Tod Daniels

You seem averse to actually going to your immigration office and asking for the hand out listing the exact documents required so you can pull this extension off with one try (rather than the several attempts many people make <- people who don't go get the hand out 😉 If you've been married more than a year, and were married in thailand you need to get an updated Kor Ror 2 <- the thai marriage document that looks like a form all in thai, costs 20 baht at the Amphur (no need to go to the one you were married at, any Amphur can access the data and print it out for you At the bank you need to have the "standard bank letter" <- that's a 5 line letter with your name, the account number, your passport and the balance of the account the day they write the letter You also need to request a 3 month detail transaction report <- that shows every transaction in that account so immigrations can see you kept the balance over 400K baht for 2 months before you apply for the yearly extension AND You need to update your bank book on the day you go to apply for the extension so it shows the balance in the account on that day here's what the 'standard bank letter' and a Kor Ror 2 look like

Samut Prakan allows extensions when you have 45 days or less left on your current stamp. I would say seeing as you've never gotten an in country extension at that office (or any office it would appear 😮 ) that you and your thai significant other should slog on over to the immigration office and get the hand out listing the requirements at that specific office as far as, marriage documents, TM30, lease, land lord i/d, wife i/d, house book, bank letter, bank statement updated bank book, photos, map etc Believe me going there to get the hand out will save you multiple trips there and back if you don't get it right the first time You will apply for the yearly extension, you will pay the 1900baht, get a 30 day under consideration stamp, then go back on that date and they will ink the year extension into your passport. This is NOT an immigration office specific list of requirements, BUT it is a good solid general list of what can be asked for. With over 80 offices in the country that's why I suggested you go get the hand out specific to that office..

You buy the Thai Post Mary return postage envelope online, you include the receipt/confirmation of having done that in the application packet It's the embassy that gets the envelope to mail the passports to you once they get them from the USA All you do us buy the envelope thru the website and send proof you did with the packet. The Embassy does all the rest Go SLOW, it's not a race, follow the page and especially the checklist TO THE LETTER 🙂 <- not following the directions exactly as they're written is what messes up people (and stretches out the time line 😕 )

Curious, just how often will you need a certificate of residence? You're correct, you get a certificate of residence out at the main immigration office in the government complex (Building B) on Chaengwattana road. The area you want is Section B. You can make an online appointment then just show up with that print out, copies of the data page of your passport, the current extension you're on, and your tm30 receipt. You fill out the form, pay 200 baht and they mailed the certificate of residence to the address you have a TM30 filed at in about 5 days You can get to the online appointment booking for Chaengwattana at either the main immigration website or the Bangkok immigration one. I do not know any agents in Bangkok that do COR for people (other than the companies that help you get drivers license and I think it's built into their pricing not a separate service they offer

This is the link for the passport renewal by mail instructions (once you answer the questions and it shows you can do mail in renewal https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/passports/instructions-for-ds-82-processing-by-mail-and-online-fee-payment-for-u-s-citizens-residing-in-thailand/

They post on the website that processing time, but recently did a US passport renewal for an elderly friend up country and he got both passports delivered to his door about 43 days after I sent the packet to the ACS division of the US Embassy here in bangkok via EMS Thai Post. AFAIK they don't do the "cashier check" option any more for passport renewal by mail and you pay thru the online dot gov portal You pay thru this portal for the US passport https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1156527186/ You BUY a return postage envelope from Thai Post Mart, and include the receipt of purchase and they send both passports to you with it You pay thru this portal for the return postage envelope https://www.thailandpostmart.com/product/1013460000929

Wow that's up in the middle of Nakhon Nowhere 😮 She'll need copies of Data page of her passport most recent entry stamp to thailand current extension TM30 lease/land lord i/d (maybe the house book listing) hand drawn map A filled out TM7 <-application for extension, w/passport size photo You go to her bank and get; - standard bank letter (usually allowed within 7 days of when you're applying) - 1 year detail transaction report from the bank (to show she followed the seasoning requirements for the extension she's on) - updated bank book (needs to be updated the day she applies for the extension) Those things and 1900baht should get her a new yearly extension based on "retirement"

If you really want to help her out, you will slog to the immigration office she uses and get the hand out listing the specific requirements at that office (as there are 80+offices in the country) Never the less, I will post the general list of requirements once I get back to my PC. Is this get firsts yearly extension? Or she's on an extension already and this is a subsequent year? How did she meet proof of funds last year?

If you are only coming here for 2 months just come in free stamp entry (visa exempt) for 60 days. No sense jumping through the hoops to get a DTV, pay the 400 USD the visa costs or sign up forlanguage school classes you have no desire to attend.

The answer to your question of no, you can't you switch from a yearly extension based on marriage to one based on employment inside the country, 😞 To do that, you'd cancel the extension you're on, exit the country, either get a non b from a nearby thai consulate or exit come back in free stamp (visa exempt) then apply for the 90 day Non-B at your immigration office What is your reasoning behind doing that? Unless you are about to get divorced, I would say stay on your yearly extension based on marriage and hold your work permit just like you are now...

