I am due to go next week to extend my visa (non o) by 12 months based on marriage.

Having e-mailed my local immigration office to confirm what documents are required, they have told me that I must also bring a witness who can tell them about myself and my husband, and is from a local authority/police/civil servant...We live about 4 hours drive from the immigration office, so finding someone in this kind of position who can take a whole weekday off to come sign some document for us is proving impossible...

Has anyone else been asked for this? Is there any alternative?

Please help, stress levels rising rapidly!

Which immigration office ?

Is this the first application for an extension of stay ? (Visas are never extended)

Edited June 12, 201511 yr by nzexpat

Krabi immigration office

It's the first application for an extension of stay based on marriage yes..

There are a few offices that asks for a witness instead of doing a home visit.

The civil servant can be the village head or one of their assistants. They normally have time to go with you since they don't have a 8 to 5 job. You might have to buy them lunch or perhaps give them a little tea money.

There are a few offices that asks for a witness instead of doing a home visit.

The civil servant can be the village head or one of their assistants. They normally have time to go with you since they don't have a 8 to 5 job. You might have to buy them lunch or perhaps give them a little tea money.

Translation issues with husband, is the Sai-jhun the village headman?

There are a few offices that asks for a witness instead of doing a home visit.

The civil servant can be the village head or one of their assistants. They normally have time to go with you since they don't have a 8 to 5 job. You might have to buy them lunch or perhaps give them a little tea money.

Translation issues with husband, is the Sai-jhun the village headman?

Kảnạn or in Thai กำนัน is, I believe, the word you are looking for ...............

Edited June 12, 201511 yr by nzexpat

It is the Pu Yai Ban. ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน

Thank you

There are a few offices that asks for a witness instead of doing a home visit.

The civil servant can be the village head or one of their assistants. They normally have time to go with you since they don't have a 8 to 5 job. You might have to buy them lunch or perhaps give them a little tea money.

Translation issues with husband, is the Sai-jhun the village headman?

Kảnạn or in Thai กำนัน is, I believe, the word you are looking for ...............

Kamnan is the sub district (tambon) head.

It is the Pu Yai Ban. ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน

LOL

Same same but different !

It is the Pu Yai Ban. ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน

LOL

Same same but different !

The Kamnan is the Pu Yai Ban's boss. My wife was a Pu Yai Ban for 5 years.

It is the Pu Yai Ban. ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน

LOL

Same same but different !

Always so confusing. I'll get the hang of it all one day

Just follow the loudspeaker in the morning

Is the Pu Shoy Baan (sorry for the guessing of spelling) ok?

Just follow the loudspeaker in the morning

Lol we don't get that where I live though

Is the Pu Shoy Baan (sorry for the guessing of spelling) ok?

"Shoy" does not look good.

I am not a native English speaker, so have problems with phonemic transcription to English.

But why not simply listen:

http://www.clickthai-online.de/cgi-bin/playmp3.pl?238893.mp3

Here you see a phonemic transcription that might fit:

http://www.thai2english.com/dictionary/1375058.htm

(pôo yài bâan, poo yai baan)

Edited June 14, 201511 yr by KhunBENQ

schouy/shoy/shoii/schooey something like that :S my thai is still far from good..! but apparently it means helper, which I assume means he is the pu/poo yai baan's assistant... which, I presume (based on above posts) will be fine... But it's rather a long journey (about 4 hours each way) so I would rather be closer to certain than just presuming if anyone can help?

hmm... Thai didn't seem to show up before? Previous post was meant to include this : ผู้ช่วย

Just got it confirmed that is one of the Pu Yai Ban"s assistants.

i prefer home visit if i am allowed.

pôo chûay bâan / poo chuay baan

poo chuay = the assistant

http://www.thai2english.com/dictionary/1374343.html

http://www.clickthai-online.de/cgi-bin/playmp3.pl?234615.mp3

Edited June 15, 201511 yr by KhunBENQ

Village headman, Poo Yai Baan, 4 stripes:

Assistant to the headman (poo chuay baan), 3 stripes:

Kamnan ("sub district chief", chief of the village headman):

From: http://kokyae.go.th/default.php?modules=person&gid=6&view_id=91

Edited June 15, 201511 yr by KhunBENQ