Fun at Jomtiem immigration

[pomchop]

So went at 745 am today...opens at 830.  I was #4 in que.  All docs in order, need 30 day extension.  Go here, go there. wait here wait there.,. pay 1900 THB wait.  Finally at 1045 am guy comes out and says have to come back today at 430 or tomorrow at 830 to pick up passports.

 

Needless to say lot of pissed off people who don't live in jomtiem and not happy.  No reason given, obviously no apology.

 

Pitiful.

[Ohyesuare]

Your first time there? Pretty standard based on my experiences and what I've read on here and other places.

[Shop mak]

Thats another reason why many use Agents.

2x2 minutes at agent office.

Done.

 

Cost 200-400 bath, depends of what agent etc.

 

[Pattaya57]

46 minutes ago, Shop mak said:

Thats another reason why many use Agents.

2x2 minutes at agent office.

Done.

 

Cost 200-400 bath, depends of what agent etc.

 

Please name an agent that does a 30 day extension for 200-400 baht and I'll do it in a heartbeat.

 

I took my friend to the seemingly popular Maneerat last week and they quoted 6000 baht to do a 30 day extension (obviously includes 1900 baht immigration fee)

 

[pomchop]

1 hour ago, Ohyesuare said:

Your first time there? Pretty standard based on my experiences and what I've read on here and other places.

no not first time...and not standard....it is always a pain in the butt but to tell everyone come back at 4;30 or 830 am at 1045 am was/is ridiculous....i was sitting with a group of couple dozen people and we had all been through the hoops and paid the $$ and were just waiting for them to stamp the visa extension in  and return passport as normal (of course the papers had all been checked and rechecked so why the gal that took the $$ could not simply put the stamp in passport and give back to you then rather than go sit and wait some more is some kind of stupid normal}....then guy comes out and says  go home/come back...

[pomchop]

1 hour ago, Shop mak said:

Thats another reason why many use Agents.

2x2 minutes at agent office.

Done.

 

Cost 200-400 bath, depends of what agent etc.

 

Please provide agent name and location that will do that in two minutes for that price.

[Lemsta69]

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

que

 

Is that you Manuel? 

[bbi1]

1 hour ago, Shop mak said:

Thats another reason why many use Agents.

2x2 minutes at agent office.

Done.

 

Cost 200-400 bath, depends of what agent etc.

 

I'm also interested in knowing which agents do 30 day extensions for 200-400 baht and only needing to spend 2x2 minutes at their offices. Please let us all know which ones they are as there seems to be a lot of interest, based on your claims.

[Pattaya57]

It seems since Jomtien changed from a 2 step system to a 3 step system it's all gone to <deleted>.

 

Used to be queue to get docs checked and get ticket, once ticket called pay 1900 and get stamp. Now it's an extra step to wait for stamp and I assume it's one guy given all the power to stamp when he feels like it. If he's then not available people told to come back tomorrow 

[champers]

5 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

It seems since Jomtien changed from a 2 step system to a 3 step system it's all gone to <deleted>.

 

Used to be queue to get docs checked and get ticket, once ticket called pay 1900 and get stamp. Now it's an extra step to wait for stamp and I assume it's one guy given all the power to stamp when he feels like it. If he's then not available people told to come back tomorrow 

The guy that signs had an extended lunch break / was meeting his girlfriend / took his wife shopping.

 

[Shop mak]

Agent fee is 200-400 + Imm fee.

More agents than in soi post office ...

Ask old hands expats

[Pattaya57]

15 minutes ago, Shop mak said:

Agent fee is 200-400 + Imm fee.

More agents than in soi post office ...

Ask old hands expats

Why ask old hand expats as why would they need to do 30 day extensions. Just name one agent you think does a 30 day extension for 200-400 baht and I'll go and confirm for everyone (they'll quickly become the most popular agent in Pattaya)

 

Note there is no reason to keep such agent names secret as there is absolutely no real or perceived illegality with doing a 30 day extension

 

[proton]

1 hour ago, Pattaya57 said:

Please name an agent that does a 30 day extension for 200-400 baht and I'll do it in a heartbeat.

 

I took my friend to the seemingly popular Maneerat last week and they quoted 6000 baht to do a 30 day extension (obviously includes 1900 baht immigration fee)

 

 

Disgraceful parasites 

[pomchop]

1 hour ago, Pattaya57 said:

Why ask old hand expats as why would they need to do 30 day extensions. Just name one agent you think does a 30 day extension for 200-400 baht and I'll go and confirm for everyone (they'll quickly become the most popular agent in Pattaya)

 

Note there is no reason to keep such agent names secret as there is absolutely no real or perceived illegality with doing a 30 day extension

 

Yes please share the agent name and contact info as i would be delighted to pay 400 baht for them to handle it all in two minutes....me and a few thousand other people to include probably everyone that was at immigration today. 

