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What should I do about my Certificate of Entry and retirement visa situation in Thailand?
Things are changing but I'm still confused about the certificate of entry I have a retirement visa with a re entry stamp valid until the 27th of January 2021 (I can't see OA on it) some £4,000 in a Thai bank but only a few thousand in my English account. I mailed the Thai embassy explaining most of my assets are in shares though I have an income but have received no reply. Any ideas what I should do next?
Answer summary
The user is confused about the Certificate of Entry (COE) required for their retirement visa, which has a re-entry stamp valid until January 27, 2021. They have £4,000 in a Thai bank, but not the required ฿800,000, and are awaiting a response from the Thai embassy regarding their assets primarily held in shares. Comments suggest that the user needs to clarify the amount in their Thai bank account, as it is essential for the retirement visa. It is also important to note that the user may need to provide documentation of their financial situation to apply for the COE or consider using a visa agent to assist with their immigration needs.
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Graham ******
Just pay your visa agent for an extension , to get into Thailand all U need is Coe which U don't have to show money
Joe ***********
You have an Extension based on an O visa
Joe ***********
You don't have an O-A Visa
David ********
OP@Joe **********
don't think so I paid 18,000 for a 3 month extension to my 30 day visa then another 16.000 to get the one year. This was when I was in Bangkok though the stamp was from some Northern province. It just says retirement no letters on it like O's or A's
Robert **********
@David *******
is this a volunteer visa? Joe ***********
@David *******
- Please believe me - I'm trying to help you - not lecture you. The Agency you used for the O Visa and One Year Extension of Stay used a northern Immigration Office. To get another One Year Extension you have to use that same Northern Immigration Office and likely will have to use the same Agency.If you quickly establish a new address when you are able to get back to Thailand - you could theoretically go to the nearest Imm. Office - file a change of address form and use that Imm. Office. Please note one does not "renew" an Extension of Stay. Basically you apply for a new one all over again. But you should not have to get a new Non Imm O 90 day Visa because it is there in your passport on a page or so before your current Extension of Stay stamp. Also it is normal for the Extension stamp (sort of rectangular) to NOT have reference to the type of Non Imm Visa it is based upon. Because that O visa is in that previous stamp I mentioned.
I sincerely hope things work out for you.
Joe ***********
@David *******
Every Extension of Stay is based on a Non Immigrant Visa which existed prior. The 3 month extension you got for your 30 visa was in actuality a Non Imm O Visa 90 days. Which some Thai Immigration Offices are authorized to issue.Joe ***********
@David *******
The Non Imm O-A Visa is not / is never issued inside Thailand. The O-A Visa is Only Issued at a Thai Consulate or Embassy in a country outside Thailand. 
Frankie ********
You have to issue. First, if you don’t return by January 5, 2021, you won’t be able to renew your “0” visa. Secondly, you need to have the ฿800,000 in a Thai bank account. There’s no compromise on this issue.
David ********
OP@Todd ********
that's the office and I had to wait my turn in the queue. As I got off at the BTS station the second visit I was approached by a Thai lady who was trying to get me to renew through another company. Todd *********
@Da***
definitely makes life easy! David ********
OP@Frankie *******
I paid a Thai company 18,000 to extend my 30 day visa to three months then another 16.000 to get a one year retirement visa in Bangkok though the stamp was from some Northern province. I did not have to show any money apart from the fee's. Much cheaper than flying to KL and getting another 60 days anyway that is not possible now with the virus. I'm hoping I can do the same this time but I worry about getting in then finding its not. 
Andy ********
@David *******
you may believe that what you have just described is legal but it definitely isn't. Do you honestly believe that immigration don't monitor social media? Todd *********
@Andy *******
maybe they haven’t noticed this office in Bangkok 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Give your head a shakeTodd *********
@Andy *******
it’s definitely legal. And widely done in Thailand. Immigration is most certainly aware as they are the ones stamping the passports they receive from the agents. Where have you been?
Ken ***********
@David *******
this is fraud and if I were hou, I wouldn't broadcast your participation Frankie ********
@David *******
Amazing Thailand where money talks! Michael ********
I got my wife to update mine and scan it but thst was for new visa
Ray *****
If you have an O visa for retirement and a re entry permit then you can apply for the COE
David ********
OP@Ray ****
Thanks for the info. Do you know what the financial requirements are for this, someone said 800.000 Ray *****
@David *******
none if you already have the visa and re entry permit 
John *******
@Ray ****
correctMichael ********
Just show them a copy of your Thai Bank book if you can
David ********
OP@Michael *******
Thank you I've been trying to get a bank statement from the Siam Commercial Bank but am locked out of my old email account and they have not replied in two days. Maybe better to get my bank book posted to London. Michael ********
@David *******
i got my wife to update mine in machine, she scanned it and sent me. I printed it out in colour and used thatDavid ********
OP@Michael *******
Thanks for the info.
Bobby ********
You need 800k for the OA
Kathy ****************
@Bo***
we only had to show 80,000 baht per person for 6 months for the WDC embassy...Todd *********
@Kathy ***************
both yours, and Bobby’s route is acceptable. If you have the regular income, no problem. If you have the assets, also no problem. Best to have both lol
Adrien **********
@Kathy ***************
it seems each ambassy has its own rules... its a mess lolActivity
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