Suan Plu, Is It Still Open?

[hamishgillan]

suan plu, is it still open?

is soi suan plu visa office still open for business?....

today-20 th sept 2009

thnx...OXO

[thaiphoon]

Suan Plu is still open. Understand it will close on 28th Sep with new office at Chaeng Wattana opening on 1st Oct.

[KhaoNiaw]

Suan Plu is still open. Understand it will close on 28th Sep with new office at Chaeng Wattana opening on 1st Oct.

Chaeng Wattana is opening on the 28th.

[GungaDin]

Very much so.

I surrendered there on Thursday and was relieved of 22000bt.

Room 509 is chokka and you cannot register your address in room 507.

507 is occupied by a very rude cow telling everyone within 100 metres to go to the new building to reg addresses.

There must be 2 tonnes of paper in room 509...... so much for the computer age!

[lopburi3]

It is never open on Sunday however.

[Pib]

It's still open...I was there 18 Sep/Friday. It moves to Chaeng Wattana on 28 Sep/Monday. See below cut and paste quote from the immigration web site http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/move.html. Based on the "Remarks" in the announcement, Suan Plu is not closing; rather, it's only downsizing and will still service visa issuing, visa extension and 90 days report for the special labor of 3 nationalities ( Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar ). So, if you are a foreigner from Laos, Cambodia, or Myanmar, you would continue to go to Suan Plu for those services. Will interesting to see how well staffed the new Chaeng Wattana office ends up as I expect only part (i.e., XX%) of the current Suan Plu staff will transfer to Chaeng Wattana.

Quote

Announcement Immigration1 Division move to new office

Immigration 1 Division (Bangkok Immigration Division)

Service for area in Bangkok as :

- Visa Extension

- Re-entry Permit

- Issue and change visa

- Resident permit

- Resident certificate

- Aliens Registration

- 90 Days Address report

will be moved to Government Center, Chaengwattana Road Soi 7 (close to the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaengwattana Road.) on Monday 28th September 2009

(Except special labor of Laos, Cambodian and Myanmar nationalities service at old office)

Location : Government Center Chaengwattana Building B , No. 120 ,

Moo 3 , Chaengwattana Road , Tungsonghong Sub-District , Laksi District, Bangkok 10210 (As shown in the map)

Tel : 0-2141-9889 , Fax : 0-2143-8228

Remarks : Only in case of visa issuing, visa extension and 90 days report for the special labor of 3 nationalities ( Laos, Cambodia, Mynmar ) is still be serviced at Immigration Bureau, Soi Suan Plu, Satorn, Bangkok

More details Call Center 1178

End Quote

[webfact]

Suan Plu is still open. Understand it will close on 28th Sep with new office at Chaeng Wattana opening on 1st Oct.

Received the same information from a BKK law firm 2d ago.

[mahtin]

Immigration 1 Division (Bangkok Immigration Division)

Service for area in Bangkok as :

- Visa Extension

- Re-entry Permit

- Issue and change visa

- Resident permit

- Resident certificate

- Aliens Registration

- 90 Days Address report

will be moved to Government Center, Chaengwattana Road Soi 7 (close to the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaengwattana Road.) on Monday 28th September 2009

(Except special labor of Laos, Cambodian and Myanmar nationalities service at old office)

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/move.html

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