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Can I use notarized Australian bank and income documents for my annual extension on an OA visa in Thailand?

Peadrew *********
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Hi, I’m in Thailand on a AO ret visa. Has anyone done the annual visa extension using Australian bank and income documents notarized by the Aust embassy in Thailand?

Any advice appreciated.
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The conversation discusses the process for extending an OA visa in Thailand. It emphasizes that using Australian bank documents for the extension is not accepted. Instead, applicants must have 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account for at least two months before applying, and the funds must be maintained after the extension. Additionally, it highlights the requirement for valid Thai health insurance during the first extension. Experiences with different banks and necessary documentation are shared, noting that notarized documents from the Australian embassy are insufficient.
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Marty *********
Marty *********
If this is your first extension of your OA visa then you have to have your Thai health insurance active and in the database before you apply. Your extension will only go until the end of your insurance. If you apply a few weeks early then you will lose a those weeks from your 1 year extension. This only happens the first year. After that you will always have insurance when you apply.
Peadrew *********
Peadrew *********
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@Marty ********
Thanks for the info I’ll talk to my broker as I get closer to the expiry
Carl *********
Carl *********
I can just share my experience, I had a retirement visa that I switched to a marriage visa. The immigrantion officer would not accept an official (stamped) Citibank Thailand bank statement - he demanded to see an actual bank book showing the running balance 3 months before and 3months after application. Citibank doesn't have bank books anymore so I needed to open an account at a local Thai bank that still uses bank books. To avoid problems, I suggest doing the same - open a local account and just keep the money (800K for retirement, 400K for marriage visas) in the account for 3 months prior to and 3 months after application. It's a pain in the ass but we need to play by their rules.
Peadrew *********
Peadrew *********
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Thanks for sharing, every office seems vary in their interpretation!
Carl *********
Carl *********
Yeah, that's what I thought. I had the authorized itemized printout from Citibank showing the past six months but the immigration officer where we live didn't accept it. He demanded to see a friggin bank book. He did cut us a break and extended my visa for three months in order to open a new account and come back with a bank book. Unfortunately, I think it depends on which immigration center you use. I'm in a small city but I'm not sure that matters. As I said, I'm just sharing my experience.
Tod *********
Tod *********
@Carl ********
you could have had citibank print out an itemized transaction history for the last 6 months and it would have worked fine. Several people I know use CitiBank here (for retirement and marriage extensions) And we have to go to the citibank get the bank letter and then a detail print out for the last year or 6 months on the date they are going to immigration for their extension. There are only a few citibank branches and NONE near Chaengwattana so it takes coordinating but those people haven't had any issued at all using that bank for proof of funds.

I think you should have gotten a detail print out of the year's transaction history (that's what gets you around the show a bank book requirement)
Peadrew *********
Peadrew *********
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@Carl ********
yes that’s it , Thanks Carl
Tod *********
Tod *********
Sadly you are mistaken thinking you can use proof of funds in your country for a year extension off and O-A visa at the immigration office here. There is no "get the Auzzie consulate to notarize a bank document from your bank back in Oz"

The only way you could have done that was to have gotten an affidavit of income from abroad (stat dec) from the Australian consulate here BUT they stopped issuing those back in Dec 2018. :/ Meaning that ship has sailed (a good while ago)

IF you're going to get a year extension inside the country on your O-A entry you bank 800K baht in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you get the extension, the money has to stay in the account for 3 months after the extension is granted and then the balance can't go below 400K baht the rest of the year

OR

IF you want to use monthly income method you would need to transfer in to a thai bank account in your name only a minimum of 65K baht a month, each month, every month for the previous 12 months before you apply for the extension.

Also don't forget to get a year extension off an O-A visa entry you need to be insured by one of the 15 approved thai insurance carriers who issue health insurance on O-A's.
Peadrew *********
Peadrew *********
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Thanks Tod

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