Well it gave you a chance to look it up for yourself, as I wrote that reasons were explained many times in the past.
So since you are not one of the brightest candles, I will go ahead and educate you as well, by re-posting ONE of the numerous informational posts on this subject...
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Well, re-posting this, again, for you sir....
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Re-posting this one here... Seems like you might need this knowledge as well.....
"Well yes, in this land, situations are mostly related to money and territory.
I am located in Phuket, and there are many Agents who offer a service of dealing with an IO on a customer behalf, for a fee. And this fee is shared between the Agent, and at a very high level at the IO, then further shared...
And strangely, some of the Agents are able to conduct their business directly with the local IO, while others go through a remote IO, such as Nakhon Sawan, Krabi or Trang or.... Now why is that, I have no idea. Appears like Agents must be 'accredited' for the use of such a service at a given IO.
And those Agents who appear to not be able to be accredited locally here, are always able to find a remote IO that is willing to offer such a service to Agents.
But the consequence of getting a 'retirement extension' from a remote location, would mean that the IO doing a 90 day for example, would be required to do that 'free' work, while knowing very well that a non-local IO got a share of the money for the initial 'extension' work. Not happy with that.
So some Agents who deal with a non-local IO, for whatever reason, will offer a free service of obtaining all 90 day reports from the IO that was used to obtain the 'retirement visa'. This of course would entail having to send the passport again and again through mail to obtain the 90 day stamps.
Something that of course anyone would like to avoid. An IO can tell what process was originally used to obtain a service, through a quick glance at the passport. That is what they do for a living. A few seconds will do it...
And to add to the complexity of this situation, once a foreigner has used an Agent, the IO will try as they can to keep this individual to keep on putting money in the system. Lots of money in there. Trying to do further 'retirement extensions' on your own, at the lower fee of course, will get you to be faced with all sorts of problems, being raised by the IO, to make the process as long and difficult as possible. With the aim of breaking you down and getting you back at an Agent's office, and paying the bigger fee. If one is intent on not paying for an Agent, make sure that your income taxes are in order in your country, make sure that your embassy will offer a service of confirming your income, and accept to be patient time and time again when you are told that "Oh, the for that you used is an out-dated one. Use this one, and come back some other day.....
I was initially forced to go see an Agent, after the onset of the Covid era, with airport closed here, borders of neighboring countries closed, so not being able to leave the country to extend my OA visa, and not being able to stay in the country, as my visa would soon expire. 2019, 2020.
When I explained that at the IO, I was told that there was nothing that they could do. The law was written this way.
Then I was told in a whisper, go see an Agent, they will fix it up for you.
And Agent, Oh yes."
Was either using an 'Agent', or becoming an illegal in Thailand, and NOT becoming an illegal through the use of an 'Agent'. So the use of an 'Agent" is the opposite of what some people, out of ignorance, have come to believe.