Cm Immigration Now Collect Family Photos

[Flatouthruthefog]

Apologies if this is already general knowledge.

On Sept 30th I finalised my 1 year extension here and got the usual efficient, quite friendly service. Just have no idea why they seem so busy all the time just now!

For the first time, I had to supply 2 COLOUR copies of a recent photo of Yours Truly, Thai wife and Thai-born child. Must be colour, and the lady round the back doesn't have a colour copier. The nearest is on the 3rd floor of the Immigration end of Airport Shopping Plaza. As I found to my considerable delay.

Also for the first time, I had to sign a short statement that I am here to do what it says on my Work Permit and ONLY that, and I will be in deep doo-doo (and so will any Thais assisting me) if I do ANYTHING else.

Thank goodness I'm not paranoid. Well, not in daylight.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I like the part of not being allowed to do anything else. That works great with the Mrs. when telling her why I can't wash the car or mow the lawn.

Out of interest, how do they even know you're married / have a family?

In general I'm very much in favor of giving governments as little information as possible. Keep in mind that the holocaust was made possible largely because of detailed population record keeping!

The general incompetence of the civil service should be some comfort to the paranoid.

[Mario2008]

The question is, what was your extension based up on. Marriage or work?

[WinnieTheKhwai]

The question is, what was your extension based up on. Marriage or work?

Oh right, that makes sense then. When getting an extension based on marriage it makes sense to check that you're married to a nice pretty Thai chick, and it's not just a scam where you pay some old hag to get married. The pictures would prove that. Just a copy of their ID cards and house registration clearly doesn't provide this information. Thumbs up to the immigration dept!

Seriously though, there was a hint in the original post:

> Also for the first time, I had to sign a short statement that I am here to do what it says on my Work Permit and

[singa-traz]

I had to provide the color photo this year whereas the previous year a black and white printed copies of the photo were accepted (SamutPrakarn).

[Mario2008]

The question is, what was your extension based up on. Marriage or work?

Oh right, that makes sense then. When getting an extension based on marriage it makes sense to check that you're married to a nice pretty Thai chick, and it's not just a scam where you pay some old hag to get married. The pictures would prove that. Just a copy of their ID cards and house registration clearly doesn't provide this information. Thumbs up to the immigration dept!

Seriously though, there was a hint in the original post:

> Also for the first time, I had to sign a short statement that I am here to do what it says on my Work Permit and

Immigration moves in mysterious ways.

I read that, but it doesn't mean he is on an extension of stay based on work. He could be on an extension based on marriage and uses his job in Thailand to proof his income. Then immigration can ask for the work permit to check if you work legally.

Him being on an extension of stay based on work is the most likely.

[Ulysses G.]

An extension of stay based on work requires photos of all the staff at the place of business. I would guess that it is a marriage visa.

[Nienke]

An extension of stay based on work requires photos of all the staff at the place of business. I would guess that it is a marriage visa.

Huh? Could you tell a bit more about that? I just got another year, non-immigrant-B, in A'dam. I didn't need to show any pic's of staff members. Or am I misunderstanding something?

[Ulysses G.]

An extension of stay based on work requires photos of all the staff at the place of business. I would guess that it is a marriage visa.

Huh? Could you tell a bit more about that? I just got another year, non-immigrant-B, in A'dam. I didn't need to show any pic's of staff members. Or am I misunderstanding something?

To extend your one year work visa inside Thailand.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Seriously.. That would be 400 or so pictures in my case.. Not likely.

[Flatouthruthefog]

The question is, what was your extension based up on. Marriage or work?

Very simply, my one year extensions began by being based on marriage, then on running a company, then back to marriage and now on being a company employee again.

One of the 2 nice ladies in the 'middle row' of desks knew our offspring a few years back and seemed especially pleased to see the current photo.