madmonk888

what are the requirments for a 2nd year extension based on having 800k in the bank.

Do you still need a letter from the bank and do they have to say the money came from abroad ?

Any other docs needed , it will be a trip to Jomtien

Thanks

yellow bus company who are on the by pass go to Aranyaprathet or as a previous poster said there are minivans that run right up to the same border. You could also check with the minivan company next to the Islamic Bank / Burapha hospital they might go there as last year there were minivans that did Bangsaen to Aranyaprathet but things change... Obviously, if you want the visa service too you are best to go to Pattaya and use them but now you can get an e-visa to Cambodia before you even leave if you so wish.

With 7 months left on your passport you will get 7 months extension.

makes sense, didn't think it worked like that, obviously the fee is the same :-). Next thing will be having the

extension in the old passport and coming back on a re entry permit should I go back for a new passport.

or time it to come back on a tourist visa and go through the process again as this thread has helped on that point...

Step Three: When there are 30 days or less on your permission to stay stamp (usually about two months after "step two"), you go to Immigrations w/form TM7 and your documentation to qualify for a yearly extension of stay based on retirement. Again 800K in the bank for 60 days (because it's your first ever yearly extension), a letter from your Embassy stating you get 65K baht a month (this time they don't ask for proof) or a combination of the two, a medical certificate, and 1900baht. It's a pretty painless process.

This could be a stupid question :-) how long do you need left on your passport to get the year extension. I assume it's a year , I will have only 7 months left when it comes to the extension . Does that mean a trip to Trendy ???

ais yes

my ais worked everywhere I went in Burma, Cambodia an Laos

Thanks, I assume that's with roaming, I was hoping to use my mobile on my Thai package, ie. 3G and internet ... while in Poipet ...

Do the Thai mobiles work in Poipet ie. does the coverage cross the border while visiting the casinos

AIS & DTAC

thanks

Has anyone worked out Table A and what is acceptable as proof of address

and

has anyone been through this new process yet and how did it go ??

thanks, I am going to have to do it soon

Its a frigging nightmare, best to read all the pages, especially about booking the appointment at Trendy. The guidance notes, you can print off is fairly clear about proof of address. They check it all at Trendy, best to go with everything you've got. Mine took 7 weeks total. Two trips to Bangkok from up country.

Thai immigration next weeks to transfer stamps and hoop jumping.

Thanks and good luck with Immigration next week. 7 weeks WOW .... I don't have one thing on the Table A list for proof of address, I found them all, well, alien .... what did you use ?

Here is a more flexible list of name at address confirmation possibilities from HMPO:

Remember also that the document you supply must be dated within the last year.

the word nightmare is coming to mind ... I'm running out of pages so no choice, but I would have thought the UK would be at the forefront of this sort of stuff... Well, at least everyone is getting it done so that's a positive . Trip to BKK coming up then , hoping to find some good British efficiency when I eventually get to Trendy :-)

Sorry I couldn't read 114 pages and sorry if this has been answered

Has anyone worked out Table A and what is acceptable as proof of address

and

has anyone been through this new process yet and how did it go ??

thanks, I am going to have to do it soon

Its a frigging nightmare, best to read all the pages, especially about booking the appointment at Trendy. The guidance notes, you can print off is fairly clear about proof of address. They check it all at Trendy, best to go with everything you've got. Mine took 7 weeks total. Two trips to Bangkok from up country.

Thai immigration next weeks to transfer stamps and hoop jumping.

Thanks and good luck with Immigration next week. 7 weeks WOW .... I don't have one thing on the Table A list for proof of address, I found them all, well, alien .... what did you use ?

Sorry I couldn't read 114 pages and sorry if this has been answered

Has anyone worked out Table A and what is acceptable as proof of address

and

has anyone been through this new process yet and how did it go ??

thanks, I am going to have to do it soon

sorry didn't know where to post this

1, has anyone renewed their UK passport in Bangkok and how was the process

2. Anyone know or understand what is acceptable for Table A proof of address ??? the options are , ummm, weird

Thanks

PP only does single entry tourist visas. They only accept dollars.

There is no multiple entry tourist visa they are only issued by the number of entries.

You can get a 2 entry tourist visa in Laos. Vientiane is next day service and Savannakhet does them on the same day you apply.

There lots of agents you can use in PP. One World Travel is the only one I can recall the name of.

