Can Immigration freeze your Thai bank account if there are issues with Retirement Extension funds?

Retirement Visa Thai Immigration Bank Account Freezing Non-O Visa Visa Regulations

Mar 25, 2018

7 years ago

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If Immigration have an issue with where the funds for a Retirement Extension have come from, can they freeze your Thai bank account?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

Immigration officers do not have direct authority to freeze bank accounts; however, collaboration with other authorities could lead to account freezes if linked to serious allegations such as money laundering. Typically, issues regarding the source of funds are more relevant when applying for a 90-day Non-O visa rather than when seeking yearly extensions, which require seasoned funds without detailed proof of their origin.

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Tod *********

The only time you have to prove that funds originated overseas is when you apply for an in country 90-day Non-O visa using banked money.

You don't show where the funds originated using banked money to get yearly extensions. The money only needs to be seasoned the requisite amount of time

7 years ago

Ron *******

In conjunction with the courts, they could and have frozen bank accounts for suspicion of money laundering, embezzlement etc.

I would say it's something more than simply applying for a retirement extension that has aroused there suspicions for that too happen.

7 years ago

Robert *******

Immigration normal name is: Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau, but I don't think that an Immigration Officer is allowed to freeze bank accounts. It would take some more actions and other offices.

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