Immigration Photo Copy Charge

[Neeranam]

How much does your local one charge per page?

Anything more than 1 baht is scandalous and should be reported.

This discrimination against foreigners, and illegal.

[petermik]

Feeling better now....take a chill pill and relax...surely there,s much more going on to worry about than the price of photocopies

[scubascuba3]

Jomtien is 3 baht a page but with some planning in advance some shops copy for 0.5 or 1 baht a sheet.

 

They're quite cheap for photos, 8 for 150 baht. Outside wanted 50 baht a photo

Edited December 2, 2019 by scubascuba3

[petermik]

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Jomtien is 3 baht a page but with some planning in advance some shops copy for 0.5 or 1 baht a sheet

My god don,t tell him that.............

[taninthai]

Mine is 100 bht...????????????????...extension 1900 an dthey keep the 100 change for the photo and photo copy......she called me lazy once when I went in because I didn’t have photo or photo copy ,,,I said I just like to help immigration????????????

[lopburi3]

Take one now.

[Neeranam]

4 minutes ago, petermik said:

Feeling better now....take a chill pill and relax...surely there,s much more going on to worry about than the price of photocopies

The price is obviously not the issue. If you are happy taking it up the @#$%, fair enough. I guess you disagree with what Rosa Parks etc did.

[dabhand]

When I did my last retirement extension in April at Jomtien I needed copies of a few documents. The young assistant sorting out my paperwork simply used their small copier rather than asking me to arrange myself.

 

No charge.

 

Have always found the retirement desk at Jomtien extremely helpful.

[Neeranam]

19 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Jomtien is 3 baht a page but with some planning in advance some shops copy for 0.5 or 1 baht a sheet.

 

They're quite cheap for photos, 8 for 150 baht. Outside wanted 50 baht a photo

Some offices charge more than that.

[Skallywag]

29 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

The price is obviously not the issue. If you are happy taking it up the @#$%, fair enough. I guess you disagree with what Rosa Parks etc did.

Newer copy machines can cost 1 million baht($30,000 USD), so a few baht per copy is sensible. 

Although in the USA at Kinkos in 1991, I do believe copies were only 1 cent

[Neeranam]

1 minute ago, Skallywag said:

Newer copy machines can cost 1 million baht($30,000 USD), so a few baht per copy is sensible. 

Although in the USA at Kinkos in 1991, I do believe copies were only 1 cent

No idea what Kinkos is, or the relevance here.

Other police departments  and government offices charge 0.5 baht. Yet immigration police charge 10x that in my province.

Can't you see the discrimination, or are you one of the foreigners that make no effort to integrate and are happy to be charged more?

[jacko45k]

44 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Jomtien is 3 baht a page but with some planning in advance some shops copy for 0.5 or 1 baht a sheet

I do most of mine at home... probably costs me more with those overpriced little cartridges. I appease myself by scrounging a free one from my bank, of the updated passbook, after getting the letter.

[lopburi3]

8 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

No idea what Kinkos is, or the relevance here.

Other police departments  and government offices charge 0.5 baht. Yet immigration police charge 10x that in my province.

Can't you see the discrimination, or are you one of the foreigners that make no effort to integrate and are happy to be charged more?

That is a US copy chain.  As for immigration they are not set up to make copies - they advise you what copies are required and expect us to arrive with them.  Here in Bangkok over that last two decades have not paid immigration any copy fee.  The few times they required extra, like last years TM30 mess, they did without charge.  But if you arrive without required paperwork you are advised to depart and obtain.  Sounds as if your local office is doing you a favor and making the copies rather than requiring this - would expect such service to come at a price.

Edited December 2, 2019 by lopburi3

[Neeranam]

2 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

That is a US copy chain.  As for immigration they are not set up to make copies - they advise you what copies are required an expect us to arrive with them.  Here in Bangkok over that last two decades have not paid immigration any copy fee.  The few times they required extra, like last years TM30 mess, they did without charge.  But if you arrive without required paperwork you are advise to depart and obtain.  Sounds as if your local office is doing you a favor and making the copies rather than requiring this - would expect such service to come at a price.

My point is that all other police departments/govt. depts. do offer this service for a reasonable charge. 

My immigration even had the nerve to ask for tips, which many Thais on social media were disgusted about, while clueless foreigners put money into it. 

