New Passport. Changing visa stamps etc.

[phetphet]

 

Went along to Immigration on Tuesday to get my visa stamps changed to new passport. It was packed after the holiday weekend.

 

Why they can't provide a wall rack with all the various forms available I don't know. Would make things far easier. I had to queue for thirty minutes just to get the required form.

 

The other bottleneck is only having two IO's checking documents downstairs.

 

REQUIREMENTS TO CHANGE STAMPS:

Completed form.

Copies of both photo page and latest visa stamp in old passport.

Copy of photo page from new passport. All signed.

Checked downstairs and issued queue number.

Handed in upstairs. Told to come back in a week.

 

I will have to check they also move my Multiple Re-Entry Stamp.

 

HTH

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

You do realize you don't have to change stamps until your next visit to immigration i.e. extension they have no idea or care when you got your new passport..........

[steve187]

What immigration office and what form

[Will B Good]

Had a similar debacle....but worse.....first time around queued up, filled the form in, queued up, sorry we gave you the wrong form....second time, repeat and rinse, oh you have to use blue ink now, not black.....do it all again.

[lom]

Travel with both passports, get the stamps transferred next time you go to immigration for your extension of stay.

[brianthainess]

2 minutes ago, lom said:

Travel with both passports, get the stamps transferred next time you go to immigration for your extension of stay.

I agree but someone got confused when I posted that..................

[khunPer]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

You do realize you don't have to change stamps until your next visit to immigration i.e. extension they have no idea or care when you got your new passport..........

You should rather change as fast as possible and also update drivers license – if passport number is used – and bank account(s) to new passport number; and of course anywhere else your passport number is used as indentification.

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, khunPer said:

You should rather change as fast as possible and also update drivers license – if passport number is used – and bank account(s) to new passport number; and of course anywhere else your passport number is used as indentification.

Again the only time you have to change it with the banks is when you need a counter service, like when you need your statements for immigration, driving license maybe yes but some of us have our 'useless' pink card number, one other thing is once you have your new extension, don't forget to update the photos on your phone. ( I have never been asked for my passport when the cops have checked my DL )

[phetphet]

22 hours ago, steve187 said:

What immigration office and what form

Koh Samui Immigration. Thats why I posted it in the Samui forum rather than the general one, as different offices never seem to have the same requirements.

 

As for the form, I can't recall if it had a number or not. I just told the IO what I wanted to do and he gave me the form to fill in.