Issues / Comments over time from various Immigration Offices

[foreverlomsak]

Enjoy the stupidity, do not get depressed, I’ve lived it, I’m still here and laughing about some of it, they are not in sequence and there will be no office attributions. They involved offices ranging from Bangkok to the north and none are recent.

a)    You can’t convert your Visa on Arrival to a non-Imm O for marriage at 48, as you only have 1 child. Oh, your Thai wife is pregnant, if you get a doctor’s certificate as proof of that then no problems.

b)    You maybe got this information from a senior officer in Immigration HQ last year, but it’s not acceptable here, you need to……...

c)    You are not old enough at 49 to have this (a married extension of stay), who did you pay to get it, go back to them.

d)    Despite 3 years of extensions previously, also having copies of Khor Ror 2 and Khor Ror 3, you are not married in Immigrations eyes if you can’t produce a copy of the MFA certified “Affirmation of Freedom to Marry”, you will need to change to retirement.

e)    Your bank letter is 5 days old, it needs to be less than 5.

f)     You need an Embassy letter to prove income. Yes, even with 1,600,000+ THB in your Thai bank account.

g)    You’ve changed bank accounts half way through the year, that’s not really acceptable (pre 800k / 400k change).

h)    Your bank has ticked the box that states you have a balance of 7 digits, it’s not acceptable as it doesn’t contain the actual balance, how do we know it is over 800k and agrees with your passbook.

 

As I said at the start, Enjoy the stupidity.

[nobodysfriend]

That is a part of the price you have to pay for living in Thailand .

Chose the path of least resistance ...

[foreverlomsak]

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

Chose the path of least resistance ...

not always the best solution, as you will be told one thing one year and then the opposite the next.

like "you can't use a bank account in another province for your extension you need one locally"

next year "why did you change accounts", because I was told to by immigration "well you shouldn't have listened".

least resistance year 1 caused problems year 2.

[jacko45k]

At the end of the day they all get together and have a giggle over the lines they pass off. They end each revelation with, 'And I think he bought it'......

[foreverlomsak]

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

At the end of the day they all get together and have a giggle over the lines they pass off. They end each revelation with, 'And I think he bought it'......

probably a prize for the one that p#$$%$ off the most in a week.

[suhoaswhas]

I feel like to record them with my hidden camera...

 

[recom273]

On 12/7/2020 at 11:59 AM, foreverlomsak said:

 

d)    Despite 3 years of extensions previously, also having copies of Khor Ror 2 and Khor Ror 3, you are not married in Immigrations eyes if you can’t produce a copy of the MFA certified “Affirmation of Freedom to Marry”, you will need to change to retirement.

Funny you should mention this, I lost the plot on the wife yesterday because all the receipts, vehicle papers and immigration were in a right state - so we spent the day sorting through folders of unwanted copies and receipts for broken purchases.

 

I found the mfa translation or a stamped copy of along with the original from the British embassy. The wife was going to sling them .. luckily i saved them.

[foreverlomsak]

3 hours ago, recom273 said:

I found the mfa translation or a stamped copy of along with the original from the British embassy. The wife was going to sling them .. luckily i saved them.

To be honest I believe this was just an excuse to get out of their paperchase (and referral to higher authority), retirement is done on the day whereas marriage requires 2 visits.

I know of nobody else who has ever been asked for the MFA papers.