Information please: Immigration office in Samut Phrakan. Is it still open for extensions?

[pisico]

I have gone for 6 years to Chang Wattana to do my yearly extension.

Now I live in Bangna almost in Samut Phrakan province.

Is it a requirement of Immigration that one has to live in the Province of Samut Phrakan to apply at that office?

I have no direct experience with this office.

The last time I read something here in TV was positive in the sense that it was not crowded, well organized very easy and fast moving queue.

Anybody has done the extensions in Samut Phrakan who cares to share his experience there?

TIA

[jadee]

Hi, I live in Samut Prakarn and the immigration service has a good website. Last time I phoned ( 02 395 0029 ) the lady who answered spoke almost fluent English, best check with her.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, Bang Na is in Bangkok, not Samut Prakarn so I wouldn't have thought you could extensions there, but the staff will be able to advise. I'm not really sure about Bang Na - the shopping mall Mega Bang Na is actually in Bang Phee, which is in Samut Prakarn, not Bangkok, but it's still called Mega Bang Na, so best check with the experts!

[blackcab]

Bang Na is right at the edge of Bangkok. Some of the roads are in Bangkok, some are in Samut Prakan and some roads start in one province and end in the other.

 

If your property falls in Bangkok it's Chaeng Wattana for you. If you do your 90 day reports in person it's easier to go to Imperial World Lad Prao for those. Sadly you can only do 90 day reports there, not extensions.

 

 

[pisico]

16 hours ago, jadee said:

Hi, I live in Samut Prakarn and the immigration service has a good website. Last time I phoned ( 02 395 0029 ) the lady who answered spoke almost fluent English, best check with her.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, Bang Na is in Bangkok, not Samut Prakarn so I wouldn't have thought you could extensions there, but the staff will be able to advise. I'm not really sure about Bang Na - the shopping mall Mega Bang Na is actually in Bang Phee, which is in Samut Prakarn, not Bangkok, but it's still called Mega Bang Na, so best check with the experts!

I visited the website and as you described is informative and user friendly.

You are correct,  my address has the Bangkok zip code but actually only a few hundred meters from Samut Phrakan province.

I emailed the office about my question and on Monday I will call or go to find out details.I will post the results for all to see and know.

I cannot thank you enough for you kind attention to my question.

Truly appreciative,

Pisico

 

[Maestro]

Is it a requirement of Immigration that one has to live in the Province of Samut Phrakan to apply at that office?

 

Yes.

[pisico]

THANK YOU MAESTRO FOR YOU SPOT ON ANSWER!!!

If your postal code is Bangkok, one must go to Changwatthana.

I live a few meters from the Samut Phrakan border but my zip code is Bangkok.

I went yesterday to the Immigration office in Samut Phrakan and got the answer to the question: No. If one lives in a Bangkok postal code it's Changwattana for any visa, extensions, etc.

I guess it's about narrowing control of foreigners and not about providing a service in a logical manner.

The office is tiny and a even small crowd overwhelms it early in the morning. So... it's Changwatthana for me and others like me.

I hope this info helps.

 

[pisico]

On 10/21/2016 at 9:33 PM, jadee said:

Hi, I live in Samut Prakarn and the immigration service has a good website. Last time I phoned ( 02 395 0029 ) the lady who answered spoke almost fluent English, best check with her.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, Bang Na is in Bangkok, not Samut Prakarn so I wouldn't have thought you could extensions there, but the staff will be able to advise. I'm not really sure about Bang Na - the shopping mall Mega Bang Na is actually in Bang Phee, which is in Samut Prakarn, not Bangkok, but it's still called Mega Bang Na, so best check with the experts!

Hi ! You were right. I went to Samut Phrakan office and I got the bad news: I must go to Changwatthana even if I am virtually in Samut Phrakan.

Thanks for the info!!!

[ubonjoe]

10 minutes ago, pisico said:

THANK YOU MAESTRO FOR YOU SPOT ON ANSWER!!!

If your postal code is Bangkok, one must go to Changwatthana.

I live a few meters from the Samut Phrakan border but my zip code is Bangkok.

I went yesterday to the Immigration office in Samut Phrakan and got the answer to the question: No. If one lives in a Bangkok postal code it's Changwattana for any visa, extensions, etc.

I guess it's about narrowing control of foreigners and not about providing a service in a logical manner.

The office is tiny and a even small crowd overwhelms it early in the morning. So... it's Changwatthana for me and others like me.

I hope this info helps.

 

It is nothing new that you can only apply for an extension at the designated office for where you are living. That started in early 2009.

[jadee]

You're welcome, you could have simply phoned them to ask though! One of the officers there speaks uncommonly good English.