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@Greg *******
well it’s not entirely clear he is contradicting himself a bit. He says it at the discretion of the immigration officer to let you in., but he says it’s fine when you arrive in Thailand, you’ll be given 180 days without the need to provide any extra documentation. He NEVER states immigration will ask for finincial proof or Muay Thai evidence for entering at a border, give me the timestamp where is he says that 🙄
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@Greg *******
which video are you talking about??, there is an updated video with ‘Tony’ last week I think it is , go to 16:35 mins in that video …..thr MFA guy clearly states you don’t need 500k proof or course evidence when boarding bouncing . Sorry but you are wrong here
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@Greg *******
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. Please go to 16 minute mark for clarification
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@Greg *******
he stated it’s a 5 year visa and immigration at border checkpoints have no authority to ask for evidence
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@Greg *******
only for extension , he clearly stated border bounce there would be no need to proved continued Muay Thai training
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Yeah don’t understand people applying under workcation , it seems like tons more hassle
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where are you applying first, from my knowledge UK embassy only requires 500k baht as current balance, so you can have any balance between 0-500k baht during the 3-6 months beforehand but your current balance has to be 500k (last balance on the bank statement)
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@Jasmine ********
hey I actually needed to submit 6 months worth of bank statements + deposit certificate I got from bank which states “500k is current balance” and my photo of my deposit book with 500k proof (this can be done with a Thai bank but not sure about for UK)

- I’m not sure if all these were needed but I do know Vietnam prefer 6 months bank statements + separate document showing evidence of 500k as current balance”

For Vietnam embassies you definitely need 6 months of bank statements but Vietnam only cares if 500k is your last current balance (I.e in theory it can be any range before that like 40-100k 6 months before) but last balance on your bank statements must show at least 500k baht equivalent
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@Baptiste ******
yes I think so and quicker, it’s just flights to Hanoi were inconvenient but Apperently it was confirmed by email even if you landed in HCMC you can still apply in Hanoi
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