British Embassy to STOP issuing income certifications

[travelerjim]

British Embassy Bangkok no longer to issue income verification letters for expats seeking Thai Extension of Stays...

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[DoubleDutch]

It would be safe bet that the number of British expats, using yearly retirement extensions based on income will decrease substantially.

This must be quite an earthquake for British retirees in Thailand.

Few months ago at ThaiVisa Forum, poster from Chiang Mai reported that US Embassy will stop issuing written income affidavits, based on sworn words by person applying for retirement extension. Within hours massive thread of panicked Americans followed. Next day it turned out to be bullshit, poster had over heard something at Chiang Mai immigration office, and rushed to post the "news".

[DoubleDutch]

Here we go, 16 pages in 6 hours, full panic mode at ThaiVisa Forum:

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...ncome-letters/

[Mancs]

A poster there said a worker at the Canadian Embassy said they are stopping doing letters too.

[Smiles]

A poster there said a worker at the Canadian Embassy said they are stopping doing letters too.

According to the Canadian Consulate in Bangkok (i.e. the part of the Embassy which notorises various letters) there is no change regarding the issuing of notorised income letters.
The Consulate has always been quick to change items on their web page so as far as I can see things remain the same.
My Retirement extension date is in mid September and this year the process was the same as it always was. Let's see what happens next September.

[Smiles]

Here we go, 16 pages in 6 hours, full panic mode at ThaiVisa Forum:

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...ncome-letters/

Yes. I'm always pretty skeptical of a lot of what is posted on the Thaivisa message board (especially anything to do with visas). Double Dutch is correct on calling it "full panic mode".

[Moses]

Here we go, 16 pages

40 already

[frequent]

Yes. I'm always pretty skeptical of a lot of what is posted on the Thaivisa message board (especially anything to do with visas). Double Dutch is correct on calling it "full panic mode".

"a lot"?! It's the home of drama queens, poseurs, bush lawyers and time-wasters as far as I can see whenever someone suggests I should read some thread or other. I'm not surprised the British Embassy has stopped playing the game the Thai authorities have forced on the Embassies. Income certification is a joke - a number of embassies use wording that's not much different to "We hereby certify that this is what Mr Frequent told us". Occasionally there have been attempts by some Immigration offices to ask for evidence that a monthly amount was indeed deposited in a Thai bank for some recent months, but it's never been a rule. In theory an Embassy could prosecute one of its citizens who made a false affidavit about his income (just ask all those bush lawyers, they'll happily tell you about the risks), but to the best of my knowledge it's never happened - we'd certainly have heard about it on TV if it had

[Mancs]

The British Embassy now says the US will stop their letters too, according to an Embassy statement on Thaivisa :

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...o-be-affected/

[frequent]

The British Embassy now says the US will stop their letters too

Always good to see the British announcing things on behalf of their colonies