Can I use the 400,000 baht deposit for other purposes after applying for an extension based on my Thai wife?

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August 21, 2020

4 years ago

Dannie ***************

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When 400,000 baht is deposited for two months, does that mean after application for extension of stay based on support of a Thai wife, I can then use the money deposited for other purposes?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

When you deposit 400,000 baht for two months as a requirement for an extension based on support of a Thai wife, technically you can use the money afterward. However, some immigration officers may request that the money stays in the account during the consideration period of your application, which lasts about 30 days. If they do not specifically ask for you to update your bank book at the time of your extension application, it suggests that the requirement is not strictly enforced at that particular immigration office. It's advisable to check with your local immigration office for clarity.

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Jean-Louis *********

Best is to keep your deposit all the year long. They don’t like you use it, especially with a thaï wife extension. But, of course, up to you !

4 years ago

Tod *********

they don't care in the least if you use it or not, and what they 'like' shouldn't even factor into it in the least ;)

4 years ago

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Tod *********

Okay so the consensus (as much as there ever is one on immigration stuff) IS

the posted police order states that you need to bank the 400k baht for 2 months before you apply for your extension and there is NO mention at all of the money needing to stay IN the account during the 30 day under consideration period.

I would plan on leaving the money, BUT if they don't tell you to update your bank book and bring it back when you go to get the year extension inked in after the 30 day stamp runs down it means they don't enforce that "made up rule" at the immigration office where you go to.. Chaengwattana DOES enforce it

4 years ago

Dannie ***************

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@Tod ********

I will ask at the Chiang Rai office and point out the police order and their own instructions which says “two months”...nothing else, just two months. Thanks

4 years ago

Tod *********

@Dannie **************

, IF they don't tell you when you apply for the extension to update your bank book and bring it back it means they don't do that in your office SO I'd wait to see what they say BEFORE you bust out with the 2 months only line ;P

4 years ago

Dannie ***************

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@Tod ********

Thanks, I will let them set the terms before I question them.

4 years ago

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Dannie ***************

Michael ********

Ask at your immigration offoce

4 years ago

Ben *********

At the end of the day this could be the answer for every question! May as well archive the group

4 years ago

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Ben *********

James ********

Thai immigration may ask to see the bank book one month after your interview while your application is UNDER CONSIDERATION.

Then you can use the money...but must top it back up to 400,000 TWO MONTHS before your next extension.

4 years ago

Robert *******

Yes, BUT some Immigration officer can ask to keep the money in the bank during the under consideration period and show your bank book again at the end of these 30 days

4 years ago

Kool *******

Robert Lagas, this is exactly what they did with me in May at CW with my visa extension for Thai wife. It seems they interpret the financial requirement to mean in the bank two months before applying, then keeping it in there for one month after at CW. They also required a current, that day, copy of my bank book also.

4 years ago

Tod *********

@Kool ******

and did you bother arguing with them that it isn't written into the police order that you need to bank the money during the 30 day under consideration period OR did you just take what they told you and walked away? I ask because I DID argue with them and they admitted that it wasn't in the police order and they couldn't really make people do it but they prefer that they do it and then they asked me why I cared because my extension is based on retirement :P

4 years ago

Kool *******

Tod Daniels, why cause trouble? I want to be out of there as fast as possible, and causing trouble does not accomplish that objective.

4 years ago

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Kool *******

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