Unless I am mistaken you have to EXIT/RE-ENTER the country to get the Elite visa and year entry stamp inked in Once you're approved for the Elite visa you would cancel the extension you're on based on employment (doubtful you're actually on a Non-B visa) exit/re-enter. They will have someone meet you, take you to the processing area, put the Elite Visa in your passport then get you stamped in for a year

These are the top tier visa agents down in Pattaya Mots TikTok Maneerat Travel Farang Thai Visa Pattaya Annie Visa Pattaya MThai Visa

Many MANY people over the years used to "live here" on single entry Non-O 90 day stamps, a 60 day visit thai family extension and then go get a new 90 day Non-O after that 5 months ran out. Especially the ones who had thai children without being married to the mother (so no legal parental rights) Those people would do that Non-O 90 days + 60 day visit family thing over and over without any issue getting back in It is doubtful you will have any issues stamping in but if you do, just tell them you didn't get the funds seasoned in time. You're far from the first foreigner to have had that happen and have to start over with the whole process 🙂

dunno why you were told that 😕 The immigration office at IT Square Laksi Plaza will 'recover' an entry stamp from a lost passport for you with the police report, the filled out form and the required copies BUT You are correct, on a visa exempt entry you can just show the police report w/the new passport and get stamped out fine when you leave

You can do it one of two ways either slog on out to the immigration office at Laksi to "recover the stamp" from a lost passport to this new one then leave OR You can show the police report along with the new passport when you exit thailand at the airport and they'll stamp you out on the new passport no problem

remember just because you bought a tourist visa to thailand doesn't guarantee you get IN on that visa. All it means is if they do let you in, you get in for the number of days that visa allows (60 days)

Of course it has to be an 'official checkpoint' because you need to stamp OUT of thailand, in&out of another country then back in to thailand to get a free 60 day entry stamp This is an OLD topic but it appears to be the closest land border crossing to Phetchabun province.

The process is exactly as @Liquorice outlined 👍 👍 Follow it before you come here, then after you get here and you will walk away with what you're after; the "marriage of a thai national abroad" certificate here called a Kor Ror 22 (ค.ร.๒๒)

They are pretty good about answering their official Facebook page. Try messaging then thru that, or head on over to the LTR office at the One Bangkok building during business hours and talk to them on person. Here's their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/share/18pvTMTZsa/ When you started the application you applied for the Visa through this website right ltr.boi.go.th/

In bangkok, you can apply for an extension when you have 45 days or less left on your current stamp. He needs almost the exact same documentation that he used when he applied for the in-country Non-O 90 day visa. He goes to section L-1 at Chaengwattana immigrations and applies for the extension for 1900 baht. once he gets it issued he would then go to section C-1 to apply for a reentry permit.

That's 100% exactly how "Safe Entry" works and the companies can usually do Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi, Phuket and Chiang Mai as points of entry, you have to send them copies of EVERY page of your passport now as well (since they started putting those small denial of entry stamps in the back pages 😛 ) BUT I had someone denied entry from Vietnam get shipped back there and came back in the next day on the SAME FLIGHT # at the same airport with no issue at all 😮 Some nationalities they won't fool with, AND they run your passport thru the immigration system with their contact to see your previous entry/stay history and if you were denied entry before. They won't even tell you they can get you in if they can't,

Almost all those well advertised bouncing companies really just broker their people thru SWD Transport in Bangkok or 1st Class Visa Run in Pattaya In Bangkok these people go to the cambodian border every day at 4:30am from the Lotus's parking lot at BTS On Nut https://thaivisaservice.com/ And there is no issue with the TDAC being done at the border before stamping back into thailand,

In Chaengwattana you have to do the first report after you come back into the country in person. There's no downside to trying it online 2 weeks before your due date, BUT keep in mind that most people who try it (in Bangkok) get this rejection:

Don't waste the money to check to see if your blacklisted. I can assure you with 100% accuracy, you are most definitely not banned. You, (like many thousands of people each week), were just denied entry to Thailand. It's not blacklisting, all it means is on this attempt they didn't let you in. Check the last couple pages of your passport because what's happening now is people are not getting the half-page denial of entry stamp anymore but they are getting a small notation written on one of the last two pages of their passport that say 12.2 That refers to the immigration act clause 12 section 2. I've included the screen grab As people have said use a safe entry company, which is not to be confused with a fast track entry company. They are completely different things. Safe entry, get you into the country no matter what your previous entry history was and no matter if you have been denied entry previously. Fast track entry, just jumps the queue and gets you to the front of the immigration line, but you face the immigration officer on your own and if your previous entry/stay history is excessive they can still deny you entry. Here's two images of denial of entry stamps one shows somebody was denied in 2023 and then again in April of this year, and the other is just the denial they got in Jan 2025. BOTH those stamps were on the last page(s) of the passports <- so they're not easily noticed by people who get denied 😮

As DrJack54 said, you go to the US, you apply for the visa thru the eVisa webportal, selecting the thai consulate which serves the state where you are (in your case if you're in Washington state you use the Los Angeles consulate) and you wait in the US until the visa is approved or rejected. They will email you the PDF file that is the visa if it's approved, you print that and give it with your passport to the officer at passport control when you stamp in to thailand On their website they state the processing time