If allowed, i can provide rhe Facebook link.

 

[WalkingOrders]

Well I know that once my wife had to run down the street to some local place non-affiliated with the Gov and they charged her 3 baht, which is the equivalent of nearly ten cents United States dollars $0.10 is that high? Sounds like a bargain to me.

[Bennyl]

12 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

That is a US copy chain.  As for immigration they are not set up to make copies - they advise you what copies are required and expect us to arrive with them.  Here in Bangkok over that last two decades have not paid immigration any copy fee.  The few times they required extra, like last years TM30 mess, they did without charge.  But if you arrive without required paperwork you are advised to depart and obtain.  Sounds as if your local office is doing you a favor and making the copies rather than requiring this - would expect such service to come at a price.

Absolutely, they're just doing a favor. Immigration is not supposed to be a copy shop.    

[marcusb]

My local always refused to make copies, so back on the bike, find a copy shop and then head back to immi. I was thrilled when they started offering copies for 5-10 baht each. 
 In Khon Kaen years ago they had a Xerox and a tip container, no set price. Most people threw in 20 baht.

 

[CharlieH]

12 minutes ago, marcusb said:

My local always refused to make copies, so back on the bike, find a copy shop and then head back to immi. I was thrilled when they started offering copies for 5-10 baht each. 
 In Khon Kaen years ago they had a Xerox and a tip container, no set price. Most people threw in 20 baht.

 

Wow, thats 10x more than they do here, its 50 satang - 1baht per page. The IO office wont do it, but someone installed a copier in the hall outside. 

[fourpack]

Lol yet another skinflint.

As for it being illegal how!.

I charge 2bht per page to Thais in my village am I being illegal? 

Outgoings paper/copier/ink/electric.

And of course my time

 

Edited December 2, 2019 by fourpack

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, fourpack said:

Lol yet another skinflint.

As for it being illegal how!.

I charge 2bht per page to Thais in my village am I being illegal? 

 

Depends, how much do you charge falangs? Whilst not strictly illegal, you would be going against current norms not to charge locals less!

[fourpack]

30 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Depends, how much do you charge falangs? Whilst not strictly illegal, you would be going against current norms not to charge locals less!

As I don't see any other expats there is no issue but if I did they would be charged the same. And no it's not illegal at all hence I said HOW is it illegal? PS last time I went to an immigration office I noticed the photocopies were the same price to everyone regardless of skin colour

Edited December 2, 2019 by fourpack

[Matzzon]

No cost at all. They just smile and thake the copies needed. I smile back and chat during the process.

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, fourpack said:

As I don't see any other expats there is no issue but if I did they would be charged the same. PS lat time I went to an immigration office I noticed the photocopies were the same price to everyone regardless of skin colour

I doubt Thais make many copies at immigration, if they do they are for foreign partners or friends. Skin color  isn't the factor.

[chuang]

Oh No..not again, buy your own machine......

[lopburi3]

5 minutes ago, chuang said:

Oh No..not again, buy your own machine......

Most of us have a machine in the form of scanner/printer.

[Myran]

They're not obligated to do your legwork. Copy your documents yourself ahead of time if you're not happy with what they're offering. Print the pages of a dictionary while you're at it so you can learn the definitions of "discrimination" and "illegal".

[chuang]

26 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Most of us have a machine in the form of scanner/printer.

Then make sure to print a dozen of each copy.

[chuang]

2 hours ago, fourpack said:

Lol yet another skinflint.

As for it being illegal how!.

I charge 2bht per page to Thais in my village am I being illegal? 

Outgoings paper/copier/ink/electric.

And of course my time

 

You're lucky..OP not staying in your village..

[lopburi3]

8 minutes ago, chuang said:

Then make sure to print a dozen of each copy.

Why?  In Bangkok I have only required one copy of any document in the several decades I have been extending.  I do copy them real size and avoid horizontal.  Outside of Bangkok an extra set may be required but nothing like a dozen.

[moonseeker]

3 hours ago, dabhand said:

When I did my last retirement extension in April at Jomtien I needed copies of a few documents. The young assistant sorting out my paperwork simply used their small copier rather than asking me to arrange myself.

 

No charge.

 

Have always found the retirement desk at Jomtien extremely helpful.

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