Problems with Retirement Visa and Work permit

**Humbert** · 29-11-2013, 04:58 PM

I just this week got my retirement extension having going through the process of canceling my visa obtained for work.
I should add that there is an urban myth circulating that somehow Americans get a free pass concerning their income as stated on the affidavit obtained through the US embassy. I know a few guys who have just put down an imaginary sum on the form and did not have to produce bank statements and got their visas. This is not a general rule. Along with the affidavit I had to produce an income letter from US Social Security and current bank statements.

**aging one** · 29-11-2013, 05:33 PM

Humbert just clean up a bit next time. It used to happen to me at US Immigration, a shave, and a haircut are worth more than two bits.

**toddaniels** · 01-12-2013, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Here again it might be worth pointing out there is no such thing as a "Retirement Visa"

What you get is an extension of your non-immigrant O Visa based on retirement with the 800K THB in an account in your name or proof of that sum coming in throughout the preceding 9 months (2 months for the first time application) before showing up at your local Immigration Office.

The poster known as Boon Mee is 100% correct...

There is NO such animal as what foreigners call a "retirement visa".

The terminology retirement visa has been used so long, that even the Immigrations officers use the engrish words "lee-ti-ment weesa", lol....

It is indeed a yearly extension of stay based on "living out the end of your life"....

**Humbert** · 01-12-2013, 05:34 PM

^Even though the stamp reads retirement. I think the commonly used terminology can be forgiven even by the most pendantic.

**Humbert** · 01-12-2013, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by aging one

Humbert just clean up a bit next time. It used to happen to me at US Immigration

US Immigration? What happened?

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