@Gary ******

Immigration Officer wrote me some kind of letter (not a residence certificate) with my photo on it to bring to any bank to be able to open an account before I got my 1 year extension. I choosed Kasikorn because I've heard from many people that it's the easiest bank to be able to open a bank account and it was. You must also have a Thai phone number connected to your passport, I did that at a regular phone shop.

@John *********

Okay but I choose to listen to the one person in charge that I will sit in front of in one year

@Graham *****

This time for 2 months I transferred what they asked me to do, 65 000, then IO told me to instead have 67 000 baht per month into my account following 12 months.

@Andy *******

Okay thanks then i misunderstood about normal fees but as long as I get my extension I will not ask or argue with Immigration Officer, I'm happy to be able to stay long term without hassle.

@Sam *****

Exactly, who am I to question 67k instead of 65, I mean I'm only happy to get my extension, no big deal at all.

In Tod we trust!

@Clive ********

It's so confusing with Immigration offices set's their own rules

@Peter *********

Okay but if that's the case why did not Immigration Officer say so, only told me to open a bank account and start transfer into it and gave me a new appointment 3 weeks later, make no sense. Yes Non-Immigrant O.

@Nongnuch *******

Yes it's just do present what they tell you, arguing is not the way even though it can sometimes be frustrating. This was Saraburi Office handouts that we asked for to be prepared, now we know that at this office it's not enough with Embassy affidavit alone.

@Frank *********

The rules and regulations says Embassy Letter should be one of the choices about financial requirements.