Foreigners now need to keep 800k in Thai bank for three months AFTER retirement extension is granted

New rules for retired people in Thailand.


Reason is that many embassy has stopped giving income letters.
And thailand answer with this. It is really it is because our own Country want stop men from marriny thai woman and thake them with to their home or ?


https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1081671-foreigners-now-need-to-keep-800k-in-thai-bank-for-three-months-after-retirement-extension-is-granted/

British Embassy Bangkok to Stop Certification of Income Letters

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1061149-british-embassy-bangkok-to-stop-certification-of-income-letters/

 

Income statement letters from embassies no longer required, confirms Phuket Immigration

https://www.thephuketnews.com/income-statement-letters-from-embassies-no-longer-required-confirms-phuket-immigration-69438.php#2vzqd8ADCtFiJhdP.97


Also:

Its Official..US Embassy no longer providing income verification letters for Thai Immigration Jan1.

Attention Americans in Thailand...
Message from US Embassy Bangkok

U.S. Mission in Thailand to Cease Providing Income Affidavit

October 26, 2018

Bangkok, THAILAND

As of January 1, 2019, the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok and the U.S. Consulate General in Chiang Mai will cease to provide the income affidavit for the purpose of applying for Thai retirement and family visas and will not notarize previous versions of the income affidavit.

The Royal Thai Government requires actual verification of income to certify visa applicants meet financial requirements for long-stay visas.

The U.S. government cannot provide this verification and will no longer issue the affidavits.

Please consult the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C. and Royal Thai Immigration Bureau websites for information on how to meet the requirements for a Thai retirement visa or extension

See also:
https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/notaries-public/income-affidavit/

http://www.pcecnews.com/tmpNL/INCOME%20LETTER%20INFO.pdf

Read file above:

The full text of the reply is below:

"The decision was made by the British Embassy following a meeting with immigration in May in which they confirmed that they expect the embassy to verify all sources of income of British Nationals requesting an income letter. Consular officers are not verification experts and therefore cannot fulfil (sic) this requirement. We also cannot verify income from every income source in every country of the world. Thai Immigration is able to verify the income in a Thai bank account, therefore British Nationals 
should show evidence of minimum funds for their visa type by showing a Thai bank statement and/or bank book. This is not a new requirement and has always been an option for foreigners renewing retirement and marriage visas in Thailand".