Phuket Immigration launches online queue for ‘one-year visas’

Phuket Gazette –

The Patong Immigration office is expected to re-open by November, with officers issuing re-entry permits and confirm 90-day reports for people staying on ‘one-year visas’. Photo: Gazette file

Phuket Immigration chief Col Napat Nusen has quietly launched a queue system for people applying for one-year permits-to-stay. Photo: Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration currently has no plans of launching an online queue system for re-entry permits similar to the one recently launched by Immigration Division 1 on Cheng Wattana Road in Bangkok, the busiest Immigration office in Thailand.

However, Phuket Immigration has quietly already launched a queue system for people applying for one-year permits-to-stay.

“Even though we don’t have an online queue service for re-entry permits like in Bangkok, we do have our one-year ‘visa’ online queue service,” Phuket Immigration Superintendent Lt Col Napat Nusen told the Phuket Gazette today.

Using the online queue system (click here), foreigners already issued visas such as business visas, education or “study” visas, or visas issued on the basis of the foreigner being married to a Thai national, can obtain a queue number without going to the Phuket Immigration Office in person.

“Those interested in the service can go online and book their queue numbers, but the date of their appointments must be at least two days later. At this stage, we are able to accept advance appointments for up to six people per day,” Col Napat explained.

“We have no plans to extend any other services at the moment. We launched the one-year visa online queue service only a few months ago. So far, not many people have used the service. We will wait for feedback for this service first, then we can decide whether or not we should extend other services,” he added.

Col Napat had more good news for expats living in Patong: he expects the Patong Immigration information center (click here for map) to be re-open by November.

Following rumors in January that the Patong Immigration Office had closed, former Phuket Immigration chief Panuwat Ruamrak clarified the office was closed only temporarily for renovations.

“The building needed some improvements and they decided to close it so the work could be carried out properly,” he said.

Today, nine months later, Col Napat told the Gazette, “We are hoping to have the office open in time for the peak tourism season so we can help the many tourists who will be in Phuket at that time.

“When the office re-opens, officers stationed there will be allowed to issue re-entry permits and confirm 90-day reports for people already staying on ‘one-year visas’,” he added.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...isas-17992.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-09-24

... and the info about the applicant become public on the page???

If you click on the site

http://www.phuketimmigration.go.th/homepage/q.php

I hope they add some privacy controls, I for one would NOT like my passport number to be made public,

<deleted>!? Why are people's passport numbers and names being shown on the website? That's a massive security fail.

<deleted>!? Why are people's passport numbers and names being shown on the website? That's a massive security fail.

Pretty sure those are "samples". Mr. Fred Flintstone from Antarctica?

I love the examples:

Mr Drew Noyes of the Pattaya Times

A guy with the same name as HRH the King (Also, do Thais have to register now?)

Now guys, in reality, YOU will not see the list, only the entry / submission page. like any other Email form on a webpage.

I love the examples:

Mr Drew Noyes of the Pattaya Times

A guy with the same name as HRH the King (Also, do Thais have to register now?)

Now guys, in reality, YOU will not see the list, only the entry / submission page. like any other Email form on a webpage.

Brilliant examples! I thought this was my favourite: Mr. Jack Me off

Dumbarsethai

Until I saw this: Mr. Thaksin shinawatra Dick montenegro

Someone has a wicked senses of humour here!!

Loved the examples!

I was rather surprised to see the Thai name with a passport number 1234567 repeated towards the end of the list of names and passport numbers on the Phuket Immigration website http://www.phuketimm.../homepage/q.php . I wonder what that's all about.

It would be breaking news here if anyone ever found the office featured in the photo open, It has recently been run by one man, who spend most of his time in his 'other' businesses nearby.