Immigration At Chaengwattana Still Open Today Friday 28 October

[Sunderland]

Good morning. I live on Phaholyothin Soi 37. I have just been to immigration on Chaengwattana via Phahoylothin Road, Bang Khen roundabout and Chaengwattana.

I went to get a re-entry permit this morning and it was very easy to do everything quickly as there not many people there today. Less staff than usual, but more than enough to handle the number of people seeking visa extensions or re-entry permits. I do not know if they were dealing with 90-day reporting. I was in and out in about 20 minutes.

Chaengwattana Soi 7, which the government complex is on, is absolutely bone dry at the moment. The nearer you get to the government complex, the more parked cars you see next to the road. It's become like a big car park. Few people working elsewhere in the big complex, so most of it is long-term parking through the duration of the flood this weekend.

Please note that if you come out the nearest entrance to immigration, you will have to walk down to the main part of the soi to catch a cab, since it wasn't possible for taxis to pull in there. Due to the low number of people arriving there, there were few taxis around, but there were a couple of motorcycle taxi guys waiting at the entrance. They can take you back up to the main road on Chaengwattana for 20 baht.

The only water I saw was a little bit of localized flooding on the inbound side of Chaengwattana opposite the area near soi 5. This area is prone to flooding at the best of times, and doesn't indicate that flooding is about to hit the area around immigration.

I could not see any water from Lak Si Intersection or Bang Khen roundabout, so the water on both Phaholyothin and Vipavadi Rangsit still lies about a km north of those intersections, as of 9 a.m. this morning.

[Sunderland]

One more thing. If you need to find out about whether immigration is open on Monday, call 1111 and then press 9 for English. I had to wait just under 5 minutes, but eventually I was able to get through to someone at about 7:30 this morning, who confirmed that immigration was open before I left home.

Cheers.

[Mario2008]

THanks for your report.Immigration has announced it will be open today and Monday, for emergencies.Saturday they will be open as usual at SUan Plu for re-entry permits between 8:30 and 12:00. (If the floods permit it of course)