Thanks again..... what about Siem Rep do they have an embassy and can you get the single entry tourist visa there with an agent in 2 days ?

It can take up to 4 days to get unless you use an agent. The visa costs $40 and in order to get it in a couple of days it will cost another $10 for the agent.

thanks ubonjoe .... do you have to pay in $ ? do "we" have any recommended agents there I don't want to stay for 4 days? As a UK passport holder can I get a multiple tourist visa ?

Have to leave the country and cancel my ED visa so wanting to come back on a Tourist visa (UK passport)

Any advice how to get a tourist visa, how long it takes to get it , etc etc, any help will be greatly appreciated

My ED visa is finishing shortly and I will be changing to a retirement visa. I have been told I have to leave the country and come back in , on a 30 day stamp ( UK passport holder). Probably to be done at Aranyaphratet or flying back to Don Muang . Question is , with all the changes that have gone on and all the refusals and all the comments about IOs do they now ask for proof of onward travel back out of Thailand at the border.

thanks

The visa number.

HELP :-) , 2 different answers, looks like visa number & re entry number seem to work then. I am returning shortly and do not want to give the IO any issues.

do you put the visa number on your entry card or the "extension" number if you are on an extension ? thanks

I assume these rules are from the 29th onwards and anyone on their last extension of a ED visa ( say the last 3

months of their 15 months) will be allowed to leave the country on a trip and return with a re entry permit

meaning they technically would have been in Thailand more than a year but will have to go out of country at the end of their extension to get a new visa ???

I have been on an ED visa for over 3 years but I am on my last extension until October . I last left on a re entry and arrived back in March 2013. I am leaving on the 30th August and returning in September on my existing extension and my valid re entry permit. The new rules are confusing as to what a year is, when it is from and whether my

existing (and final ) extension will cause any questions. Why do we pay fees each year if it is not for a "new" yearly visa which is the extensions , so each time we pay we are registered for another year or am I crazy ? The

new system will obviously sort that out as people will have to leave the country every year.

To answer your question you need to tell at what kind of school you study. Nothing changes for a study a ta regular school or university, these students get yearly extensions as usual.

The changes are only regarding students at non-formal schools, such as language schools. They can now only get an extension of stay for 90 days at a time (which at most places already was the case) and cannot stay longer than 1 year total from date of entry. After one year they must get a new ED-visa.

I'm at a non-formal school. All I want to make sure is that my current extension & re entry dated until October will

still be valid when I come back in September . As the rules come in after my last extension I assume my current

extension is still ok . If not , and there is a problem at the airport would they allow someone to enter on a 30 day

arrival. Does it matter that the last time I arrived was March 2013 as my current extension was before the 29th ?

I have been on an ED visa for over 3 years but I am on my last extension until October . I last left on a re entry and arrived back in March 2013. I am leaving on the 30th August and returning in September on my existing extension and my valid re entry permit. The new rules are confusing as to what a year is, when it is from and whether my

existing (and final ) extension will cause any questions. Why do we pay fees each year if it is not for a "new" yearly visa which is the extensions , so each time we pay we are registered for another year or am I crazy ? The

new system will obviously sort that out as people will have to leave the country every year.

"The language school I will be studying at also informed me that two of their students were recently refused re-entry. One of them was on a second year ED visa and could not even tell the immigration officer how many consonants are in the Thai alphabet. He was turned away and had to fly home. The second one was due to a similar reason. "

Wow, this is serious as I have to leave the country shortly . Do we know more about this ? What nationality ?

were they coming in on new visas or extensions ? did they have a history of overstay ? where these both at the

airport ?

All schools teach different methods so how do they decide what is correct, there must be different levels of

reading, writing, speaking, unless it's standardised how can they refuse entry ? under what grounds ?

And the guy who was sent back to his country, couldn't he come in on a 30 day ? It's all very confusing

I think you are missing the point. The guy was supposed to be studying Thai for 2 full years and did not even know how many consonants in the alphabet............ No excuse for that...... His fault.....

I get the point what I don't get is the reasoning, he might have answered some questions correctly, or was he asked

only 1 question . He might have frozen due to nerves who knows. I am trying to find out if there was an additional reason why or was it just his lack of knowing how many consonants. We have some non English speaking students in my school who learn at a slower rate due to the fact that their English isn't great. Who decides what is acceptable ?

