JJ Madcow

At Nonthaburi Immigration (happy i move away), They 2 times we have to do Married-Extension there.

1 picture outside condo tower show condo tower name.

 

1 picture front of apartment door showing apartment number, where i live door didn't have number, so we have to print the number and put next to door. 

 

1 picture sit on bed together.

 

1 picture in living room, have tv in it.

As we was sitting on the couch and tv on the left side of picture, We have to redo that one, As in Thailand picture of living room and TV, people have to sit on the floor next to the tv.

 

1 picture of kitchen showing the refrigerator.

We have to redo this one, As the wife and i was standing 1 meter away from the refrigerator, We have to stand next / up against the refrigerator.

 

1 picture from when we first meet in Thailand.

 

1 picture from wedding party, As we have no party, Immigration say okay for picture from pre-wedding pictures.

 

1 picture of wife family in our apartment.

 

2 pictures from 2 different vacation.
We use from vacation / trip in Thailand.

 

So a total of 10 pictures for Nonthaburi Immigration office.

 

The second time we did the Married-Extension we have all the pictures ready, But that year, we get send home again, and have to zoom in 5-10% on 1 picture, and come back.

 

 

 

So i am happy we move away.

Si Racha immigration we give 6 pictures, And they didn't care that much about them.

 

@Performance

Let your wife find the witness, take her a few minute, max 30 minute.
Many Thai are very open and social, love to "chit chat" and help out.

If need little ekstra, Say you give some food when done with Immigration, Thai love food !!!

The witness don´t need to be able to speak English, only Thai to the Immigration office.

 

I never have problems find help where i live, but i am nice to the staff, give desert, open door, help the cleaning people with garbage, give little "bonus" to them all, around new year.

 

Food, dessert, fruit and so on.

Small stuff, but they all remember me.
 

When Immigration come, They call your wife a few days before to set a date and time for the meeting.

Again, Immigration are very nice about it, and ask when i be good you for the home visit.

 

So first time Immigration come and people in our building hear it, 8-10 people come to help out.

 

Kindly.

I done 3 Married-Extension and have 3 home visit.

2 at Nonthaubri Immigration, and last one here at Si Racha Immigration (Chonburi).
 

At Nonthaburi we live in condo, So we use office staff, the guard(s) or the cleaning people.

 

At  Si Racha Immigration we have to take witness to Immigration office.

 

 

A few question to the witness about us, Them see us together, How long them know us, They know we live as married people and so on.

Immigration take picture of witness ID-Card. maybe 5 minute.

 

At Si Racha Immigration copy of witness ID-Card and house book.

 

At the home visist:

A few question for the wife and i, How long in thailand, How long together, when we start living together and so on.

Take a few pictures in our place, a few pictures where 1 Immigration office is in the picture.
And one outside condo tower with Immigration office.

And now, one outside our house with Immigration office.

Around 15-20 min.

 

And when finish, more time for Chit Chat about every thing.

 

It is very relaxing, And i have no problem with it.

Do not fell "  invasion of privacy "

 

 

Si Racha Immigration told me, home visit every year, So next year again, and yes, They very welcome here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First 3 years i was on ED-Extension in Nonthaburi.
Immigration come to our school to see if we come, Immigration test us at the school, And this is back in 2011.

 

Then we got Married in 2014 and i change to Married-Extension all so at Nonthaburi.
First time i go there like 28 days before, Immigration check all our paper work, Say every thing okay, Come back aroun 7-10 days before, We Don´t do them so early.

When we return Immigration ask why my income letter was so "old" (around 6 week) i say i was ask to come back.

And i was told, income letter not more the 30 days, Remember next year i was told.

 

Nonthaburi Immigration all so wanted bank book to support (prove) i send money into Thailand every month.

The amount have to be minimum 40.000 baht per month.

 

Nonthaburi Immigration all so do home visit every year, When they come they take picture in all the rooms with us.

Ask a lot of questions, where we meet, how long together, when we start living like husband and wife, about my wife familie and more.

 

2 witnesses the give ID-Card and answer a lot of questions about us, how long the know us, if they know how long we stay together and more.

 

2015 at Nonthaburi every paper correct but they wanted 1 picture zoom little bit more  in on the door number to the condo.

 

Home visit Ask us a lot of questions again same as year before, this time only 1 witnesses ask a lot of questions.

 

 

We move to Bang Saen later in 2015 so therefor here in 2016 my Married-Extension was at Si Racha Immigration.

So nice here, Immigration so kind here, Very nice and polite people we talk to here.

Here they want us to bring 2 witnesses to Immigration, No problem for us, But we have to return as we didn't know before we go there.

 

Immigration very relax about the paper work, fine fine, That okay, No problem and so on.

 

We return later with 2 witnesses, Immigration ask them how long they know us, Answer around 4 years, Thanks that all. He he to bring 2 witnesses for that, fell a little "Stupid", But no problem.

