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Firstly, when the apartment was owned by a company then the company registration document was accepted at JW, Bangkok. For the privately owned apartments that I have stayed, neither of the Thai owners were in the Thai blue book, tabien baan, of the apartment. The only link of the owner's ID card to the apartment was via a receipt of payment, which had the tax number on it, which I have just had a look at and is the same as the Thai owner's ID card number. Both were required by Jomtien , in addition to the Thai blue book, tabien baan, page that matched the address on their Thai ID card. I had recently moved, so maybe the address requirements become simplier, if making a second annual extension, at the same address. Any additional first hand information would be greatly appreciated. Can anyone confirm first hand, what is actually required by Jomtien, for a one year extension, when renting a foreign owned condo? 1) Owner's passport 2) Address page of the condo Yellow Book, foreigner tabien baan. 3) A rental receipt with the foreigner's tax number. If following the same rules for Thais, would a Yellow Book, foreigner tabien baan, of the registered address of the foreigner be required? If it was obvious then I wouldn't be asking and I guess this presumes that the foreign owner has registered to pay tax on the rental income. Greatly appreciate any feedback that doesn't go off topic e.g. agents.

Whilst that was true only a few years ago, and officially is probably still the case, there is no way you can actually get the 1Y extension these days without providing the extra documents they want [-edit: without using an agent, which is a discussion for another thread.]

Last year, at Jomtien the minimum rental contract length was 3 months. In Bangkok, they require minimum 6 months, but for an ongoing 6 month apartment contract the IO said a new 6 month contract would be need to be signed to qualify. What are rules regarding remaining rental contract lengths? First hand experience would be greatly appreciated rather than quoting something that the IO can ignore. It would be great, if a thread existed on the latest address requirements that wasn't cluttered with most of the replies discussing agents, as that is completely off topic.

When renting from a thai owned condo or apartment, the recent requirements were signed copies of (1) owner's ID card (2) tabien baan at address on the ID card and (3) tabien baan for rented address. Q: What are the requirements when renting a foreign owned condo, as a passport doesn't have a Thai address on it? Whilst this is specifically for Pattaya/Jomtien, it would also be interesting to know if the same rules apply everywhere. It would be good, if such a thread existed on the latest requirements that wasn't cluttered with most of the replies discussing agents.

Thank you for all of your replies. Before covid appeared, I had not used an agent, but yes it was all purely down to the uncertainty with no borders to any nearby countries being open and that doesn't look likely to change this year. My current extension ends early December, so being told that I have to extend within one week's time means I stand to lose over 2 months on an annual extension, as it is not within the 45 days period Could anyone explain what is happening on the 30th September and how the rules may change? I may well only need an extra 90 days after my current extension ends, so may not even need a one year extension, but unless the covid extension period is extended it is unclear how I would achieve this without paying an agent almost the same as for the reduced annual extension being promoted. Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.

Received a message a few days ago that the non-O volunteer visa would have to be extended before the 25th September. After further elaboration, it turns out that there's a planned shake-up in the visas issued by a agency, which many people recommend. This is a question aimed at those with actual experience of this visa and please not those who wish to bore the masses with their morale high ground. "Are all agents around the country, being hit with this deadline and what is their advice, and feedback for the future, in regard to those currently on this visa?"