Did my extension this morning... Left Condo at 8:45am & was at the Bangkok Bank (2nd Road near Soi 6) by 9:15am. Bank was empty except for a couple of people at the counters so was served straight away & had the Letter/3 month Statement/Bank Book updated 10 minutes later. Went to Maneerat & it was busier than normal (guessing hangover from the 3 Public holidays last week) so had to wait 5-10 minutes, 10 minutes after that all the paperwork (Extension, Multi Re-Entry Permit & 90 Day report) was done & I was told to go to Immigration to have my photo taken. Grabbed a Bolt to Immigration (I was amazed that there was at least 3 guys in there who were asking Maneerat to book them a Taxi to Immigration & then asking how they could get a Taxi back), walked straight to Desk 7, had my photo taken & back out less than 30 seconds later. Walked down Jomtien 2nd Road to Jomtien Soi 1, grabbed a Baht Bus to Terminal 21 and got there at 11:03am perfect time :) My best guess is if I'd have taken a queue number in Immigration when I got there it would have taken a couple of hours to get seen & then would have had to wait for the passport, as it is I'm catching up with mates in town on Friday or Saturday so will pick my passport up then. As an aside, I didn't mean to evesdrop but the guy who was sat in front of me was doing a Visa Exempt conversion to Non-IMM O, fee was 29,000 THB. The guy who was sat next me when I was being served was getting assistance in opening a Bank Account, sorry I didn't catch how much this cost but from what I half heard it takes a lot longer nowadays.
