I was told on Friday, by an American friend, that Nong Khai is now requiring extension of stay (retirement) applicants, to provide photographs of the individual and his wife, standing outside their property, with the house number showing, and also a hand written location map. I am hoping that he is perhaps confusing the requirement with a (marriage) application. He says that the IO insisted on seeing his wifes ID during the process. If the foregoing is correct, perhaps I will attend alone next time. He also said that his pre-printed TM7, taken from the ThaiVisa templates, was thrown back as not being required, and he was handed 3 other forms. None of these forms are numbered, so possibly unique to NK.

What happens when an unmarried retiree applies for an extension of stay?

Asking for a map to the house is not that unusual for an extension application for retirement. There are other offices asking for it,.

The photo showing the house number is also not entirely new. Reports of Phuket wanting it for all applications. The wanted a couple to both be in the photo even when the wife was not Thai.

I don't think being married and having your wife wife with will make any difference.

I suspect one of the forms given to him was a TM7 form with their stamp on it. That has happened before at some offices.

The other forms may of been to acknowledge the conditions for an extension and the overstay rules.