Editor;
Re: Bank letters are no longer required – (PM Mailbag Friday, 26 September 2014) – I have renewed without a bank letter for the last two years Mr. Wood of the seven I have lived here and it was then that they “changed the rules.” What your country negotiates with the Thai government is between you and the instructions of your consulate. This was a comment to an article about taking out an 800K baht short term loan to falsify someone’s status to qualify for a retirement visa. If you do not have assets you don’t belong here. These rules are here so that you do not become a charity case (in a poor country) should you become sick. I did say: “if you are fortunate to be an American.” We are all to follow the rules as they are given to us on a country by country basis as guests living with a retirement visa. “If you do not have the dosh you don’t have the posh” explains it all.
Robert
