TerraplaneGuy

you mean your info or the site's is out of date? 🙂

Thanks. But note the website says "ORIGINAL PRESENT RESIDENT ADDRESS IN THAILAND CERTIFY FROM EMBASSY / / IMMIGRATION BUREAU (VALID FOR 1 YEAR)". I also had thought it was 30 days but this indicates otherwise.

OP Update: I just booked an appointment for later this month at DLT Area 1 office (not Area 3, Bang Chak since there's no online slots for the latter until July). The queue site gives info re required docs below. They repeat the four items (after #4 medical certificate) and it is confusing because there's a slight difference the second time and no indication of what the repeat section is supposed to apply to. Anyone know what it means, especially the phrase in the second item 3, "with present address verification document" which sounds like something separate from the certificate of resident address (although the similar phrase in the first item 3 sounds more like it's just the certificate itself)? I'm guessing there's no need for any address document other than the certificate from the Embassy/Immigration .... [omitting items for other kinds of renewals] ... RENEW THAI LICENCE FIVE-YEARS Have to prepare the documents as follow 1. ORIGINAL FIVE-YEAR THAI DRIVING LICENCE 2. PASSPORT WITH NON-IMMIGRANT VISA (ORIGINAL AND PHOTO COPY) AND COPY VISA IN PASSPORT 3. ORIGINAL PRESENT RESIDENT ADDRESS IN THAILAND CERTIFY FROM EMBASSY / / IMMIGRATION BUREAU (VALID FOR 1 YEAR) (WITH PRESENT RESIDENT ADDRESS IDENTIFIED) ORIGINAL AND PHOTO COPY 4. ORIGINAL MEDICAL CERTIFICATE (5 DISEASES FORM) FROM CLINIC OR HOSPITAL (VALID FOR 1 MONTH) REQUIRED DOCUMENTS 1. FIVE-YEAR THAI DRIVING LICENCE (ORIGINAL) 2. PASSPORT WITH NON-IMMIGRANT VISA (ORIGINAL AND PHOTO COPY) 3. CERTIFICATE OF PRESENT RESIDENT ADDRESS IN THAILAND ISSUED BY EMBASSY OR IMMIGRATION BUREAU, WITH PRESENT ADDRESS VERIFICATION DOCUMENT (ORIGINAL AND PHOTOCOPY) 4. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE (ORIGINAL) 5. TRAINING ON MOBILE FOR 1 HOUR (www.dlt-elearning.com)

Good idea. Did it take a long time for them to transfer? Was it the person at the immigration queue or did you have to go to a special office?

Thanks, I was afraid of that. But I may have a route here. I have applied for the LTR visa and with luck will get it within the next month or so. If so, no more annual extensions. If I get it, I wonder if the BOI will insist on the transfer of my current extension and visa info before putting in the LTR stamp ... any idea? Hopefully not, but this may be kind of new territory.

Thanks. Probably a dumb question but how do I get one, given I'm staying with my gf in BKK and the last one I got was from my serviced apartment in Samui earlier this year (which I've now given up)? My gf is a tenant and we've never bothered with TM30s. I wonder if she can make out a manual TM30 form as the occupier? I'd hate to have to go to the landlord because she's very slow to respond and probably wouldn't be helpful.

Definitely a flaw. I wonder if it's better in my case to just travel with both passports until my current extension expires. Then I'll get the next extension in my new passport and shelve the old one. Does that work or, when I apply for my next extension, would they make me first transfer the expired one? Doesn't make much sense but ...

Thanks! I may not be able to get a TM30 as I'm now sharing an apartment with my gf in BKK and she doesn't do that stuff. But I could get a lease, she can do a formal sub-lease in my name. Will that be enough or do I really need that TM30?

Thanks for the link. Do you know how strict they are about which office? It's a pain for me to have to go back to Samui and since I don't live there anymore I'm not going to be able to give them a TM30 for there, if that's what item 8 "Copy of TM card" means (although I suspect it might mean TM6 which they're reintroducing). Also, do you know what item 2 "Certificate from Embassy (if available)" means?

I thought you have to do your 90-day report at the office in the province you currently live. So what would happen if you moved between getting your visa stamp and filing your 90 day? That's my situation, I was living in Samui when I got my visa extension, now moved to BKK. For both my next 90 day (if I do it in person) and transferring my stamps, shouldn't I do it at CW?

I got my retirement extension and re-entry permit stamps at Surat Thani-Koh Samui office this year but I'm now living in BKK. I'm getting a new passport and need to get the stamps transferred into it. Two questions: Any problem doing this at CW although the stamps were done in ST? Second, if it's ok at CW, is there a way to make an appointment online? I know the site (below) but I don't see any relevant menu item for making this kind of appointment (although they do have Cert of Residence, 90 day report, etc. etc.). https://gov.immigration1.queueonline.net/appointment/appointment.html

As OP, let me explain: when I factored in taxis to and from CW and the price of the COR it was not cheaper than the Embassy and much less convenient, especially because I lived within walking distance of the Embassy and there was no online appointment system back then for CW. Things have changed. Thanks for the link. Now, a few things: 1. What exactly do I need to get the COR at CW? I hear I need a TM30. Anything else? Lease? Utility bills? What's this about a map? 2. What relevance is my visa stamp, as some posters are referring to? I have an OA retirement extension. I got it at Surat Thani - Koh Samui where I was living recently, and it says that on the stamp. Is that a problem getting the COR at CW? I'm now living back in BKK. 2. Is it true the COR is only good for 30 days? Remember, this is for a drivers licence. A problem might be that apparently it can take a month to get an appointment at the DLT for the licence renewal. So maybe I have to get the appointment first, then run up to CW for the COR.

Did you find out Bang Chak and the other offices were booked up by walking in or is there a way to find out/book online?

It was not a poor option for me, in Bangkok it was a lot easier and quicker for me to go to the Canadian Embassy than to Immigration at Chaeng Wattana.

Is it still true that farangs can't just walk in at Bang Chak to renew licences? Above it says you have to go there, make an appointment, which can be as long as a month away. Still the case? No online queue method?