BrandonJT

December

The CoR I have from Bangkok reads my name as Mr. First Middle Last. My drivers license also says Mr. First Middle Last. I can't say anything about Jomtien as I've never used either the Immigration Office or the DLT there.

In Chiang Mai there are so many factors it's difficult to say why you might be given such an answer. But I can assure you, not only is it possible for tourists to get a COR in Chiang Mai, they can also get it the next day. I know, as I got my license in Chiang Mai doing exactly this when I had visa exempt. You submit your application and ask for expedited processing. Costs 500 baht, no receipt, and you pickup the next day. Reasons that might cause them to tell you no to either getting a COR at all, or getting the next day COR: Too many people in line Already committed to too many expedited certificates for the next day Other immigration officers nearby Supervisor/superiors nearby It's a day that ends in y and the officer doesn't feel like it For Chiang Mai, either wait until there are less people in line and no one is around and ask again, or come back another day and try again.

Medical visa, no. You would have to get that before you traveled to Thailand. Medical extension, possibly. Your hospital/doctor must arrange documents that state you CANNOT leave Thailand. Not that you shouldn't, or that it won't be easy, they need to say that you are unable to travel. With that you might be able to get an extension at immigration for medical reasons. But these have been notoriously difficult to get, especially in Bangkok. Basically if you are able to go to the immigration office, in their eyes you are well enough to travel and leave Thailand. For those who are truly in bad shape the hospital has to arrange the extension for them and those are the situations where it is generally acceptable to immigration. Regardless, the first step is going to be your doctor/hospital to see if they've dealt with this before and get their support.

1) You must have a long-term visa or extension in order to get a 5-year license. Without that you will receive another 2-year renewal. This may vary from DLT office to office, but I've never heard of this particular item varying. 2) You are correct that you must have the 5-year license in order to get an IDP. You should be able to get it immediately after receipt of your 5-year license.

Possibly. But since you've already been getting annual extensions it might be possible to do yourself. Is your extension from Jomtien office and not some far flung province? This is one of the reasons people cannot do the next extension on their own. The other is that when you switch to non-O visa inside Thailand with a Pattaya agent, they get both the 90 day non-O and the 1-year extension all in the same day generally. And if both of those in your passport have the same date, every immigration office in Thailand knows you used an agent and will tell you to do so again. But in your cause if neither of the above applies, and you have the required funds in your bank account for the entire year previous, you can likely do it on your own next time.

That's literally the entire point of a re-entry permit. A multiple-entry visa does not require re-entry permits because it's multiple entry. And a re-entry permit does not make it function like a multiple entry visa, because the time on your stamp continues ticking down while you are outside of Thailand. A re-entry permit does not give you any extra time, whereas with a multiple-entry visa you get a brand new stamp with full days each time you enter.

This question comes up from time to time, and the answer, like basically every answer in Thailand, is that it depends on who you are standing in front of at passport control. You can ask the officer to not use your visa, but they generally will want to use it. Yes, they will see that you have a visa in the system. There have been reports of people who wanted to do similar to you and didn't even mention that they had a visa, and the officer asked them and then stamped them in on the visa regardless of what they wanted. The only thing you can do is ask them not to use it. If they require you to use it, you just need to get a re-entry permit (1000 baht) before you leave so that it is still valid when you return.

It doesn't have to be done on the same day. Why would it? Step 1: Get letter from company. Step 2: Cancel work permit for a future date Step 3: Cancel extension for a future date All of those things are separate, but need to be done before the date work will stop if you want extra time to leave. Otherwise you must leave the same day you stopped working.

I told you, you can do this ahead of time. You don't need to do and leave the same day. Also most immigration offices will not let you cancel the extension unless you have the cancelled work permit, so you can't just leave that to the employer.

If you are on an extension of stay based on work with a work permit, you MUST cancel the work permit and the extension of stay. You signed a document when you got your extension that said you would notify immigration of any change in status. You stopping your job is a change of status and you must inform them and cancel your extension. If you do not do so, you will be fined 500 baht per day from the day you stopped working (to a maximum of 20,000 baht) and you will not be able to get your non-O visa until you cancel your work extension. Even if it ends, that doesn't matter. You still have to cancel it. You would notify your employer that you will stop working and get a letter from them stating your last day of work. You take this letter along with your work permit to the depart of labor and cancel your work permit. You then take your cancelled work permit and this letter to the immigration office that issued your extension and cancel your extension. This can usually be done about a week in advance of the date on the letter that you still stop working. They will cancel your extension and stamp you in until the date on the letter.

If she has registered the address into the TM30 system as owner she can do it.

Your understanding is correct. That is how it should work. There was a concerning article from December at Phuket Airport about an arrest in the actual airport for overstay, but no details emerged that I know of.

They assume everyone is, or knows someone who is.

As far as Myanmar goes, all of the land borders are still closed to foreigners, but Ranong is still open for border bounces.