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Inevitably, the requirement to obtain a Yellow book and ID card will vary across Amphoe offices dependent on how well versed, trained, and competent the staff are. Same Province, but a different Amphoe, a friend was first informed he required an Embassy certified copy of his passport, translated and legalised by the MFA. He travelled to Bangkok to obtain the requested documents. Arriving back at the Amphoe with said documents, he was then informed he also needed an Embassy certified copy of his Birth certificate, translated and legalised by the MFA, so a second trip to Bangkok. An original UK birth certificate does state the parents names, whereas the longer version does, so that is what he used. Arriving back at the Amphoe, they refused the translated and legalised Birth certificate as it stated 'Copy of the Registration', and insisted on the 'original'. That took some explaining, then appearing to accept the explanation, they now noted he wasn't married and insisted he had to be married. He and his long term girlfriend had marriage planned, so just brought the wedding day forward. Marriage certificate now in hand, they returned, where they were further informed he had to own property. Obviously being given the run around, exhausted and frustrated, he sought some help and advice. I took him to the Provincial Amphoe, who issued my YB and ID card within an hour of applying. The senior officer told us the guy at his Amphoe was a ****, but he couldn't overrule him. He suggested two solutions; 1. To make a formal complaint to the ombudsman who had the power to overrule him and instruct him to issue the YB and ID card, but this could take several months. 2. Add him to my YB as if he lived at the same address, then in a month inform the Provincial Amphoe of moving to a new address in a different sub-district (actually where he did live) and they would remove him from my book and issue a form for the local Amphoe to issue him a new YB. Apparently, as he was now already registered on the system, the process is different and the other Amphoe were obliged to just issue a new YB detailing his new address (which was his existing address) We chose option 2, and approx 6 weeks later he returned to his Amphoe with the form issued by the Provincial office, and his local Amphoe immediately issued a new YB at his current address with no questions asked.

The financial requirements for extensions based on retirement using the 800K funds in a Thai bank changed in 2019. Clause 4;

Only the Amphoe where you'd apply could answer that question.

You can only be registered in one Yellow book, so make a choice. The Civilian Registration Act 2008 states; Section 38: The district or local registrar shall issue a household registration for persons without Thai nationality having been permitted to stay temporarily and those having been giving leniency for temporary residence in the Thai Kingdom as a special case in accordance with law on immigration and the declaration of the Cabinet and their children born within the Thai Kingdom. In a case of permission of temporary residence overdue, the registrar shall immediately dispose of such persons. First check the requirements at your Amphoe. These days most will request an Embassy certified copy of your passport, translated to Thai, then legalised by the Consular section of the MFA. Some may also request an Embassy certified copy of your Birth certificate, translated to Thai, then legalised by the Consular section of the MFA. There is no requirement to be married or own property, but you do require the permission of the homeowner to register at their address. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs have now opened several Consular offices throughout the Country for legalising documents, by appointment only. 1. 123 Chaeng Watthana Road, Lak Si District, Bangkok 10210 2. MBK CENTER Shopping Mall, 5th floor, Zone A, Phaya Thai Road, Wang Mai Subdistrict, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok 3. Central Pattaya Shopping Center, 4th Floor, No. 333/102, Village No. 9, Nongprue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province 20260 4. 7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary International Convention and Exhibition Center, 1st floor, Rueng Phueng Building 2, Muang District, Chiang Mai Province 5. Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Hall Building, 1st floor, back west side, Ubon Ratchathani Province 6. Temporary Passport Office, Songkhla, Laem Son On Road, Bo Yang Subdistrict, Mueang District, Songkhla Province 90000 7. Central Phuket Festival Shopping Mall, B Floor, Wichit Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phuket Province Office locations, maps, contact numbers https://consular.mfa.go.th/th/publicservice/สถานที่ให้บริการรับรองนิติกรณ์เอกสาร You must book an appointment here https://qlegal.consular.go.th/customer/index choosing which office and download the barcode once accepted.

Am I understanding this correctly. You're concerned about losing interest, but opting for 6 visits and associated return flight costs? The METV is only valid for 6 months to enter Thailand, for your 6 x 30 day visits, you'd need to apply twice. VE entry now grants a stay of 60 days. Have you considered 3 x 60 day VE entries as an alternative. Copy and paste of Immigration Guideline document for VE entries; Urgent Addendum For official use Police Tel. 0 2286 0814 No. 0029.171/2076 Date: 24 June 2014 Subject: Guideline for inspection of citizen from certain countries that are not required to obtain a visa when entering the Kingdom of Thailand To keep permission of entering in compliance with immigration law and provision concerned, it is deemed expedient to impose additional procedures of inspecting and permitting ordinary passport holders from certain countries who are not required to obtain a visa when entering Thailand for tourism purposes, 1. Information checking 1.1 Purpose of entering the Kingdom The alien must enter the Kingdom with the sole purpose of tourism, and not for work. 1.2 Record of entry and stay within the Kingdom 1.2.1 A number of entry into the Kingdom 1.2.2 The alien must not enter the Kingdom by exploiting 30­day visa exemptions undertaking method “in­out” or called by foreigners as “Visa run”. Aliens use the advantage of Tourist Visa Exemption by leaving Thailand and returning immediately for the purpose of extending their stay, which is considered from the tourism point of view to be longer than necessary and not in line with the purpose permitted while entering country. 2. Reason to believe that entry into Kingdom is not for the purpose of tourism 2.1 Alien will be interviewed and requested to show evidence of the purpose of tourism such as tickets, pocket money, booking slip, traveling plan. 2.2 The criterion as in 2.1 if deemed necessary to record as an evidence, the alien may be required to fill out the form as attached in the annex hereto. 3. Reason to reject or permit entry to Thailand 3.1 Upon complete evidence of entering the Kingdom for tourism purpose and not for working purpose, alien shall be granted for permission to stay for 15, 30 or 90 days as set out in the bilateral agreements. 3.2 Without valid reason compiled to lack of evidence required by the immigration officer, the alien shall be refused to enter the Kingdom, pursuant to immigration law provision.

