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whilst it could feel that way, i have lived here thru the covid period from beginning to end and saw a lot of poverty and dependence on food hand outs, but i can not say it was more dangerous, or that it felt more dangerous. Probably this was due to the fact that Pattaya became very empty with most with family upcountry went there, rather then staying in Pattaya with now work (and arguably few people to rob )

Good morning Repton, There is no annual reporting if you are staying inside Thailand. The only reporting to be done if you are staying in Thailand is to the police as per your Red police book which is like 5 years. For your resident permit, only if you go outside Thailand you must come back within Thailand with 365 days as per the last page of your Permanent Resident Permit and must have gotten your re-endorsement. If you are outside Thailand they are normally very strict and would loose the resident permit and would have to start again, but you might want to drop an email to the immigration office. I have a friend who has PR and was very late to come back due the covid situation and immigration was very lenient in his case. Hope it helps. Ant.

For myself, i went thru the process of applying for the PR in December 2021, did the interview in April 2022 and finally received the approval of my PR in March 2023 and have collected it in early May as i had booked my family visit already. The amount of paperwork is quite substantial, but if you have a secretary and a HR person of your company helping you, you dont really need a firm or agent to help you. Imo, the HR person is more important, as many documents to support your application come from your work place, with which an outside agent can not help you with. And neither can they help with the document you have to get from overseas. Personally i have not received any request for money from the immigration officers other then the application fee and the final 95K once approved. Anyway, that was my experience. With kind regards, Ant.

Thanks. Just got back from the Amphur office here in Banglamung. Need next to copies of all the books including the work permit she saw and the marriage certificate a legalized, and certified by the MIFO a translated to Thai language copy of the first page of my passport. That and 2 Thai's with bluebook and Id card for the next visit together with my wife who is the owner of our house. fyi, for anybody trying to get on the blue Tabiaan Baan book here also. Ant.

thank you very much Scorecard. Very happy to have received the pr. I suspect that the Amphur officer at my Hr spoke to dont know what the Pr is or that they are mistaking it with the 3 months certifcate of residence one can get. Then my question would be if anybody would have any link or document where it is stated by the government that a Pr holder must be listed on a blue tabiaan baan. many thanks Ant.

Hi There, I am off to go to the district office today to be put into the blue tabiaan baan after receiving my Pr and police red book a few days ago. Now my Hr called ahead to the district office to make sure i can go in the tabiaan baan, but they told her a certificate of the Pujai Baan of my tesssabaan is needed. Is that correct? Or are they making it unnecessary difficult? Is there any document to show that a Pr holder is required by law to go into the blue tabiaan baan? as my supsicision is that they dont know and are making steps up? Advice would be appreciated as always Ant.

Hi there, Got my application approved in December 2021 and will go collect my PR this coming week, so altogether 1 year and 6 months. Ant.

Thank you very much for you reply. yes, our surnames are the same in both his passports, so it would be the same situation then, so that is a relief. Appreciate your time to reply. Ant.

As an aside to my above approval for my resident permit, would anyone know if i need an approval letter of some sort, if i take my son alone with me to Europe to visit his grandparents? He is 5 years old and has dual Nationality. Any advise would be appreciated. I realize this might not be the correct forum to ask, but it seems like a very knowledge section on all things immigration related. Thank you! Ant.

Thanks for letting me know Cocoonclub. My wife did get the call yesterday from the immigration officer also for my approval. So looks like there can be some weeks in between for all applicants being processed. Luckily no rush to go and collect the resident permit, as i am flying to my home country for 3 weeks and it can be done after this, i got informed.

Hi Cocoonclub, I am from the same class as you and was thinking of dropping a similar message as did not hear anything either. Did though, receive on the day of my 1st extension, 3 of the same forms for future extensions of our "under review visa" for the next visits. So it sounded like an 1 year and half minimum, before hearing anything. Ant.

Not Sure if it was posted already, but looks like the application window for this year is open. Unfortunately, now news yet from my 2021 application, so i guess no news is good news. Or did anybody from the class of 2021 already receive any info r approval? Would be delighted to know or receive any news on it. Thanks Ant. https://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/notification-residential-permit-2022/

Hi Jombangkok Contact details The Correct Translation Service 080 186 9186 [email protected] Name is Natta Sakulchai, nickname Joy I paid 1800 TBH for i think 3 pages plus mailing fee Suggest you get her line contact details or her email and then sent her pictures or scans of the documents you need translated. She will check if all stamps are ok and if the Thai ministry of Foreign affairs will accept or if you are missing something. She will then already work on the translation until she gets the official documents from you, which need to be attached to the translation as part of the legalization process. Hope that helps. Ant.

On the degree and the police report, ( in my country it gets translated to "Declaration towards behaviour") i found them the most cumbersome to obtain. The police report, has to be from the country of your passport. For degrees, you need to have them translated in English, certified by a legalized translator (who will take it to a local court), then have it legalized by the ministry of foreign affairs in the country of your passport and once that is done, you have to take it to the Thai Embassy of your home country to be stamped and confirmed as being authentique. Only then you can have it translated in Thailand by a Thai Translator who will need to go to the Thai Ministry of Foreign affairs in Bangkok, to have both legalized for Thailand and only then the Immigration will accept these. If your home country is english speaking, or on the police document is as well English is written, the Thai Embassy of your home country might accept it without the need to have it translated or certified by the ministry of foreign affairs in your home country. For both these documents, my brother in law went to the ministry of foreingn affairs in my home country and to the Thai Embassy there. And he had to make multiple trips. For the education degree it counts to your total, for passing the basic requirement, however you should go to Cheang Wattana and discuss with the officers there if they would accept your application without it. (myself i have bachelor degree, not masters, but you get different points for different levels i believe) Also, be aware that after you get both these document legalized by the Thai Embassy and sent or take to Thailand not every translator is able to get this done as it needs to be done quite precise. If you want, i can sent you the contact details of the lady i used, who used to work at that department and who got all translations done without any issues. Before i got her by the HR from my work, i went to various translators in Pattaya to get it done, but in the end they quoted absurd prices without confirmation or guarantee on the legalization part. Last point on the police report from your home country. It needs to be less then 3 months old. I applied 2 years ago, but due to some issues coming from Covid i could not apply the first time, then went a year later, with the nearly one year old police document and they would not accept it. Even though i could prove i did not leave the country due to covid, as they could see it from my passport. Good thing though, is that as this document takes time to obtain, immigration will accept your application, if all your other documents are in order, a proof that you have paid for this document and it in process of coming to Thailand. (I gave mine Mid January this year, after the application was already accepted.) Apologies for the long post, but hope it helps. Ant.

Thank you very much for the advice Scorecard. Will drop them an email. Did try in the past to call to the immigration directly but never managed to get anybody on the phone. Got the impression that they prefer the person to come in person to Chaeng Wattana with any question, hence the number might be slowly staffed ;0), but as it is for me an over 2 hour drive up and down would like to circumvent that if possible. Thanks! Ant.