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..
TLDR : 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.
