New Immigration Office At Nakhom Pathom

[mkmike]

Thought people might be interested in my experiences at the new Immigration office at Nakhom Pathom that I visited yesterday. This office apparently opened on the 1st October this year and as I live in Ratchaburi province this means this is my new local office as opposed to Kanchanaburi that I have used for the last three years.

I had to do a 90 day report and my mother who lives with us had to extend her retirement O-A for another year.

The office is located close to the Rose Garden off Highway 4 (Phet Kasem Road) to the east of Nakhom Pathom city, in fact it is closer to Nakhom Chaisi. The co ordinates from Google Earth are as follows - 13°44'20.04"N 100°15'44.96"E

If you are driving from Nakhom Pathom city or Ratchaburi the turning is on the left hand side about 1 km after crossing the river and is sign posted. It is in fact the road to access Wat Rai Khing a well known local temple, the road is called Phutthamonthon Sai 6 or highway 3316 (Highway is a grand term though for this small road).

The office is in Wat Rai Khing Soi 14 which is about 2.5 kms along the road on the right hand side, just after a large school and almost opposite the temple. The entrance to the office is about halfway down the soi on the left hand side. (see photos). The actual office building is right at the back of the site beyond some rather shabby looking bungalows and storage sheds and although the road starts of as concrete it turns to mud after you pass the sheds. The car park was a sea of mud yesterday after overnight rain.

The office is small and basic but the staff seemed ok, although the lady dealing with my mothers extension insisted that we had come to early and that we should come within 30 days of its expiry, fair enough, but I pointed out to her that as it expired on 1st November this was only 2 weeks away! Even my Thai wife had difficulty explaining this and it wasn't until I counted out the days on the desk calendar that she relented.

Then she said that the bank book was not right as although there was over 800,000 Baht in there, there had been no activity for 4 months. She said we should deposit 500 Baht in the account then bring it back. I could not understand the logic of this but off we went to the local Tesco where there was a branch of the Bangkok Bank and did as she asked. We then returned and she stamped my mothers passport for another years extension.

I won't need to go back now until January thankfully by then the rain will be a distant memory and maybe the place will have been tidied up. Hope this info is of help to some of you and I have attach some photos of the site so you can see how nice it is. I will miss Kanchanaburi, it was so nice there.....

[skipvice]

Thought people might be interested in my experiences at the new Immigration office at Nakhom Pathom that I visited yesterday. This office apparently opened on the 1st October this year and as I live in Ratchaburi province this means this is my new local office as opposed to Kanchanaburi that I have used for the last three years.

I had to do a 90 day report and my mother who lives with us had to extend her retirement O-A for another year.

The office is located close to the Rose Garden off Highway 4 (Phet Kasem Road) to the east of Nakhom Pathom city, in fact it is closer to Nakhom Chaisi. The co ordinates from Google Earth are as follows - 13°44'20.04"N 100°15'44.96"E

If you are driving from Nakhom Pathom city or Ratchaburi the turning is on the left hand side about 1 km after crossing the river and is sign posted. It is in fact the road to access Wat Rai Khing a well known local temple, the road is called Phutthamonthon Sai 6 or highway 3316 (Highway is a grand term though for this small road).

The office is in Wat Rai Khing Soi 14 which is about 2.5 kms along the road on the right hand side, just after a large school and almost opposite the temple. The entrance to the office is about halfway down the soi on the left hand side. (see photos). The actual office building is right at the back of the site beyond some rather shabby looking bungalows and storage sheds and although the road starts of as concrete it turns to mud after you pass the sheds. The car park was a sea of mud yesterday after overnight rain.

The office is small and basic but the staff seemed ok, although the lady dealing with my mothers extension insisted that we had come to early and that we should come within 30 days of its expiry, fair enough, but I pointed out to her that as it expired on 1st November this was only 2 weeks away! Even my Thai wife had difficulty explaining this and it wasn't until I counted out the days on the desk calendar that she relented.

Then she said that the bank book was not right as although there was over 800,000 Baht in there, there had been no activity for 4 months. She said we should deposit 500 Baht in the account then bring it back. I could not understand the logic of this but off we went to the local Tesco where there was a branch of the Bangkok Bank and did as she asked. We then returned and she stamped my mothers passport for another years extension.