For the rest of us who have to travel it would be really helpful to know what is going on ...

I wish I could be of more help. But this is all I can tell you. There is no standardized test and it is up to the immigration officer. I agree that it adds uncertainty to the situation and can make people nervous.... But there is not really anything we can do. Just make sure you can answer very, very basic questions if asked. My guess would be that the immigration officer simply felt that not knowing the number of consonants in the alphabet was completely unacceptable after 2 years of study....... I would have to agree with him on that.....

This guy most likely spoke no Thai and was doing something else here for 2 years.... That would be my guess at least.

Yeah I know what you mean, it would just be so unlucky to get sent back for getting a question you can't answer but as you say if he was doing something else which is what they are looking for then fair enough. I'll have my fingers

crossed when I return, I'm on my 3rd year but I do attend school. Thanks for sharing OP

"The language school I will be studying at also informed me that two of their students were recently refused re-entry. One of them was on a second year ED visa and could not even tell the immigration officer how many consonants are in the Thai alphabet. He was turned away and had to fly home. The second one was due to a similar reason. "

Wow, this is serious as I have to leave the country shortly . Do we know more about this ? What nationality ?

were they coming in on new visas or extensions ? did they have a history of overstay ? where these both at the

airport ?

All schools teach different methods so how do they decide what is correct, there must be different levels of

reading, writing, speaking, unless it's standardised how can they refuse entry ? under what grounds ?

And the guy who was sent back to his country, couldn't he come in on a 30 day ? It's all very confusing

I think you are missing the point. The guy was supposed to be studying Thai for 2 full years and did not even know how many consonants in the alphabet............ No excuse for that...... His fault.....

I get the point what I don't get is the reasoning, he might have answered some questions correctly, or was he asked

only 1 question . He might have frozen due to nerves who knows. I am trying to find out if there was an additional reason why or was it just his lack of knowing how many consonants. We have some non English speaking students in my school who learn at a slower rate due to the fact that their English isn't great. Who decides what is acceptable ?

For the rest of us who have to travel it would be really helpful to know what is going on ...

"The language school I will be studying at also informed me that two of their students were recently refused re-entry. One of them was on a second year ED visa and could not even tell the immigration officer how many consonants are in the Thai alphabet. He was turned away and had to fly home. The second one was due to a similar reason. "

Wow, this is serious as I have to leave the country shortly . Do we know more about this ? What nationality ?

were they coming in on new visas or extensions ? did they have a history of overstay ? where these both at the

airport ?

All schools teach different methods so how do they decide what is correct, there must be different levels of

reading, writing, speaking, unless it's standardised how can they refuse entry ? under what grounds ?

And the guy who was sent back to his country, couldn't he come in on a 30 day ? It's all very confusing

I arrived at suvarnabhumi yesterday, after a 10 day holiday in Vietnam, incredibly nervous having read the scaremongering on this forum!

I have been living here on 90 day extensions of an education visa for over 18 months & after reading various posts on thaivisaforum was prepared to be questioned & refused entry if my thai wasn't good enough (I am a genuine student however put me on the spot in front of an immigration officer who has complete control over my fate & I'm pretty sure I would panic & forget everything I've learnt!)

I walked up to the desk nervous as hell & the IO didn't say a single word to me, flicked through my passport as usual, stamped my re-entry permit as used & stamped me into the country. No issues whatsoever, not one single word was exchanged!

It makes me really angry that people have nothing better to do than make up stories on here just to scare people & cause unnecessary panic. My advice to genuine students would be please do not pay any attention to what these scaremongers write. Based on my experience I would say if you have followed the correct procedures (valid reentry permit & extension) there is no reason why you should have any issues when re-entering the country.

Thank you for sharing, I'm off for 10 days on the 31st, 2 days after the new rules come in, but it's great to read

actual, relevant experiences . I too would have been nervous approaching Immigration, We need to hear more from people on here with their REAL experiences at the airport.

Just heard someone come through at Suvarnabhumi airport today on a new ED visa from Laos with no problems , no questions and no queue. They were previously on a B visa for a couple of years. No overstays, UK passport.

So, anyone else heard what's going on at the airports/ border. True & genuine stories please, not like the one I

heard yesterday about and IO asking for 60k THB in the dentention centre at the airport to let some Russian in....