British Embassy Income Letter

[lomuamart]

Khundon1975,
The financial aspect depends on what extension you're applying for. I see you've put 400K THB. That figure is for savings in a Thai bank account for a marriage extension. The income requirement is minimum 40K THB a month for marriage.
The Embassy aren't the tax people so just put down whatever you need to to prove that minimum income. And supply the proof. If you open the link I've put above, you'll see that there are spaces for multiple incomes. All the Embassy are concerned about is that you can show the minimum requirements. On personal visits to the Embassy in the past, they've always asked whether I want any other income streams to be considered but then they've realised that I don't need them.
I've had EMS stuff from the Embassy signed for by my wife but that was new passport stuff. I don't know why the letter was sent to my home because I made it clear in the covering letter that it should have been sent to the PO. However, that's just a small thing. I know where it is now.
No need for an SAE. That's why we're charged an extra 100 THB for the Embassy to do that.

[Khundon1975]

Sorry lomuamart, I misunderstood your post.

I assumed, wrongly, that your original post was about the 400k + proof of monthly income for retirement extension, that is why I mentioned 400k + in my post.

I opened a bank account in Thailand and deposited over 800k, back in 1998, whilst we were on a 9 week visit.
That money stayed there and “seasoned” I then used it to apply for an extension based on retirement, about six months later, when we return to Thailand, to live full time.

In late 2004, we moved back to the UK/Italy, but I left the money in Thailand and the in-laws take money out and put money in, to show that the account is still active.

I have been back several times, though not as often as the wife and used the extension of visa based on retirement, mainly because, doing it that way, if we want to stay longer than a few months, or more to the point, my Thai wife decides, as we have open ended tickets and I have a visa for a year, then it is time to say “honey, why don't we stay a little longer”, then I don't have any hassle with immigration issues.

All I have to do, is send the 90 day report etc, to immigration, from anywhere in Thailand, include a SAE and they return it to our home.

As for the tax issue, I'm sorry to say, that the UK tax man always gets his pound of flesh.