What is the reference number for Wise transfers when applying for a retirement extension in Thailand, and are there any recent issues with getting bank statements from Bangkok Bank?

@Ling ****

Up to you but you can also set up a automatic schedule

@Richard *******

well, consider yourself to stand corrected. Maybe you can tell that to the immigration in Samut Prakan 🙏

@Mel *****

@Dirk *************

I didn’t arrive yesterday, I have never known of any IMMI office that did not accept the 65k/ month.🧐🤪🤪 It’s actually legislated in their parliament.

@Vinny *************

Yes,it normally does unless bad karma hits you. My transfers have always shown up as international at Bangkok Bank. Shit will eventually happen but there are ways to fix that if needed. No biggie.

@David ******

That's what I've always said. But try to explain that to people here. People who have been here a very short time and failed to open a bank account. Go figure.

@May *****

"Officially" according to Wise "Purchase property" should work. But shit do happen.

@Max ************

This is why I asked, I marked for purchase property and bkk bank did not accept.

@John *********

Yeah, I know.

@Chris ***

Nope

@David ******

That is good to hear. But indeed, not sure if Jomtien accept. I had last time a bank statement also

@Pete ******

It's not stamped by the bank as it's sent to your email address. You'd have to ask at Jomtien if they accept it. I can only talk of CW

@David ******

if you do monthly income it probably works fine for you. I do annual money and my extension is usually processed close to the end of the month. I normally just request the statements from the bank a week before I want them but a couple of years ago the bank managed to lose them and I didn't have enough time to request them again so thought I'd use the ones provided by the app. Immigration refused to accept them because they didn't quite go back far enough (from memory there was around 10 days missing immediately after my last extension). Luckily I then discovered that you can get the exact same statements that you normally have to wait 5 working days for emailed directly to you and they arrive around lunchtime the day after you order them.

@John *********

It gives full twelve months. The current month plus 11 is twelve months. The requirement is 12 x 65k transfers leading up to the date of application.

@David ******

excellent guess the OP needs to visit his IO and ask what they want

@Phil *****

I can only speak about CW. Every office has its own nuances. There was a report yesterday that Hua Hin accepts the email print-out

@David ******

i don't know. Alister my friend required an original copy which was stamped and signed for IO in Petchabuun.

@Phil *****

I did it last week at CW. Maybe some provincial offices have a different policy. I know Bangkok Bank in Bangkok haven't stamped the statements for the last three years and will now accept the emailed 12-month statement. Pattaya has more dodgy agents than anywhere else in Thailand so it's possible they are paranoid?

@David ******

yes but now some IO's need and original copy not a bw copy and want the stamp date and signature from the bank. Its all over the Pattaya bank issue.. my friend in Petchabun had to do this and yes he spoke to the same lady 3 times before in the past.

@Phil *****

okay thanks Phil.

@David ******

thank you David, I will try it at Hua Hin.

@David ******

it was accepted at Nakhon Phanom too much to my surprise.