I have searched on Internet about the required documentation for a NON-O extension of stay, but I have found many contradictions. Particularly in CW are required the following documents?

Copy of rental agreement

Tabian baan of the owner of the rented apartment

Copy of a utility bills (registered with owner name or my name?)

Copy of the owner id card

Pictures of myself inside and outside the apartment

Google map or hand-written map of the location of the apartment

If there is a 100% valid list of all required documents will be particularly appreciated

Thank you very much

I haven't needed anything other than my apartment lease contract and a hand drawn map. No photos or any of the other stuff. However, nothing is consistent here so it's anyone's guess what you might be asked for.

16 minutes ago, Svadhistana said:

I have searched on Internet about the required documentation for a NON-O extension of stay, but I have found many contradictions. Particularly in CW are required the following documents?

I find CW very consistent and docs required standard.

For the ones you mentioned..

I provide TM30. Lease. hand drawn map.

Suggest you read some of many threads on reports of annual extension Retirement CW.

Are you using funds in bank method for financial requirements?

I did report on last extension CW

The OP includes list of what I provided.

Bit off topic for you as the thread was explaining change from money in bank to income method

https://aseannow.com/topic/1375440-extension-retirement-cw-report/

There is in particular one thing that seems having different opinion about.... I have the rental agreement copy with owner's ID card. Is the title deeds of the owner required in CW? Or any other documentation regarding the property of the owner?

18 minutes ago, Svadhistana said:

I have the rental agreement copy with owner's ID card

Seems you don't have a TM30.

Ask landlord to provide a TM30

I have TM30, but somewhere people write that I need also title deeds of the property, some others say I need Tabian Baan of the property or of the owner. It's all very confusing and I cannot contact the owner, unfortunately. I have the appointment tomorrow in CW.

1 minute ago, Svadhistana said:

It's all very confusing and I cannot contact the owner, unfortunately. I have the appointment tomorrow in CW.

If you cannot contact owner then you cannot obtain the items you referred to and you have appointment tomorrow.

What advice are you looking for.

I provide TM30 and Lease from my apartment office.

Do not provide the items you mentioned.

This year(April) at CW they wanted

TM 7 with photo

TM 30

Ihad my lease there was about 8 months left on it, with copy of title deeds and owners ID, (for the original non 0 application they wanted original documents,

they had about 3 other forms st11 and others that you filled in, eg you agree they can look at your data, you understand overstay penalty

1 copy of your passport bio page, last entry stamp and last non 0 stamp (i had 2 copies of everything just incase) but only supplied 1 copy

1 year bank statement with bank letter and bank book updated on the day ( i use a fixed deposit bank account so just a copy of that so statement not needed, but i take it anyway)

hand drawn map of where you live, at the time you do not need a map from your house to immigration, mine was just a box with some lines on it

I took my last TM47 but did not show it (you never know)

i always take 2 copies of every thing, but only show 1

They must have bben in a good mood i had 0830 appoitment and was out just after 0900

Edited August 20Aug 20 by howerde
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9 hours ago, Svadhistana said:

It's all very confusing and I cannot contact the owner, unfortunately. I have the appointment tomorrow in CW.

9 hours ago, Svadhistana said:

It's all very confusing and I cannot contact the owner, unfortunately. I have the appointment tomorrow in CW.

You have the appointment tomorrow. The way appointments for retirement extensions are gobbled up when their availability is opened, I'm guessing you made it weeks ago? Not good to leave all this to the last-minute, the day before.

No TM30, no rental contract or agreement, no copies of owner's ID and ownership, i.e., the 'blue book'? I don't know...

Honestly, without any of those, I don't see how you complete the process tomorrow. You can try, but I think an expectation of getting an extension tomorrow is low. If you proceed tomorrow, please report back, it will be of help to share the results.

For what it's worth, maybe not in your case but for other folks, I have never been asked to provide a rental agreement. This is at CW. I've never even brought a current one with me at extension time. (Maybe I will do so for the next extension, though.)

But the agent and owner for the room I rent registered a TM30 when I moved in, and re-registered it again in the 'upgraded' system, about three years back. And the last two years they've updated the TM30 at my request shortly before extension time, sending me the pdf file, a copy of which I give to the IO.

