Trip Report Chaeng Wattana - 14 Feb 2025 - Retirement Extension

[expat_4_life]

Retirement extension - 800k method
- fixed account - topped up to 800k permanently at Bangkok Bank
- TM30 - I am a condo owner, filed TM30 back in 2019
- TM47 is current
 

Prepared the following documents before my immigration visit
- TM7 (request for extension)
- Appointment notification printout
- Bank letter obtained the day before
- Condo Map
- TM47 - 90 days receipt
 

Arrived Immigration Chaeng Wattana at 09:30 (10:00 appointment)

First stop - basement floor, bank photo and copys
- update bank book with balance forward

- Current photo (100 Baht)
- Copy of passport - ID page, original extension, most recent extension
- Copy of bank book (cover page and last year activity)

Second stop - documents check counter (09:50)
- provided the documents listed above
- signed a couple of forms they provided then proceeded to renewal counter

 

Last stop - renewal counter 10:00, appointment queue number was displayed there
- signed a few more documents - done by 10:25
- Passport returned at 10:45

 

Only deviation from last year is they did not want my TM47 receipt.

[Upnotover]

No 12 month Bank statement? (Not the book)

[expat_4_life]

11 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

No 12 month Bank statement? (Not the book)

 

They never ask me for a statement - I guess it because of the type of account.
There is no access to the account without the book.

As a side note:
I did obtain a 12 month statement when they started asking for them some number of years ago (maybe 6).   But they never asked me for it so I stopped getting one.  Maybe this will come back to haunt me in some future trip.

 

[DrJack54]

35 minutes ago, expat_4_life said:

Maybe this will come back to haunt me in some future trip.

First up thanks for report. Very clear.

 

Myself likewise re TM47. Few years previously the doc check girls wanted it.

Last extension did not.

Re bank statement... fact that you have an FD account you should not require bank statement. 

So you did not make deposit into the FD account.

[expat_4_life]

28 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

First up thanks for report. Very clear.

 

Myself likewise re TM47. Few years previously the doc check girls wanted it.

Last extension did not.

Re bank statement... fact that you have an FD account you should not require bank statement. 

So you did not make deposit into the FD account.

 

Correct, I did not make a deposit to the account.

When I visit the bank to get the letter, I request a B/F (balance forward) entry in the book to match the balance/date in the letter and then again on the day of renewal.

 

[marin]

So no hand drawn map to house, or google map to house?

[expat_4_life]

24 minutes ago, marin said:

So no hand drawn map to house, or google map to house?

 

20 hours ago, expat_4_life said:

- TM30 - I am a condo owner, filed TM30 back in 2019

 

Prepared the following documents before my immigration visit
- TM7 (request for extension)
- Appointment notification printout
- Bank letter obtained the day before
- Condo Map
- TM47 - 90 days receipt

I'm sorry that you could not work out that a "Condo Map" is a map to my place of residence.

[Aster Wincess]

On 2/16/2025 at 3:11 AM, expat_4_life said:

Retirement extension - 800k method
- fixed account - topped up to 800k permanently at Bangkok Bank
- TM30 - I am a condo owner, filed TM30 back in 2019
- TM47 is current
 

Prepared the following documents before my immigration visit
- TM7 (request for extension)
- Appointment notification printout
- Bank letter obtained the day before
- Condo Map
- TM47 - 90 days receipt
 

Arrived Immigration Chaeng Wattana at 09:30 (10:00 appointment)

First stop - basement floor, bank photo and copys
- update bank book with balance forward

- Current photo (100 Baht)
- Copy of passport - ID page, original extension, most recent extension
- Copy of bank book (cover page and last year activity)

Second stop - documents check counter (09:50)
- provided the documents listed above
- signed a couple of forms they provided then proceeded to renewal counter

 

Last stop - renewal counter 10:00, appointment queue number was displayed there
- signed a few more documents - done by 10:25
- Passport returned at 10:45

 

Only deviation from last year is they did not want my TM47 receipt.

How do you make an appointment at Chaeng Wattana for Non- O visa renewal?  Could you please share a trick?  Thanks.

[Yellowtail]

I do not have a fixed account, and I have never had to provide a statement. 

 

I just transfer some interest out the morning I go, and update the book using the machine. 

[Lorry]

2 hours ago, Aster Wincess said:

How do you make an appointment at Chaeng Wattana for Non- O visa renewal?  Could you please share a trick?  Thanks.

Try 

 

https://www.immigration.go.th/#serviceonline

 

If you are in Bangkok,  try

 

https://gov.immigration1.queueonline.net/appointment/login.html?v35

 

It sometimes works, not very intuitively though

 

 

The old link used to be

 

https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=20131

 

It's not working. 

[josephbloggs]

4 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Try 

 

https://www.immigration.go.th/#serviceonline

 

If you are in Bangkok,  try

 

https://gov.immigration1.queueonline.net/appointment/login.html?v35

 

It sometimes works, not very intuitively though

 

 

The old link used to be

 

https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=20131

 

It's not working. 

This is the link: https://gov.immigration1.queueonline.net/appointment/login.html?v35

I used it a couple of days ago (first time using it) as I need a CoR to renew my driver's license. Booked appointment for 11.30am, arrived at 11.25am as the traffic was horrendous on Tuesday morning. Went to info counter, they told me to go straight to desk 64. At 11.30am on the dot the number at desk 64 displayed my number. Took 2-3 minutes including payment and receipt and I was out by 11.34am. Amazing. I will never ever go to CW for anything without an appointment ever again.

I think it was @DrJack54 who first notified me of the online appointment system when I moaned about my first (and only) 90 day report taking six hours - I had no idea it existed before.

[brewsterbudgen]

7 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

This is the link: https://gov.immigration1.queueonline.net/appointment/login.html?v35

I used it a couple of days ago (first time using it) as I need a CoR to renew my driver's license. Booked appointment for 11.30am, arrived at 11.25am as the traffic was horrendous on Tuesday morning. Went to info counter, they told me to go straight to desk 64. At 11.30am on the dot the number at desk 64 displayed my number. Took 2-3 minutes including payment and receipt and I was out by 11.34am. Amazing. I will never ever go to CW for anything without an appointment ever again.

I think it was @DrJack54 who first notified me of the online appointment system when I moaned about my first (and only) 90 day report taking six hours - I had no idea it existed before.

 

Has "transferring an extension to a new passport" been added to the appointment list for CW?  Last time I tried, it wasn't available.

[DrJack54]

21 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

Has "transferring an extension to a new passport" been added to the appointment list for CW?  Last time I tried, it wasn't available.

No appointment for transferring stamps etc.

You will be directed to L32-35 desks 

[ronnie50]

Good report and appreciated. Does anyone have a recent report for documents required at CW for a first extension of the O Visa (retirement)? Trying to figure out if there are any differences required between the first one and subsequent extension applications. Cheers.

[DrJack54]

1 hour ago, ronnie50 said:

Trying to figure out if there are any differences required between the first one and subsequent extension applications

The only difference is what you need to show for financial requirements.

For first extension only need to show 800k in Thai bank account seasoned for 2 months.

 

Immigration should accept your bankbook photocopies.

Other requirements are the same as ongoing extension reports. 

 

Edit: after you obtain the extension please report your experience.

In particular what was required for proof of address.

My first ever extension I had a lease. Not TM30.

Guessing you plan on providing TM30 minimum