Moving during one year marriage extension application

[koratkarlos]

Clearly one option to stay in Thailand is to get a one-year extension of a non-immigrant O visa based on marriage.  I am familiar with the financial requirements.

 

I was planning moving near a beach to a new province.  I would like the forum opinion of trying to get this one year extension based on marriage during a move to another province.  My feeling is that this would not be advised and that it would be best to stay put, get the extension, then move when the travel bans are lifted.

 

But I am not getting any younger and staying at home makes me quite anxious to move on with my life.

 

Any thoughts?  Thanks for the valuable forum advice.

[Crossy]

IMHO either move then sort the extension, or sort the extension then move (I would go for the second option).

 

Changing immigration office can be fraught on its own, trying to do it during the extension process is asking for trouble (it it even possible, or does the process re-start?).

[fourpack]

Agreed get it sorted then move if staying at home makes you anxious

imagine what you will be like moving then going to a new immi office with probably different interpretations of the rules ect.

Far easier get the year and move at your leisure.

[ubonjoe]

When you apply for a extension of stay based upon marriage you are given a under consideration stamp with a report back date on it. During that period your application is sent to the immigration division headquarters that your office is under for approval. That approval is sent to the office where you applied. If you moved you would have to return to the office where you applied to get the one year extension stamp.

[MJKT2014]

42 minutes ago, Crossy said:

changing immigration office can be fraught on its own, trying to do it during the extension process is asking for trouble (it it even possible, or does the process re-start?).

This seems a pointless answer. As Ubonjoe said, the process to consider application is only done at one office. This can take several weeks. Another point to moving now would be the hassle of getting covid19 travel permits and need to go into weeks of quarantine at destinations. I would wait until current restrictions are lifted.

[koratkarlos]

Thanks Gentleman

 

I will stay put, get the extension, then move.  Regards.  

[Max69xl]

On 4/16/2020 at 8:42 AM, koratkarlos said:

Thanks Gentleman

 

I will stay put, get the extension, then move.  Regards.  

Then when moving don't forget to change address at your new local immigration office = TM30 report to make the move official. Then you can do your 90 days reports at the new office. 

[KKr]

better to do the application where you stay now. 
In the current location, a house "inspection" visit may raise less questions if you visibly have lived there for sometime, and interviews with neighbours may be easier to arrange.