I know that each Immigration office have different requirements, but if you wish to apply for a 1 year AO or O extension in Samui, as of 21st June, this is what you will need.

 

1) A new TM7 form obtainable only from the office - the one downloaded from the internet is not accepted and has to be replaced.

2) A passport photo

3) A new form with no number  -  only obtainable from the office, which states your Western name, and which they then translate for you to create a new Thai name.

4) Once the new forms are complete - you now need to go downstairs to an additional office and "register on the Internet" This is done for you, but costs an additional 40 Baht per applicant and takes around 20 mins. To complete this procedure you will need your passport and your residential documents - either rental agreement or blue book.

5) Proof of income as always.... 65,000 Baht per month or 800,000 Baht in a Thai bank account for at least 3 months.

6) A letter from your bank showing the current balance. ( valid for 1 week ) 

7) A statement of your account showing 3 months of transactions. ( Valid for 1 week ) 

8) Photocopies of your bank book showing every page for the 3 months of transactions

9) Photocopy of Passport front page

10) Photocopy of last year's Visa page

11) Photocopy of last entry stamp with departure card stapled in the passport

12) A medical certificate from a hospital - we used Bandon Hospital, very quick, about 20 mins and 250 Baht ( Valid for 1 week ) 

13) A Google Map print showing your residence and it's Latitude and Longitude ( note a Google Earth view is not accepted - must be Google MAP )

14) A hand drawn map of your residence

15) A copy of your rental agreement or your residential owners book ( Blue book ) 

16) As we are a married couple applying together, they also asked us for a print of a photo of us on holiday together....

 

All photocopies need to be signed by the applicant.

 

I was careful to make all copies in Portrait format as requested last year, but they still insisted on re-copying several of my copies as they were in the wrong direction, so be prepared for a few hundred Baht of copy fees.

 

We have to return in 3 working days time to have the official photo taken and completion of the stamps ... so allow plenty of time before you travel.

 

Good luck.

 

 

Ouch.

One of the most "inventive"/complicated procedures ever for a retirement extension.

Hand drawn map, computer map, medical certificate, "holiday" photos, 3 days waiting.

 

3) and 4) are completely new for me.

Sound a bit like a preparation for a foreigner ID card/yellow book?

 

If your marriage is registered in Thailand you already have a transcript of your name in the translated documents for marriage.

I hope they didn't invent another one.

 

Please update when you pick up.

The photocopy providers in front of immigration offices must be driving in Porsches!!

The immigration at Samui was and is a mess, I report there since 8 years and getting a visa is every year a process full of frustration, even after paying accounting and all "fees", that they request. That did not change with the new location and it did not change with the new "management".

 

Hasn't changed in the 17 years I have been on Samui!

 

Was easy and painless when I was in Bangkok, I renewed my Non-B and W.P. my self.

I have had my W.P. Since 1992 contiguous & Visa NON-B.

I Pay my taxes, social insurance and so on.(personal over 5,500 a month) company taxes, VAT the list goes on and on, than there is the "yearly books" 25,000 baht and can only be certified by a hand full of "certified" auditors in "The Kingdom" !

 

Renew extension of stay on Samui, impossible unless I pay ( ? ) and alter my company papers.

With 7 Mil. in Payed Up Capitol they want more,

They have no Idea of what treaties are in place for foreigners that they must live up to as agreed between "His Majesty the King of Thailand" and foreign countries. 

It all boils down to Credibility, which is sorely lacking I am sad to say.

 

So I make 90 Day border runs.

Breaks the cycle of island life I guess.

 

To find the paper work, documents, letters to start over would be Virtually impossible. Most records don't exist or have been lost over the years (almost 50 for most).

W.P. People stapled my old W.P. Books together with a new book and told me not to loose the old one as the records contained in the old one can not be found.

 

 

 

 

thanks for this info

I am applying for the first time.

Do you know if Proof of Income per month is to a foreign back account, or is it the amount transferred to a Thai bank account?

cheers

20 minutes ago, tonestime said:

thanks for this info

I am applying for the first time.

Do you know if Proof of Income per month is to a foreign back account, or is it the amount transferred to a Thai bank account?

cheers

Proof of income is by way of a income letter from your embassy.

The money can be deposited in a foreign bank or a Thai bank.

thanks

does the mean a trip to embassy in Bangkok to authenticate bank statements and sign a stat dec ?

6 minutes ago, tonestime said:

does the mean a trip to embassy in Bangkok to authenticate bank statements and sign a stat dec ?

Which country's  embassy?

Each one does it differently.

australia

2 minutes ago, tonestime said:

australia

You only need to complete the stat dec and sign it in front of the officer. They don't require proof of your income.

Download: 5938356e7922d_AusStatDec.pdf

great

thanks for your help joe

On 6/22/2017 at 7:20 PM, Makhao said:

The immigration at Samui was and is a mess, I report there since 8 years and getting a visa is every year a process full of frustration, even after paying accounting and all "fees", that they request. That did not change with the new location and it did not change with the new "management".

 

I beg to differ. It is much worse in the new location than it was in Nathon.

22 minutes ago, pennine said:

I beg to differ. It is much worse in the new location than it was in Nathon.

Other than points 3 and 4 everything appears to be as per this Samui-Specific link dated 14 May:

 

 

 

Edited June 24, 20179 yr by evadgib