YellowAngel

@ubonjoe thanks for the updated info, the video was scaring me. i'm glad you removed it

@JackThompson Hi, would you know if is this visa type https://www.immigration.go.th/content/service_24 being handled at Muang Thong Thani? 

I am also wondering the same thing :

1. Are there printing services at Muang Thong Thani office?

2. how long is the queue?

3. What is the ideal time to go?

@ubonjoe can you guide us?

10 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

If she does not have copy of her blue house book registry she can go to a Amphoe (district office) and request a printout of it that immigration will accept.

Visit is just a term they used when they wrote the order. It really means nothing when you apply.

@ubonjoe gotcha. Thank You. BTW is it worth contacting an immigration lawyer at this point? can they help in any way that someone not a lawyer may not know of?

2 minutes ago, andy72 said:

UbonJoe's plan sounds better

100% agreed. Prepping docs now. Finding house registration seems harder than embassy letter.

Secondly how will I show I visiting her when she lives with me outside TH and traveled to TH with me

@andy72 @ubonjoe @jackdd

4 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

1. Your US marriage certificate will be accepted.

2. https://www.immigration.go.th/content/service_24

@ubonjoe thanks for that info. much appreciated.

2 minutes ago, andy72 said:

never see your wife

@andy72 that might work for me. JK ???? i plan to fly out April 16th though as soon as flights open and not stay 90 days over. I will visit the new K-Counter tomorrow hopefully if I get the letter from the not so efficient embassy. I read somewhere in this forum the new K-counter is not for visa extensions?

3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Also marriage certificate and a copy, copies of your wife's house book registry and ID card.

@ubonjoe thanks, I'll take that with me tomorrow, only thing is we didn't get married in TH

1. would a marriage certificate from US stand valid for them?

2. Is there some office link on TH immigration website that explains this visa for visiting wife? what is it called?

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

1. If you have the embassy letter they will do it under the emergency extension rules.

2. No

If caught with the overstay you could be sent to detention until they can deport you.

@ubonjoe Thanks for the info, the immigration lawyers who are marketing their services e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cob8N2o3-w

How can they help? Will hiring them change anything? they wont go to get the embassy letter or stand in bangkok immigration office for 6 hours for me I am assuming, so what are they good for?

@jackdd Thank you for your response. Flight to IN are canceled till April 15th so flying out is impossible. My wife is a Thai national. No, I didn't just marry her on overstay :). Married for 5 years now but Thai immigration doesn't care obviously. I'm still a tourist on paper and they wanted me out when I met them 10 days ago.

My other question was if overstay = money, what if I don't go at all and just pay the fine 30 days from now when I leave, I'd think that's ok but then why was a german busted for 5 day overstay? https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/expats/german-busted-for-5-day-overstay-in-pattaya

2 minutes ago, jackdd said:

From which country are you?

India

@ubonjoe Thank you for your response. May I please bring the focus back to the 2 questions

1. What is due to some small technicality, they don't approve the extension, what will they do to an overstayer?

2. Should I not go and just continue overstaying and pay the fine later?

1 minute ago, jackdd said:

Only if you had a tourist extension since your last entry already.

From your first post it sounds like you had a tourist visa and got 60 days upon entering the country, these 60 days just ended a few days ago. If this is the case you can definitely get a tourist extension without embassy letter.

@jackdd it all depends on where your passport is from. What I am telling you about 7 day extension and embassy letter is not my opinion, these are instructions from Immigration Officer at CW who I met 10 days ago

@ubonjoe I appreciate the response. The goal is not to stay over 90 days or even for 90 days . I am on Day 2 of overstay. The goal is to let this C-19 phase pass by and get out of this horribly managed immigration nation

11 minutes ago, jackdd said:

You don't need an embassy letter, just apply for a 30 day tourist extension.

They won't deny you the tourist extension.

I do need it apparently, where I am from they only allow 7 day extension without the letter.

I did go 10 days ago at CW and they said for more than 7 day extension I need an embassy letter

I came on Feb 3rd with a 60 day visa that expired on April 3rd.

When I read news like

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• https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/thai-tourism-minister-plans-help-for-tourists-stranded-and-worried-about-overstaying-visas

I thought it'll be fine 

however it was too late when I realized these news are just rumors and Thai Immigration still wants you to come to the IO with your embassy letter.

I plan to go to get my embassy letter tomorrow and go to the IO but I am scared.

1. What is due to some small technicality, they don't approve the extension, what will they do to an overstayer

2. Should I not go and just overstay if 90 day overstay is ok?

3. If 90 day overstay is ok why things like this happen? https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/expats/german-busted-for-5-day-overstay-in-pattaya