Popular Post The Hammer2021 Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Pattaya Immigration office rammed Hundreds waiting.Monday 13 December 2 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fugitive Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Thanks for the 'heads up'! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Espanol Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) I'm there now. Queue fills the yard and continues along the street Edited December 13, 2021 by Espanol 1 3 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doctor Tom Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 why today I wonder? 2 2 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 If there ever was a reason to use an agent for those who meet the requirements, here it is! I pitty my friend who was flying in these days with visa exempt 30 days because it was impossible to get an appointment dor a visa application in Germany and who has now to go there for a non-o. Crazy! Thank you for the up to date pics. 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post david555 Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: why today I wonder? Had the same on 22 November when doing 90 day money check ( ret.ext. 800K still intact on bank checking....) 1 hour que...once inside there was a total empty desk 8.....just accept the doc. ...no checking even my bankbook or passort....I asked what are consequenses if we would not do this checking .... Amazing answer ....." NO CONSEQUENSES " Taking us as fools in covid que times ???? Edited December 13, 2021 by david555 8 1 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sapson Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Social distancing Thai style, cant share a beer with a couple of friends but queueing with hundreds ok. 17 2 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Henryford Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 25 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: why today I wonder? It's always busy on a Monday after a holiday but still surprising. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doctor Tom Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Henryford said: It's always busy on a Monday after a holiday but still surprising. Then knowing that, I wonder why people go on a Monday after a holiday. It seems pretty easy just to avoid the obviously busy times, unless they just don't care about queuing in the sun. 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post david555 Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: Then knowing that, I wonder why people go on a Monday after a holiday. It seems pretty easy just to avoid the obviously busy times, unless they just don't care about queuing in the sun. when all doing that it would be te same result on Tuesday ???? 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Espanol Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 32 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: Then knowing that, I wonder why people go on a Monday after a holiday. It seems pretty easy just to avoid the obviously busy times, unless they just don't care about queuing in the sun. About me, I went in November to get my visa and they stamped in my passport: "return December 13th". I tried to go before, but they rejected me saying that passport clearly displays December 13th. So I must go today. They finally kept my passport, gave me a plastic card with a number and said that I must return tomorrow again to pick my passport. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doctor Tom Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, Espanol said: About me, I went in November to get my visa and they stamped in my passport: "return December 13th". I tried to go before, but they rejected me saying that passport clearly displays December 13th. So I must go today. They finally kept my passport, gave me a plastic card with a number and said that I must return tomorrow again to pick my passport. That is one reason why I use an agent and just get on with life until its ready to collect from him. 10 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david555 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: That is one reason why I use an agent and just get on with life until its ready to collect from him. Are you sure agents can go straight inside now in immigration their Omicron fear time ?..... might be ...???? But now an opportunity for agents to charge extra for "que Omicron danger time".... ???????? Edited December 13, 2021 by david555 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Choose your home province wisely. Hua Hin, PKK is bad enough, though only couple hours on bad day for extending. Still won't use an agent, charging something like 10k and up, depending on what you do or don't have. I can sit there for $100-300 USD an hour and UP. Save all my internet reading till I get there, passes the time quick enough. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 2 holidays last week pretty dumb to show up today sounds like poor planning. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 24 minutes ago, KhunLA said: Choose your home province wisely. Went last month to mine. Only one applying. Nice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BobBKK Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 37 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: That is one reason why I use an agent and just get on with life until its ready to collect from him. I agree I've used one for over 10 years and why people do not for the small $$$ involved is beyond me. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post david555 Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, BobBKK said: I agree I've used one for over 10 years and why people do not for the small $$$ involved is beyond me. Because some might not like to be " hooked on them year after year" as bankfiles don't lie .... (this only if for the no 800K available... agent users ) , For those who have the 800K and just need the agent assistance ...this has no bad trace on their file 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, Denim said: Went last month to mine. Only one applying. Nice. When I do my 90 day pulse checks, at local office, I'm usually the only one there, or he'll take me right away, while he's working on something else. Shame they don't do extensions at that office. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, BobBKK said: I agree I've used one for over 10 years and why people do not for the small $$$ involved is beyond me. What's a small amount of ฿฿฿ ? Feel free to answer in msg, if not want to post here. I'm 100 kms from Imm office, though good reason to visit HH, sometime it's a bit much, especially since needing to take a witness with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmate Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, david555 said: Because some might not like to be " hooked on them year after year" as bankfiles don't lie .... (this only if for the no 800K available... agent users ) , For those who have the 800K and just need the agent assistance ...this has no bad trace on their file But why not use them in future years do tell! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Never go to any government department anywhere in the known universe on a Monday, especially if after a holiday. Government officials are naturally lethargic (it's a pre-requisite for employment) and on Monday mornings all civil servants inevitably suffer from Monday-itis Syndrome. They are slower than usual (hard to believe I know), and if they can find a way to make things difficult for you, they will. Their desire to achieve nothing is only exceeded by their constant need to exercise their pettiness and feel smug at your expense. Tuesday is not much better because of Tuesday-itis. Similar to Monday-itis but not as bad in severity. Thursday is internationally known as the best day to bestow your presence in front of civil servants, especially in the mid-afternoon. By that stage all the lethargy they've exuded in the prior 3 1/2 days makes them realise they'd better achieve something before 5pm Friday, so they shift into 2nd gear and speed things up. This is the time when they will let a few minor issues slide because they've fulfilled their smugness quota for the week and they are looking forward to the upcoming weekend. They go into cruise control and provided you don't hit them with a pitching wedge you can get away with lots more than on a Monday. Fridays are a toss-up and can literally go either way depending on their weekend plans. The only advice I can offer is if you are able, try and be the person after the person that gives them real grief and argues with them. You stand a chance of a free pass because your documentation is only 5% wrong and not totally wrong. The above is paraphrased from The International Bureaucrats Handbook and Official Modus Operandi. 9 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 hour ago, BobBKK said: I agree I've used one for over 10 years and why people do not for the small $$$ involved is beyond me. Your post had me on the phone..... I have the bank deposit and said I would get the bank letter and was told 10,000 baht. Not really small..... 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 there for my marriage visa ,tomorrow ,hope its as quick as last year . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guderian Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Crazy. If I saw that length of queue I'd simply walk away and return home, even in the non-Covid times. OK, if you're on the last day for making a 90-day or extending your visa then you don't have any choice, but why would you wait until the very last moment to do these things that are both important and completely predictable in their timing? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Guderian said: but why would you wait until the very last moment to do these things that are both important and completely predictable in their timing? Sometimes one is against the wall because a passport renewal, one was expecting to take 3-4 weeks, took 11-12. This is not funny, many people applying for retirement extensions may not have the health to stand out in the sun for many hours. Not a nice way to treat people. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fugitive Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 2 hours ago, jacko45k said: Your post had me on the phone..... I have the bank deposit and said I would get the bank letter and was told 10,000 baht. Not really small..... Sounds like that was a 'try on'. Retirement extensions without the funds cost from 13,000 baht. Pushing paper only is much less. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moonlover Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Denim said: 4 hours ago, KhunLA said: Choose your home province wisely. 4 hours ago, Denim said: Went last month to mine. Only one applying. Nice. I get grumpy if there's a queue of one in front of me! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, Moonlover said: I get grumpy if there's a queue of one in front of me! Yup. In my case the only one applying was me. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelV Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 hours ago, KhunLA said: Choose your home province wisely. Hua Hin, PKK is bad enough, though only couple hours on bad day for extending. True dat. Never seen more than two customers at the S.Kolok Immigration office in my five years in Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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