30 day extension in Jomtien

[bradpattaya]

Hi,

 

I am currently here on a 30 day visa exemption (British passport). 

 

Anyway I would like to extend by another 30 days at Jomtien immigration for 1900b.

 

I understand I need:

 

1. A scan of my passport photo page 

2. A scan of my entry stamp 

3. A scan of my white departure card 

4. Photo 

 

I'm residing in a condo owned by myself. What address proof should I bring? 

 

Thanks in advance! 

 

[haelewyn]

My main experience there was that people speak fast and in bad english.. giving a lot of information in a few seconds.
A lot of papers asking the same question many times;

My main 'luck' there was to have a Thai speaking girl with me who helped me handle everything.
They will tell you what copies to get...   And i needed 2 or 3 passport photos... forgot how many exactly but one was not enough.
When you enter the compound, in the left corner is a small shop that can make copies, photos, etc.

If i were you i would take enough time. Get the papers first, let them explain (preferably in Thai) what you need to complete your appeal,

then get all the papers, photos and copies you need.
To my Western mind, it was a torture there but Thai think it's not too bad and that they are a lot more friendly to farang as what they are used to be treated by the government.

 

I don't know about 'the scan' of everything. I just brought the real thing. Forgot if they asked me to provide copies also. But you need your actual passport as the extension is stamped inside. Also your actual white departure card..

 

You will need an adress of a person who is a friend or who can be contacted.

I was asked to write a 'story' about why i was asking for an extension. I gave 'medical unfit to fly' as a reason (which was true) and was not asked to prove it.

Don't leave too many blanks on the form. They will send you back..  At least they did this with me.

 

Sorry .. i don't know what to bring as an owner. For others :

Generally, a rental contract is enough for matters like this. Bring one if you have it .. show it when you go there first and ask if it's enough.

If there is a card for the building or appartment complex where you are staying : bring it. They required a card from my hotel and i had to make copies from it.
For my hotel, i needed a bill and proof that everything was paid.  The hotel gave me a bill for the days i had been there and they signed it for payment.
That was what they asked me to give them ... Knowing Thailand a bit, it can be different on an other day and an other employee.

[bradpattaya]

Does anybody know what documents I'll need as I'm living in my own condo? 

[Madjid A]

I never visited a Thai immigration office before (have been coming to Thailand since 1997 on a 30-stamp) until that day (back at the very end of January of this year) when I wanted to get the newly established AUTOMATIC 30-day extension (upon paying Baht 1900) and what a nightmare that was! There was nothing automatic (or systematic) about it: There are two dodgy forms to fill out, provide all the photocopies mentioned in this post, take two photos (glue one them in the "appropriate space"; glue is available there + provide proof of hotel/residence). But that is not at all the end of the story; Then you stand in line and submit all of that (about 10 sheets altogether) and hope to get a number to wait in line for at least 2 and half hour. If you're there early enough then you are happy to finish by the time they close (4pm, I think, but be warned that "they" stop an hour for lunch at 12). If the "frankly-disagreeable" lady there thinks you have not come early enough then she'll coldly and unceremoniously just tell "Come-back-tomorrow" (she would not even look at you). Anyway what a horrific office that was! (but there other "services" there which apparently are better run than "the 30-day-extension" part). In all likelihood their "30-day-extension" idea ended up  an enormous success (in that it is appealing to many tourists) and now they want to capitalize on it! How? Well, after what I saw (and given that I had already prepaid for hotel and made my airline booking accordingly) I still had no choice than to go with the extension so I had to do it via "A visa-consultancy firm": They charged me 4000 Baht (2100 baht more than if I did it myself) but it was well worth it. The morale of the story there is no doubt in my mind that this immigration office "does what it does" so tourists have to pay more for this extension (4000 Baht at the very least because I had to shop around for "visa consultancy firms"; others have quoted me 5000, 6000, etc.... ). What a deplorable foul scheme (which has no respect for environment etc.... I had to fill out zero forms/zero photocopies when I went via the firm). I am sure that "the tonnes of wasted sheets" are never needed and is disposed of promptly into our "miserable planet"...