Tod Daniels

18 hours ago, BenCrew said:

Having enquired with an agent, I know this is not the case. An agent that has contacts within Chon Buri would not be able to turn up at Chantaburi immigration for a residency cert for their client who has a Chon Buri visa stamp. 

A Chon Buri visa stamp = a Chon Buri address = a Chon Buri residency cert.

Didn't say anywhere that the agent would show up at Chanthaburi immigrations for a certificate of residence 

The agent would use chonburi to get the certificate of residence BUT many times they can get it with your REAL address (not the b/s chonburi one they used for the extension)

How do I know this? 
A friend in bangkok has an extension from an agent out of an immigration office in Nakhon Nowhere, he needed to get a certificate of residence to renew his d/l, he went to the agent, gave his real bangkok address, they got a hold of the office in Nakhon Nowhere and had a certificate of residence issued with his bangkok address on it 😮     

SO I will respectfully disagree with your comment 🙂

Your mileage may vary

15 hours ago, BenCrew said:

Out of curiosity, I'm sure there are quite a few expats who live outside Chon Buri but use Pattaya agents to help with the funding for an 'O' visa. Given that their visa would most probably be stamped 'Chon Buri', how would the person go about obtaining a residency certificate for a driving license for example, now that the UK, US, and AUS embassies have stopped dealing with them? 🤔

You wouldn't except thru the agent that got the extension for you. Most could get a certificate of residence for you with your real address on it. 

Just had an acquaintance get a new year extension on an OA visa and I can say with 100% accuracy that the mandatory 100K USD insurance (thru one of the 12 approved thai providers) has not decreased. 


The press blurb about it is quite ambiguous too and makes it seem like it's only from Sept to Dec this year 

Here's the link for the approved Thai providers for OA insurance
Non-OA Insurance Providerz
 

22 hours ago, bigt3116 said:

 

Sorry Tod, but my 2 year work permit was issued up here in the sticks of Issan.    🙂

I didn't say anything about a work permit in my reply 😉 Work permits are issued by the Ministry of Labor and even up in Nakhon Nowhere people can get 2 year work permits. 
I said EXTENSIONS OF STAYS are only issued for 2 years to BOI/IEAT company employees (and I meant that in Bangkok you get those at the Cham Churi Square OSSC office)

14 hours ago, Banky Bee said:

Dear All,

 

While reading the threads, I came across information that a Work Permit can be issued (and extended) for a period of more than 1 year at a time. For example, I can apply for WP with validity of 2 years, and then apply for the extension for another 2 years. Soon I have to go through the process of applying for a new WP, so I'd like to save on agency fees in the future.

 

I have a few questions:

1. Is it really possible to request NEW Work Permit with validity of 2 years or more?

2. Are there any additional documents needed for that?

3. Can the Labor Dept deny such a request?

 

Could you advise please, as I want to find a proper way to do that.

I also checked "FORM WP1", it has fields such as "Period of Permission" and "Valid until" - is that what I need...?

Unless I'm mistaken the only people that can get a 2 year extension based on employment are people who work for BOI/IEAT companies (in bangkok that means you get your extensions at Cham Churi Square One Stop Service Center) 

54 minutes ago, Confuscious said:

But what happens if you want to stay away for a longer period.
Example, renting a condominium for 2 or 3 months?
How do people get their TM30 when they own 2 places?

why would you need to?
Just pick which place you're going to use for your extensions/90 day reports etc and have a TM30 filed at that place.
If you own your own place don't even bother telling them you're moving between them. Just make sure you use the address for stuff where you have the TM30 filed and use the office in that area for what ever you're doing

6 minutes ago, catinthehat said:

Dr Jack. Apologies as I meant to exclude Sav as the new 14 day advance window for making appointments seems to fill up quickly. 

Any others?

HCMC used to be the only one in the area that still issued year-long, multi-entry Non-O (with proof of funds) but no reports of anyone getting the year/multi there that I could find. 

Penang might do it (again with proof of funds) but no reports from there either.

I think if that is the visa you want you're gonna hafta just suck it up, set your alarm for 12am and check the system then.
I've checked every day this week and you can get a booking for about 5 minutes (on the popular days) until they're booked out
but
this morning even at 7am there were still bookings for Thurz the 18th (that's because with the holiday Monday you wouldn't get your passport back until Tuesday the 23rd)

It IS gonna interfere with you getting a Non-B visa and/or an extension inside the country 😕 or at least I'm about 99.99% sure it will 😉 

Just leaving without a re-entry permit on an "Extension of Stay" (which I would bet is what you had) based on education doesn't "cancel" it by stamping out.

While it stamps YOU out of the country it still isn't officially cancelled IN the system and even though the ED visa might have expired while you were out of the country it still isn't 'cancelled' 

You won't have any issue getting a Non-B outside the country at a thai consulate OR entering the country with an uncancelled ED extension
BUT
when you go to get the Non-B inside the country or the extension of stay based on employment they'll see that you have an "open" extension and fine you. The fine caps out at 20K baht (just like the overstay fine) and is 500 baht a day for every day.