 

Some of the people there had come into jomtiem from well outside the area and had no doubt left at crack of dawn to be there early only to be told at 1045 am come back 430pm  or tomorrow....not exactly what u want to hear when trying to get what should be a simple 30 day extension.

[Pattaya57]

3 hours ago, Shop mak said:

Thats another reason why many use Agents.

2x2 minutes at agent office.

Done.

 

Cost 200-400 bath, depends of what agent etc.

Should be a rule about making up absolute crap and posting it as fact....

[pomchop]

1 hour ago, Pattaya57 said:

It seems since Jomtien changed from a 2 step system to a 3 step system it's all gone to <deleted>.

 

Used to be queue to get docs checked and get ticket, once ticket called pay 1900 and get stamp. Now it's an extra step to wait for stamp and I assume it's one guy given all the power to stamp when he feels like it. If he's then not available people told to come back tomorrow 

I remember last year that after paying the 1900 baht i was given yet another number and told to wait for passport....but the wait then was maybe 20 minutes....it is absurdly obvious that by the time u get to the pay money stage that all your docs and copies have been gone over 3 or 4 times already so stamp the damn visa in there give me my passport and be done with it.  But NO.  Go wait some more.

 

Talking to several other guys there and we decided the reason they do this is to make it as inconvenient as possible to encourage more use of agents to increase the bribe $$ they receive from various agents....not sure but if that is the goal but they sure have figured out how to make it all a total clusterfxxk....

[Lemsta69]

7 minutes ago, pomchop said:

jomtiem

 

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[scubascuba3]

2 hours ago, proton said:

 

Disgraceful parasites 

Not really, gives people a way out of mistakes and laziness amongst other reasons

[scubascuba3]

Not an unusual story, I had something similar beginning of this year, queued up for 2+ hours, told to come back in the morning and start again, obviously no apology 

[roo860]

2 hours ago, Shop mak said:

Agent fee is 200-400 + Imm fee.

More agents than in soi post office ...

Ask old hands expats

🤣🤣🤣BS

[SingAPorn]

Another good reason why many foreigners are looking to leave Thailand. Such behaviour from Thai government offices is always in the press all over the world or on social media.

 

Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and many other countries in the ASEAN region are far better and hassle free on immigration, cheaper cost of quality living, good and affordable health care and better value for money.

[SingAPorn]

4 minutes ago, roo860 said:

🤣🤣🤣BS

I just don't feel confortable giving out a foreign passport with bank details, or showing my signature..... to a stranger in Thailand.

[kinyara]

6 minutes ago, SingAPorn said:

Another good reason why many foreigners are looking to leave Thailand. Such behaviour from Thai government offices is always in the press all over the world or on social media.

 

Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and many other countries in the ASEAN region are far better and hassle free on immigration, cheaper cost of quality living, good and affordable health care and better value for money.

 

From the OP it sounded like him and a couple of dozen other people had found enough good reasons to stay in Thailand another 30 days.

[SingAPorn]

5 minutes ago, kinyara said:

 

From the OP it sounded like him and a couple of dozen other people had found enough good reasons to stay in Thailand another 30 days.

A dozen is not all

[kinyara]

7 minutes ago, SingAPorn said:

A dozen is not all

 

Any particular reason why the " many foreigners looking to leave Thailand " haven't left already ?  After all the country has been open for a couple of years now and if the places you mention are so attractive and easy immigration wise why on earth are they still here.

[pomchop]

51 minutes ago, SingAPorn said:

I just don't feel confortable giving out a foreign passport with bank details, or showing my signature..... to a stranger in Thailand.

30 day extension has nothing to do with bank details but agree i would not be a participate in the fake bank deposits done by agents for retirement visas that many brag about.

[mokwit]

2 hours ago, Pattaya57 said:

Should be a rule about making up absolute crap and posting it as fact....

That would be the end of this forum.

[Jingthing]

Their country, their rules.

I always do my extensions late afternoon and always need to come in next day to pick up my passport.

 

[observer90210]

With no intention to finger point, the bureaucracy in Thailand does have quite a few absurd and time consuming requirements.

 

Residence certificate requirements, TM reportings when you have family comming over to stay at your own place, 90 day reports...just to name a few. Not to mention how some DLT or Immigration offices make up their own rules,  depending on who runs locally the show and the mood of God (the clerk) behind his counter.

 

Why insist on the residence certificate for almost any administrative formality,  when proof of address can be easily checked with a phone-internet bill or even the official leasehold document with the blue book ?

 

Yes, respect to this lovely country, it's officers and laws,  by all means.   But does this not apply  both ways ?

[GypsyT]

Looks like service gone worse.

Last year it only took 7.5 hours...

 

No problem; I just book a 1300THB room at Jomtien Thani for a night or two. They got great breakfast!