Answered7 years ago
What are the requirements for extending a stay in Thailand based on marriage, specifically regarding financial proof?
Update from my last post.
It turns out that even the boss in our local immigration refuses to accept monthly international transfers to satisfy financial proof for extension of stay based on marriage.
The boss insisted that this way of proofing financials can ONLY be used for extension of stay based on being over 50..
Only two ways is acceptable for them with marriage based.. That is either 400K seasoned, or an affidavit from an embassy.
Luckily for him, he was able to source 400K within 24 hours, and can come back at 4th November and get the 60 day extension based on visiting family. Giving enough time to season the money.
The Danish embassy is now offering an alternative to the affidavit they stopped issuing, which is actually just a translated and stamped pay-slip/pension-slip on their paper with logo. But the time frame to get that is getting to close to the expiration of current stamp.
He asked in September and was told that monthly transfers was fine.. Turned out not to be the case. If he had been told he needed that alternative to the affidavit, he would have had time to get it.
The question is still, if they would have accepted that. Next year he will make sure to get that paper from embassy sourced via his government pension from DK in really good time before and give it a try, but having 400k already seasoned in the backhand just in case.
Time will tell..
On a side note, I was with him yesterday again. I got my 30 day under consideration last week. Yesterday I was told that I should remember not to touch my 400k until I had been given my final one year stamp. That was not mentioned with a single word when I got the stamp at application. Nothing in writing too.. I only got that message because I by chance was there again.. I had already removed 20k from the account, and had to put them in again yesterday.. I don't know if they will ask for an updated bank book and if that will cause problems.. Then it will be a 60 day visit family extension for me also and applying again..
It turns out that even the boss in our local immigration refuses to accept monthly international transfers to satisfy financial proof for extension of stay based on marriage.
The boss insisted that this way of proofing financials can ONLY be used for extension of stay based on being over 50..
Only two ways is acceptable for them with marriage based.. That is either 400K seasoned, or an affidavit from an embassy.
Luckily for him, he was able to source 400K within 24 hours, and can come back at 4th November and get the 60 day extension based on visiting family. Giving enough time to season the money.
The Danish embassy is now offering an alternative to the affidavit they stopped issuing, which is actually just a translated and stamped pay-slip/pension-slip on their paper with logo. But the time frame to get that is getting to close to the expiration of current stamp.
He asked in September and was told that monthly transfers was fine.. Turned out not to be the case. If he had been told he needed that alternative to the affidavit, he would have had time to get it.
The question is still, if they would have accepted that. Next year he will make sure to get that paper from embassy sourced via his government pension from DK in really good time before and give it a try, but having 400k already seasoned in the backhand just in case.
Time will tell..
On a side note, I was with him yesterday again. I got my 30 day under consideration last week. Yesterday I was told that I should remember not to touch my 400k until I had been given my final one year stamp. That was not mentioned with a single word when I got the stamp at application. Nothing in writing too.. I only got that message because I by chance was there again.. I had already removed 20k from the account, and had to put them in again yesterday.. I don't know if they will ask for an updated bank book and if that will cause problems.. Then it will be a 60 day visit family extension for me also and applying again..
Answer summary
A recent update highlights issues with Thai immigration rules for extending stays based on marriage. The local immigration office does not accept monthly international transfers as financial proof for marriage extensions, insisting on either a 400,000 baht bank balance or an affidavit from an embassy. One individual managed to secure the required funds within a short time frame to avoid complications. Another shares concerns over the lack of clarity about maintaining the minimum bank balance during the application process. This situation illustrates the variations in policy across different immigration offices.
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James **************
I thought you had to keep the money in the bank until you actually get the 1 year extension, then 3 months after that for a check up. Or is it not the case. Saying that every immigration office is different.
Robert *******
you refer partly to the requirements of the Extension of Stay based on being over 50 years of age and the 400.000 Thb mentioned in the question are for based on married with a Thai National, Different reasons for an Extension of Stay have different requirements.
Bryce ********
when i picked up my yearly extension from cw (thai child) after 30 day consideration, i had to produce updated bank book. no problem but i didn't have to last year.
Bryce ********
@Mikkel ******
sorry that was supposed to be a reply to something tod said
Mikkel *******
OP@Bryce *******
that's fair if you were informed about it when applying. I wasn't. I would have complied with it with no problem. And I will do. The thing is I took out 20k, but put them back 5 days later when they told me by chance. I have yet to see if they indeed will ask for the updated bank book. But if they do it's hardly fair when there was no information about having to keep the 400k even in the under consideration period given before it was actually too late.Robert *******
Mike Kruse... it might help others here if you for once mentioned what office all of this is referring to since all offices seems to operate differently on some rules. After reading through this tread I scrolled looking for the original thread and after reading though it there was no mention there either.
Robert *******
Thank you Mikkel.
Mikkel *******
OP@Robert ******
sorry about that.. It's Bueng Kan officeTod *********
there is no real rule about keeping the 400K baht in the bank untouched during the 30 day under consideration period for extensions based on marriage or raising half thai children.
That's another "made up rule" and at least in Bangkok they don't care that some of the money is missing (because face it you have to live).
Good Luck thanx for the update.
That's another "made up rule" and at least in Bangkok they don't care that some of the money is missing (because face it you have to live).
Good Luck thanx for the update.
Tod *********
he should file an offiicial appeal in writing, that makes them have to write out exactly why he was denied an extension and gets the whole thing sent to Bangkok.
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