chrishawkins

If you have a valid extension of stay and re-entry permit in your old passport and will return before it expires you just show that passport along with your new passport on arrival and get stamped in on the new passport (then have extension of stay information transferred). No new visa is required.

Thanks for the reply.

I phoned the Thai Consulate in Hull and they were not helpful, all I wanted was a telephone number for Thai Immigration so I can confirm this (looked on the website but the pages wouldn't load). They insisted that the Passport Agency would not return my passport and even if they did the passport would be cancelled and thus they visa/ extension and re entry visa would be cancelled and I will have to obtain a new visa. Following that call I phoned the Passport Agency said they would return the passport and then said much the same as you wrote Lopburi13.

Can anyone one offer any advice how I can get some confirmation on this situation?

Many thanks to Lopburi13 for the advice.

Bangkok Bank sent us a bill of 1700 baht for the year as we didn't use it. The wife phoned them and they told us to go out that day and buy something for that amount 1700 or more and they waived the charge.

Am I doing the right thing?

Shortly before leaving for the UK my passport was damaged, even though the photo page is still visible and the re entry visa were visible, I was pulled up by immigration in Bangkok Airport and was told that I will need a new passport.

So now I am in the UK I am going to apply for a passport, thus the old one will be cancelled with the visa and extension, is this correct? The Immigration officer said that I will have to bring the old one back with me because of the visa.

With a new passport I will also have to apply for a Non immigrant visa at Hull to re-enter Thailand. Once back in Thailand I can apply for visa/extension based on marriage.

Am I correct, or am I way of the mark.

Many thanks

CHANG MAI.and burgerking for xmas dinner,cant wait. :D :burp:

Sounds like a fantastic idea, I am joining you.

After christmas dinner in Burger King going to visit the snow dome in Chiang Mai, you interested EB?

HA HA EB 1-1. :bow:

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After spending all night on the Internet, Kwasaki finally sleeps.

all i can say is you repeat yourself EB ,

but that s the norm for a blue ,they dont havet toooo much to talk about

just enjoying a glass of red WYWH not so bad.

criss is coming over TMW to go to the vikings for a wind up ,so have more info

TMW.

up the reds DS i mean the real REDS wish you were here (WYWH)for a SMAC.

kda getting ready for the white boy (EB).

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Sometimes I have problems with your acronyms Kelboy:

'just enjoying a glass of red WYWH not so bad'

As I understand this WYWH is 'With Your Wife Haha'

just enjoying a glass of red,With Your Wife, Haha........ not so bad

White boy or Fat boy?

I say go for it mate, take the plunge. If it doesn't work out go back to Australia and work and put it down to a life experience. If you don't try you will never know. But take notice of the other posts, Thailand can eat your money in no time.

Thanks for your input, another thing to do for the visa at least I can go prepared.

Nothing was mentioned last year at the Chiang Mai Office.

Better to be prepared!!

I have just spoken to a friend, he had just return from Mae Sot immigration.

He was applying for a year extension on his marriage visa. He had everthing in order, photocopies and the money in the bank etc, but the one thing they said he did not have were photographs of him and his wife.

Yes, they said they now require photgraphs of their house and pictures of them together in the rooms of their house. He was asked to do this and send them quickly so they could process his application.

My friend also mentioned that they now also require the bank account should be in his name from now on and not in joint names.

I myself will be applying for my marriage extension in October. I used to do my visa in Mae Sot but there were always problems, so for the last five years I have done it in Chiang Mai and have not once had a problem. With the recent changes I will have to do it in Mae Sot as I come under this area, dreading it.

Can anyone shed any light on this? Are photos now a requirement? Are bank accounts to be in sole name? (when I very first applied for my marriage visa in Bangkok they wanted the the account to be in joint names)