90 day reports are not required for extension applications. Is it just one parent that banks the 800K and the other piggybacks as a dependant? Since their last extension by an agent, they must be able to provide evidence of maintaining 800K for 3 months and 400K for 7 months after that extension was issued. No problem filing a TM30 on their behalf just use the same copies of house owner's Tabien and ID card that you used. As you're the tenant, does the homeowner agree to your parents staying. Confirmation in writing would be an asset.

Immigration guidelines for VE entries. The fact it's now 60 day entries and not 30 days doesn't change the guidelines. It's a PDF file, which can't be posted. MFA are not responsible for Immigration entries and internal affairs.

I'd just add that for that onward flight to be of any use if entry we're denied, ensure that flight departs from the same airport you land at.

Immigration have published guidelines which include refusal of entry for repeat VE entries. If they consider the purpose of your visit is not solely for tourism purposes, they can refuse entry.

True, but as the hotels notify Immigration of both the arrival and departure dates of clients, it doesn't bare well for obtaining further services from Immigration.at a later date, such as extensions of stay, COR for bank account, vehicle purchase, driving licence, which the OP referred to.

Government establishments won't accept a hotel address as a residence.

And anytime he needs a COR?

Not much use if he needs to apply for an extension in the near future.

You can file as the tenant or possessor, but will require signed copies of the house owner's Tabien Baan and ID card.

Transferring stamps is an easy process. Take both old and new passports. They'll stamp details of your old passport (edited), the first entry on a Non O into Thailand, and the latest entry. Example;

According to his first post, he has an extension of stay valid until Jan 31st 2025. OP is confused, probably just counting Oct to Jan as 90 days. He should have received an entry permit, permitting him to stay until 31st Jan.

Then you just require the WP, provided the business qualifies. https://www.thailandlawonline.com/thai-company-and-foreign-business-law/work-permit-for-foreigners-in-thailand

To apply for a 1-year extension based on retirement, you must have already obtained a Non Immigrant visa. Non Immigrant O is the standard visa used, no mandatory Health Insurance required. Must be 50 or over,

You're probably aware that the Non Imm O ME now requires 400K THB in a Thai bank account for 2 months. If/when the Embassy/Consulates change to e-visa applications, then it won't be available any more. To entitled to work legally when married to a Thai, just require a work permit. The question is, do you intend to apply for an extension based on employment or Thai spouse. For employment, the minimum income is 50K per month for an Australian. 400K for 2 months prior to applying based on Thai spouse - the funds can then be withdrawn.

You don't want to purchase any re-entry permit until after you've crossed the border and re-entered on your O-A visa and been granted a further 1 year permission of stay. The re-entry permit will then cover that 2nd year period.

A very valid point I omitted from my above post. The validity of a visa is the period where you can enter Thailand, whereas the period of stay is totally separate. Once the visa expires, so does the multiple entry facility it offers. If you enter just prior to the expiry date of the visa, you will be granted a further stay of 1 year, subject to the Insurance expiry date. If you intend to leave and re-enter during the second year, to protect any permission of stay already granted, you need to purchase a re-entry permit.

From what you've stated, you were only granted a stay of 30 days that being the expiry date of your current Insurance policy. Had you renewed your policy for another year, you would have been stamped in until Oct 2025. The 60 day entry only applies to VE entries (entry without a visa) and have been issued since 15th July. You entered with a still valid O-A visa, albeit for only 30 days, so that's why you only received a 30 day stamp. That is correct. If you renew your Insurance policy to Oct 2025, border run and re-enter whilst the visa is still valid, you will be stamped in for a further 12 months, or until the expiry date of the Insurance policy. Ignore that. They were talking about the Non O multiple entry visa, which is not available applying through the e-visa system. Very few Thai Embassies offer this type of visa any more, particularly based on retirement. You're obviously aware the O-A visa can permit a stay of up to 2 years, but that is subject to the expiry date of any Insurance, which is currently 3M BHT, When you next renew your O-A visa, just be aware for the second entry you need to update your Insurance for a further year before entry. The good news is that Thailand's Ministry of Affairs have announced that by the end of this year they plan to reduce the mandatory Insurance for the O-A visa from the current 3M BHT requirement, to 400,000 BHT inpatient, 40,000 outpatients. That should be in effect for your next O-A application.

You encountered the typical 'no can do', which in effect means the clerk doesn't know how to do. I've previously updated for almost 6 months, approx 45 transactions across 5 pages. It's a common problem in Thailand. I once asked the bank manager why certain staff state 'cannot', whilst other staff just do it. His reply was training was on a 'need to know basis'. 🥴

That second statement contradicts your first statement in regards the expiry date of your 0-A visa. What is the 'valid until' date on the visa?

The reason is usually stated on the email rejecting the report. My recent rejections were for the details submitted not matching their database details, and the last simply to report in person to the office.