Hi guys,

My non-imm "O" visa is due for extn at CW by the 16th Sept and I am hoping for some advice to avoid last year's nightmare.

From July 2011 up until last year I had always extended my non-imm visa for “retirement” at CW, but with the withdrawal of the embassy letter a large portion of my income could no longer be taken into account, so I changed to “marriage” extn. This had always been a fairly straight forward procedure, using the monthly income route, until the change.

Last year it took 6 visits and a 7th return once it had been agreed. There were multiple problems but the final hurdle was that they insisted that B40, 000 had to be deposited in my SCB a/c from UK and remain there for one full month. When I complained that this was not in their procedures and that I had well over the B40k coming in each month I was referred to a captain. She backed up the IO and said my choice was put the money into my account or leave Thailand.

My visa is due for extension before 16th Sept and I am worried that there may be a repeat performance.

Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing and what advice can you offer regarding appealing to a higher authority