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New Visa Requirement at Jomtien Immigration

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4 hours ago, garygooner said:

I doubt imm at Jomtien would want to give problems to clients using agents. 

 

Many using agents wouldn't even be aware of their own address!

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    He's renewing the optional yearly extension of permission to stay NOT the Visa. They usually stamp your Passport then and there at desk 8. No need to give it to them and pickup the next day like is ne

Last week at Jomtien they asked for the first time in 18 years living at the same address ( do you own your own house)

17 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Must be some change, they must have evidence people are lying about where they live, maybe even those in Bangkok getting Jomtien extensions 

If doing an out-of-area extension in Jomtien, they would likely be using agents - then no "home check" occurs.  A DIY-er not using an agent could just do it a CW - is all "by the book" there.

On 6/21/2025 at 6:41 AM, henryford1958 said:

Just renewed my 1 year O extension yesterday at Jomtien Immigration.  Must say the process was the quickest ever. Documents checked in 5 minutes, wait 5 minures at desk 8 then agreed in another 5 minutes. Out in 15 minutes.

BUT at the end the IO gave me a telephone number and said someone would be coming to my condo to take my photo !! Never had this before, what is the purpose, to prove i live at the address quoted? They already have my TM30.

the answer is "yes!" they don't even trust their own shadow! 

before i had to make 1 pic inside and 1 pic outside w house as background.

now they want me to hold a paper with house nr written on it!

years ago i stopped wondering why this or that... T.I.T. !

3 hours ago, khunpeer said:

the answer is "yes!" they don't even trust their own shadow! 

before i had to make 1 pic inside and 1 pic outside w house as background.

now they want me to hold a paper with house nr written on it!

years ago i stopped wondering why this or that... T.I.T. !

 

Where are "they" located in your case? The Chiang Mai or Jomtien immigration office??

 

22 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

Where are "they" located in your case? The Chiang Mai or Jomtien immigration office??

 

this is more 'rural': Pai

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Just to follow up they came to take my photo 1 working day after i did the extension application. Just in front of the condo block though not in my actual condo.

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On 6/21/2025 at 6:41 AM, henryford1958 said:

BUT at the end the IO gave me a telephone number and said someone would be coming to my condo to take my photo !! Never had this before, what is the purpose, to prove i live at the address quoted? They already have my TM30.

 

The purpose ?  I don't know.

 

But in Phuket back when I was on a Type-OA visa and changed to my permission to stay for reason of marriage, to reason of retirement, they advised me they would drop by to pay a visit.  In the coming weeks they phoned me a couple times to make an appointment to drop by my condo, but each time they phoned i was out of province.  In the end, they never showed up.

 

Then years later when on a Type-O visa (for reason of retirement - for my 1-year extension of my permission to stay), instead they exchanged "Line" social media contacts with me, and did a Video chat with me, where they had me walk to me condo front door and position my phone so that they could see my face and my door #, and then walk to the front of the condo complex, where they could see the condo complex sign and my face (all at the same time). They told me they were doing screen captures when they had my face together with the background they wanted to see.

 

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