NoMeAmes Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 It's that time of the year again *sigh* I'm planning on getting out of there before 4 pm so I wanna be as early as I can. What time do the vans connecting Mochit and Chaengwattana start operating? Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotsdermatter Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Better to grab a taxi because it is not far and they are plentiful and will take you to the Immigration Office. 'nuf sed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allane Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 My guess would be that vans start leaving Mochit at about 6 a.m.; however Immigration doesn't open until 8:30 a.m. I don't know if there is any kind of orderly queuing system outside their doors before they open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMeAmes Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 minute ago, allane said: My guess would be that vans start leaving Mochit at about 6 a.m.; however Immigration doesn't open until 8:30 a.m. I don't know if there is any kind of orderly queuing system outside their doors before they open. oh there is. an extremely long one if you arrive at 8:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 9 minutes ago, NoMeAmes said: oh there is. an extremely long one if you arrive at 8:30. They start handing out queue numbers for the main desk at 7:00 now insteading of having to line up at the door. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMeAmes Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 36 minutes ago, ubonjoe said: They start handing out queue numbers for the main desk at 7:00 now insteading of having to line up at the door. that's great. Took them long enough to notice the flaw in the chaotic system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheinwiese Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Taxi Mochit-Chaengwattana will set you back 120 THB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry15 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 better take a taxi around 04.30 am otherwise you will not be on time. because traffic jam. People start queing at 7 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 13 hours ago, ubonjoe said: They start handing out queue numbers for the main desk at 7:00 now insteading of having to line up at the door. Several other posters have said that you do need to line up in a cordoned off area starting near the front immigration door. At about 7am immigration then walks the line to pass out queue numbers and at 8:30 when the door opens, groups of ten are allowed in based on those numbers. Getting there the earliest means getting in soonest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Van services in Bangkok typically start around 5-6am and end around 9-10pm daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake Up Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Does anyone have experience at CW of getting a que at 3:20 pm and getting their extension of stay back before they close at 5 pm. I hate going early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 35 minutes ago, Wake Up said: Does anyone have experience at CW of getting a que at 3:20 pm and getting their extension of stay back before they close at 5 pm. I hate going early. A long as you get a queue number by 3:30pm when they stop issuing them your application would be processed. They work until all those that got a number are processed, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 19 hours ago, NoMeAmes said: I'm planning on getting out of there before 4 pm so I wanna be as early as I can. What time do the vans connecting Mochit and Chaengwattana start operating? Does anyone know? Um, you said you "want to get out of there by 4pm so you want to be there as early as possible". Well, even if you arrive there just before lunchtime (just before 12pm) you should usually be out of there before 4pm. Well, maybe unless you end up having lots of Chinese in front of you. I know that happened to me last time and was extremely annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, henry15 said: better take a taxi around 04.30 am otherwise you will not be on time. because traffic jam. People start queing at 7 am lol do peeps seriously take a taxi at 4:30am in the morning just so they can be there before 7am? Wow! My ideal time to arrive at immigration is somewhere in the morning between 10am-11am but that's me. Edited August 28, 2018 by bbi1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4evermaat Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 8 hours ago, henry15 said: better take a taxi around 04.30 am otherwise you will not be on time. because traffic jam. People start queing at 7 am 42 minutes ago, bbi1 said: lol do peeps seriously take a taxi at 4:30am in the morning just so they can be there before 7am? Wow! My ideal time to arrive at immigration is somewhere in the morning between 10am-11am but that's me. How much extra is it to just have an "agent" do the application? At least it is better than the Chiang Mai local immigration situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 55 minutes ago, 4evermaat said: How much extra is it to just have an "agent" do the application? At least it is better than the Chiang Mai local immigration situation. I have no idea about the costs to get an agent to go to immigration for you to do an extension of stay. If anyone knows I'd also be interested in hearing. It always annoyed the hell out of me when one of those agents came with 10 passports in front of me and takes up so much time therefore delaying everyone else in the queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMeAmes Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 I would like to know about agents as well. I would love to be able to come and wait only for 1 hour before being processed, instead of the usual 4-5 hours... Anyone has a clue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yabbra Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 lol do peeps seriously take a taxi at 4:30am in the morning just so they can be there before 7am? Wow! My ideal time to arrive at immigration is somewhere in the morning between 10am-11am but that's me.I went to Chang Wattana last month to do my annual extension of stay. I needed to get it done as quickly possible so decided to get there ridiculously early. The taxi pulled up outside the building at 5:30am. I was sure that I'd be the first person there, but couldn't believe my eyes to see about 15 people in an orderly queue outside the front doors (everyone was let inside the building at 6am). Would you believe the first bloke was there at 4:30 lol. It was worth it though. I got queue ticket no.15 at 7am & when the immigration doors opened at 8:30, got no.1 for my section. Was in a taxi on my way back to work at 8:45. So as you can see, it takes serious commitment to get out of there quickly when going in the morning lol. In the past year, I've seen other work colleagues do their extension of stay & not get it done until the late afternoon because they arrived between 7-8am. The queue outside is huge by then. It's just crazy how busy & slow that place has become. Sent from my U FEEL PRIME using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 3 hours ago, yabbra said: I went to Chang Wattana last month to do my annual extension of stay. I needed to get it done as quickly possible so decided to get there ridiculously early. The taxi pulled up outside the building at 5:30am. I was sure that I'd be the first person there, but couldn't believe my eyes to see about 15 people in an orderly queue outside the front doors (everyone was let inside the building at 6am). Would you believe the first bloke was there at 4:30 lol. It was worth it though. I got queue ticket no.15 at 7am & when the immigration doors opened at 8:30, got no.1 for my section. Was in a taxi on my way back to work at 8:45. So as you can see, it takes serious commitment to get out of there quickly when going in the morning lol. In the past year, I've seen other work colleagues do their extension of stay & not get it done until the late afternoon because they arrived between 7-8am. The queue outside is huge by then. It's just crazy how busy & slow that place has become. Sent from my U FEEL PRIME using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app What a fool that first dude was, queuing up at 4:30am lol. Doors opened at 8:30am so he had to wait 4 hours anyway. Then needs to submit paperwork then sit down again and wait for immigration to process whatever they need to do, then gets called in to collect the passport in groups anyway. He probably got out around 8:45am too. Might as well come at a more realistic time late morning. It takes about 4 hours of waiting around from beginning to end to be out the door anyway, unless someone really loves waking up super early while everyone else is still asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misty Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 2:34 PM, Wake Up said: Does anyone have experience at CW of getting a que at 3:20 pm and getting their extension of stay back before they close at 5 pm. I hate going early. I got there at 1pm last week and was there past 7pm. Others were still there when I left. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 On 9/2/2018 at 12:15 PM, Misty said: I got there at 1pm last week and was there past 7pm. Others were still there when I left. Wow, really? There must be busloads of Chinese people there since the last time I was there a few months ago. Was that the case? Last time I was there there was more then half the peeps sitting around all Chinese. How about these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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