Yesterday i went to Tha Yang to do my yearly visa extension.

In and out in twenty minutes,did not have to talk to anyone in uniform,handed over the papers needed

and waited maybe ten minutes.

Was called in to have my picture taken,paid the 1900 baht and five minutes later stood outside again with a new extension.

No problems at all and friendly staff,thank you Tha Yang immigration!

I think this was my fourth one over here,before had to go to Hua-hin.

 

what type of extension was that, and what if any proof of funds did you provide.

OP, thanks for report but doesn't mean much without details. "Handed over the papers needed"...etc, pretty means nothing without details. What type of extension.....based on what....what financial method did you use etc

Sorry about not being more clear,retirement extension.

I had a letter from my embassy,copies of passport,copy yellow housebook(they did not want

this this time but asked for it before).

Filled out the form(forgot the name)with all my information  gave them a picture and that was it.

 

1 hour ago, jvs said:

I had a letter from my embassy.....

Thanks. 

So with embassy, you did not need to show the source of the income. No cross checking.

No wonder the folk from USA, UK and AU are spitting chips.

55 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Thanks. 

So with embassy, you did not need to show the source of the income. No cross checking.

No wonder the folk from USA, UK and AU are spitting chips.

That's changing now with the "Belgian" Embassy.

Before, they produced an Affidavit where you completed how much money you earn and they basically just confirm your signature.

From June, the Embassy wants to see hard evidence of income.

51 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Thanks. 

So with embassy, you did not need to show the source of the income. No cross checking.

No wonder the folk from USA, UK and AU are spitting chips.

I had to show my source of income at the Embassy,they do not check that however

because that is impossible for them to do.

I believe one of the reasons some Embassies are no longer providing this service

is because people did not have to show the source of their income and some people

just made up a figure and the Embassies were no longer willing to go along with that.

I am very happy my Embassy still provides this service but if the stop this there will be another way of proving your income ,the same as many other people do now by

showing proof of monthly x amount of money coming into their Thai bank account.

 

24 minutes ago, jvs said:

I am very happy my Embassy still provides this service but if the stop this there will be another way of proving your income ,the same as many other people do now by

showing proof of monthly x amount of money coming into their Thai bank account.

In some cases easier said than done.

Some/many immigration offices want to see the word 'pension'. The concept that some folk have passive income such as rental properties, shares etc etc makes for a not straight forward process.

55 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

That's changing now with the "Belgian" Embassy.

Before, they produced an Affidavit where you completed how much money you earn and they basically just confirm your signature.

From June, the Embassy wants to see hard evidence of income.

Which is precisely where the UK Embassy had been for years, no paperwork proof of income, no letter.

I will admit they went no further than scrutinizing the documents provided to ensure they agreed with what you said.

According to the embassy they were being asked to certify the information provided as 100% correct, which they had no means to do so due to the EU Data Protection Act.

3 hours ago, jvs said:

Sorry about not being more clear,retirement extension.

I had a letter from my embassy,copies of passport,copy yellow housebook(they did not want

this this time but asked for it before).

Filled out the form(forgot the name)with all my information  gave them a picture and that was it.

 

Compared to my local office, Phetchabun, you appear to have got off light on the paperwork, we have 3 acknowledgement forms to complete and include, also a hand drawn map on an Immigration headed sheet to show where you live, even with having a Yellow House book, and having had 3 home visits in the past, and yes I'm on a Retirement Extension since 2007 (apart from 18 months off on a Non-B with Work Permit teaching at a local school).

54 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

Compared to my local office, Phetchabun, you appear to have got off light on the paperwork, we have 3 acknowledgement forms to complete and include, also a hand drawn map on an Immigration headed sheet to show where you live, even with having a Yellow House book, and having had 3 home visits in the past, and yes I'm on a Retirement Extension since 2007 (apart from 18 months off on a Non-B with Work Permit teaching at a local school).

I appreciate the OP thread and his added info, however thinking things such as the 3 forms you mention have been skipped over.

To be fair my last extension CW. I signed the forms you mention and the lovely io did the rest. 

I read in other threads the new twist is to have co ordinates of your address. Think more applicable to extension (marriage)

1 hour ago, foreverlomsak said:

Compared to my local office, Phetchabun, you appear to have got off light on the paperwork, we have 3 acknowledgement forms to complete and include, also a hand drawn map on an Immigration headed sheet to show where you live, even with having a Yellow House book, and having had 3 home visits in the past, and yes I'm on a Retirement Extension since 2007 (apart from 18 months off on a Non-B with Work Permit teaching at a local school).

only one form to complete,all the years before they wanted either you drew a map

or gave a copy of the yellow housebook but this year they did not ask for that.

Like i said i did not speak to anyone in uniform,just some young lady in casual wear.

She did pass everything to someone in the office to check and get stamped but he was not near me.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

I appreciate the OP thread and his added info, however thinking things such as the 3 forms you mention have been skipped over.

To be fair my last extension CW. I signed the forms you mention and the lovely io did the rest. 

I read in other threads the new twist is to have co ordinates of your address. Think more applicable to extension (marriage)

Provision of the map for retirement has been a requirement for at least 3 years here, and it's not sign a form and give back (as my friend found out out 2 weeks ago) it's complete, sign and go get a new queue number, i.e. go to the back of the queue as you hadn't prepared everything.

1 hour ago, jvs said:

only one form to complete,all the years before they wanted either you drew a map

or gave a copy of the yellow housebook but this year they did not ask for that.

Like i said i did not speak to anyone in uniform,just some young lady in casual wear.

She did pass everything to someone in the office to check and get stamped but he was not near me.

The lady that checks the extension applications has never to my knowledge been in uniform or even the "casual uniform" that they adopt on certain days, appears to be a total jobs-worth civilian employee, who only has 2 purposes in the office  1) make it easy for the IO's and 2) difficult for the foreigners.

2 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

I read in other threads the new twist is to have co ordinates of your address. Think more applicable to extension (marriage)

 

Good luck to immigration with that when your average Grab or Bolt Taxi driver can't even navigate when given a pin-point GPS location and a navigation app open on their phone. Ludicrous requirements now from some immi offices and on headed paper too <deleted>!

 

Although I too was 'in and out' in a short time at Udorn immigration there was one small 'bump'. For my retirement extension two weeks ago, 800k method, I waited outside where there was an IO checking applicant's details & docs and another inside who channelled the process and applicants, from outside, to the available counter windows. However, in my case the outside IO briefly looked at my docs and told me to go inside where once inside the IO inside asked me what I was doing and immediately ordered me outside. I tried to explain but he wasn't interested and I went outside again. About 5 minutes went by and the IO from inside called me and asked for the TM 7+ photo, copies of the 3 relevant passport pages and passport, copy of yellow book address page and the book, map to address, and the latest bank book and bank certification letter. He did not want and did not check the 800K, for the required periods, in the other bank books (nor did he ask for copies). I and two other people went inside with him where he directed us to the available windows. 5 minutes later with passport stamped for another year I was walking out.

16 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

Which is precisely where the UK Embassy had been for years, no paperwork proof of income, no letter.

I will admit they went no further than scrutinizing the documents provided to ensure they agreed with what you said.

According to the embassy they were being asked to certify the information provided as 100% correct, which they had no means to do so due to the EU Data Protection Act.

Just out of curiosity: now that the uk no longer is a part of the EU, will they find a way to provide the confirmation of pension?

48 minutes ago, SchuetzRob said:

Just out of curiosity: now that the uk no longer is a part of the EU, will they find a way to provide the confirmation of pension?

Probably not, on the back of stopping the letters was an office move and staff downsizing.