@Robert ********

How? Can this be done now in parallel to the embassy process?

If he really tackles the agents and false financial submissions along the lines of the arrests made yesterday, then a tsunami will hit the ex-pat immigration process.

Time will tell.

@Kailash *******

I had no problem with my UK embassy letter 2 weeks back. The UK embassy needs to see 'evidence' of where the funds cone from and include this detail in their affidavit. My understanding is the U.S. embassy requires no proof other than its citizens say so and signature.

I read on this feed 10 days back that Chiang Mai were now also wanting to see proof of funds to backup U.S. embassy affidavits.

Which immigration office did you go to?

Why don't you go for another years extention based on being over 50, simplest option, surely?

You've had one, at least so you know how to qualify and the process

@Mike ******

me too at LHR, flying Malaysian, 4 weeks ago.

Agree about Samut Prakan.

I did my multi-entry there once, a nice quite office but not available for me anything else, living in Bangkok.

I'm sure you can.

Mine was just two roads, one condo and a hashed line meant to represent BTS.

A little decoration would bitten up dull procedure.

A more bazaar part of the process is in completing the guarantee form in Tod's 3 secret forms, where you where complete the form with your details twice meaning the you are acting as guarantor for yourself.

To fail to prepare, is to prepare to fail, as they say.

Good luck.