I won't need to go back now until January thankfully by then the rain will be a distant memory and maybe the place will have been tidied up. Hope this info is of help to some of you and I have attach some photos of the site so you can see how nice it is. I will miss Kanchanaburi, it was so nice there.....

Thank you, I did my 90 report at Kanchanaburi today and they gave a map but in Thai, I knew it was some were near Wat Rai King but that was as close as I could guess.

[skipvice]

The co ordinates from Google Earth are as follows - 13°44'20.04"N 100°15'44.96"E

are you sure about these cordinates ? they do not even come close to wat rai king.

map I was given

[skipvice]

I do belive it is somewere in this image of the area, maybe mkmike could point it out???

[mkmike]

Hi Skipvice

The co-ordinates given are correct according to Google, your areal view is of the correct place see my screen snap for the exact location shown by the yellow pin pointing at the roof of the office.

You are right about one thing it is in the middle of nowhere, I really thought we had the wrong place when we drove in, the surroundings are truly terrible.

[skipvice]

Thank you mike, i Now know where its at.

my google maps co-ordinates are differnt than yours. lat 13.738902" lon 100.262651

either I wrong or you are ??

[Dah fahrang]

Oh dear!

After many delightful day trips to Kanchanaburi, using the back roads from my home, arriving in a quite pleasant location, being dealt with by people who got to know me, and stopping for some nice pad thai on the way home, I now have to look forward? to a comparatively more stressful journey along Phetkasem to what looks like an infinitely more dismal location. Your photos, I am sure, do it full justice. Thanks for these depressing images.

Also, many thanks for excellent driving directions.

As I'm leaving the country just before my next 90 day report, I will need to go for the first time in February. Should be little problem finding the place.

The sad part is, I don't really want to have to find it. Needs must. Progress. Amazing Thailand.

[mkmike]

Oh dear!

After many delightful day trips to Kanchanaburi, using the back roads from my home, arriving in a quite pleasant location, being dealt with by people who got to know me, and stopping for some nice pad thai on the way home, I now have to look forward? to a comparatively more stressful journey along Phetkasem to what looks like an infinitely more dismal location. Your photos, I am sure, do it full justice. Thanks for these depressing images.

Also, many thanks for excellent driving directions.

As I'm leaving the country just before my next 90 day report, I will need to go for the first time in February. Should be little problem finding the place.

The sad part is, I don't really want to have to find it. Needs must. Progress. Amazing Thailand.

My thoughts exactly, believe me the camera does lie, its worse in real life!!! Why it is in this ridiculous location I have no idea.

[skipvice]

Thank you mike, i Now know where its at.

my google maps co-ordinates are differnt than yours. lat 13.738902" lon 100.262651

either I wrong or you are ??

My bad, I had the settings wrong in options- (decimal degress)

All is good now that I am on the same Planet :D

[Maestro]

Thank you very much, mkmike, for the coordinates and the photos. I have now added the Nakhon Pathom immigration office to Google Maps and added one of your photos, giving you credit for it:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&i...2567a63bb194ba0

If you have a Panoramio account you could upload the photo there. Otherwise, I can do it on my account, if you don't mind.

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Maestro

[Maestro]

If anybody can give me the following information for the Nakhon Pathom immigration office I will add it to the marker information on Google Maps:

-- postal address in English and in Thai

-- phone and fax numbers

-- email address, if the office has one

-- area serviced by this office

I would email immigration headquarters to ask for this information if I did not know that they do not answer emails.

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Maestro

[skipvice]

The thai address and phone number is on the map that i posted see post #3

[mkmike]

Many thanks Maestro, glad to be of help. This place is tucked away a bit so I hope my info will save others some agro. By all means add my photo via your Panoramio account.

[Maestro]

The thai address and phone number is on the map that i posted see post #3

Got it. Thank you. I would have preferred in a text format for copy/pasting and in the meantime I have inserted it as an image in the information window of the marker for the Nakhon Pathom immigration office. A click on the thumbnail picture brings up an enlarged image:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&i...2567a63bb194ba0

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Maestro

[GungaDin]

Hi Mike.

Thanks for the heads-up & pix.

The location sounds like it is near the new? HQ for the N.P. cops.

