Renewed mine in Phuket IO in July and they wanted a photocopy of every page of my passbook, plus a statement plus a letter from my bank verifying the balance at that date!
As a non immigrant “O” one year visa holder who has lived in Thailand for four years it now means that if I go back to Australia for a few weeks to visit my family I will not be allowed back in?
These idiots will destroy the Thai Economy, certainly in Phuket where I have lived for almost three years which depends entirely on Tourism and long term resident ExPats like me!
Absolutely crazy but let’s wait for the “official” Government Policy to be issued?
I renewed mine last August and provided signed photocopies of my Bangkok Bank Passbook for the full year as well as a bank statement covering that year and a certification of my balance as at the day before my application was lodged.
If the appointment time is crucial I would either make it later in the day or go a day earlier!
I fly in and out of Thailand (Phuket) very regularly and every time my flight is delayed by at least one hour due to late arrival of plane, adverse weather, engineering issues etc!
Got back from Saigon last week, three hours late ( late departure and then put in a holding pattern for 40 minutes because of thunderstorms and high winds) and then waited almost an hour getting through immigration with only four IO's on duty!
Have a look at a recent post on an expat with a retirement visa who questioned an IO officer and was told insurance insurance wasnt needed for existing visa holders!
It is all very confusing!
Nothing changes when it comes to Thai Bureaucracy does it?
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