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Can I check in late for my visa if my bank funds aren't seasoned yet?

ED Visa O Visa 90-Day Reporting Visa Extension Bank Funds Requirement Immigration Policy

Jay **********

asked Feb 19, 2019

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Hi guys,

My son has an ED visa for going to school and I have an O visa as his guardian. We will be doing our first check ins soon, so it will be time.for me to show immigration my funds in a Thai bank. It took a while to get it transferred over (TransferWise required unexpected additional verification due to the large amount), so I'll be about a week short of the required time.it needs to sit in my Thai Bank if I want to check in by the correct date.

My question is, I know with some visas you're allowed to check in up to a week late... is that the case with mine or will I have to choose between showing up late and getting charged per day, or going in on time with funds that are a week short of being seasoned and begging forgiveness?

Thanks for any advice :)

Answer summary

The user is concerned about meeting the bank funds seasoning requirement for their O visa while checking in for their son's ED visa. They are slightly short of the required time for the funds to sit in their Thai bank account for the check-in deadline. Some community members clarified that late check-ins are generally allowed with a fine and emphasized the specifics for extensions and the seasoning requirement for the O visa.

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Tod *********

Okay there's a few mistakes in the O/P's post. They're NOT 'checking in' <- doing a 90 day report :/ They're applying for a yearly extension AND the seasoning requirement based on supporting foreign children here is 500K baht in a bank account for 30 days before you apply for your extension.

I have seen MANY immigration offices that will simply let you pay the overstay fine of 500baht a day IF you go in late. In fact I had someone go in over a MONTH late for their yearly extension and all we did was pay the 500 baht a day overstay and then apply for the extension.

I would say seeing as the O/P got their immigration office to say it was no problem to pay the 500baht a day overstay fine for the week they need so the money is fully seasoned that their problem is solved.

8 years ago

Marly ***********

the 500K deposit needs to be shown when you're about to extend to 1year stay. so basically 3months after you enter thailand. your max date to submit extension is the date shown on your passport.

8 years ago

Marly ***********

@Jay *********

okay in my case it was my second extension and my money went below 500K for 5-7 days. The officer saw it and marked the bank statement (asked "did you use the money?") but i didnt get any charges. In Chiangmai btw

8 years ago

Stuart *********

Emma Hagedorn the student applies for their extension and you can apply at the same time or after. If it's after you will get a extension equal to their date "admitted until".

8 years ago

Jay **********

Yup, all true. My issue was that originally I was going to be using my affidavit (USA) of income (which at immigration they had told me would be fine), but then when they were going to cut it off, I went in (before Jan 1st) to see if I could submit all paperwork then, so that I could still use the affidavit. Given that my Visa wasn't expiring until Feb, they said i couldn't do it that early, and that because of the rule change, I would now need to show the money in a Thai bank. At the time that I learned that, I then had 2 months to transfer it over, but I ran into a handful of snags along the way with TransferWise and verification process. The money landed in the bank a week later than I needed it to, so now I have the option to show up on time with 3 week seasoned money, or show up late and pay the fine per day for doing so.

A family member went in and asked on my behalf with my paperwork, and they said I'd have to pay per day. But there was some confusion between the officers and it's wasn't fully clear, so I wanted to ask here. Since then, a friend has messaged me and said she had the exact same situation (at same immigration) and they made her come back once the money was the full 30 days and pay per day. So it looks like that's where I'll be with it :/

8 years ago

Emma *********

@Stuart ********

may I ask for the second year extension, when can a guardian apply? Is it right after the expiration of visa or can a guardian do the extension in advance? Thank you for any input.

8 years ago

Marly ***********

thanks for the explanation

8 years ago

Stuart *********

@Marly **********

to use the right terminology it's an extension of stay based on being a guardian of a person with a student visa. Hence why I put "guardian" in quotes.

8 years ago

Stuart *********

@Marly **********

for the first application of a year extension for a "guardian" visa the funds need to be seasoned for 1 month. Any subsequent extensions for 3 months.

8 years ago

Dominic *****

And what are your current 'stay permitted until' dates?

8 years ago

Mikkel *******

90 day reports can be done (when in person) from 15 days before to 7 days after. It does not matter what kind of extension or visa you have (if the visa allows to stay longer than 90 days), its about staying longer than 90 days in the country.

8 years ago

Dominic *****

And there's no seasoning of funds requirements for 90-day reporting, so the post is a bit confusing at this point.

8 years ago