 

Home visit, I was told normal they come same day as one apply, But the women was not free before Sunday, So was it okay to come on a Sunday she ask, Sure no problem for us.

She come and take 1 picture with us outside our house, when the house number is on the picture, that all, take not more then 1 minute total.

 

Sure Immigration office, my wife, and our neighbor start chit chat after that for around 45 min. he he

 

 

 

 

Bonus for me at Si Racha Immigration, I was told when i turn 50 year (very soon) i can change my Married-Extension to Retirement-Extension, No problem, Easy for me, easy for them.

 

I ask same at Nonthaburi Immigration before we move and was told i need to leave Thailand and get a new NoN O before apply for a 1 year  Retirement-Extension, Because i have change reason once from ED-Extension to Married-Extension so i was not able to change again.

 

So i are very happy here at Si Racha Immigration, And Online 90 days works here all so, Report online morning, have new slip evening, Very fast service for 90 days online here. 

Phone the Immigration office and ask them.

The one time mine (Nonthaubri) didn't come back in time, My Thai wife phone them and ask.

And Nonthaburi Immigration look in the IT system, and told her they post it day before we call, so on the way.

It can give you some peace in mind to know every thing is fine...

Kindly.

Quite often I don't get checked if my wife does the booking. She gets govt discount at some hotels.

She hands over her govt ID card on check-in and they don't ask for my ID.

Since we start to book in my Thai Wife Name, She show her Thai ID Card when we come to hotel, And that is.

I have not show my passport the last 2 years this way, all over Thailand we have gone.

But if OP don´t have Thai wife / GF he can´t do this...

If it was me, I find on the internet print able consonant & vowels table.
So you can lean how to write them, and getting to know the names of them.

Everyone can do that them self. I know not everyone like to sit and write over pre-printe letter, But i think it is the way to do it, It work for me after all...

But it is good and fast way to learn it.

All so the flashcard with consonant & vowels is very good for your memory, Many game can be play.

So it can be fun and you learn same time.

Maybe learn to put the consonant into the correct group (Lower - mid - high) all so easy to learn you self, and make write / read easy.

If you don´t have to learn that first with a teacher.

There is no need to pay someone for this part.

It only take time, practice and some memory to get that.

When you get the hang of it.

Go to a Real school / Universitet at look for a a Real teacher to help you out.

I am sure someone like to make some ekstra money.

Kindly.

Google it and one can read many page write up to 70%, 40 - 70 %, 50 - 70%. And number can go down the longer time it go.

So it was not that fare off what i was told. (Think i was told)

The Doctor i use told me Chance to get kid(s) again if one day i want tube back together, And I know what chance mean.

Chance are not Guarantee. And i can live with that.

One can all ways if not 100% sure, Not sure about the furture, Get some sperm frozen down for later.

It depends also on your age and if you have children already. PDA refused me (under 30's). I got an sky high offer from bnh hospital in silom, around 60-80k if I remember correctly. And one from Phayathai hospital of around 25k if I could produce a birth certificate of one of my own children.

As far as I know I don't have any kids yet so I haven't done the procedure myself but you could look into the hospitals I mentioned.

42.. no kids never have them and never want them. I will see if they refuse me or not. Strange that they want you to have kids before doing this. But then again nothing surprises me in Thailand and if it was 25K id go for it

I got it done i 2011 as 41 years old, And i have no kids, and don´t want kids.

I got it done at Yanhee hospital Bangkok.

There is 2 option:

#1 The cheap one around 5.000 - 6.000 baht for it all, But this option you can´t get the "tubs" put back together again, If one day you regret your choice and want kids.

#2 8.000 - 9.000 baht and this one if you regret your choice, The can put the tube back together again, and there is if i remember correct 80% chance you can make kids again.

I chose #2 as one never know 100% if things change, And i think it is good to have the chance to if i one day regret my choice.

And don´t cost that much more.

I think it is around 30-45 days after you get the operation you have to come back, Give a sperm sample to test to see if it work correct.

Please remember price is from 2011, So have no idea what the price is today.

Kindly.

Nearly 6 years in Thailand, And i think i have cancel 5-6 time with True Internet as i have move a lot around.

All contract have being for 12 month, But one can cancel after 6 month pay.

They do the 12 month contract as one "normal" signup and get that and that promotion.

Like where i live now, My 12 month is all much finish, And i am ask to come to shop again to signup for new 12 month as True Internet have new promotion.

Every single time i cancel my contract, The True shop i go too to cancel have giving me paper saying.

I being at XXXX shop on XX-XX-XXX date talking to "name of person i talk too" to cancel my internet.

The cancel date will be on XX-XX-XXXX.

This have being in Bangkok and Nonthaburi area i live.

