Up to now I've been renewing my extension of stay using an income affidavit from my consulate. The writing is on the wall that this will be discontinued at some stage in the future. Is depositing min 800k in my Thai bank 2 months prior to visa renewal sufficient? I read somewhere between the lines that you have to maintain a min of 400k over a 12 month period.
Thank you
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TLDR : Answer Summary
After the discontinuation of income affidavits by the Canadian embassy in Thailand as of April 1, 2025, Canadian citizens seeking long-term visa extensions must now maintain a minimum bank balance of 800,000 Thai Baht deposited for at least 2 months prior to their visa renewal. Following the renewal, the balance must be kept at a minimum of 400,000 Baht for the remaining 10 months of the year.
Thank you for contacting Consular section, Embassy of Canada, Thailand.
Kindly note that there has been a policy change started on April 01st 2025 for discontinuation of income affidavits, also known as income letters.
Since April, 1, 2025, the Embassy of Canada in Bangkok and Consulate of Canada Chiang Mai had no longer issued any income letters/affidavits.
Thai immigration authorities accept income affidavits as part of the requirements to obtain a non-immigrant long term stay visa. However, the Embassy of Canada in Thailand has no mechanism to either verify or guarantee an individualโs income and therefore cannot legally claim to do so.
The Embassy of Canada in Bangkok and the Consulate in Chiang Mai are not required by Thai law to provide an income affidavit for their citizens to use for Thai visa applications. The former issuance of the affidavit in lieu of actual income evidence has been a matter of informal practice rather than regulation.
Because the Embassy of Canada has no means of confirming a Canadian citizenโs income, a notarized affidavit from the Embassy of Canada has never met the requirement to prove a minimum income level for a non-immigrant long-term stay visa.
Consequently, the Embassy has presented Diplomatic Note to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Thai Immigration Bureau requesting their assistance in consider document which Canadians would submit to Immigration office directly for one-year visa renewal.
There are other more suitable methods for citizens to demonstrate they are eligible for this Thai visa category. Canadian citizens should refer to the Thai government for information regarding visa requirements and verification of their income:
Thailand Immigration Bureau:
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Thank you for your understanding.
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Umm, it's not 'between the lines at all" it's part of the seasoning requirements for banked money method works
You need to have 800K baht in your account for 2 months before you apply for the next extension, you need to keep that 800K baht in the account for 3 months after the extension is granted then you can't let the balance go below 400K baht the rest of the year..
If you are worried that your embassy might discontinue the affidavit of income from abroad notary letter you might think of starting to bring in 65K baht a month, each month, every month for the next 12 months and switch to meeting the proof of funds via monthly income by transfer method ๐
that will work if the embassy stops issuing the letter. Immigration will not accept the 65K monthly transfers into the bank if the embassy issues the letter, they will want the letter. This strategy would only work pre-emptively.
actually there is no rule that says you have to use an embassy letter if it's available.
Many people who live up country who CAN get their embassy to issue the letter routinely use monthly income by transfer method to get their yearly extensions because it's easier than slogging to bangkok to get the letter issued.