Hello together,

I had my marriage extension appointment at Chaeng Watthana last Thursday (I booked online, not the regular walk-in queue) and got sent away with a list of fixes. I'm curious if this matches, what others are seeing lately or if I just got unlucky with the team.

(I'm not a newbie, married almost 10 years now)

The officer didn't like that the copy of the owner's house title deed (chanote) attached to my rental agreement was missing the back side and was a pretty bad quality copy (one year before it wasn't a problem). Then the team lead joined in and said my rental agreement (that would have run out end of July) isn't good enough either, because apparently it needs at least 6 months left on it. Some back and forth later, they gave me until July 9 to come back with everything fixed.

Questions for anyone who's been through this recently:

- Are officers generally getting stricter than a few years ago, or does it just depend on who you get?

- Do you hand over the house title deed (chanote) copy upfront, or only when they specifically ask for it? Maybe that was my mistake?

- Has your rental agreement plus attachments had to be perfect? Or was I just unlucky?

- Anyone dealt with a landlord who won't hand over their house title deed (chanote)/ID/Tabian Baan copies? Does that basically mean you're forced to find a different place if your landlord isn't cooperative?

- Has anyone else hit this "lease needs 6+ months remaining" thing? Is that a Chaeng Watthana thing, a team-lead thing, or something more general now?

- Anyone notice a difference between the online booking system team and the regular walk-in queue? My gut feeling is the online team was stricter.

- If you've had to renew a lease mid-extension-process did you just sign a fresh contract that replaces the old one (with a note saying so), or did you bring both the old and new contract to immigration? Trying to figure out which is better from their point of view.

- Is it just better to use an agent at this point? Any recommendations of good agents?

I would appreciate any stories or tips, as I'm trying to sort this out.

Thank you

The OP in this thread posts very clear list of required docs.

26 minutes ago, frimu said:

Are officers generally getting stricter than a few years ago, or does it just depend on who you get?

Don't see that based on reports.

There are few extra forms to fill in.

Not difficult.

As for appointment vs walk in.

Appointment just saves lot of time. Does not mean more scrutiny.

An agent won't do a lot for you re marriage extension. Just hand holding exercise.