Sharing my latest experience for an application for a long term visa. Some of you might know the other thread I shared about my frustration and unsuccessful attempts. In short, I have previously used a 30 day extension and  60 day based on spouse before the amnesty started. Upon application of the conversion visa whilst under the previous amnesty extension, I was told I wasn’t able to do that.  

Last week Wednesday I went in to CW again with an embassy letter in hand to try to apply for an extension with the hope of that leading to a successful application of a 90 day conversion visa later on. To my pleasant surprise,  I was told I could now apply for a conversion visa. Having all the paperwork in hand I proceeded with the process  and learnt I had to get a few things in order before I could start the application.

(1) Get my visa’s transferred from my old passport to my new passport; I headed down to MTT to get this done the same day and went back to CW to find out that ..

(2) I had to provide a copy of stamped marriage document kept by the Khet.  I had this document verified by the foreign ministry in CW after being certified copied by the  embassy of the country I got married in and translated to Thai. I had this done over 10 years ago when registering our marriage locally to get the local marriage document for my yearly spouse O extensions. I had actually forgotten about this document and I still don’t quite understand why IO needs this as logically I’d think the Local marriage document supersedes it. We still had time on Wednesday so we headed to the Khet to ask for these documents. On Thursday we successfully had a copy of these documents after much deliberation with the officer in the Khet,… (another story, another time.)  Anyways, having that in hand I made sure to have extra photocopies for the future.

This morning I headed down to CW and after being shuffled between C and L section whilst making more photocopies of new stamps in my passport, previous stamps of Spouse O visa's as well as another stack of documents for checking.  All except one of the officers were friendly and helpful. I left CW this afternoon after paying 2000 and told to come back in about 2 weeks to see if my 90 day application will be approved. It looks promising and I’m glad I’ve made it this far.

I have made this brief and left out many details as my main purpose is to share the latest with you guys, that it's possible to apply now. Oh yes, an important note is that you will not be able to make this application after the 11th of this month, so only a few days left. Hope this helps anyone in a similar situation.

 

Edited September 8, 20205 yr by bkkexplorer

It sounds to me like you've been given the run around and made to jump through a ridiculous number of hoops and now they're going to think about it for a couple of weeks.

 

Their motto over at immigration should be "Discourage and Deter"

 

16 minutes ago, bkkexplorer said:

Hope this helps anyone in a similar situation.

Excellent work. Time to have a beer.

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

It sounds to me like you've been given the run around and made to jump through a ridiculous number of hoops and now they're going to think about it for a couple of weeks.

 

Their motto over at immigration should be "Discourage and Deter"

The ~2 week delay on a "change of visa type" from TR to Non-Imm is normal.

 

The "can't do it on a covid-extension" part, before, was the pure bull runaround - wanted an agent-fee - but someone upstairs must have changed the "agent only" rules in the past week or two.

Going thru marine bootcamp may have proven easier...I alway marvel at how difficult they make the visa process...perseverance is the key...outlast the bull hockey!

16 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

The ~2 week delay on a "change of visa type" from TR to Non-Imm is normal.

 

The "can't do it on a covid-extension" part, before, was the pure bull runaround - wanted an agent-fee - but someone upstairs must have changed the "agent only" rules in the past week or two.

Yes exactly, and as the rules have now changed to allow for the application I was sharing my personal experience for those in a similar situation. I would assume they would do it for some other visa applications as well. Important note, you have until the 11th of this month to get it done.

 

Hi, just a quick update. I got the approval for 90 days today and will apply for yearly extension at the start of November. Fortunately all turned out good in the end.