Etiquette at CW immigration

[Nowaythatsreal]

Ok sorry I do understand now. I thought the extra 6 months would not be a problem. So you suggest requesting a 12 month statement from my branch about a week before my appointment?

 

Does it have to be my branch or can I use any branch? 

[DrJack54]

6 minutes ago, Nowaythatsreal said:

Yes I have booked an appointment on the 10 March 👍

So apply at your local Bangkok Bank branch say march 3  and you will have the statement to take to CW on March 10

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[Zaphod Priest]

4 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

You'll be directed to a document check desk where staff will assemble your documents in the proper order and verify you have everything. After that, you'll wait for the IO to call your number.

 

My experience last month was a little different.  I joined the queue for the document check.  I always have the appointment booking on the top of my bunch of papers so it's obvious.  Previously I've been taken to the front of the document check queue when the booking has been spotted.  Last month I was taken from the document check queue by a young man to a desk next to the officer who was going to be handling my application where he (the young man) personally checked my paperwork.  (It was all in order.) I then was asked to sit down in front of the officer.  No queue number involved.  Plus it was 20 minutes or so before my appointment time.  All finished in 15 minutes.

[PJ71]

23 hours ago, Nowaythatsreal said:

Yes it will be my first without an agent 😳

Just out of interest, why have you decided to stop using an agent?

[Nowaythatsreal]

Well I am physically and mentally able to do it myself and have no wish to pay an agent a considerable sum of money to do it for me. I used an agent for my first non-O retirement visa which was a bad mistake. I should have just got the agent to open a bank account for me and I could have done the rest. However I got him to open an account for me and then immediately apply for the Non-O visa. This proved to be a problem when I tried to do the first extension myself as you will read earlier in this thread. 

[bamnutsak]

20 hours ago, Zaphod Priest said:

No queue number involved.

 

There is of course a queue number on the Appointment PDF, right side "L1 110n   Counter 35".

 

And the 110n numbers are displayed on the overhead monitors.

 

Thank you for the update on current procedures, a bit different now than they were for me last September.

 

 

[eddyod]

22 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

If you start with an agent then the agent would have obtained the 12 month extension WITHOUT adhering to financial requirements.

When did you actually place the 800k in your account and leave it there. 

 

When you apply for next extension you would need to show financial compliance back to your last extension date and even 2 months prior..

Are you able to do that.

For anyone reading this thread, a better option to start DIY after having used an agent is to start over.

Exit Thailand reenter visa exempt and obtain a Non O with your own 800k in bank and then subsequent 12 month extension. 

 

To do my agent-less extension I had to exit Thailand as DrJack mentions above. I used an agent for the 1st time, but then tried to do it myself and was told to leave and restart the process, which is what I did and it worked fine. I'm quite curious to see if you have to do the same thing.

[DrJack54]

11 minutes ago, eddyod said:

I used an agent for the 1st time, but then tried to do it myself and was told to leave and restart the process, which is what I did and it worked fine

I always suggest this option ..."start over"

If someone uses agent for the Non O + 12 month extension thats fine.

One of the reasons may also to include bank account.

 

In order to start DYI ....exit Thailand close to expiry of permission of stay (without reentry permit) and obtain visa exempt entry and obtain non O from that.

 

Note the 800k would need to be shown to have come from abroad or have been in bank for some months.

Would even suggest to having a new bank account. 

[Nowaythatsreal]

Well I hope now all the paperwork is in order the extension should not be an issue if I do it myself 🤷‍♂️