Thread: No more Brit Embassy income certification letters!

Yep. Roiet office will accept until they are told not to. Something that could happen tomorrow.

I am not a Brit so for the time being not my concern.

...this just in: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic..._campaign=news

Originally Posted by tomcat

this just in

Typical TVF bullshit. The Brit embassy is out of line telling TVF same will apply at US embassy. If TVF wants to know US embassy policy going forward, ask them. Not the British embassy.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Will a letter from my Thai wife be accepted?

Not unless she has the 'proper" assortment of stamps.

Originally Posted by Norton

Not unless she has the 'proper" assortment of stamps.

So you're saying a scrawled note with "My hubband good man, he have good heart" won't cut it?

...visa renewal time this morning: neither the immi lady nor her superior knew anything about changes to proof-of-income statements. In fact, it hardly seemed they knew they were at work...

Originally Posted by Norton

Not unless she has the 'proper" assortment of stamps.

No stamps, of any colour and I have inspected every nook and cranny.

I've just been awarded another year's sentence. I tried bribing the officers but they insisted the paperwork was just what they required.

Time to buy something valuable.

I'm sure the answer is here somewhere but - when my Retirement Visa goes tits up next year - what Visa hoops do I have to jump though to stay her long time. ? Cheers.

Originally Posted by KWAN

what Visa hoops do I have to jump though to stay her long time

...just renew your retirement visa (on a yearly basis)...

Originally Posted by KWAN

when my Retirement Visa goes tits up next year -

Is that because you are one of many who need a 'embassy letter'?

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Is that because you are one of many who need a 'embassy letter'?

It is indeed.

Hows about getting an under the table extension whereby you pay an agent to do it for you? Cost in Buriram 20,000 Baht, or 14,000 Baht in Jomtien, so I'm told. A marriage of convenience may help in that you only need to find 400,000 Baht a year.

Originally Posted by KWAN

what Visa hoops do I have to jump though to stay her long time.

Invest 5,000,000 THB, Thai citizenship or increasingly more doubtful , hide in the jungle or paddy wilderness.

this could be for them on the monthly income 65,000bht. to be shown as per.statement from your thai bank,showing it every month,so the letter proving you have this amount will have to come from a THAI BANK at a considerable cost.i cant see any other way for those who go this rout.
yet it must still be cheaper than engageing a bent lawyer and a bent i.o. to stamp your extension of stay.

They have until October next year to sort out my next extension of stay on my retirement visa.

I am confident that is sufficient time to sort it out to my satisfaction.

For anyone else in a pickle over this bureaucratic malfunction, make sure you have a plan B.

Ive tried Cambodia, Philippines and Indonesia recently. Vietnam anyone?

Originally Posted by Switch

They have until October next year to sort out my next extension of stay on my retirement visa.

I am confident that is sufficient time to sort it out to my satisfaction.

For anyone else in a pickle over this bureaucratic malfunction, make sure you have a plan B.

Ive tried Cambodia, Philippines and Indonesia recently. Vietnam anyone?

plan [b] there will be plenty of nigerians willing to lend 400k/800k as long as you pay them a FEE UP FRONT.

Originally Posted by headhunter

there will be plenty of nigerians willing to lend 400k/800k as long as you pay them a FEE UP FRONT.

Have you a contact number? They're my plan B.

We need to hear from Toddanielz.

I am somewhat non-plussed by the alleged fact the Embassy cannot verify income claims, the apparent reason given by them for ceasing the service. To my knowledge the british embassy officials in their consular section only issued the letter confirming income when the applicant produced original correspondence from the DWP and their occupational pension provider together with copies of bank statements showing the monthly payments into their respective accounts.
One wonders if there has been some communication foulup between the Be and the Thai.
The thing is like most here I have evidence of income meeting the criteria and transfer funds as and when necessary but the reality is that I simply do not need to transfer 800,000 baht a year to support myself and the wingman. We own our home and like many others we pay for big ticket items using our home credit cards paid out of home bank accounts. Ah well, everything else in the world is fucking up so why not here.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

The thing is like most here I have evidence of income meeting the criteria and transfer funds as and when necessary but the reality is that I simply do not need to transfer 800,000 baht a year to support myself and the wingman.

You don't need to transfer any money to Thailand, simply get your retirement processed in the Thai Embassy in the UK, good for near on 2 years.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

We need to hear from Toddanielz.

Tod is keeping a low profile it seems. There's been about 4-5 threads on the other forum since the news broke and he does't appeared to have posted on any.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Tod is keeping a low profile it seems. There's been about 4-5 threads on the other forum since the news broke and he does't appeared to have posted on any.

Todd's good for real time info re Thai Immigration practices, however this is something specific to the British Embassy, and their arbitrarily ceasing to provide letters.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

We need to hear from Toddanielz.

I am somewhat non-plussed by the alleged fact the Embassy cannot verify income claims, the apparent reason given by them for ceasing the service. To my knowledge the british embassy officials in their consular section only issued the letter confirming income when the applicant produced original correspondence from the DWP and their occupational pension provider together with copies of bank statements showing the monthly payments into their respective accounts.
One wonders if there has been some communication foulup between the Be and the Thai.
The thing is like most here I have evidence of income meeting the criteria and transfer funds as and when necessary but the reality is that I simply do not need to transfer 800,000 baht a year to support myself and the wingman. We own our home and like many others we pay for big ticket items using our home credit cards paid out of home bank accounts. Ah well, everything else in the world is fucking up so why not here.

I’m pretty sure the British Embassy used a disclaimer when providing the letters to applicants in support of their extension application.
From what I have seen, the Thai immigration will only accept the supporting letter if the Embassy can verify it.
The Embassy is unwilling or unable to staff such verification, and have therefore withdrawn the service.

Over to the new chief of immigration, Big joke. He can back down and accept the present form of letter, (unlikely) or sit it out and see what happens next year.

Originally Posted by headhunter

the letter proving you have this amount will have to come from a THAI BANK at a considerable cost.

...Bangkok Bank provides a free yearly statement upon request that shows transfers into a local account for the previous 12 months...did I mention it's free and takes about 90 seconds to produce...they throw in a free envelope as well...