Peter Denis 5,306 #7666 Posted July 17 (edited) This story was written by @greenmonkey and posted in the thread I finally beat Immigration... until next year my old foe!!! https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173397-i-finally-beat-immigration-until-next-year-my-old-foe/?do=findComment&comment=15626338 I re-post it here, because the description of his encounter with Immigration in 'duelling banjos' style is a comic masterpiece! I couldn't stop laughing while reading it. Hilarious because so recognizable. = = = = = So every year for the last 7 years I have meticulously prepared my documents for my Non O extension (made sure that everything on the checklist has been acquired) and every year the immigration staff have found a reason to send me away to get more paperwork. I am sure... absolutely sure that they have been instructed to find any means possible to make my life difficult (maybe I am being paranoid). Anyway, I was determined to not be sent away this year and so employed the following tactics which I encourage you to take up. The tactics are pretty simple. Provide exactly what you have been instructed to provide and then think to yourself what possible other copies/documents could be asked for. Get those copies/documents, bring them with you and keep them hidden away/separate from the documents you hand over. This is how my application process played out. After perusing my documents/copies, the Immigration Officer requested that I go away and I copy every page of my passport. "So not the page with latest stamp and first page with photo of my passport as stipulated by the official requirements" I politely enquired. "No, you need to go and do this" came the reply. Ha! Not today my old foe! And I magically whipped them from my folder and handed them to him. 1-0 to me. And so the dual continued! After looking at my official bank letter and copies of my updated bank book for the last 3 months (I'd given an extra month). He handed me back the bank book and requested that I go and make copies of all the pages in the bank book. "But I am only required to show 2 months of statements, do you really need a copy of my entire bank book?" I politely asked. "Yes. I need it". Ha again as I magically pulled them from my folder and handed them over. 2-0 to me. What next I thought!? He studied the photos I had provided of myself and my family (4 photos on A4). "I need more photos from you" he said. "Every year I provide 4 photos like this and have done so for the last 7 years" I politely said. "I need more photos" came the reply. And one big final "Ha" as I triumphantly handed over the extra set of photos I had made as a precaution. 3-0 my friend! He was not happy! He started to go back through the paperwork and then started analyzing my bank statements. The calculator came out, God only knows what he was trying to get me on. He even took the bank book away to discuss with a superior. He highlighted a payment of interest accrued from the bank to me, and I am pretty sure he was seeing if he could deduct it from the balance to see if it took me under the 400k mark but surely he was clutching at straws (I hoped!). Nothing mentioned about the statements as he returned, now he was back to the photos I had provided. Back and fourth between the 2 A4 sheets of photos - you could see he was desperately trying to find a reason to send me away until finally it dawned on him that he had to accept my paperwork and so it was done. The battle was was won (but the war most definitely not!). Until next year my old foe! Edited July 17 by Peter Denis 1 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Denis 5,306 #7675 Posted July 18 6 minutes ago, WorriedNoodle said: I was looking for a copy of that poster but didn't remember the Bank name (NatWest), so I did a google search. However, the search results for " xxx face covering " were unexpected and not really 'suitable'. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tifino 7,893 #7676 Posted July 18 the fringe benefits of sans tech 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Denis 5,306 #7677 Posted July 18 27 minutes ago, tifino said: the fringe benefits of sans tech True on more than one level. TV can mean television, but also ThaiVisa (forum). Where I live (South Isaan in the sticks) without ThaiVisa I would not even know that 'something is going on'. What's covid? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tifino 7,893 #7678 Posted July 18 but as he's a Red... it'd probably be a fake one, and Scarlet Fever at that!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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