Can I use bank and pension transfers to extend my retirement visa in Thailand?

As there is a memo from the Immigration Office to be lenient to people who got effected by the cancellation of 4 Foreign Embassies to hand out the Income Affidavits, it all depends on the Immigration Officer how lenient that is or not. The only way to tell is to go in time, take all your documents and ask. Make a plan B, just in case.

I think it is only Bangkok Bank that shows foreign transfer codes in the bank book. I am with Kasikorn (who don't) and have been advised to talk to the credit advisor in my branch about this. I am taking documentation to show them and will ask them to state on the letter to immigration that they are indeed foreign transfers. I will also ask them to photocopy the bank book for the last 12 months and stamp it as authentic. Sheesh!

Make sure the money is in a savings or fixed deposit. My husband just lost his visa due to the fact that money was in a Bangkok Bank bond account and not on a fixed deposit. It's been stressful trying to sort the problem. Hopefully it will all be sorted out soon.

Here's the clause that outlines the 'combo method' in the new police order

Ask your local Thai Immigration office.

There is some confusion by immigration offices and officers about it but I can say with 100% certainty that it IS a method that is outlined in the police order which started on March 1st and has the changes to extensions based on being over 50 (retirement).

You would need to have your pension or income from abroad transferred into your thai bank each and every month for the previous 12 months prior to you applying for your extension. The transfer codes need to show as overseas transfers.

From what I understand, the immigration office will go thru the transfers find the one that is the least amount (given the fluctuations in currency exchanges) and use that one for 12 months to get a total of your transfer amount for the year.

You would need to have the rest of the money totally 800K baht banked in a bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply for your yearly extension, you would need to leave that money in the account for 3 months after you got your extension AND you could only withdrawal 50% of the balance of that account for the remainder of the year.