waiting 12 days already

[Hoffner]

hello ..maybe i made a mistake ..who knows ....pls no allegations , i made this to myself already .

went toa lawer to ask for help for Non-O and retiered later .

she say is no proble .

ask for passport , bankbook , ATM card and also for password for ATM ..i say NO way ....ok .

she took everything , i had to sing a lot of pappers incl. pay in , pay out ...and say . maybe u do not need to got o BKK ..thats 12 days ago . i went to see here and ask for my passport and visa. she say it takes almost around 1 week ..that was 12 days ago . in about 5 days my touristvisa is running out so i have to leave the country but can not coz have no passport and so ...i know is maybe to late but what can i do ...exept to jump from a tower ...am finshed .

depressed, disappointed and do not know what to do....go to BKK to ambassy and report to get the passport back coz it is property of my country. go to police and report the person ...go to tourist police first and report ?? dont know what to do ??

anybody had the same ,,problem,, in here ..maybe ???....grateful for any help..thx folks .

[moe666]

Get all of your stuff back now and change the password on your ATM now. You have to leave the country for a non o visa and when you have it you can do allof the paper workyourself. Goimmediately and get all of your paper work back now.

[ubonjoe]

You need to get on the agent to get your passport back to you.

I hope you have better luck than another member did. It took him months to get his passport back from a lawyer to just do his extension. When he finally got it back he had to fly out and pay the 20k baht overstay fine.

[farang1979]

Go to the police and report her. There are people that can help you. Don't worry, its not your fault. Must report her to police. Speak to your embassy too about your passport they may be able to help you. Don't suffer in silence. :-)

[Hoffner]

...thx folks .....but i did not gave here the password ..i say no , is no need ..and ,, my,, money is stil on my account and no 800.000THb in and out coz am stil on cyber banking ...... but i lost the trust . she also did the visa for my friend without any problems at all.

[Hoffner]

..i mean she offer me to help with the visa ..i am stil on tourist and not illegal...but only till 13th.

[farang1979]

My best advice would be to get everything back off her. She is clearly no good. Involve the police if you must.

[smedly]

...thx folks .....but i did not gave here the password ..i say no , is no need ..and ,, my,, money is stil on my account and no 800.000THb in and out coz am stil on cyber banking ...... but i lost the trust . she also did the visa for my friend without any problems at all.

it sounds like you have attempted to do a conversion from tourist visa to extension of stay using a lawyer which you did not need to do. Provided you are over 50 and have the funds then you could have done this easily yourself

The first place you should have gone to was immigration in Bangkok and told them what you needed.

Your passport is either at the lawyers office or at immigration - either way you need to find out and expedite the process or get you docs back, when returned your passport will have a single 90 day visa and/or an approved extension of stay for 12 months so there should be no need to leave the country as you planned

[Hoffner]

..yes thing so ...is only one way out ...thanks to all in here ..thx krab pom !!

[Hoffner]

you are over 50 and have the funds then you could have done this easily yourself****

yes i know but no have the funds .... retiered is lower , thats why needed help...like as the most ,,in here ,, ...

[farang1979]

Speak to police and your home country embassy. The lawyer doesn't seem to aware of the problems. So you need to speak to tourist police and embassy.

[smedly]

you are over 50 and have the funds then you could have done this easily yourself****

yes i know but no have the funds .... retiered is lower , thats why needed help...like as the most ,,in here ,, ...

right so you were basically paying an agent to supply the funds for you and bypass the rules for a fee, not sure how this will work now that all conversions are handled in Bangkok - it was possible before the process changed last year were local immigration handled it.

You need to be very careful with this, you may be paying out a lot of money to have bogus stamps placed in your passport, not saying that this is what is going on but just be careful

[nzexpat]

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you are over 50 and have the funds then you could have done this easily yourself****

yes i know but no have the funds .... retiered is lower , thats why needed help...like as the most ,,in here ,, ...

Oh dear !

Seems as though an attempt was being made to secure a visa +/- an extension of stay using creative/irregular means.

The OP should demand the return of the passport/bankbook /ATM card.

If the passport etc. is not rapidly produced he will have little choice but to report the loss of his documentation to the Police (inform the "lawyer" that this will happen unless the documents are returned)

With a Police report help can be sought from the OPs Embassy for replacement travel documentation.

Sorting out the bank problem may be difficult but speaking to the Banks branch manager would be advisable.

[ubonjoe]

A unhelpful post has been removed. OP came on this forum asking for suggestions not to be berated for using an agent or being accused of dong something illegal.

[Maestro]

Most immigration offices are no longer allowed to handle applications for change of visa.

[nzexpat]

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Most immigration offices are no longer allowed to handle applications for change of visa.

Which is maybe why there is a "delay" in returning the OPs documentation ?

[Hoffner]

...anyway...@ll of you many thanks... . will think about it what to do ...is a bad situation but with ur help and information i think i can make it

thank you , danke , mercy and kab khun krab !!!

[dutchisaan]

You have to contact your bank and ask to block your account for now. This laywer has all your information, including your pasport.

Depending on what bank you are using, it will not be that hard to create internet banking access for your account.

Keep in mind that the laywer already tried to get your pin code.