If one don´t have "proof" of cancel, one might have problems.

Only infomation giving here.

3 home visit, 2 in Nonthaburi they do it every year.

This year here in Bang Saen, they told me, they come every year all so.

Never pay as they told me, They get gas money and some additional money when out and control us.

You seem to of been living in the wrong places. The majority of offices only do a home visit for the first extension and some have you bring witnesses instead of doing the home visit.

I have done 8 extensions based upon marriage and have never had a home visit. For the first extension we took letters from the local police to immigration after the application was accepted.

At Nonthaburi it is home visits every year, and when Immigration come, you need to find 2 witnesses to come and talk to the Immigration.

Picture of the witnesses ID-Card, The use 1 A4 paper per witnesses for questions, and 2-3 A4 for the wife and me. Asking where and how we meet, how long together, About wife family and so on.

Take pictures of us in all the rooms, outside door, outside condo tower, This one have one of the Immigration office in the pictures.

Even so we give them 6 picture that have all that, plus copy of the 6 pictures.

Bang Saen (Si Racha Immigration) you bring 2 witnesses to the Immigration office with you when apply for a 1 year Married-Extension, Then they come for a home visits.

Here this part is very easy, 1 picture in front of our house with the Immigration office, That it, take maybe 1 min total.

Beside the chit chat about every thing else then Married-Extension.

But all in all, It is okay, It is only once a year, So i don´t really mind it, And it is my option now...

A few more years before i can use Retirement-Extension. And i think i am going to change when time come, Si Racha Immigration told me very easy to change to Retirement-Extension, Less paper work, change reason to stay from Married to Retirement that it.

So that good news.

Nonthaburi Immigration have told me i need to leave Thailand to get a new NoN O Visa before i can get Retirement-Extension.

Well time is going to show me if it is easy or not to change here at Si Racha Immigration.

3 home visit, 2 in Nonthaburi they do it every year.

This year here in Bang Saen, they told me, they come every year all so.

Never pay as they told me, They get gas money and some additional money when out and control us.

True 50/5

Work fine here, No problems at all.

Just a note about using EMS tracking when mailing in an address update, I mailed my 90 day report in last Friday mid day to Cheang Wattana/Bangkok immigration (my servicing immigration office...online reporting won't work for me since I last entered before 2013....I'm not in their online reporting system). Got back home an hour later...checked EMS status online and it showed accepted date/time matched the date/time on my EMS receipt give at the post office. Cool.

However, there were no more status updates until mid day Tuesday and I checked numerous times Friday through Monday. Now with that update status on mid day Tuesday it showed around a half dozen different lines entries showing the item moving along to it's destination...then Wednesday morning it show it delivered on Tuesday morning. Basically the tracking updates were delayed quite a bit.

Now last weekend was the Labor Day weekend so I'm guess that holiday had some affect on how often they updated their EMS tracking. I've used EMS in the past and never got such delayed udpates...must have been a holiday thing.

I enter Thailand last time Sept 2011, And i have done online report since i move to Bang Saen (July 2015).

It is Chonburi Immigration that Approved Online report for me, Even so my Immigration office is Si Racha.

Last time take 4-5 hours to get Approved, But other time 1 day.

Only a info so others that enter before 2013, give it a try to see for them self if it work or not.

I have use TM.28 every time i move here in Thailand, So that might be why it work for me, As Immigration might put that infomation into the IT-System ?

Don´t know about Bangkok bank.

Kasikorn bank and Krugthai Bank (699 baht, 999 baht per year) card come with a accident insurance.

So i pick that over the cheap once, Yes i have the chance to pick the cheap once (200-250 baht per year) But find the small amount i have to pay more, To be worth it because of the accident insurance i get on top of it.

You should check the coverage on that, I tried it and the hospital said can not after a minor accident but I'm unsure the legal loopholes in their t+c as to what you actually get for the extra but it couldn't be much medical treatment for that measly amount...

I know the amount is not big.

All so, both card have live insurance to be pay out to my wife, again not Hugh amount, But for the small money the card cost, i welcome it to help my wife if i am going to leave this world.

I have a friend use the Krungthai insurance with no problem at all after a Accident...

Show hes bank card to a hospital on the list of hospital Krungthai have deal with, Hospital call a number and check.

And no problem.

Don´t know about Bangkok bank.

Kasikorn bank and Krugthai Bank (699 baht, 999 baht per year) card come with a accident insurance.

So i pick that over the cheap once, Yes i have the chance to pick the cheap once (200-250 baht per year) But find the small amount i have to pay more, To be worth it because of the accident insurance i get on top of it.

Have you talk to your landlord ?

I have move out many times here in Thailand before my contract was finish 2-3-6 month before.

And i all ways got my whole deposit back every single time. Not like back home in my home country.

So if i was you, i give it a try and talk to the landlord.

