Long story, I will try to be brief.
So today I went to our local immigration office to do my one year extension.
Though I have been coming to Thailand for at least 16 years, maybe more I lost count. Married to my Thai bride 12 years. But never did a one year extension because when I was working I would never stay longer than three months.
So this is my second extension, I did my first about a year and a half ago , but I did not renew it after it expire because we spend the summer in Greece.
Upon returning from Greece I did not get a Non O visa , because I was in a third country vacationing and did not have access to printers and scanners etc. Also I did dot want to bother.
Came back visa exempt, (it is now 45 days) and after that I applied and was awarded a No O based on Marriage At which time I transfered 400k to a bank account
Dont like to keep more money than I need in Thailand. I get 4.7% in the US and Zero% here.
The Non O is expiring next month the 5th, so I started the process for my 1 year extension.
Filled in all the nessacery forms, took all the pictures,went to the bank and got the statements.
Both on the 400k deposit and A years monthly deposits in case we needed to do an income based extension.
Went to The Immigration , The person who checked my paperwork before I am forwarded to the immigration officer says the 400k is not in the bank two months, I know we say , We deposited it when we got the Non O and it will be two months by the time the extension is awarded.
They say "Can't do" I say what you mean I did what you guys said, and by the time this visa expires and I need the extension it will be 2 months.
Can't do.he replies
Ok I say, forget the bank deposit route, let's do an extension based on income. I have deposits for the past year and have made sure that the Wise transfers were were all marked as "for visa extension" and show that they came from outside Thailand.
Cant do he says money must be in the bank two months. By now I am getting frustrated and I am ready to blow a gasket.
I know I say , but that for the bank deposer route, The income route requires 40k per month income from outside the country, these statements show a minimum of 40k per month deposits, and an average of 250,000 per month. ( we made some investment and I had to transfer more funs that I needed for daily expenses. )
By now the idiot at the reception desk is trapped in his own stupidity and cant lose face by admitting he made a mistake.
I say OK. can I talk to an officer. He did not like that but he agreed.
Officer says , "Can't do"
Why cant do. I have half a mill in the bank and show three mil in deposit over the past yeqr.
I am beginning to realise that they will stick with their co worker regardless of what it is , or I say
TIT
Ok I say to the wife , when they could not hear me,let's go to the office in kalasin, we are not getting anywhere here, these people are not about to reverse one of their co workers.
Let me talk to them wife says.
So to save face , the compromise was getting another two month extension , so that by the time I come back the bank account would be more than two months old.
Oh I forgot to say that the guy at the desk , offered to fix everything for 15.000 baht, To which I said to my wife "Over my dead body" , I'd rather pay 17K to an agent before I give this idiot 15K