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Could someone please post an online link to Chiang Mai Immigration for booking 1 year retirement extension appointments? 

It would be great if we could do the whole process online, but that's probably not going to happen. 
 

Thanks to all of you who have responded with your own experiences. I think if we got together we could write a book about 90 Day Reports. The new location is most inconvenient for in person reports, which makes it even more important we know how to file the reports by post or online. The App would be the best solution but as a previous poster mentioned it doesn't seem to work. I tried several times to register within the App and it wouldn't let me.  

John, the IO did not stamp my passport. She only gave me a paper printout of my extension and next due date for the 90 Day Report. I think only once when I had to pay a fine for being late in filing the report did they write something in my passport. 

The IO didn't know what happened to my original 90 Day Report. Either someone tossed it out after receiving it or it got lost in the transition from Chaeng Wattana to the new Temporary Office. It usually takes 2 to 3 weeks to receive it back in the post, so if it doesn't arrive after 4 weeks, I would make the trek to the Temporary Office to sort it out. 

Here is their webpage: https://www.immigration.go.th/?avada_portfolio=ประกาศการรายงานตัว-90-วัน&portfolioCats=31

I am going tomorrow morning to check the status of my 90 Day Reports, since I never received a reply from Immigration after sending in the report one month ago. 

There is a webpage dedicated to the temporary Immigration office in Muang Thong Tani. It has a QR code to scan for their location. However, there is no address on the webpage. It simply says: "6 story building, provides services on 2nd and 3rd floor." This isn't helpful when you are driving around near the dropped pin, unless there are large signs that say "Temporary Immigration Office" posted on the nearby streets.

Why can't they give us a street address? Is that too much to ask? Does anyone have an actual address for this Temporary Immigration Office for our 90 Day Reports? Or easy directions from Impact Exhibition Center? 

Thanks and Good Luck to all of you!

Is there a way to check my current status i.e. the date of my last approval or the date my next 90 day report is due?

Is there a website or some other way other than driving 30 km to Chaengwattana (or Muang Thong Thani) to confirm this?

Also, does anyone know the address or GPS of the temporary Muang Thong Thani office?

Do we use the same address as before for the 90 Day Report to Chaeng Wattana Immigration?

Or do we need to send it by EMS to a new address at Muang Thong Thani?

Perhaps that is why they did not return the TM47 to me last month, because I used the old Chaeng Wattana address?

This is confusing. 

But there is an amnesty ongoing until September. So even if it was received less than one week before the original date (July 15) the amnesty is in effect.

My question is what do I and what do all of us do when the amnesty is over?

Despite knowing there is no need to do the 90 day report until after Sept. 26th, I went ahead and sent in the TM47 Form with the required copies of my passport pages one week before my last 90 days was due. I sent it by EMS registered mail as always to Chaeng Wattana. It's been over 1 month now and they have not returned the approval form (the bottom of the TM47) to me in my self addressed stamped envelope. Any ideas of why they didn't return my Form? Perhaps they are waiting until the end of the amnesty period? The reason I sent in the Form was because recently I was late (by 1 day) on the 90 day report, just before the amnesty started. I had to make a trip to Chaeng Wattana and pay the 2,000 baht fine. I don't want to repeat that. So what do we do on Sept. 26th? All of us who need to file the TM47 all send in our Forms at once? Or try to use the online portal which sometimes work and sometimes doesn't? What is the focused advice of the esteemed experienced ThaiVisa moderators? 

Yesterday I was at Chaengwattana to pay a 2,000 baht fine for a late 90 Day report, my first fine in 9 years of doing these 90 Day reports. (BTW this is a good time to go to Chaengwattana if you have any reason to go there in the next 30-45 days, as it's almost empty due to the tourist visa extension that is due to expire April 30). 

Paying the fine, the Immigration officer offered me a paper with instructions on how to do the 90 day report online. He was promoting the online portal as the most efficient way to do the report. When I questioned him that many ex-pats have had problems with the online process, he admitted: sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When I replied, well if I try to do it online and it doesn't work, then I can just mail in the T47, right? And he surprised me by saying: no, it will take up to 7 days to find out if you are approved or not online, and if not approved by then it is too late to mail in the form...so you must come in person to file the report.

So it seems that by having a website that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, Immigration is setting up ex-pats for either 1) an unplanned visit to their Immigration office, or worse 2) paying the 2,000 baht fine for being late. I don't think this is their intention but it seems to be how things actually are working at present. Does anyone have any thoughts and/or anecdotes that could further clarify this conundrum?

