Khon Kaen Immigration Office

[thatguy]

A Search finds no on an Imm office in KK. At the moment I'm trying to help a friend with his first 90 day for a 1 year multi non imm O. Is there an office in KK?

Or just do the mail in as described here: http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/base.php?page=90days

Thanks

tg

[Mario2008]

If he realy is on a multiple non-O visa, he doesn't do a 90 day report. He must leave the country on day 90 and can re-enter again as long as the visa is valid, unless he has applied for an extension of stay.

Only when on an extension of stay for 1 year does he report his address to immigration every 90 days.

[thatguy]

Wow, so a one year visa holder has to do a border run every 90 days in order to kick in another 90 day stay, and only if they are on an extension of stay, for whatever reason, with whatever requirements (retired with 800,000 or etc etc). only then does 90 day reporting work for remaining continuously in country for a stay longer than 90 days. Am I understanding this correctly?

Thanks

tg

[4evermaat]

Wow, so a one year visa holder has to do a border run every 90 days in order to kick in another 90 day stay, and only if they are on an extension of stay, for whatever reason, with whatever requirements (retired with 800,000 or etc etc). only then does 90 day reporting work for remaining continuously in country for a stay longer than 90 days. Am I understanding this correctly?<br /><br />Thanks<br />tg

I'm sure someone will chime in, but an actual visa is different from extensions of stay. A 1 year multiple entry non imm visa will allow you up to 90 days to stay in thailand everytime you enter. (entry stamp shows date of entry, and expiration date-90 days later). So you must physically leave thailand (stamp out at thai immigration border) go to neighboring country, then come back to thailand to recivw another 90 day stamp. This is known as visa run or border run.

Once you understand this, then you see how people can get up to 15 months stay in the kingdom, by coming into thailand as close as possible to the visa start date, then doing a back-to-back visa runs every 88-90 days, and a visa run right before visa expires.

An extension of stay is different. I'll let someone else explain. I will say, based on what i've read here, 1year multiple entry visa is much more straigtforward to acquire than 1 year extension of stay, with multiple re-entry permits.

"2nd best time to plant a tree is today." Sent from ThaiVisa app.

[thatguy]

Thanks all, clears it up well

tg

[TerryLH]

There is an immigration office in Khon Kaen.

It's on Mittraphap Highway, about 200 meters North of the KK University entrance, on the East side of the road.

[Maestro]

Khon Kaen immigration office on Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=214923170432669428134.000465f03d84d91df360b&msa=0&ll=16.469999,102.823792&spn=0.164453,0.264187&iwloc=000474d0c80516b5536f5

[Lite Beer]

KK Immigration Office is in the Police Training School.

Coming from KK if you see the new Tesco you have gone too far and need a U Turn.

Coming from Udon direction if you see the University entrance you have gone too far and need to do a U Turn.

[Maestro]

Google Maps does not seem to show the Police Training School in Khon Kaen. Is my marker in the correct place?

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=214923170432669428134.000465f03d84d91df360b&msa=0&ll=16.487613,102.831345&spn=0.079585,0.132093&iwloc=000474d0c80516b5536f5

[fishhooks]

Whilst on the subject of KK Immigration;

Can anyone help with info as to if they will process a Reirement Extension outside of the 30 day pre expiry, say around 40 days early?

I'm out of country at present.

Tad more info, if I may;

I've just renewed my Oz Passport as it is almost full and am in Australia.

My former Passport has one valid re-entry, with current extension expiring on April 7 which I will use to enter the kingdom on February 26.

I need to leave and re-enter the kingdom twice after Feb 26 and prior to April 7, so I was hoping in "early March" to do my new Retirement Extension together with a new Multiple Re-entry Permit!

Hope I'm not running myself or anyone else around in circles!

[kkmoid]

Hi, had to get a triple entry tourist visa this year (the rules having changed), so would like to extend by 30 days on my first 60 day entry stamp. Can this be done in Khon Kaen office? and where is it? Didn't even know it existed.....kkmoid

[Lite Beer]

Yes it can. See posts 6,7 and 8.

[Fookhaht]

KUDOS TO KHON KAEN IMMIGRATION

For processing a one-year visa extention, I've waited . . .

up to 8 hours at Mukdahan Immigration

4-5 hours at Nong Khai,

an average of 2 hours at KK over the past 2-3 years.

Yesterday, I was in and out in 25 minutes. The officer processing my visa was friendly, courteous, informative and spoke perfect English. Moreover, my officer worked into his lunch hour so he could finish up my business without me having to wait for the lunch hour to pass. In the past, as soon as that clocked ticked noon, all activity ceased no matter where you were in the process.

I keep hearing this scenario repeated often this year. My fellow foreign worker just reported that she sailed through in 15 minutes this year.

KK has got it together!