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does anyone know or have an experience with converting a foreign driver licence to a thai driver licence ? my foreign licence expires in 3 months , and i was told by a licence service that i need to have at least 6 months validity for me to be able to convert it to a thai driver licence .

Update . went today with a day before updated kasikorn bank passbook and was rejected ( they know the branch has closed down ). CW wants same day Kasikorn bank updated bank passbook !!!!!! ( they said go to IT square and do it )

looks like no one has tried to update kasikorn bank passbook the day before ( like the one scb customer who mentioned before has been doing it for a while now without any problems ), The closest kasikorn atm where you can update the passbook same day is at big C cheang wattana 2 ( pak ret) open at 8:00am , a 15 min taxi ride from immigration . or take a chance with a day before update and see what happens !!!

has anyone used the kasikorn bank atm at IT square Laksi to update their bank book the day of retirement visa extension .? is this the closest kasikorn atm to immigration div 1 ? any other closer location? Thanks

Hi is anyone aware of CW immigration allowing Kasikorn bank passbook being updated the day before ( as opposed to insisting on same day ) yet ? Please share your experience .Thank you

as a follow up . i got my non immigrant visa stamp without any issues .thank you all for your help

I called the number back but nobody answered ?!!! . and nobody returned my call . .

not yet . i think i will take a chance and call back today and see what happens . encouraged by all the comments about CW immigration in this forums . thank you everyone .

Has anyone found out that their non immigrant -O application has been rejected when they went back for their appointment after 14 days what were the reasons ? also has CW immigration been doing home visits during the initial application for non immigrant -O ? how do they set the appointment for this ? Thanks

thank you all for your answers . if the call was for telling me about IO home visit , she could have easily also sent a text message . i am worried about answering the call and then opening the door for"tea money" request. i have already had a bad experience in jomtien office where they offered " extra service " for price in person , face to face .

@mokwit . i have never had a problem with CW before either . i was very surprised by her request for a missed call on her private phone too. she specifically told me that no one will visit me because "my older age , and had worked in Thailand before ".

i think she wants "tea money ". I was told , like everyone else to come back in 14 days for the visa , so i do not think she would call me a half hour later to tell me my visa was approved .

Hi I was applying for a visa exempt to non immigrant O for retirement purposes at CW . the immigration officer said my documents all look complete and fine . then asked to make a missed call to a printed mobile number on a paper on her desk "in case there is a problem " sure enough ,a half hour later ( lunch time ) i get a call from that number but i did not pick it up . no text message . i have a feeling i know what she wants , but i want to try to ignore any further calls and see if she would move on to an easier target .has this happened to anyone before , and how did you deal with it ? any suggestions would be very appreciated . thank you

Hi I have the required 800K Baht in the SCB easy savings with an E passbook . i have read that CW accepts E passbooks . how can a person show the required statements in an E passbook/ update it ? can someone who has experience with this please help. I read also that fixed deposit accounts do not need the same day activity update . this sounds like the most convenient way to meet the bank requirement Thanks in advance for your responses

Barryw52 so you do not need to enter the SCB branch to deposit 100 baht and update the passbook ? you can really do it at the ATM ? wow . this is convenient .Thank you