From Thai Visa, original article Pattaya news.

The changes that may effect those of with annuals, I've tried to bold.

Depending on how enforced the the items are mau have have tremendoes effect on a lot of us. I for example move more the required through a year, but I do use the money for my living expenses. At one point in the single requirements it says the money needs to be in the account for at leaset three months if I understood correctly before the issuance of a visa. Then the account would be tracked to see if huge monies are moved out of the account.

Then it speaks of the Married to a Thai (more accuaretly support of a Thai) the cash placed in the account not the money earned by the retire. Also stresses money movement from the account, using the word huge again.

These brings question to mind, is now that a minimum balance of 400K or 800K constantly required?

Will it be a combination of funds to total those amounts through a year a we have had?

Will it allow the monies required be verified as an income earned from outside Thailand but not placed in a Thai bank as was recently discussed?


I think this might deserve some research by those effected and duscussion as I do see somethings if this in fact how the regulations are written are different then the past.

If any of you operate as I do, using the money in the account on a monthly basis this could have a huge effect on our next renewals.

I did not place this in the news article section a it in mind are visa regulations and needs research and discusion, beyond reading the news.

I did not add to the long running visa topic as my concerns are based from another area not truly in prior discussion. I included the entire article for accuracy I have tried to bold I have tried to qoute to the best of my ablity. I think that does it for disclaimers.

[quote]"Enormous shakeup of visa and immigration rules
Most farangs will be affected

What began as a restriction on the number of 30 day visas on arrival has turned out to be a major reshuffling of immigration regulations, most of which were framed as far back as 1979. The new rules apply to short term and long term tourists and farang residents and cover yearly extensions of various types, investment visas and even work permits.

The fact that it was announced on September 24 that the national immigration bureau chief lieutenant general Suwit Thamrongsrisakul has been transferred to an inactive post is not thought to have any bearing on visa matters. None the less, Pattaya Today stresses that the changes described below were accurate as of September 26, when we went to press, with an anticipated implementation date of October 1.

Hey Mods these were posted three minutes apart maybe combining the thread would work if you don't want dupliate threads

OK. Sensible suggestion.

I'll lock this thread and can we please use the other one.

We do seem to have a great many duplicate or almost duplicate topics/threads on the go.