Many people get that fine because they don't understand that ED and employment extensions need to be CANCELLED before you leave the country to "close them out"  

1 hour ago, zenobit said:

because the usual email reminding me of the upcoming report didn't arrive this time.

If you were rejected one time and went to file in person you WOULDN'T get an email reminder. 
You only get that for the next report once you do a successful 90 day report
SO
seeing as you were approved online this time, in 89 days you should get the email

Congrats 

14 hours ago, anotherfarangishere said:

Arrived today in Chiang Mai after 9 days in Hong Kong - so I stayed 9 days outside Thailand - without visa and no problem at all. Young lady at immigration was friendly: she answered when I said Sawadee Khap and gave me back my wai. I stayed 1 minute at the counter or maybe less.

Never been one single confirmed case of someone getting denied entry flying direct into Chiang Mai, and I looked and looked but couldn't find even a single one. IF people need a "user friendly airport" that is the one (other than those b/s tiny ones in the south that are okay too)

Yep you need a TM30 filed using the online system (or go and do it in person)

The fact you have a yellow house book or even the snazzy pink i/d card for foreigners doesn't mean you don't need a TM30

Here's the online link to the system
TM30 ONLINE 
And here's the PDF you get after you enter the data, save it, go back and search for it, then export it

a power bill, rent bill etc will work

Remember at most thai consulates who are on the eVisa system you have to be IN your home country to use it and you have to show a flight to thailand from your country

Make a log in so you can sign IN to the system and don't forget to go to the thai consulate website that you're using and READ the real requirements for the Non-B from that consulate.

You're just looking at an abbreviated list of requirements for that Non-B right now not being logged in OR having looked at the consulate's website where you're applying   

You can indeed,
You need to GO out to Chaengwattana to Section C-1 and get the hand out listing the requirements for the 90 day Non-O visa for the reason you want to get it (retirement/marriage to a thai)

You also need a minimum of 15 days left on your current stamp (30 day visa exempt or 30 day extension on that) to apply because of the "under review" period 

You get the documentation together, you go apply, pay the 2000baht, get a receipt that has a date stamped 2 weeks out. On that date you go back and get the Non-O visa and new 90 day stamp inked into your passport

@josephbloggs 
Its fine if just you show up on that date your wife/children don't need to go at all. 

Show the people at the queue counter your blue/green receipt and have the passport open to the under consideration stamp page 

They will give you a queue for section L-2

It's at the END of section L-1, so walk to the end of the L-1 section and turn right, L-2 is just a small section that only deals with under consideration stamps for marriage/raising children etc extensions.

They seem to crank thru queues pretty fast.

After that if you want to you can get a re-entry permit (so you can exit/re-enter thailand and not lose your stamp)
 

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

My understanding is that you can obtain one 60 day extension per entry with a ME Non marriage that you have.

Happy to be corrected. 

Whether you can get one 60 day extension based on visiting Thai family per entry, on a multi-entry Visa or per Visa bracket (meaning you can do it once on any entry of that Visa) is an immigration office specific thing.

There are indeed offices that will only let you get that 60-day visit family extension one time per Visa.

Just as there are offices that will not add the 60 days to the current 90-day stamp and they make you go close to the date that stamp is expiring to get the 60 days and you lose the extra days left on your stamp. That is because you have the non-ovisa based on marriage and you are getting the extension for a different reason based on visiting Thai family.

@KruAlastair you clearly have a concept of how the year-long multi-entry non-immigrant type O Visa works, my advice to you would be to take your Thai wife with you and go to the immigration office asking them if you can get the 60-day extension on this entry and then on the final 90 day entry you will get when you bounce out and back close to when your Visa itself expires.

Their answer will control whether you take the extension now or not.

34 minutes ago, akda said:

I received a call that they are awaiting an appointment with the One Stop Service Center at Chamchuri Square.

My new employer is doing their best to secure the appointment.

Hmm strange 😮 
I went to the online queue booking website for bangkok immigrations, selected Cham Churi Square OSCC and there are plenty of appt available for July every day they're open 
Online Queue Booking Bangkok
 

Here's the openings for Monday July 1st 😕 I'd sure contact your employer and make sure that you don't have your wires crossed

did you read the list of requirements on the Phuket Immigration Volunteer website about getting a certificate of residence?

https://piv-phuket.com/residence-certificate/

Just curious did you make a copy of that page in your work permit booklet that showed the other company was listed in it?

Since the countries re-opened after covid the thai consulates in Vietnam (Hanoi and HCMC) went way WAY down as far as their turn around speed to get passports/visas back.

Sadly yes, that is something I have heard all too often from people using that consulate. Unfortunately you have NO leverage at all with them.

I had someone say it took TEN business days for their approval on a Non-B

All you can do is show up tomorrow and check on it.