Proof of Address

just got back from imigration nong khai. to renew retirement visa. took 3 hrs in imigration. hey sent me to my bank twice. i had over a million bht in account. asked me where i had spent 200 hundred thousand bht. i did not reply. as i still had i mill in my acount. then said i would have to go back to swampy airport as imigration had made a mistake in my passport in sept. then they said we should have spotted it the last time u was here. so we will fix it for u this time. if u get a letter from ur bank saying uhave the money in. an produce copys off ur bank book pages. get ur bank book updated the same day. i even give them a atm reciet drawn on to day. they would not accept it.

Which is quite interesting asking fro proof as at Bangkok, some 600 odd k's from udon they don't I wonder why..........????????????

I showed income statement of 930k baht, then bank statement of 1.3 million going thru account for the yeae...............but.........you only have 199 baht in account.....why.................i F'g spent it, isn't that why i am here, to spend money. so after 3 people incorrectly put the numbers into the calculator, for monthly/yearly income, saying i didn't have enough, the head person is still questioning where is the money.......................excuse me, it just says i have to have it, it doesn't say i have to not spend it...............another 10 minutes, ok, approved..............WTF.

Prenders88 wrote:Just take your Yellow book with you.

Where did you get your Yellow Book? What documents did you have to provide for one?

Do others retirees on this forum have a Yellow Book?

Have ran into a Catch 22 on obtaining a Yellow Book. My amphoe states I must have the Identification/Photo page of my passport translated into Thai by my embassy. My embassy states that they do not provide any translation service. Back to the amphoe to explain this with only a reply of "sure they to, just go ask". Not hearing the part that I had allready asked.

Shipm8te wrote:

Prenders88 wrote:Just take your Yellow book with you.

Where did you get your Yellow Book? What documents did you have to provide for one?

Do others retirees on this forum have a Yellow Book?

Have ran into a Catch 22 on obtaining a Yellow Book. My amphoe states I must have the Identification/Photo page of my passport translated into Thai by my embassy. My embassy states that they do not provide any translation service. Back to the amphoe to explain this with only a reply of "sure they to, just go ask". Not hearing the part that I had allready asked.

The translation is not required to be done by your Embassy, just go a translation service here in town. There's already an existing thread on Yellow Books here:

yellow-house-books-t2606.html