Just completed my annual pilgrimage to Hua Hin Immigration for a yearly extension of stay based on marriage to a Thai national.

The list of requirements document from HHI is shown below.

Couple of notes.

1. Not listed on the forms to fill, is the STM10 form, "Affidavit of Family Relationship to a Thai National," but it is required. I had picked up a package of all the forms to fill the previous day, and it was included.

2. Make sure your bank book is updated the same day - the note about 'dated not older than 5 days...' applies to the letter only, not the bank book.

3. When it says for the photos, to dress properly/formally, that means for instance, that your wife can't be wearing a sleeveless dress. I provided photos with my wife wearing the same dress (a very smart, floor-length black evening dress) that was perfectly acceptable last year, but this time they wouldn't accept the photos because the dress didn't completely cover her shoulders.

4. For the photo in front of the house, the whole house must be visible in the background. (Up until last year, one of us just standing outside the front door was acceptable, but not now).

I met one at our office living in Hua HIn, and moved adress here to go through the immigration here instead. Rumors, or he said that Huan Hin is well known for pushing applicants over to agents now? Can you confirm the same feeling? They making trouble where there is no trouble?

Lately I also observed and seen at my office in Chaiyaphum also constantly making trouble for those who are on marriage visa and extension. I cant confirm why they have a problem, if it is real or not, but I noticed a few more complaints lately than before. Maybe just more moving out the the province?

8 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I met one at our office living in Hua HIn, and moved adress here to go through the immigration here instead. Rumors, or he said that Huan Hin is well known for pushing applicants over to agents now? Can you confirm the same feeling? They making trouble where there is no trouble?

I've been doing extensions for 10 years now in Hua Hin, first retirement, then marriage-based and while I can only speak from personal experience, I've never been subject to (or even felt a hint of) any pressure to go through an agent.

My experiences with the IO's here have been consistently and unfailingly pleasant.

24 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

I've been doing extensions for 10 years now in Hua Hin, first retirement, then marriage-based and while I can only speak from personal experience, I've never been subject to (or even felt a hint of) any pressure to go through an agent.

My experiences with the IO's here have been consistently and unfailingly pleasant.

Thats what I remember from when I lived in Hua Hin, great officers who did their jobs, but I only extended my visa exemption back then since I travelled in and out for work.