Immigration office open or closed on 30th December?

[sunfruitdan]

I am confused as to if the Thai immigration office is closed on the 30th December as it’s over the Christmas holidays, are they open or not on this date? Thanks 

[henry2109]

I have an appointment for dec 30, to show my bank book, so they better be open.

[ubonjoe]

The 30th is a holiday. Immigration will be closed until the 2nd.

It was made a holiday by the cabinet a month or two ago.

[jackdd]

In general it's a holiday: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG191031095853544

But it also says:

If certain agencies are obliged to serve the public on December 30 and their services cannot be postponed, heads of these agencies are responsible for taking action that is deemed appropriate and which does not result in damage to the government or the general public.

So if you want to be 100% sure you better call them and ask.

[ubonjoe]

2 minutes ago, jackdd said:

So if you want to be 100% sure you better call them and ask.

They will be closed. Some offices have already posted notices about it.

Immigration is certainly not one of those agencies other than at airports and border crossings.

[sunfruitdan]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

The 30th is a holiday. Immigration will be closed until the 2nd.

It was made a holiday by the cabinet a month or two ago.

Thanks, I tried calling them but no answer. 

 

Are they open today? My visa runs out tomorrow and I cannot get there today, will I get charged overstay If I go to extend when they reopen on the 2nd?

[ubonjoe]

49 minutes ago, sunfruitdan said:

Are they open today? My visa runs out tomorrow and I cannot get there today, will I get charged overstay If I go to extend when they reopen on the 2nd?

Open today. 

No overstay fine if you go on the 2nd due to your permit to stay ending on a day that immigration is closed. After the 2nd you would pay 500 baht for every day.

[glegolo]

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Open today. 

No overstay fine if you go on the 2nd due to your permit to stay ending on a day that immigration is closed. After the 2nd you would pay 500 baht for every day.

Hmm if he is having an extension of stay, and shows up too late, than I think he have to start all over again, and leave the country and as said start all over...

 

glegolo

[ubonjoe]

2 minutes ago, glegolo said:

Hmm if he is having an extension of stay, and shows up too late, than I think he have to start all over again, and leave the country and as said start all over...

Not if it expires when a immigration office is closed.

Many people have applied for an extension with an overstay and were able to get it after paying the overstay fine.

[glegolo]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Not if it expires when a immigration office is closed.

Many people have applied for an extension with an overstay and were able to get it after paying the overstay fine.

OK Thank you, then I know now that even if you miss the date of your renewal..... it doesn´t matter according to you, You can get the extension anyhow. it was new to me, but I am happy yopu cleared that up..

 

glegolo

[natway09]

They will be closed

[Jaxxper]

7 hours ago, henry2109 said:

I have an appointment for dec 30, to show my bank book, so they better be open.

Certainly in Jomtien they are ok showing them the book the next working day. Mine was stamped for a Saturday and of course I had to go on the Monday.

[fred110]

Jomtien has a sign, closed 12 28 open again 1/2

[Max69xl]

13 hours ago, henry2109 said:

I have an appointment for dec 30, to show my bank book, so they better be open.

You just show your bank book January 2. There will be no problem what so ever. 

[cyril sneer]

13 hours ago, sunfruitdan said:

I am confused as to if the Thai immigration office is closed on the 30th December as it’s over the Christmas holidays, are they open or not on this date? Thanks 

30th is listed as a national holiday but government owned KTB will be open, so i'm also confused

[ubonjoe]

9 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

30th is listed as a national holiday but government owned KTB will be open, so i'm also confused

Not all holidays are bank holidays. The Bank Of Thailand publishes a list of bank holidays. Additional holidays set by the cabinet are often not bank holidays.

Here is the one for 2020. https://www.bot.or.th/English/FinancialInstitutions/FIholiday/Pages/2020.aspx

[ifmu]

this is for the 24 hr reporting after entry into thai .... 

i was told... and it was confirmed the next day ..

 

Chiang mai imm  is open every day, all holidays and weekends included .. normal biz hours tho ..

 

this happened to me about 60 days ago i came in late due to holidays .... and got yelled at ..

i cant speak for other imm offices ...AND always confirm with io for any changes

[Max69xl]

4 hours ago, ifmu said:

this is for the 24 hr reporting after entry into thai .... 

i was told... and it was confirmed the next day ..

 

Chiang mai imm  is open every day, all holidays and weekends included .. normal biz hours tho ..

 

this happened to me about 60 days ago i came in late due to holidays .... and got yelled at ..

i cant speak for other imm offices ...AND always confirm with io for any changes

"Chiang mai imm  is open every day, all holidays and weekends included"

That's not correct. They are closed on national holidays same as every immigration office. 

[ubonjoe]

15 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

"Chiang mai imm  is open every day, all holidays and weekends included"

That's not correct. They are closed on national holidays same as every immigration office. 

I guess you missed this in his post.

 

4 hours ago, ifmu said:

this is for the 24 hr reporting after entry into thai .... 

They evidently have people that would be there anyway doing them.

[samtam]

I posted my 90 day report through the IMM app on 27 December @ 16.32 and it shows status as "Pending". My partner did his just before mine, at around 16.15 and received his confirmation by email immediately. Do you suppose IMM just closed at 16.30?

 

By the by, the reason mine took so long was that every time I tried to key in my GPS by either registered address or by Google map icon, the programme immediately brought me back to the beginning and I had to re-enter all the data again, (several times). So in the end I left the location section blank, and filed the report, and it was accepted....albeit "pending".

 

Anyway, I have the TRN (transaction reference number) and a barcode, so presumably I'm good to go? It's due by 3 January, and I'd dearly love not to have to visit Chaengwattana in person. Is there a grace period, in case?

[ubonjoe]

19 minutes ago, samtam said:

Do you suppose IMM just closed at 16.30?

Probably.

You will likely get the approval or disapproval on the 2nd. 

[Max69xl]

35 minutes ago, samtam said:

I posted my 90 day report through the IMM app on 27 December @ 16.32 and it shows status as "Pending". My partner did his just before mine, at around 16.15 and received his confirmation by email immediately. Do you suppose IMM just closed at 16.30?

 

By the by, the reason mine took so long was that every time I tried to key in my GPS by either registered address or by Google map icon, the programme immediately brought me back to the beginning and I had to re-enter all the data again, (several times). So in the end I left the location section blank, and filed the report, and it was accepted....albeit "pending".

 

Anyway, I have the TRN (transaction reference number) and a barcode, so presumably I'm good to go? It's due by 3 January, and I'd dearly love not to have to visit Chaengwattana in person. Is there a grace period, in case?

The grace period is the "due date" + 7 days. So,if your report fails,you still have a lot of time to report in person. 

[samtam]

On 12/31/2019 at 3:38 PM, samtam said:

I posted my 90 day report through the IMM app on 27 December @ 16.32 and it shows status as "Pending". My partner did his just before mine, at around 16.15 and received his confirmation by email immediately. Do you suppose IMM just closed at 16.30?

 

By the by, the reason mine took so long was that every time I tried to key in my GPS by either registered address or by Google map icon, the programme immediately brought me back to the beginning and I had to re-enter all the data again, (several times). So in the end I left the location section blank, and filed the report, and it was accepted....albeit "pending".

 

Anyway, I have the TRN (transaction reference number) and a barcode, so presumably I'm good to go? It's due by 3 January, and I'd dearly love not to have to visit Chaengwattana in person. Is there a grace period, in case?

Yes, approved today at around 11 am today, so I'm relieved no visit required to Chaengwattana.