@John *********

accepted my 6 months statements from wise in Taipei

glad to hear you ended up getting it!

@Paul ******

yes they all say Osko and then have the description as your example, invoice Number… I think it will be something similar for the poster. I hope for their sake it’s easy to explain… they were quite nice. It’s just very nerve racking going through everything and keeping your fingers crossed while they go back and forth from the office checking.

After I left the office, they took my 11,000 TWD and all was good!

Anonymous participant it was pretty simple answers, “yes that’s employment income” - “yes that’s rental income” they asked “why is the description different for your income sometimes your name sometimes company name, sometimes this that ”

I also said “I’m not sure that’s just how my employer pays me, maybe it’s from different banks?”

In reality I employ myself and when I pay myself I write anything in the reference but wasn’t going to say that. 😅

I also had to go through all the statements with a highlighter and write in pencil for them. “Rent income” “employment income” and stated all employment income is the one company.

I provided an employment contract and a certificate both signed by my partner/second director of the company and both state my yearly income.- they noted the contact numbers on my employment certificate. So I warned my partner he may get a call, they didn’t call though.

In Australia we have “Osko” it’s a payment provider for instant transfers within Australia. Every transaction states this and they were very confused about that one. Lots of showing them google searches to explain what Osko was.

Considering nothing was certified and lots of questions came up I’m very grateful to be in Bangkok this morning with my dtv, but they did easily accept all my explanations. No they never asked to see my banking apps or anything like that, I offered to try explain and it was ignored.

@Sab ****

I provided bank statements of 6 months but the 500,000b was in there under 3 months.. ending Balence 500,000b plus I provided a “proof of balence” letter from the day prior to applying.

This wasn’t questioned at all. A second account my income goes into was questioned.

@Paul ******

no not at all.. nothing notarised and that was the issue with my company license.. “where’s the stamp, not official”

Australian embassies state they do not notarise documents or provide residency confirmation on their sites. In the country we use “justice of the peace” to certify documents. (citizens who volunteer and register to notarise documents) but an Australian in Asia what would the options be 🤔

I explained all of this and pointed out that the certificate is from the official registration office, on official letter head and that it is accepted through out australia as registration.

States the ABN and ACN and registered company name (Australian business number and Australian company number)

They highlighted all those numbers and the supervisor accepted it.

Yes we went through every transaction related to my income or deposited. My references vary for my income and they were convinced it wasn’t all the same company.

I have rental properties also and they questioned why the reference/descriptions varied.

I’ve been popping Xanax since yesterday morning waiting for now such a painful wait for you!!

But it sounds like as long as it’s all foreign income it’s ok, that seemed to be their main concern.

I heard you while I was waiting, They told everyone today who paid to come back Friday 4pm.

I applied yesterday and would have got it the same day as did others but they took me into an office yesterday and drilled me on my bank statements. (take that employment contract you mentioned and anything you think they may want)

In the office we went through all my bank statements and confirmed it was all income from the same company no income from Thailand. They also had an issue with my company license (ASIC certificate-australia)

I managed to talk through and explain everything they were very nice about it then told me to come back today 4pm and was approved... but it would be something similar good luck!!!

Anonymous participant Oh what an awful situation for you. Sorry to see. 😱

Mine was Australian bank statements equivalent to 500,000b - keep in mind they could use a slightly lower exchange rate (e.g now it’s 22.5b = $1aud - they calculated at 20.5b in Taipei)