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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.

thank you for the reply score card. Much appreciated. Would be obliged if any other knowledgeable PR holder could confirm also, to make sure. Many thanks Ant.

Thank you for your reply Kan Win. Another trip then to Chaeng Wattana. Any document i should prepare, to be filled in? Or no need when the application is only under review? Thks Ant.

Good morning. I have a question. Currently my application for PR is under review and i get the 6 month stamp for extension because of it. In November i will be traveling to my home country and will be back before this extension stamp expires. Would i still need to go to Chaeng Wattana to have any forms filled in or get any new stamps in my passport or am i ok to travel and return to Thailand on this visa with my PR application still continuing? Would appreciate advise from anyone who knows, to avoid any issue later. Thank you. Ant.