@Sammy ******

yes, exactly the same. Good luck!

@Tod ********

maybe I’ll have to temporarily move to Bangkok 🤔😊

Not to beat this horse much further, but my immigration guy called with further useful data.

On my statements it shows that I transfer about the same amount to my thai bank each *week*. I do this because I prefer my money working for me in my US bank.

This threw them. They said they expect to see *one* transfer each *month* of 65k or more. Not multiple.

Otherwise they say it doesn’t look like retirement “pension.” It looks more like salary, or working.

So...they also admit that without the income affidavits, this is the first time they’re having to look at this level of detail. He recommended I wait another month and ask again.

(He also agreed that my statement technically met the requirements of that document, but they have additional internal guidance they’re using).

They actually handed me the English version you posted 😊. So they’re aware. It’s all around “how do we know this money will keep coming in” question. With 800k there’s no worries. With government pensions there’s no worries. With investment income (like most of us retire on in the US) - there are concerns.

I’ll maybe do that. Really prefer not to leave 800k just sitting in a low/no interest/can’t get it back out again account.

They’re still trying to sort it out too, and of course don’t want to make any mistakes for the new boss. They were actually very friendly and asked around, but it’s all quite new I guess.

Tod Daniels yes. Each month had 100k-150k deposits.

It was more than 65k each month. The problem appeared to be it isn’t from a guaranteed pension, but from investment properties. They said I could appeal and try to show more evidence the income is “guaranteed.”

Update: That is a Big Nope. At least in Chiang Mai at this time. Even with a certified Bangkok Bank statement going back 12 months showing average monthly deposits over 100k thb, they insist that they will only recognize the 3 month 800K baht balance approach for us embassy affadavit orphans (US, Aus, UK).

Oh well, it was worth putting to the test.

Thanks

@T**

, I missed that. Looking for a Thai version I can show the IO in case it’s needed.