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Edited by josher typing error ('7' instead of '/')
Went to Chiang Rai office yesterday for 30 extension to tourist visa.
Was told that I must be wearing a collared shirt in photo (polo shirt acceptable). Never heard anything quite so ridiculous before.
Jobsworth did say that on this occasion they would accept my photo (wearing a T-shirt) but not in the future.
Also, they were very particular about proof of residence.
If you're staying with a friend they want:
Document TM30
P/copy of house owner ID
P/copy of house book of landlord
P/copy of house book of house where you stay (if different address to landlord)
P/copy of house contract
Phone number of house owner
Plus p/copies of usual ID documents
If you're staying in a guesthouse, you must already be checked in and ensure that they have registered your stay with immigration. I was going to guesthouse after sorting out extension so was told to go away, check in and come back later.
Sacked 'em off and jumped on a bus to Mae Sai instead where I saved 1000THB (did a 500THB Burma crossing instead) and got a hassle free extension and some cheap cigarettes while I was there.
As a cycle tourer, constantly on the move and not necessarily knowing where I'll be staying one day to the next, this was the most frustrating application attempt I've made within Thailand.
Different offices definitely operate according to differing rules (no problems in Bangkok or Kanchanaburi - I've been in and out of Thailand, pottering around SEA over the past 12 months), and Chiang Rai office proved a right pain in the rear end, for me, yesterday.
The 'new' rule on photos requiring a collared shirt dress code left me quite speechless, until now ???? Hopefully, the idiocy of such a requirement will slowly dawn on the CRai officialdom in the near future and this comment will become redundant.
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Tourist Visa extension in Chiang Rai
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Posted · Edited by josher
typing error ('7' instead of '/')
Went to Chiang Rai office yesterday for 30 extension to tourist visa.
Was told that I must be wearing a collared shirt in photo (polo shirt acceptable). Never heard anything quite so ridiculous before.
Jobsworth did say that on this occasion they would accept my photo (wearing a T-shirt) but not in the future.
Also, they were very particular about proof of residence.
If you're staying with a friend they want:
Document TM30
P/copy of house owner ID
P/copy of house book of landlord
P/copy of house book of house where you stay (if different address to landlord)
P/copy of house contract
Phone number of house owner
Plus p/copies of usual ID documents
If you're staying in a guesthouse, you must already be checked in and ensure that they have registered your stay with immigration. I was going to guesthouse after sorting out extension so was told to go away, check in and come back later.
Sacked 'em off and jumped on a bus to Mae Sai instead where I saved 1000THB (did a 500THB Burma crossing instead) and got a hassle free extension and some cheap cigarettes while I was there.
As a cycle tourer, constantly on the move and not necessarily knowing where I'll be staying one day to the next, this was the most frustrating application attempt I've made within Thailand.
Different offices definitely operate according to differing rules (no problems in Bangkok or Kanchanaburi - I've been in and out of Thailand, pottering around SEA over the past 12 months), and Chiang Rai office proved a right pain in the rear end, for me, yesterday.
The 'new' rule on photos requiring a collared shirt dress code left me quite speechless, until now ???? Hopefully, the idiocy of such a requirement will slowly dawn on the CRai officialdom in the near future and this comment will become redundant.