Patrick V. ????
Today is the day I'm filing for my next 1 year extension of stay in #Thailand.
I've got my stuff prepared: 29 documents (+ 29 copies), all signed, 2 passport pics, bank book proving that I have the required funds + a letter from my bank confirming it's really MY bank account...
It's the yearly ritual every foreigner living here has to go through...
If I would be refused (extremely unlikely, but this is Thailand, so you never know) I'd have to leave the country on monday...
Wish me luck! ?
clacke
Scott
@patrick employees of some BOI companies get 2- or 4-year extensions. But you still have the issue that if you leave your job, you have seven days to leave the country - even if you’ve lived here for twenty years
Patrick V. ????
@clacke @scottearle I can assure you: bureaucratic efficiency is not a thing here. I've never shuffled so much paper in my life as in the last 2+ years I'm living here.
clacke
clacke
Patrick V. ????
@clacke @scottearle it's 1 month. I have to return for a final stamp in my passport on the 31st of March.
In reality: the chance that I'll get refused should be extremely small. They do check all the papers when you hand them in, but there's also a background check. The first year that involved a house visit by the Immigration police, witnesses that could vouch for my marriage etc., but that's only for the first year. After that they don't do that anymore.
So should be smooth sailing.
Patrick V. ????
@scottearle @clacke correct. And again replenished to 400K at least 60 days before next year's request, and so on, and so on... ?
Patrick V. ????
@clacke @scottearle I get my extension based on my marriage to a Thai. I could get approved immediately, but that would mean switching to an extension for a different reason (retirement). Faster and easier, but also double the financial requirements (park 800K THB on a Thai bank account). Now I only need to do 400K THB.
Scott
@patrick @clacke to be accurate - 400K in an account in your name only, and which has never dipped below 400K in the last 60 days
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