Samut Prakan Immigration Office - A Positive Report !

[David48]

Samut Prakan Immigration Office - a positive report ...

They have erected an awning now outside ...

I had reason to drop by the Samut Prakan Immigration Office for the first time this week for an extension to my 60 Tourist Visa.

Looks exactly like that now!

For those who don't visit there often, it's a sea port office at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River.

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

TIP: If you are going to Immigration Office for your 90 Day Reporting, it is best to avoid Mondays and Fridays as this is our busiest days. Other applications are fine on these days.

http://samutprakan.immigration.go.th/

[David48]

The reason for the positive report is that they took care of me.

There were in excess of 100 people from Myanmar queueing/scrambling outside. Maybe their agent had their passports and they were being processed ... don't know.

We just popped our heads inside the office to ask the lay of the land and a very friendly guy said in reasonable English ... just wait here. Have Passport? Photo? OK ... wait one moment please.

Well, we never did ever find out if he was a trainee, assistant, triage ... but he was darn helpfull.

Ten baht for a photocopy we didn't have ... ducked out the back.

Told all the things we needed to know then left us alone to queue.

Maybe 10 mins before sat in front of an Immigration Officer ... 10-1 he never did this type of application before ... the other men were helping him.

Uber polite ... sorry ... just 2 mins please ... just wait me please ... still he got the whole thing processed in less then 20 mins.

For the first time I wished for longer as I don't have any English TV where I'm staying and the Union between the Wallabies and the Poms was on the box ...

Still ... very happy with the service.

Sometimes being a Farang round these parts works to your advantage ...

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[aarn]

I am happy to report a similar experience at Ranong Immi Office, back in April. Self (aussie, applying for first one-year 'retirement' extension) and three others (UK/US, 90-day reporting) turned up and were introduced to a room, ahead of 50+ Burmese in the queue. When we flashed our passports, yours truly given first priority (favour Australia week???).

Some difficulty when the charming, eloquent Immi officer challenged my maths on the annual statement of earning from embassy (applying for extension on the basis of money in Thai bank + embassy statement), but soon his electronic calculator substantiated my figures (monthly breakdown, ie. division by 12, is not so hard). Then the Immi officer asked me to produce a map of my lodgings (I have been ridiculed on thaivisa.com for suggesting this may happen, another story...) so I drew a mudmap***, in pencil, on reverse side of photocopy of passport.

So, don't be daunted at Immi offices, by the queues of Cambo and Burma people, being facilitated by an agent, in front of you. The refugees are only trying to make a living, we are living on the fat of the lamb with our western passports, the Immi offices will fast-track people who have their papers in order, no baksheesh required. AA

*** mudmap = diagrammatic representation [of dubious quality], typically proffered by aussie sheep farmers to direct government vets (undertaking odious regulatory tasks) to location of disease-ridden skanky livestock

[BangkokHank]

Dare I ask? Is one required to do the 90-day reporting at the immigration office "responsible" for one's location, or is it possible to just go to the nearest immigration office? In my case, this one in Samut Prakarn is nearest to my home (on Srinakarin Road), but the main immigration office has jurisdiction over me.

[Mario2008]

You hae to report to your own office, but you can report by mail at almost all offices.

[ubonjoe]

You have to do report to immigration office that did your extension unless you move to another offices service area.

[lopburi3]

The responsible office - but you can use mail service if you do not want to visit - full details (for Bangkok) are on website as below:

http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/base.php?page=90days

Notification of staying in the Kingdom over 90 days

Procedure and notification

The foreigner makes the notification in person, or

The foreigner authorises another person to make the notification, or

The foreigner makes the notification by registered mail.

The notification must be made within 15 days before or after 7 days the period of 90 days expires.

The first application for extension of stay by the foreigner is equivalent to the notification of staying in the Kingdom over 90 days.

Offices accepting notification:

Immigration Division1 Office, Chalermprakiat Government Complex,Chaengwattana Rd., Laksi ,Bangkok

Visa extension units, Chamchuree Square Building, Floor 18 , Phatumwan, Bangkok

Services are provided only to foreigners who have already submitted an application for temporary stay in the kingdom of thailand at sub-division 3

Immigration Division1 , Soi SuaPlu , Satorn Rd. Only special Labor of three Nationalities Loas , Cambodia and Mynmar residing in Bangkok.

Immigration offices throughout the country

Notification by registered mail

Photocopy of passport pages with following pages

- front page showing name / surname / Passport No., ect.

- current visa

- last entry stamp of immigration

- last extension of visa

Photocopy of departure card TM.6 click to view Example TM.6 card

Previous notifications of staying over 90 days (if any) click to view Example document

Completely filled in and signed notification form TM.47 click to view Example document (Don't forget to sign name.)

Envelope with 10 Baht stamp affixed and return address of foreigner for the officer in charge to send back the lower part of form TM. 47 after having received the notification. This part must be kept for reference and for future notifications of staying over 90 days.

The above mentioned documents must be sent by registered mail and the receipt of the registration kept by the foreigner.

Send the mail before the renewal date 15 days to

90 DAYS REGISTRATION,

IMMIGRATION DIVISION 1

Chalermprakiat Government Complex

120 MOO 3, CHAENGWATTANA ROAD,SOI 7,

LAKSI, BANGKOK. 10210

Notice :

- Your registered mail must be sent to the Immigration office at least 15 days before the due date of notification.

- Your new form will be stamped as of the expiration date of your old receipt.

- Please keep your receipt of your registered mail in case of lost mail.

- Your document can not be processed if you have passed the 90 days limit. ( You must come to the nearest immigration office or Immigration Division 1 in person to pay fine 2,000 Baht)

- Waiting for reply mail over 1 month, please contact Immigration Office with your registered mail receipt.

Note

The notification of staying in the Kingdom over 90 days is in no way equivalent to a visa extension.

If a foreigner staying in the kingdom over 90 days without notifying the Immigration Bureau or notifying the Immigration Bureau later than the set period, a fine of 2,000.- Baht will be collected. If a foreigner who did not make the notification of staying over 90 days is arrested, he will be fined 4,000.- Baht.

If a foreigner leaves the country and re-enters, the day count starts at 1 in every case.

[BangkokHank]

Okay. Thanks for the answers. I'll just continue going all the way across Bangkok to the main immigration office.

[sas_cars]

Is it possible to get a re entry permit at this immigration office? or must go to chaeng wattana?

[lopburi3]

If extension is from Chaeng Wattana you should get there or at airport.

[phuketrichard]

Do all ( specifically Phuket) accept the 90 day report my mail?

[singa-traz]

The reason for the positive report is that they took care of me.

Over the years, the service provided at the Samut Prakarn office has effectively continuously improved ... and maybe at the same time, I just got better at preparing the required documentation.