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Oh dear. I see that the Thai embassy in Belgium gave you a postdated visa issue date to match your intended flight date. This is highly irregular.

Your e-visa issued on 11 July is valid for travel to Thailand from 11 July until the date shown on the line "Visa must be used by", regardless of the flight date shown on the ticket you submitted with the visa application.

If you are doing this in Pattaya, the OP will probably be happy if you let him know the name and details of your agent. If you are not doing this in Pattaya, please say so.

If you get the visa stamp in your passport and subsequently your e-visa arrives before you travel to Thailand, use the stamped visa in your passport to enter the country. Don't show or mention the e-visa to the immigration official as this would be information overload and could confuse him. He may not have been trained to deal with such situation and his reaction would be unpredictable.

Removed an off-topic post (about England and China)

Removed an off-topic post and the replies to it. Reminder: The title of this topic is Executor of expat will duties. Replies with information what others wrote in their will and how much they paid a lawyer to draft it, etc are far off topic.

In the situation you describe, all airlines have the right, but not the obligation, to deny a boarding pass.

Being the sons of a Thai national, they acquired Thai nationality by birth. What they need now is documentary evidence of their Thai nationality. If they were born in the USA, the mother should get the Thai birth certificate for them from the Thai embassy or consulate. Then the boys should travel with the the US passport with the suggested non-O visa to Thailand and subsequently 1. either get free one year extensions at the local immigration office fot the reason of being a Thai national, or 2. get entered in the grand-mother's house registration book, then get the Thai ID card at the district office, then get the the Thai passport at the passport office. It would probably be too late now to get the Thai passport in the USA for travel on 31 July, it the mother should choose that route for them.

Isan Lawyers and Siam Legal come to my mind and a web search shows me that both have a branch office in Pattaya. Does anyone know if they offer this service and for what fee?

From the opening post of this topic I understand that chilly07 is wheelchair-bound, so we should perhaps not be impatient. The sad fact seems to be that so-called visa agents in Pattaya do not want to assist with uncomplicated applications for a retirement extension with monthly income, and I have been wracking my brain to figure out how we might help him. It isn't just footwork that he will have to do himself, but wheelchair travel. Perpaps a law firm, using their standard hourly tariff plus travel expenses, would do it. I remember that Sunbelt used to do it in Bangkok and hopefully someone knows of a law firm in Pattaya offering this "hand-holding" service for an application where all requirements including the finances are met. Does anyone have an idea?

I'm going to add a question mark to the topic title. That should fix it.

That's how also I see it. @chilly07, can you confirm that it was not an immigration official who told you that the monthly income route is currently not available?

That leaves the OP to do the footwork himself.

Although the OP, @chilly07, mentioned that he is using an agent I understand that he meets the requirement for the monthly income and is using the agent merely for his convenience.

Indeed, the English translation of the "Order of Royal Thai Police no. 654/2564" published on the website of the Immigration Bureau is unchanged and includes this provision in clause 2.22 for the retirement extension: Source: https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RTP-Order-No.654-2564.pdf P.S. If anyone needs to show an immigration official the original Thai text, see here: https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/คำสั่ง-ตร..pdf

Where is your permanent residency, ie where did you live six months prior to your arrival in Hongkong?

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Immigration offices issue neither work permits nor work permit extensions.

This is an interesting aspect of the use of the yellow house registration book. Thank you for having mentioned it.

What amount is shown on the receipt for the fine?

The type of paperwork and the time required to get it together may depend to some extent on 1. the type of one-year extension you plan to apply for after getting the non-O visa, eg to live with Thai wife or for retirement 2. your choice of proof of finances, ie cash in the bank or monthly income or a combination of the two

What do you mean with "LOR"?

What do you mean with "LOR"?

Something is seriously wrong with the electronic data processing (EDP) system at the immigration bureau if a hotel guest must bring a copy of the notification of the guest 's arrival made by the hotel to the immigration office where he applies for an extension of stay. All immigration offices in Thailand should be able to look up this information on the their computers.

No work permit is needed to own shares of a company.