Is it worth taking a risk to try online reporting? Or is it safer to stick to doing it by registered mail? I think if the EMS receipt shows that you mailed in the report during the correct 15 to 7 days window before your 90 Day Stamp, then Immigration will honor this as being OK? Or am I wrong there also?

All replies welcome. 

So this thread that was just posted yesterday here on ThaiVisa is no longer true?

Visa extensions in Bangkok: New location added for tourist visa extensions/90 day address reports to ease pressure at Chaeng Wattana 

(for 90 DAY Reports and Tourist Visa Extensions)

By webfact, Yesterday at 08:29 AM in Thai visas, residency and work permits 

Lopburi 3 on another thread says today: 

There is no new location - it returned to area A at Chiang Watanna today.  

Is this true?

I read there is a new location in Bangkok for in-person 90 day reports.

Does anyone know the address and the hours of this new location?

7 hours ago, MJKT2014 said:

The op can check at https://track.thailandpost.co.th/  to see when his EMS letter was received at CW, to see if late arrival (most likely) was the reason. BTW the 90 days are now done in person at another building in Meaung Thong Thani, I read since yesterday. I wouldn't go until next 90 day is due.

Does anyone know the address of the new location in Bangkok for 90 Day Reports?

Is this a permanent location change for in-person 90 Day Reports?

I've been sending in 90 Day Reports by Mail since 2011. Every time it has been returned to me in my self addressed stamped envelope duly stamped with a new 90 Day target date. 

My last 90 Days target date was March 9. I was under the impression that I could send in the report up to 10 days before the target date or up to 7 days after the target date if I do it by mail.

I sent my last 90 Day Report by Registered Post (EMS) on March 9. That's the date the T47 with all the necessary copies of my passport pages was postmarked. I just got back the self addressed envelope. But this time, the form was not stamped and a handwritten note on my T47 says: You must report in person.

I am completely puzzled what went wrong. 

This is now March 26 and we just started a 5 week lockdown. It's not a complete lockdown but I am 72 years old and the information I have heard is that no one over 70 should go leave their home. 

So I am thinking to wait until the emergency is over and then go to Chaeng Wattana to clear up this 90 Day Report. But I am still confused why my report was rejected.

Any thoughts or advice what to do next?

As always, thanks to the contributors and moderators of this Forum.

Robert

My question is concerning the 90 Day Report we are all required to file if we remain inside the country beyond 90 days at a time. The 90 day clock is reset each time we exit the country plus each time we file the report. Does the 90 day clock also get reset (re-started) when we go to the Immigration office to extend our Retirement Visa for one more year? Because we are reporting directly to Immigration for this extension. Or is the date of our Visa extension irrelevant to the 90 Day Report clock?

Thank you and regards to everyone on the Thai Visa Forum. 

What can constitute "Proof of Residence?"  I am living in a house that is owned by my 2 adopted Thai children. Can they simply write a letter saying I live there? Or do I need to show that I am renting rooms? What does the proof of residence need to say?

The Bangkok area Immigration office at Chaeng Wattana.

Again, a Checklist or a link to a Checklist of documents needed would be great. 

Yes. Minimum 65,000 baht per month transferred from overseas. Does the bank write its own letter to confirm the deposits are from overseas?  

It's my time for converting my Non-Imm O Visa to a 1 year Retirement extension. Could someone here be kind enough to provide a checklist of letters and/or paperwork? Especially what type of documentation from the Bank is needed to show that monthly payments are in compliance? Is it a form letter or something an bank officer writes by him/herself? Plus, the other essential documents needed for the 1 year extension? I'm sure this has been covered many times, so either a Checklist, or a link to a previous thread about the current documents needed for the 1 year extension at Immigration, will be very, very helpful. Thanks. 

Thank you, Ubonjoe. I have one more (probably my last) question.

If one gets a retirement extension this year, but next year he has less than 800K baht (but over 400K baht) in his bank account to meet the income requirement, is it easy to switch from the "retirement" extension to a "marriage" extension? Or does one need to start the process all over again with a new Non-Imm O visa?

Are the 90 Day reporting requirements the same or different, for a "Marriage" extension vs. "Retirement" extension?

Due to not being in Thailand during the renewal period for my retirement extension, I need to start over. I am married to a Thai citizen, and with the marriage certificate I easily got a new Non-Imm O visa at a consulate outside Thailand. Now before this visa expires, I need to go to Immigration to request an annual extension. I was told I could request a one year extension (with the new income requirements in order) either on the basis of Marriage, or as a Retirement extension. My question is, besides the amount of baht one needs to keep in the bank or for showing monthly depositis, what are the Pros and Cons of getting either the "Marriage" extension vs. the "Retirement" extension? Any thoughts on this?