Rewnewing Extension of Stay Documents : Do I sign every page of every document submitted ?

[BangkokBoyJohnny]

Very easy question I guess, will only take me a couple of minutes to do but do I sign EVERY document submitted ie Even Original Letters and Statements from Banks ?

No big deal, just dont want to upset the Phuket IO's on a Monday morning !

 

Cheers BBJ !

[worgeordie]

I do ,and date it.... maybe some offices don't require this , but better to do it , BLUE PEN 

regards worgeordie

[Jingthing]

Only copies. Not originals 

[Swiss1960]

Never sign the original documents like bank letters, amphoe documents and so on. If you have to do copies of them, then you need to sign the copy. 

[Gsxrnz]

I sign and date every copied document in blue pen.  Have only once been asked to sign original bank letter. 

 

They're a law unto themselves at IMMO.  Guarantee if I staple the TM7 pages together, they'll remove the staple - if I don't staple them, they'll staple them.  If I attach two copies of the same passport page because the entry stamp and extension expiry stamp are on the same page, they'll give one back - If I give them only one copy, they'll demand another.

 

As a rule I take spare copies of everything imaginable.  Once I highlighted my name n a document because it was buried in the text.  IMMO officer was <deleted> off because I used green and they use yellow. She was happy when I presented her with a pristine copy for her to smite with her yellow highlighter.

[fishtank]

Sign all copies in blue ink.

Edited August 23, 2021 by fishtank

[BangkokBoyJohnny]

Noted Thanks Gents

[Jingthing]

I use black pen.

[chilly07]

Had this debate with my wife who refused to sign anything until asked by the IO (Jomtien) so I didn't either. IO was not fussed and after she sorted papers passed to junior for both to sign which only took a couple of mins as she indicated which she wanted signed. Believe we only signed the copies for HQ.

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Only copies. Not originals 

Ditto.. did my renewal last month and only signed copies... all originals don't need to be signed.

[Scott Tracy]

17 hours ago, worgeordie said:

I do ,and date it.... maybe some offices don't require this , but better to do it , BLUE PEN 

Me too...

[ifmu]

yes

[problemfarang]

Use a blue link and sign all copies. Right bottom

[Will B Good]

I signed and dated every copy, but the IO then stamped every page and made me sign them all again (after throwing all the second copies into the bin).

[Tracyb]

Use an agent. Save the confusion!

[Retfed50]

I never sign anything until they ask me. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't!

[MJCM]

6 minutes ago, Retfed50 said:

I never sign anything until they ask me. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't!

I agree, I wait to sign until they stamped the paper and point it at me where to sign! (but need a massage for my arm from my wife afterwards ????)

Edited August 23, 2021 by MJCM
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[Liverpool Lou]

19 hours ago, worgeordie said:

I do ,and date it.... maybe some offices don't require this , but better to do it , BLUE PEN 

 

10 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

I sign and date every copied document in blue pen. 

 

9 hours ago, fishtank said:

Sign all copies in blue ink.

Black ink or blue ink, it makes no difference.   Next thing some poster will be telling us what shade of blue to use.

[Jingthing]

I think pre signed copies sort of impresses them that you've got your <deleted> together but it won't compensate for any serious flaws in your application.

Edited August 23, 2021 by Jingthing

[worgeordie]

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

 

 

Black ink or blue ink, it makes no difference.   Next thing some poster will be telling us what shade of blue to use.

Here you go again... all official Government documents must be signed or filled in 

with a blue pen, of cause you know better, until you don't . been a Liverpool supporter

I suppose you use a red pen ????

regards worgeordie

Edited August 23, 2021 by worgeordie

[Jingthing]

I bet no application has ever been rejected for signatures on copies with non blue ink!

[Gsxrnz]

11 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I bet no application has ever been rejected for signatures on copies with non blue ink!

The elephant in the room is...  has any brave soul opted to offer their right thumbprint in lieu of a signature, and if so, was it black or blue?

[ubonjoe]

14 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I bet no application has ever been rejected for signatures on copies with non blue ink!

Maybe not rejected but doing them in again with blue ink at some pedant offices. If not sure do them with blue ink.

Some don't even accept a TM7 form that has been completed using a computer to type it in.

[brianthainess]

15 hours ago, MJCM said:

I agree, I wait to sign until they stamped the paper and point it at me where to sign! (but need a massage for my arm from my wife afterwards ????)

Signing all my copies I like to count out loud as I go, just for a bit of a laugh, 30! 40! 59!! then when I go to collect my extension 60 61!  just to say the staff find it amusing too.

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

Signing all my copies I like to count out loud as I go, just for a bit of a laugh, 30! 40! 59!! then when I go to collect my extension 60 61!  just to say the staff find it amusing too.

I sign mine before leaving the house to do my extension. Careful now to do the signature with enough space for them do their stamp over them.

[BangkokBoyJohnny]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

I sign mine before leaving the house to do my extension. Careful now to do the signature with enough space for them do their stamp over them.

That's quite a good point UJ, sign documents NOT at the bottom cos they do have one BIG stamp that goes over some signatures....

 

A bit off topic.... At Phuket yesterday, the nice happy IO removed my TN6 and stapled it into another page. The TM6 had been stapled in a week earlier when I transferred stamps to my new passport. My each IO has a personal preference ....

 

 

[ubonjoe]

26 minutes ago, BangkokBoyJohnny said:

A bit off topic.... At Phuket yesterday, the nice happy IO removed my TN6 and stapled it into another page. The TM6 had been stapled in a week earlier when I transferred stamps to my new passport. My each IO has a personal preference ....

Immigration has moved mine when it was on a blank page needed for my next extension (forgot to move it myself) to a page with an extension stamp on it already.

[ThaiFelix]

I purposely leave some documents unsigned or left out completely (but in my bag).  It gives the IO a sense of superiority  and keeps him/her from having to come up with some harder to provide requirement like 6 copies of my dog's birth certificate or photos of all my in-laws printed on green paper etc. 

 

In this way the officer has shown he knows more than a farang, he feels complete, and the application will then proceed smoothly.

[JimGant]

On 8/23/2021 at 7:05 AM, Gsxrnz said:

Guarantee if I staple the TM7 pages together, they'll remove the staple

You're lucky they let you proceed, because both sides of the TM7 are supposed to be on one piece of paper.

[puck2]

My experience, not only in Thailand:

the more stupid and incompetent the bureaucratic officers are, the more pedantic and wicked are they with unessential issues/problems.

i.e.: blue or black coloured signatures. etc.

 

Never have had a problem with the colour of a signature in Mae Hong Son, now Pai.