Immigration says it’s better to get letter from British embassy to prove I’m getting state pension, I phoned British embassy and asked could they give me a letter, The Woman on the phone said they have nothing to do with pensions.

Any ideas what to do now

Apologies if this has been covered before but my question is, what constitutes as an Income Certificate (original copy) for a Retirement Visa? The 800k THB deposited in a bank is easy to prove and is currently what I am doing but I also receive income on investments and a monthly fee for consultancy services but paid into a bank account in another country. I currently transfer more than 65k per month into my Bangkok Bank account for monthly expenses from overseas but it’s not from a retirement plan or anything of that nature of which presumably is backed by some form of official paperwork. If I can find a way to show the authorities that I have sufficient non-pension based monthly income (which I have) then I can release the 800k that just sits there doing nothing. Any help or advice appreciated.

Are income affidavits (from countries that still issue them) still being accepted for visa extensions at your immigration? I`m particularly interested in the Chonburi.

Robert and Tod, first of all compliments and thanks for running this page.

"Retirement Visa" - could you please post an anonymized example for bank letters?

I am about to apply for the Non-O from an immigration office in the central plains. Not many foreigners here and not much experience in handling this type of Visa. Also my bank is provincial and has never issued such a confirmation letter nor a letter of foreign remittance.

If you could post such a sample document I would be able to get pre-approval re the wording from my BI first and then make my bank use it as template.

Thank you.