I was there 2 weeks ago (1st time) filing a burglary report and recall seeing the Wat on Phet Kasem nr the Rose Garden.

Do you recall seeing a Police HQ set back from the road, nr the Immi Office?

cheers,

GD

[GuyDow]

I was there 2 weeks ago (1st time) filing a burglary report and recall seeing the Wat on Phet Kasem nr the Rose Garden.

You can't see Wat Rai King from Phetkasem. It's about 2.5km into Tanon Song Kanon (Highway 3316). The map is not to scale but it does show relative locations, i.e you pass Wat Rai King and turn right, etc.

[GungaDin]

^^^ yeah, I must have been on Sai 6...... do you know where the Police HQ is?

[GuyDow]

^^^ yeah, I must have been on Sai 6...... do you know where the Police HQ is?

Sorry, I only ever go down Sai 6 to go to Wat Rai King. I wouldn't know the Police HQ if I tripped over it.

[Nowhereman60]

Thanks for the information. I am also going to miss the ride to Kanchanaburi using the back roads, it may be a little longer but no traffic at all. I hope the staff at Nakhon Pathom immigrations are as helpful as the staff in Kanchanaburi.

[GuyDow]

Just back from doing my 90 day report at the new Nakorn Pathom office. Very easy to find thanks to the OPs very helpful information. Couple of things worth adding.

The Soi numbers on Sai 6 are in Thai script. The numbering sequence is in increasing order from the Phet Kasem end with the even numbered sois on the right. Soi 12 junction has traffic lights over it (not in operation today). There is a sign for the immigration office on the left hand side of the road just before Soi 14. Soi 14 is quite small and next to a large official looking complex of buildings.

The office has a large sign by the gate. Drive all the way to the end to the unmade carpark. The office is in a two storey building with quite a few cars parked in front.

The sign on the door says "Visa Extensions" but it seems to handle everything. Aircon inside, no queue numbers but quiet enough that they are (probably) not needed.

The official who took my report was pleasant enough and the matter was processed in a couple of minutes after waiting around 10 minutes for my turn.

On the way back I decided to drive down Sai 6 to Borom Ratchachonni instead of going back to Phet Kasem and making a u-turn by the Rose Garden. Big mistake, I won't be doing that again. It's a long and winding road full of Thais performing unusual manoeuvres in a wide range of motorised conveyances.

Overall a big improvement over having to slog down to Krungthep. However 90 day reports are the easiest thing I ever have to do with immigration. I hope I still feel positive about the change after I apply for my next extension.

[Nowhereman60]

Today went to Immigrations at Nakhon Pathom, and want to thank Mike for the great directions. Had no problems finding the place, except when I turned in and said to myself WOW is this really an Immigrations Office. You have to drive all the way to the back until you come to this two story building no signs on the building and the door was open so couldn't see the Visa Extension sign on the door. But walked in and seen 5 young ladies all in pink shirts not one of them looked up at me for at least 30 seconds (seems like an hour) and then one looked up and told me to sit, I gave her my passport and within two minutes she handed me my slip for my next trip in Mar. I asked if they had the address in English but was told no and she stamped a piece of paper with the address in Thai. I was out of the building in 5 minutes. It's a 86 mile trip for me from Ratchaburi so I hope not to return until my next visa extension is due in July.

[GuyDow]

Re-extended my retirement visa at the new Nakorn Pathom office this week and it could not have been easier.

Arrived about 1.30pm and, after a five minute wait for my turn, sat down opposite one of the two female officers who were manning the desks. Told her I wanted to extend my visa again and handed her the completed application form with photo attached. She asked for my bank book, I gave her the letter I got from the British Consulate the previous week which confirmed my monthly income. She asked her colleague how much the monthly income requirement was, and I confirmed the letter was an original and not a copy. Handed over my passport and copy of same, then she set to work with the stamps and the log books.

Couldn't have been simpler and I was on my way out before 2pm. Very pleasant and helpful officer.

One thing, the two officers on the front desks that day did not seem to speak much English. The few exchanges we had were all in Thai. If I had to do something complicated I'd consider taking someone fluent in Thai with me. As it was, my (rudimentary) Thai was up to the task.

A massive improvement over the trip I used to do to Soi Suan Zoo. In my experience the officials in Bangkok were always on the ball but the working environment there left a great deal to be desired.