geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Done this for more years than I care to remember. Just wondering if there's anything new that I'm going to be asked for this year - there always seems to be some new requirement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roel Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Last time they wanted a copy of my ATM card en a photo of me standing in front of my house. I had my ATM card in my wallet so went to the copy counter and the photo I could bring the next day when I picked up my passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 only dif i had from last year to this year ( i did mine in june) was the photo of me standing in front of my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I must renove my new 'Non O' visa next week, they told me nothing changued, but need to go with any Thai (neighbour, girlfriend, landford, friend...) for interview.After 5 years, this is new for me.Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconut Kidd Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Well informed thread running here >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 59 minutes ago, Tarteso said: I must renove my new 'Non O' visa next week, they told me nothing changued, but need to go with any Thai (neighbour, girlfriend, landford, friend...) for interview. After 5 years, this is new for me. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect news to me and i did my retirement extension 3 weeks ago in Phuket and went alone Ps took all of10 minutes when arrived at 11 am. had to pick up next day after 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 6 minutes ago, Coconut Kidd said: Well informed thread running here >>> Meaningless, but thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, phuketrichard said: news to me and i did my retirement extension 3 weeks ago in Phuket and went alone Ps took all of10 minutes when arrived at 11 am. had to pick up next day after 1 For the first renewal of a Non 'O' Visa - based on marriage - it's necessary to take a Thai friend that's known you for some time... Maybe this year I've got to find a girlfriend, too. I can live in hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Thanks for the replies, guys. Last year we were asked for a photo of the family standing outside the house in front of the number.... and that's what I've taken in preparation for next week. Surly they don't want one of just me, as well? I've already stuck a mug shot photo on the application form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Roel said: Last time they wanted a copy of my ATM card en a photo of me standing in front of my house. I had my ATM card in my wallet so went to the copy counter and the photo I could bring the next day when I picked up my passport. This was on Phuket? I would want the name of the officer requesting the copy, before I handed that over. Nowhere does it say that's a requirement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) double post Edited July 25, 2017 by Psimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, geoffphuket said: Meaningless, but thanks Not meaningless- the whole thing has been covered in the other thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Psimbo said: Not meaningless- the whole thing has been covered in the other thread. I meant the official list of requirements... I'm sure you know what I mean, if you've stayed here long enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Just now, geoffphuket said: I meant the official list of requirements... I'm sure you know what I mean, if you've stayed here long enough The official list of requirements is the latest one and included the information about the picture with your house number. I did it last week (as commented on on the other thread) and it is correct. As I have stayed here long enough I am aware that things change. I actually took more than is on the list (map, etc) but it was not needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Sorry! I read wrong the OP.Now I live in Chantha...so I talk about this inmigration office. I think each provinces has a differing requirements...Whatever is extrange.Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 10 minutes ago, Tarteso said: Sorry! I read wrong the OP. Now I live in Chantha...so I talk about this inmigration office. I think each provinces has a differing requirements... Whatever is extrange. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect That's okay. I read on a post from one of my Facebook friends that he'd been given the run-around, living in Isarn. That's why I made the post here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 3 hours ago, Roel said: Last time they wanted a copy of my ATM card en a photo of me standing in front of my house. I had my ATM card in my wallet so went to the copy counter and the photo I could bring the next day when I picked up my passport. Sorry, I didn't make it clear that my extension is based on marriage. I've already taken a photo of the family standing in front of the house number. Hopefully they don't want one of just me, too - they didn't last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) 53 minutes ago, geoffphuket said: Sorry, I didn't make it clear that my extension is based on marriage. I've already taken a photo of the family standing in front of the house number. Hopefully they don't want one of just me, too - they didn't last year. Yes, photo of family in front of house with street number claerly visible. And as you likely know you need to take your wife along for interview and form signing. Edit - last extension I had to sign another form which I think just verified the photo was valid. No bother at all. Edited July 25, 2017 by LivinginKata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Just now, LivinginKata said: Yes, photo of family in front of house with street number claerly visible. And as you likely know you need to take your wife along for interview and form signing. Yes, I think I've got everything covered. Hate this bloody time of year. It's the only thing that spoils living here. Maybe next year, a 10 year extension. Ha ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, geoffphuket said: Yes, I think I've got everything covered. Hate this bloody time of year. It's the only thing that spoils living here. Maybe next year, a 10 year extension. Ha ha ha. It's called the Elite Card - expensive but it works for some people that I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 14 minutes ago, LivinginKata said: It's called the Elite Card - expensive but it works for some people that I know. I know about that, but I'm referring to the new 10 year extension that immigration keep talking about, with 3 million in a savings account. The Elite card is for those with serious money to burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketjock Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 If you have done this more years than you care to remember Geoff then you should know that you cannot extend a visa but that you can extend your permission to stay on the grounds of marriage to a Thai national or retirement, it is not a VISA. If you have been extending for the many years you say your VISA expired long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 40 minutes ago, phuketjock said: If you have done this more years than you care to remember Geoff then you should know that you cannot extend a visa but that you can extend your permission to stay on the grounds of marriage to a Thai national or retirement, it is not a VISA. If you have been extending for the many years you say your VISA expired long ago. Give Geoff a break. So many folks conflate Visa and annual Extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketjock Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 minute ago, LivinginKata said: Give Geoff a break. So many folks conflate Visa and annual Extension. I'm sorry LIK but it is because so many folks make this mistake that people who come on here for genuine info are badly mislead about visas and the clear distinction between them and extensions of stay. How would you like it if you were given the wrong info and had to make a several hundred mile trip to your nearest immigration office armed with what you believed was the correct documents according to what you had gleaned from TV, only to find that the docs you thought were good were in fact not correct and you had to go home and redo everything and make the same long expensive trip the very next day? I, for one, would not be amused and is it really so difficult to use the correct terminology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 3 hours ago, phuketjock said: If you have done this more years than you care to remember Geoff then you should know that you cannot extend a visa but that you can extend your permission to stay on the grounds of marriage to a Thai national or retirement, it is not a VISA. If you have been extending for the many years you say your VISA expired long ago. Yes, my last Visa expired more than 10 years ago.... but lets not split hairs over the description. I'm sure everyone understands what I meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 2 hours ago, LivinginKata said: Give Geoff a break. So many folks conflate Visa and annual Extension. This is the one reason I only visit TV when I absolutely have to, these days. Members with nothing better to do will find any small detail to criticize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 I'm out of here now... Thanks to everyone for replying Talk to you all again in 12 months when my next 'PERMITTED TO STAY' extension stamp expires . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roel Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 So I seem to be the only one who had to copy his ATM card then......strange. It was the guy standing outside room 103 who pre-checks the documentation and then hands you a queue number who requested this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 So I seem to be the only one who had to copy his ATM card then......strange. It was the guy standing outside room 103 who pre-checks the documentation and then hands you a queue number who requested this. That was a requirement for a few years when using an income affidavit from your Embassy. The last two years they didn't want the ATM card copy, they preferred a copy of the front page of your Thai bank account passbook.Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 20 hours ago, geoffphuket said: Yes, I think I've got everything covered. Hate this bloody time of year. It's the only thing that spoils living here. Maybe next year, a 10 year extension. Ha ha ha. Be thankful that your extension date is in the depths of the low season. Pity the poor sods that have to do it in December and January..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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