Perhaps in my case that has been sufficient for not needing to submit the rental agreement. Who knows? But you have to have copies of these type of docs concerning where you live or are staying to complete an application for an extension.

Edited August 20Aug 20 by rwilem

What if one does not have a lease, i.e. rents for 90 days, or even a month while moving around etc..?

32 minutes ago, gk10012001 said:

What if one does not have a lease, i.e. rents for 90 days, or even a month while moving around etc..?

Wherever you are staying, a guesthouse, hotel, Air BNB, friend's place, spouse's place, etc., they all can and should file a TM30.

10 hours ago, Svadhistana said:

I have the rental agreement copy with owner's ID card. Is the title deeds of the owner required in CW?

Excuse me, OP. Did not read carefully enough. So you do have a rental agreement, which you said only includes the owner's ID. And then later, you also said you have a TM30.

The 'blue book' is one of the items required for registering the property in question (where you are living) in the TM 30 system. So that should be OK.

Your chances of success are looking good now.

Edited August 20Aug 20 by rwilem

19 hours ago, Svadhistana said:

I have searched on Internet about the required documentation for a NON-O extension of stay, but I have found many contradictions. Particularly in CW are required the following documents?

Copy of rental agreement

Tabian baan of the owner of the rented apartment

Copy of a utility bills (registered with owner name or my name?)

Copy of the owner id card

Pictures of myself inside and outside the apartment

Google map or hand-written map of the location of the apartment

If there is a 100% valid list of all required documents will be particularly appreciated

Thank you very much

The IO in Pathum Thani has a prepared packet of requirements and all the blank forms required for the annual extension of stay. Perhaps your IO does also.

9 hours ago, rwilem said:

Wherever you are staying, a guesthouse, hotel, Air BNB, friend's place, spouse's place, etc., they all can and should file a TM30.

yes but for a long term retirement stay due to over 50 don't they expect an actual long term lease?

5 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

yes but for a long term retirement stay due to over 50 don't they expect an actual long term lease?

I am not sure about that. But I understand the point you are getting at. Some (many, most?) offices want to see a lease, and some may want to see a longer-term lease. It could be challenging if you would want to just be 'floating around', for lack of a better term, regarding where you stay.

6 hours ago, rwilem said:

I am not sure about that. But I understand the point you are getting at. Some (many, most?) offices want to see a lease, and some may want to see a longer-term lease. It could be challenging if you would want to just be 'floating around', for lack of a better term, regarding where you stay.

yes. Might be a while before I settle on a place. Is there any firm requirement that says one needs a long lease? Would just a pre paid one or two month hotel bill/ receipt be OK/ I anticipate the Pattaya area and of course the Jomtien immigration office

8 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

Is there any firm requirement that says one needs a long lease? Would just a pre paid one or two month hotel bill/ receipt be OK

I'm not sure, but immigration offices have lots of discretion and they exercise it. And things are changing. Years ago, I 'floated around' some, didn't enter into any long-term (e.g. six months, one year) rental arrangements. Just as long as the places I was staying at had reported my presence--and these were hotels and inns--that was good enough.

Now some folks report here that they are being asked to show longer-term rental leases. I think it's just a matter what the immigration office and/or IO asks for. Since you mention you're likely going to deal with Jomtien perhaps someone in Pattaya can chime in.

Given the abundance of rooms in that area, and the ease of 'floating around' and changing rooms there, I would be inclined to guess the immigration office wouldn't be forcing one to show they have a long-term lease on a place. But, who knows? You should be able to say you're planning to move to a different place soon, though.

Edited August 21Aug 21 by rwilem

Yesterday I went to CW and I solved the problem (fortunately).

This is the list of the documents that the Immigration Officer asked to me:

• Passport

• one copy of the bio page, the original entry visa and the last extension

• original TM 30 and one copy

• original last 90 day report and one copy

• TM 7 and one photo

• Bank book

• Certificate letter of the bank

• One year statement of the bank account

• Lease contract

• Copy of the tabian baan of the apartment

• Copy of chanote of the apartment

• Copy of the id card of the owner of the apartment

This is all. No map required, no other pictures required, no utility bill required.

