I pay the fee, give them my bank book with 3 new passport photos for the visa, and within 10-14 days, I'm good to go. In and out of the immigration office smoothly and quickly. The visa service is the way to go for me, if there are any questions, they handle it. Before we go to immigration they have all the paperwork for me to sign, ready to go. Their knowledge of the immigration system is well worth the fee. They also handle the 90 day check in as well.
The 12 month statement is ONLY required by those using the MONTHLY INCOME method (ie 65000 bt per month)
Those using 800000 bt ONLY have to show they have had this amount deposited for TWO months prior to application.
I just showed you a piece of paper that said three months and an entire video and a couple of other people also. So you're caplock only only really pertains to yourself
Chuck. Thanks for your reply.
I use Chonburi Immigration and was quoting rules applying to several thousand farang here, which I wrongly assumed were applied nationwide.
Interesting to hear differences being applied where you are.
Apart from the differences I already quoted there are also several other differences froom Chonburi requirements where amended rules began early 2019 nearly 2 years ago not very recent.
I enjoy your videos very much.
are they trying to move more people to the Elite Program?
this requirement actualy was implemented since 1 march 2020.
first it was requiered that you show a bank statment 3month after u been granted the visa
i assume it was not viable for efficient handling of the regulation and or it was poorly explaind or translated
however now we know how to handle it
thanks for the informatio
Paige at the end of the video is the best part. Stepping on your foot, making faces at you and her 🍺, love it!
For anyone needing the services of the British Embassy in Bangkok, please have a look at their website to read the reviews. I went in person (late February 2021) & they refused to make me an appointment at the Embassy desk. They said that I must make an appointment on line and it would be next year before I could get an appointment. There is no facility on their website to make an appointment!! I can only think that there is a bunch of people being paid by the British government who sit in an office stonewalling anyone who needs the Embassy services. I hope that the USA Embassy is very different to the British Embassy but make an appointment before flying to Bangkok; just in case.
A bank book haha haven't seen one of those since the eighties!!!
LOL. Exactly what I was thinking. They became obsolete decades ago.
Everything is online now.
The use of paper and ink is a thing of the past.
I think you guys are thinking about a checkbook. This is not a check book
@@notime2bsad no not a cheque book the bank book with transactions recorded I have not seen since the eighties!!!
@@chrishepple3401 oh may be a faint memory. When I was young I was a cash in hand irresponsible young man lol
@@notime2bsad It's basically the same thing. Not used or needed now that everything is online. Easier, quicker and much more accurate.
My very successful friends, CPA and top executives finally broke me of the bad habit of using paper and ink.
I will raise a glass of beer to your new visa extension Chuck. I renewed my UK passport and retained the old one. But they needed a copy (every page) when I submitted my passport application form in Bangkok. They copy was proof for the UK Passport agency. I always use a visa agency for my renewals it is so much easier. Good luck with your passport - they need to supply you with a statement so you can swap your visa over too.
Chuck, as always thanks for your video, this helps me a lot as i will be retiring in Thailand 🇹🇭
I had a bit of a bumpy road during my renewal this year. At present moment it's in the ''under review'' period and I have to go back in a couple of weeks to get it so I suppose everything will be fine but the process to get to this point was different than every other year. It's my seventh year by the way. My wife had some business to do in the same building as immigration and I told her to go into immigration while she was there to get the official list of requirements for the Non-B just in case anything had changed or it was different from what was online. She did that and we got everything to match the requirements of the list (You mention this idea around 10:40 also). Went to immigration the following week and was told we needed a signed copy of every employee's ID card, something not on the list and never required before. ''Sorry, we can't process the application without that''. Back to the office, rebook the appointment for another day. Lucky I live and work only 15 minutes from the place. So, we went back and all was going well and she suddenly stops and asks, ''What is this business? Are you sure foreigners can still work this job? There are rule and law changes during Covid''. I'm thinking OK, first off, YOU are the law here. YOU should instantly tell us if we are breaching a law here and more importantly, there is a work permit right there on the table in front of YOU that will let you see the Ministry of Labor, who one would assume is well up on the current labor laws, granted to me without issue. So, is she bringing their work into question? She accepted everything anyway eventually and as I said it's under process but I don't know why they need to put people through it. Seven years on the same visa with more or less the same documentation every year and they still find niggly things to try and get you with. Following this, as usual, it has to go to another officer to be verified and he gave me the stamp for which day to come back but while waiting for this I saw the original immigration office giving another foreigner the same run-around again. He argued with her that she wasn't correct and requested to go to a different officer who was younger than the other one so couldn't disagree and risk losing face. They wonder why people use agents then...
Must have changed really recently... I did my renewal near the end of November (for Dec 31) and got a statement for 6 months (asked for a year) and did it -- and it was processed fine... [Khon Kaen]
The one thing about being here is you just never know. Always an adventure thanks for leaving a comment
I think Chuck nailed it in the video, every province is different. In fact I think each immigration officer is different. I don't think they are all on the same page. Very confusing.
Good morning! Whiskey time here in California. 55555. Jan 5th was my birthday
Happy belated birthday Kevin 🙏🏼
I see some others have also commented about the passport renewal. I renewed mine in Bangkok in December 2020. I was a little nervous about having to do it in 2020, because I know people in the US that took over 4 months because of the "situation". I contacted the US Embassy ahead of time and they confirmed it was a 2-3 week process by mail in Thailand. I went on the US Embassy website and followed the requirements (two bank drafts, 2 passport photos, passport and application), I went to Mailboxes Etc. at the mall and mailed everything per the instructions. Believe me, I did not want to be without my passport, and I certainly did not want to mail it, but I did. In under 3 weeks, I got an email that my new passport was being mailed to me with a tracking number. I received my old and new passport the next day. It was a seamless and good experience. It's crazy that I got it done here in 3 weeks, and my friends in the US waited over 4 months.