CW retirement extension report -- all good

[retiree]

Made appointment on line well in advance, umpteenth extension.  They now send a day-before reminder.   Brought: 

-- appointment notice,

-- simple Google map to home, signed,

-- 1 4x6cm picture / taken at home against white(ish) wall, emailed to shop, they cleaned and printed,

-- bank letter (day before, yes, this is ok),

-- updated fixed-deposit bankbook for 800K method (most recent activity is the last quarterly interest post from April; yes, this is ok),

-- signed copies of all bankbook pages,

-- TM.7 form,

-- passport plus signed copies of photo, visa, last extension, last entry stamp, entry form,

-- receipt of 90-day notification (as done and mailed to me on line). signed of course,

-- 1,900 baht.

 

Ten minutes with IO, plus 25 minute wait for return of passport and bankbook.    No questions, no problems. 

Procedure was slightly simpler this year -- no extra picture of me holding up signed forms, and no visit to supervisor desk for double-check.

Btw, everybody entering CW has to fill out a short health/arrival info/etc form.  These are collected but not read.   Not very crowded. 

-- Retiree 

[DrJack54]

4 minutes ago, retiree said:

- receipt of 90-day notification (as done and mailed to me on line). signed of course,

Thanks for clear report.

My experience is the same apart from receipt of 90 day report. 

I did not provide. 

[Gaccha]

That's interesting. 

 

The reservation site lists the retirement extension as taking one hour. For my "expert" visa extension, the site states 15 minutes. I felt that was very optimistic. I was right.

 

I attended a few days ago.  My reservation let me jump the ticket queue. I simply walked up to the counter (around 10 minutes before my alloted time) and she started processing my extension. That jumped me in front of around 100 people.

 

...And it was 15 minutes. But then an extra hour for the supervisor's check. Nevertheless, this still makes it around 6-8 hours (!) quicker than the queue system. 

 

The Officer had a tick list of all reservations that day at her desk. This was around 30 people. Let's hope it keeps working. 

[Thingamabob]

6-8 hours ? Not in my case for nearly 40 years. In Sathorn previously and now Chaengwattana my applications, without an appointment, have never taken more than 4 hours, usually much less.

[OJAS]

On 7/8/2022 at 10:17 AM, retiree said:

-- simple Google map to home, signed,

They haven't scrapped that particular nonsensical requirement for retirement extensions, then, I see!

 

[DrJack54]

6 minutes ago, OJAS said:

They haven't scrapped that particular nonsensical requirement for retirement extensions, then, I see!

 

Nup, still required.

Seems they have lightened up on the hand drawn  bit.

My condo has a flyer with map on back. CW accept that.