Re-entry permit

[zzzzz]

9 hours ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

This is the first time I will have to do a 90 report in person as I went to England for a month at the end of last year so I will use the drive-through for the first time in Phuket.

 

I have done all of my 90 reports online so far so what do you have to take with you for the drive-through, I suspect the form has to be filled in, passport, copy of the last 90-day report, copies of your visa and passport, and the TR30. 

 

Anything else?

ONLY passport an old 90 day report in it 

[JamesPhuket10]

12 hours ago, zzzzz said:

ONLY passport an old 90 day report in it 

 

Thanks for the info, do we fill out any forms while at the drive-through, or is that all done for us via a computer at the drive-through by a Thai admin person?

[JamesPhuket10]

On 2/18/2025 at 5:29 PM, zzzzz said:

700, well worth it not having to wait the next day in line for the re entry!  😃

fyi; Phuket has a drive thru window for 90 day report !

 

I found out today that when I picked up my passport there were two receipts, one for the extension, one for the multiple re-entry permit, and no receipt for the "special service charge" of 700 baht. 

 

I wondered why when I went into the office one of the guys walked towards me smiling and said very loudly "sawadee clap".

 

After I checked the receipts later on I realised why. 😃

[zzzzz]

10 hours ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

I found out today that when I picked up my passport there were two receipts, one for the extension, one for the multiple re-entry permit, and no receipt for the "special service charge" of 700 baht. 

 

I wondered why when I went into the office one of the guys walked towards me smiling and said very loudly "sawadee clap".

 

After I checked the receipts later on I realised why. 😃

did u seriously expect a receipt?
same as paying 500 baht for the "FREE" COR

[Maestro]

On 2/19/2025 at 2:50 PM, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

I found out today that when I picked up my passport there were two receipts, one for the extension, one for the multiple re-entry permit, and no receipt for the "special service charge" of 700 baht. 

 

I wondered why when I went into the office one of the guys walked towards me smiling and said very loudly "sawadee clap".

 

After I checked the receipts later on I realised why. 😃

 

Now that you are on your immigration office's list of VIPs you can expect to receive the privilege of paying a "special service charge" every year.

 

As for the "sawadee clap", you did not hear that correctly. Nobody put a curse on you to get the clap (slang for gonorrhoea), but that's something for the Thai Language forum.

[JamesPhuket10]

On 2/20/2025 at 7:43 AM, zzzzz said:

did u seriously expect a receipt?
same as paying 500 baht for the "FREE" COR

 

Nope, I did not expect a receipt for the 700 baht "service charge", I would have paid more if needed, it is not much fun wasting time in immigration offices, and I have a much more interesting and profitable way of using my time. 

[JamesPhuket10]

2 hours ago, Maestro said:

 

Now that you are on your immigration office's list of VIPs you can expect to receive the privilege of paying a "special service charge" every year.

 

As for the "sawadee clap", you did not hear that correctly. Nobody put a curse on you to get the clap (slang for gonorrhoea), but that's something for the Thai Language forum.

 

The 700 baht 'service charge' was so I could get the visa extension and the multi-entry permit at the 'same time' as they are in different buildings and it would have meant me going back another day to get the multi-permit. 

 

If I don't need the multi-permit next year then the total cost will be 1900 for the visa extension. 

 

Seeing as I was writing Thai with English phonetic letters the 'clap' part of it does not mean 'the clap'. 😀

[JamesPhuket10]

On 2/19/2025 at 7:40 AM, zzzzz said:

ONLY passport an old 90 day report in it 

 

Thanks for the info, I went to the drive-through today, only one car in front of me two minutes later I was served.

 

I got out of the car and went to the window as my last 90-day report receipt was "due" on the 10th of December 2024 so I knew I would have to explain why.

 

The officer looked at the 90-day receipt and made a sigh, I then pointed to the stamp in my passport which showed I had been out of the country for a month and back in on the 3rd of December 2025, hence my 90 reports were in order.

 

Two minutes later I had the latest report given to me, so easy, so later on in the year when I have to do this again I now know what to do.