Thank you all for your collaboration. I hope these list will be helpful.

18 minutes ago, Svadhistana said:

• Copy of the tabian baan of the apartment

• Copy of chanote of the apartment

• Copy of the id card of the owner of the apartment

This is all. No map required, no other pictures required, no utility bill required.

Don't know, why these are on list if you provide TM30 and Lease.

While you state map not required I suggest to others to provide map.

Note this is not door to door map.

Simple house location and nearest land mark such as main road etc

1 minute ago, DrJack54 said:

Don't know, why these are on list if you provide TM30 and Lease.

While you state map not required I suggest to others to provide map.

Note this is not door to door map.

Simple house location and nearest land mark such as main road etc

I did not give these documents to the officer when I just arrived there, I waited for her to ask me what she needed. One by one. This the pure truth. If you don't want to believe it, it's up to you. I just tried to be helpful giving 100% sure information. Anybody can have different experiences, but if you give a document which is not required ,the officer takes it anyway. This is why I waited for their request. To be sure of what was effectively necessary. You want to have also a map or a utility bill? Do it. No problem.

49 minutes ago, Svadhistana said:

I did not give these documents to the officer when I just arrived there, I waited for her to ask me what she needed. One by one.

Bit strange. In any event not the point.

You didn't provide a map. Great.

I can post zillion threads where it's required

On your list you didn't list acknowledgement forms for overstay etc.

Also update bank book on day of application.

Bank letter and bank statement can be provided days prior.

Here is typical thread...

6 hours ago, Svadhistana said:

• Lease contract

• Copy of the tabian baan of the apartment

• Copy of chanote of the apartment

• Copy of the id card of the owner of the apartment

This is all. No map required, no other pictures required, no utility bill required.

Thank you all for your collaboration. I hope these list will be helpful.

OP, were you able to get the extension yesterday? Or not, because you did not have everything that the IO was asking you to provide?

Those four items quoted here, I've never been asked to provide those. And this is for CW.

Also, it's confusing, the term 'original TM30'. The TM30 doc is a downloadable from the system's website. Only if one is completing a DIY TM30 at the immigration office itself, I guess the document you would receive then could be considered 'original'. Same thing with a 90-day report receipt downloaded from the website. How could that be considered 'original'? Only if you did it in person could you have an original receipt.

And I've always been asked to provide the hand-drawn map to the abode. It's a standard request out there at CW. Some folks report a google maps print being accepted, others report report it being declined in favor of a hand-drawn one. But a utility bill receipt? No, sir.

Just demonstrates the x-factor of variability, when it comes to 'the requirements' for anything at immigration.

Edited August 22Aug 22 by rwilem

On 8/22/2026 at 10:21 AM, Svadhistana said:

Yesterday I went to CW and I solved the problem (fortunately).

This is the list of the documents that the Immigration Officer asked to me:

• Passport

• one copy of the bio page, the original entry visa and the last extension

• original TM 30 and one copy

• original last 90 day report and one copy

• TM 7 and one photo

• Bank book

• Certificate letter of the bank

• One year statement of the bank account

• Lease contract

• Copy of the tabian baan of the apartment

• Copy of chanote of the apartment

• Copy of the id card of the owner of the apartment

This is all. No map required, no other pictures required, no utility bill required.

Thank you all for your collaboration. I hope these list will be helpful.

When I went this past few days to do the same at CW I was asked for every page of my passport photocopied, incl blank pages and I had to hand sign them all.

For money in bank method, in previous years I was allowed to give just a bank letter and copy of bank book, but this year I had to come up with a statement also. When I said to them a statement was not asked for in previous years of me I was given the stock answer "Not same this year" and a smile. They also explained further that the bank book does not contain entry for "every month" as a reason but that made little sense to me as my statement was exactly the same number of entries for the months that only had activity, which was very few as the account is solely kept for immigration only and I use other accounts for living expenses. My take was that since the bank book alone is a machine product it does not have as much weight as the rubber stamped statement even those the numbers are the same besides the last day as bank book is dated to day of immigration and statements are day before.

