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Just went to Immigration to extend my Non-O visa and wanted to let everyone know how it went given the change over the past few months along with the virus.
5:50 arrived at airport. 30th in line
7:00 about 60 people in line, parking lot almost full, man wearing volunteer sweater started going down the line reviewing paperwork.
7:15 the doors opened and they started the queue
7:50 got my queue number (O20, 21, 22 family of 3) and sat down to wait for the rest of the officers to arrive. It was just the 3 officers at the queue desk at that point.
8:30 the rest of the officers arrived and started taking numbers and processing applications.
10:00 our number was called to turn in documents
10:30 passport with extended visa returned and out I went.
At the time I left (10:30) the queue numbers being served were: O28, TF7, RE3, C4,
Overall, it took a while (4.5 hours) and if you don't arrive early 5:30-6:30 you probably won't be finished before lunch. But it went smoothly (we had all the documents we needed) just be prepared to wait and sit a while, but there wasn't any confusion/yelling/issues as I have read about before. All the officers were polite and respectful. At about 8:30 another "volunteer" arrived who was helping people get the right paperwork while they were waiting/before they got to queue desk. He was a westerner and seemed to be very knowledgable and helpful to people. There were still a fair amount of people coming with applications that needed to be done at promenade mall, they were notified of the switch and left for the mall.
There were officers going around taking temperatures and recording them on your applications. Don't know what they did if you have a fever, but they seem to be taking it into account.
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Can anyone explain the process for applying to extending your temporary visa at the new (old) office by the airport.
How early do you have to get there.
How long do you have to wait to get a queue number.
How long do the queue numbers take.
I haven't been able to get a clear picture after sifting through page after page of posts regarding experiences at the new office.
Any information is appreciated.
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Thanks for the info we will look into the possibility of leaving our behind with friends
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I apologize if this has been covered, but any opinions or experiences are welcome. Here is the story
We need to stay an extra 30 days from volunteer visa expiration date (one week from now).
Questions:
1. I know you can get an extension for a tourist visa of 30 days, can you do the same on a volunteer visa and get an extra 30 days?
2. We have already done two visa runs to Mae Sai, has anyone tried doing a 3rd. If we booked our flights home to America, would that persuade them to give us an extra 30 days even though we have 2 land border stamps already. Side note as well we have a 5 month old baby, do you think immigration would give us grace given we have an infant as well haha.
3. We know we can fly to and back to a foreign country and we can get 30 days at the airport, we are just looking for a cheaper/simpler option as it would cost us an extra $500 dollars or so and any unnecessary traveling with an infant is not fun.
Chiang Mai Immigration Q & A - Info and reports. (2020)
in Chiang Mai
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Normally I wouldn't but my wife had a doctor's appt at 1 PM to get a medical certificate to fly tomorrow because she is pregnant; so going in the afternoon wasn't an option. Some people need to get it done early so wanted to give people a heads up for what to expect. And where in my post did I complain.