How can I extend my retirement visa in Thailand with a pension paid into an overseas account?

A fellow vet of mine has his pension paid into his Thai acc monthly not fortnitly,Main problem is exchange rate.

I have my pension and Social Security deposited in my US bank accounts monthly. What I did over a year ago was transfer the 800,000 baht and some more for working capital to my Thai bank. I transfer money from the US periodically but I never have less than 1,000,000 baht in my Thai bank. When I got my year extension last week the money was seasoned and I had no problems getting the extension. The money also serves as an emergency fund here in Thailand.

just a point, I notorized letter has a six month life, whether the Thias will accept in six months, who knows.

@Chris *******

. Mate, why can you not have your pension paid into your Thai bank account? My DVA pension is.

@Chris *******

. Mate, at the present time, you can go to the Australian Embassy and they will witness a Statutory Declaration showing your income in Australian $ showing the equivalent in Thai Baht at the exchange rate on the day. But be aware that Thai Immigration are putting pressure on the embassies to check that the figures in the Stat Dec are correct. The British Embassy has stated that they are unable to verify the income statements and will cease to certify Stat Decs in December. I understand that Immigration have been requiring US citizens to prove the figures in the Stat Decs certified by the US Embassy and that the US Embassy may also cease to certify them in the near future. I expect other Embassies to follow suit. Australian Embassy? Who knows. In the meantime I will continue to use a Stat Dec from the Australian Embassy and I can prove the income figures because all my (Australian) income is in the form of superannuation.

Chris Parish with the current goings on with American requiring proof of income and the Brits just not doing notorized letters after December, I am going to make sure I transfer bht into my Bangkok Bank account every month, and have the book available when my extension is due for renewal next September. I am lucky as far as the timing of all this. I use transferwise from Australia.