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    Excellent experience at CW this afternoon

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

    I also use dedicated bank account with min 800k all year round.

    At CW the io wanted Bank Statements as there were  some months with no transactions.

    That was a first, never required previously.

    BTW ..you did not provide TM30 or rental agreement? 

    No TM30 or rental agreement was requested or provided. I have lived at the same address for 8 years now and the address on the forms was the same as registered at my 90 day report. I assume that someway down the line I must have completed at TM30, if that is normally required. 

    Excellent experience at CW this afternoon

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    17 hours ago, BritTim said:

    Am I correct that you did not need a 12 month statement from your bank, and the bank book by itself was accepted? Were there any consolidated entries in your bank book since your last extension?

    I MAINTAIN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR MY VISA EXTENSION AND GET IT UPDATED EVERY 3 MONTHS WHEN THE INTEREST IS ADDED SO THERE ARE VERY FEW ENTRIES OVER A YEAR - NO CONSOLIDATION 

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    Excellent experience at CW this afternoon

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    Thanks for report.

    I assume you were given a ticket because you went to document check chicks first.

    No need to attend main desk on entry.

    You should also have a print out of your confirmation email. 

    THE TICKET WAS ISSUED WHEN I BOOKED THE APPOINTMENT ONLINE AND WAS IN EFFECT WAS THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL. THERE WAS NO DOCUMENT CHECK WHICH DID SURPRISE ME.

     

    TM47 has been added to required docs.

    I ALWAYS TAKE TM47  - JUST IN CASE 

    Note that you did not provide Bank Statements and io accepted copies of bankbook pages. Not always the case.

    I MAINTAIN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR MY VISA EXTENSION AND GET IT UPDATED EVERY 3 MONTHS WHEN THE INTEREST IS ADDED SO THERE ARE VERY FEW ENTRIES OVER A YEAR. 

    You did not receive priority for 70+.

    IN THE RE-ENTRY AREA PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO PREGNANT WOMEN, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN AND SENIORS

     

     

    With appointment you are seen on time and sometimes early.

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    Excellent experience at CW this afternoon

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    Booked an appointment online to extend my retirement visa for 2.00 pm today. The online system issues a "ticket" confirming the appointment (I did this a few weeks ago).

    The visa area (L1) at CW was absolutely packed out when I got there (1.45pm) with very few free seats. 

    My ticket number  - which was in a different sequence to other ticket numbers being called forward - was called at spot on 2.00 pm and I was seen by a friendly officer.

    I presented: 

    A completed form with photo

    My passport, 

    Copies of the main passport page,  my original visa, my last extension, and the stamp of my latest entry into Thailand;

    My bank book (I used the money in the bank method) and copies of every page in the bank book.

    My bank letter

    A copy of my most recent 90 day report 

    A hand drawn map of my home location

    I had to sign every page I presented

    The officer got my to sign 3 other documents, took my photo, and collected 1900 baht fee. 

    She asked me to take everything then to a senior colleague in the next door office.

    After 5 minutes my passport and bank book was returned to me all stamped up  (time now 2.20pm)

    I collected a re-rentry permit ticket from the main ticket area and went down stairs to get a copy of my visa extension.

    Upon returning to the C2 area my ticket number was called almost immediately 

    I presented,

    A completed form with photo

    My passport, 

    Copies of the main passport page,  my original visa, my last extension, and the stamp of my latest entry into Thailand and a copy of the new extension

    Paid the 3800 baht and waited outside for my passport to be stamped up and returned.

    This return process was going really slowly overall, and many people were getting quite frustrated, but my passport was returned very quickly  - well in advance of other numbers being called - so I assumed this was because I'm over 70 and this group get priority service - either way everything done and dusted by 2.55 pm which I think is an excellent service.

     

    I really recommend booking an appointment, if you can, as I hate to thinks how long some people will have had to wait today as the office was so busy. 

     

     

     

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    Thai Immigration Appointment System

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    1 hour ago, bamnutsak said:

    For me, the OTP usually comes through via email within ~ 15 seconds.

     

    It worked earlier today for me.

     

    But not working now.

     

    Must be some problem, why am I not surprised.

     

     

     

    from this morning, I use gmail, arrives in Primary mailbox. (not in spam or promotions)

     

    IMMIGRATION DIVISION 1 <[email protected]>

     

    Verification Code
    Please use ther verification code below to sign in.

    421941

    If you didn't request this, you can ignore this email.

    Thanks,
    IMMIGRATION DIVISION 1

     

    Thanks. I’ll try again tomorrow 

     

    Thai Immigration Appointment System

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    37 minutes ago, BritTim said:

    Do you have a Thai sim card, or are you trying to receive text messages using an overseas sim? The latter is sometimes problematic. It goes without saying that you should very carefully check that your phone number was entered correctly.

    Thanks for getting back to me. I'm in Thailand and using a Thai Sim card OK. There is no option to show phone number only email address.  I'm already registered with Immigration with that email address as I've used it for 90 day reporting and getting appointments in the past.  I also reinstalled the App but again the same problem - enter email address ok, submit and wait for OTP. OTP never arrives

    Motorway 6

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    Does anyone know if the Motorway 6 will open for the forthcoming New Year traffic please.  When open/close?  Thanks 

     

     

    Already have the answer now Thank you 

    Bank of Thailand moves against cash and the US dollar in a plan to reduce cash in half by 2026

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    Have you never waited in a supermarket queue whilst a woman searches for her purse in her handbag to pay but only when all the items have been through the checkout. And then to find she has separate purses for notes and coins and wants to tender the exact amount but can’t read the till and then has to search for her glasses in her handbag? Give me cashless every time 

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    Chaeng Wattana today

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    12 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

    I specifically asked the OP to list exactly what he provided.

    I was interested what the io required for proof of funds using money in bank method.

     

    I personally had issues with this in November and io wanted bank statements. 

     

    The other take away from that visit is that I was very surprised by the change in io,s appearance etc.

    I also along with OP used appointment L32 desk.

     

    The io that I dealt with had zero English (normally not an issue) and seemed to be  very inexperienced. Hence when small confusion arose with bank book pages she had no idea how to understand. 

     

    The IO's at L27 and at L32 both had passable English (certainly better than my Thai); seemed experienced in their roles and were decidedly friendly and helpful.  

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