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2 minutes ago, jackdd said:If you ask people for advise, are given an advise, but then don't listen and do something stupid... then there is nobody else to blame than you.
I told you in your old thread already, to either get an official "under consideration" stamp, or if they won't give you this, leave the country.
You even said it yourself back then, so i assumed you understood it:
Yeah I was going to leave, but the school I worked at convinced me to stay as they said they would talk to immigration and try to get something in writing that I could stay until then. I told them to make sure they ask clearly so I wouldn't be blindsided. It seems they couldn't get anything in writing but they assured me that immigration told them there would be no problems with my overstay. Some good news is, it seems the school will help me with the overstay fine.
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Hey all, couple of weeks back i made a post about my non-b visa extension being psuedo-denied until I got an affidavit for my degree. I was told by the immigration officer that they would give me some time to fix it, unfortunately the next available appointment at the US embassy wouldn't be open until a week and a half from that day and my visa would expire soon. Again, I was told by immigration that I would have to pay overstay fines, but as long as I got the affidavit and the MFA stamp, they would still extend the visa even if it was expired. I wasn't very sure about taking their word for it and considered doing a visa run or just leaving altogether.
Well against my better judgement, I decided to overstay, my school had talked to immigration multiple times since then, and immigration in Pattaya assured them that if I got the affidavit stamped by the US embassy and the MFA, that they would extend my visa.
I got the affidavit easily enough, but it turns out the MFA won't stamp the translated documents, because my visa "expired," they told me immigration would have to extend the visa first before they could stamp the document. So I went back to immigration the next day to explain the situation, the same officer that recommended I overstay, told me that she won't do anything, if there is no stamp then there is no extension, that I have overstayed 2 weeks already and should get out Thailand.
So basically, I can't get the MFA stamp until my visa is extended, and my visa won't be extended until I get the MFA stamp.
Whether this was done by the officer's incompetence as surely they should have known that the MFA would not stamp my documents, or simply done maliciously to screw me over, I will never know. The officer could have easily denied my visa extension and I would have had 7 days to prepare my things, instead, they sent me on a wild goose chase. Now I will have to pay a large fine at the airport and I don't expect to return to Thailand again.
tl:dr read title
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Interestingly, I recall a conversation a few months ago with the Thai embassy in America and asking if I needed to notarize my degree, they replied no, that I shouldn't do it, and sure enough I got my non-b visa without any problems. The headaches only began after dealing with the immigration office in Thailand.
It seems I won't get anymore answers from the embassy or immigration until Tuesday, at which point I will be 2 days overstayed already.
The immigration officer in Chonburi did not stamp that my extension was denied on my passport or give me 7 days to leave. The officer also did not write any letter indicating that my application is still pending, I only have their word, so if I'm unlucky, I could easily be deported. To get what they demand, I will have to overstay 11 days before I can go to the embassy. I will be fined at least 5500 baht for overstaying, and there is no guarantee they won't come up with some other demands.
It may be cheaper just to do a visa run rather than taking on the risk of overstaying so many days.
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Hey all, I was just given a big L by Thai immigration today. I came over to Thailand on a non-b visa, and had no problems getting the necessary documents. I was a bit concerned my school waited until the final weekday before my visa expired to take me to immigration but I had received my work permit without any trouble and I didn't think I was missing anything. Turns out the immigration officer wants me to get an affidavit for my degree at the US Embassy, and they refuse to extend my visa until I do so. I taught previously in Thailand for a period of 4 years and I never had any problems about my degree. I had a sealed envelope of my university transcript notarized and stamped by my university just in case, but the immigration officer tossed it aside saying she wants a stamp by the US embassy on my certificate. Only problem is the US embassy doesn't have any available appointments until around August 9 while my visa expires in a few days. The immigration officer said they'd give me some time to fix it, but they didn't put anything on my passport that says they've given me a few extra days, am I being baited into illegally overstaying?
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Don't believe an immigration officer's words unless it's in writing.
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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If you click on the link, one of the required documents is a copy of your passport, perhaps if I had just submitted the bio page it might have gone differently.