Kindly.

We move to Bang Saen a few month ago, And we love it here.

Live in my wife house a few minute from the beach.

Week days are so nice and quiet here, and we love that, In the week end and holidays many people come, We like that all so.

Like have both during a week, Super for us.

Only bad thing for us, there is no taxi here, only the baht bus (song thaew).

And that they don´t come ordinary, some time every 10-20 minute, some time only once a hour.

We don´t have a car at this point, So this is bad for us.

Super cheap food here, wife and i can go out and eat, have water and a Cola and pay total 90-120 baht for 2 people, For us that cheap.

Go to food center at shopping centers and pay total 120-140 baht for 2 people, Again, Super cheap for us.

For the last 4 year, we have use a Mazuma water purifier.

I like this product, Plus it have a Thai phone number on it, We call it every 12-13 month.

They send a person to come to our home, To change the filter and test the water.

It cost 500 baht for them to send a person to our home.

Plus the price for the filters.

They tell us every time, we can wait 3-5 month before change filters.

But i like to be on the safe side, So we change them every 12-13 month.

Hey.

I being in Thailand since 2011, and i have done online report.

Have you try it ?

I did mine on 09-09-2015, And got my approved 10-09-2015.

So one successful online reports for me.

I live in Bang Saen, My Immigration office is Sri Racha Office.

But i can see it was Chonburi Immigration office that approved it.

Only to follow up.

Today we go to the Si Racha Immigration Office.

In and out under 5 min, Fasted time i be at any Immigration Office :-)

They only wanted TM.28.

They give me back the TM.30 we prepared and have my wife Dad sign.

Told me, No need for us to do it again, As i done one a Nonthaburi Immigration in May 2015 for the apartment we live in before moving to Bang Saen.

But need to do one, when i apply for my next 1 year Married-Extension in May 2016.

Maybe i misunderstand it all about the TM.30.

But i was sure a "new" house owner have to do it when i move in ?

But all good now (i hope).

Thanks.

My wife is going to be in the house book, So it sound great if she can do it. If not, it is no problem, her father can do it.

We going to try that first, and if they say NO NO, We have her father do it.

If they want a contract, we have to make a "Fake" contract.

As i say before, My Immgration office want contract when do TM.28 / TM.30. And don´t know my "new" Immigration Office.

Thanks again UbonJoe.

Hey all.

Around 15 August we be moving to Bang Saen into a house own by my Thai wife father.

He continuing to be the owner to the day he not more here, and then my wife get the house.

So there be no rental Contract for me this time.

What about the TM.28 & TM.30 ??

Here in Nonthaburi where we live now, They want rental Contract for TM.28 & TM.30, and when applying for 1 year Extension (Married)

Do we need to make a "Fake" rental Contract ?

If so, can we make that "Fake" rental Contract to apply for 3-5 years, So we don't have to do it every year ?

It is a good idea to apply for "Yellow book" so we can skip that rental Contract ??

Tia.

Hey all.

Time was up for renew my Married-Extension.

So we go to Nonthaburi Immigration Friday 15 May 08:15 and wait for the door to open 08:30.

We got queue number 2 (102) and after 10 min it was my turn.

It was clear from the start they want more paper work.

But we go over all the paper we have with us.

Immigration wanted copy of my Thai Bankbook as additional proof beside income letter from my Embassy.

To check i transfer 40.000 baht per month or more, This i was ask for last year, So this i have with me.

This year they wanted the "apartment drawing", this i didn't bring this year, because last year i was told by Nonthaburi immigration didn't want it, And no need to bring it again.

Beside the 7 picture they told us to bring on the phone early when my wife call them, this year they want a close up (zoom) picture of me and the door number, So the number was BIG...

They didn't say this to my wife when she phone them.

They all so wanted a new TM.30 from my landlord.

And i was told, have to do this every year from now on.

Even go additional TM.30 for next year.

So we go home again, contact landlord, and got all the paper, picture ready.

We go back to Nonthaburi Immigration today Monday 18 May.

We was there there 8:25 and the door open right away, Got queue number 2 (102) again.

Around 15 min wait time, And we use 30 min to get over the paperwork, plus the additional paper and picture they ask for.

He want a few additional copy, have to sign paper about the "new" overstay rule.

And after 30 min we finish with him.

Then we wait around 30 min for the 2 person to put my information in the Immigration book and pc system.

Got taking a digital picture all so, I see they do that for all applying for Extension today.

Wait to around 10:20 when my wife was ask to come to Immigration Boss desk.

Need 2 copy more of some of the paper work, and was told because we don´t have kids together, The be a home visit again this year, around day 5-15, So we have to be home in that period.

This Nonthaburi Immigration have start doing since they caught a few Fa-Rang not in a "real" Married my wife was told.

At 10:30 all was done, And home we go.

Kindly.