Next year I will get a statement at same time as letter, so I assume it can be done a few days before for statement and letter, or must statement be done on day of immigration visit? My bank does not even open until 11am at ITSquare and has no branch in CW.

4 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

Next year I will get a statement at same time as letter, so I assume it can be done a few days before for statement and letter, or must statement be done on day of immigration visit? My bank does not even open until 11am at ITSquare and has no branch in CW.

I get my letter and statement a day or two early, not been a problem. Bank book on the day, including a same day transaction, from an out of branch passbook update machine.

1 hour ago, Digitalbanana said:

When I went this past few days to do the same at CW I was asked for every page of my passport photocopied, incl blank pages and I had to hand sign them all.

For money in bank method, in previous years I was allowed to give just a bank letter and copy of bank book, but this year I had to come up with a statement also. When I said to them a statement was not asked for in previous years of me I was given the stock answer "Not same this year" and a smile. They also explained further that the bank book does not contain entry for "every month" as a reason but that made little sense to me as my statement was exactly the same number of entries for the months that only had activity, which was very few as the account is solely kept for immigration only and I use other accounts for living expenses. My take was that since the bank book alone is a machine product it does not have as much weight as the rubber stamped statement even those the numbers are the same besides the last day as bank book is dated to day of immigration and statements are day before.

Next year I will get a statement at same time as letter, so I assume it can be done a few days before for statement and letter, or must statement be done on day of immigration visit? My bank does not even open until 11am at ITSquare and has no branch in CW.

If you leave long gaps between updating your passbook, the system will 'consolidate' transactions and a single monthly transfer could get adsorbed in the consolidated figure.

2 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

If you leave long gaps between updating your passbook, the system will 'consolidate' transactions and a single monthly transfer could get adsorbed in the consolidated figure.

That can be true but any such consolidations have a code to signify such in the right side column. I had none.

3 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

If you leave long gaps between updating your passbook, the system will 'consolidate' transactions and a single monthly transfer could get adsorbed in the consolidated figure.

Yes, best to get your passbook updated at least every other month IMHO. Also better to get it updated in branch rather than at an external PUM so as to minimise the risk of transactions being overprinted.

5 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

When I went this past few days to do the same at CW I was asked for every page of my passport photocopied, incl blank pages and I had to hand sign them all.

For money in bank method, in previous years I was allowed to give just a bank letter and copy of bank book, but this year I had to come up with a statement also. When I said to them a statement was not asked for in previous years of me I was given the stock answer "Not same this year" and a smile. They also explained further that the bank book does not contain entry for "every month" as a reason but that made little sense to me as my statement was exactly the same number of entries for the months that only had activity, which was very few as the account is solely kept for immigration only and I use other accounts for living expenses. My take was that since the bank book alone is a machine product it does not have as much weight as the rubber stamped statement even those the numbers are the same besides the last day as bank book is dated to day of immigration and statements are day before.

Next year I will get a statement at same time as letter, so I assume it can be done a few days before for statement and letter, or must statement be done on day of immigration visit? My bank does not even open until 11am at ITSquare and has no branch in CW.

At CW the statement and letter can be up to 7 days old, but the bank book must be updated on the day. like others have said i update the bank book every month to stop them pointing it out.

3 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

That can be true but any such consolidations have a code to signify such in the right side column. I had none.

In my case the clue was also in the value of the consolidated credit and debit transactions ......something in excess of 2m Baht

12 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

at CW I was asked for every page of my passport photocopied, incl blank pages and I had to hand sign them all

Every page. Strange.

12 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

They also explained further that the bank book does not contain entry for "every month" as a reason but that made little sens

If doing the banked method, it's a good idea to update the bankbook monthly, especially in the post-and-pre extension months. This may negate the need to produce the 12-month statement. But, as the IO said, 'new requirement', so to be on the safe side getting a 12-month statement is a good idea. And yes, the statement and bank account ownership and balance letter can be picked up at your bank in advance of your planned extension day. Up to seven days in advance for CW, but I always get them a few days ahead of extension day.