fin5prtw Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I am due to go next week to extend my visa (non o) by 12 months based on marriage. Having e-mailed my local immigration office to confirm what documents are required, they have told me that I must also bring a witness who can tell them about myself and my husband, and is from a local authority/police/civil servant...We live about 4 hours drive from the immigration office, so finding someone in this kind of position who can take a whole weekday off to come sign some document for us is proving impossible... Has anyone else been asked for this? Is there any alternative? Please help, stress levels rising rapidly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzexpat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) Which immigration office ? Is this the first application for an extension of stay ? (Visas are never extended) Edited June 12, 2015 by nzexpat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin5prtw Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Krabi immigration office It's the first application for an extension of stay based on marriage yes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 There are a few offices that asks for a witness instead of doing a home visit. The civil servant can be the village head or one of their assistants. They normally have time to go with you since they don't have a 8 to 5 job. You might have to buy them lunch or perhaps give them a little tea money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin5prtw Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 There are a few offices that asks for a witness instead of doing a home visit. The civil servant can be the village head or one of their assistants. They normally have time to go with you since they don't have a 8 to 5 job. You might have to buy them lunch or perhaps give them a little tea money. Translation issues with husband, is the Sai-jhun the village headman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzexpat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) There are a few offices that asks for a witness instead of doing a home visit. The civil servant can be the village head or one of their assistants. They normally have time to go with you since they don't have a 8 to 5 job. You might have to buy them lunch or perhaps give them a little tea money. Translation issues with husband, is the Sai-jhun the village headman? Kảnạn or in Thai กำนัน is, I believe, the word you are looking for ............... Edited June 12, 2015 by nzexpat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It is the Pu Yai Ban. ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin5prtw Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 There are a few offices that asks for a witness instead of doing a home visit. The civil servant can be the village head or one of their assistants. They normally have time to go with you since they don't have a 8 to 5 job. You might have to buy them lunch or perhaps give them a little tea money. Translation issues with husband, is the Sai-jhun the village headman? Kảnạn or in Thai กำนัน is, I believe, the word you are looking for ............... Kamnan is the sub district (tambon) head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzexpat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It is the Pu Yai Ban. ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน LOL Same same but different ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It is the Pu Yai Ban. ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน LOL Same same but different ! The Kamnan is the Pu Yai Ban's boss. My wife was a Pu Yai Ban for 5 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin5prtw Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 It is the Pu Yai Ban. ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน LOL Same same but different ! Always so confusing. I'll get the hang of it all one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Just follow the loudspeaker in the morning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin5prtw Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Is the Pu Shoy Baan (sorry for the guessing of spelling) ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin5prtw Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Just follow the loudspeaker in the morning Lol we don't get that where I live though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) Is the Pu Shoy Baan (sorry for the guessing of spelling) ok? "Shoy" does not look good. I am not a native English speaker, so have problems with phonemic transcription to English. But why not simply listen: http://www.clickthai-online.de/cgi-bin/playmp3.pl?238893.mp3 Here you see a phonemic transcription that might fit: http://www.thai2english.com/dictionary/1375058.htm (pôo yài bâan, poo yai baan) Edited June 14, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin5prtw Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 schouy/shoy/shoii/schooey something like that :S my thai is still far from good..! but apparently it means helper, which I assume means he is the pu/poo yai baan's assistant... which, I presume (based on above posts) will be fine... But it's rather a long journey (about 4 hours each way) so I would rather be closer to certain than just presuming if anyone can help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin5prtw Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 hmm... Thai didn't seem to show up before? Previous post was meant to include this : ผู้ช่วย Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Just got it confirmed that is one of the Pu Yai Ban"s assistants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilkis333 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 i prefer home visit if i am allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) pôo chûay bâan / poo chuay baan poo chuay = the assistant http://www.thai2english.com/dictionary/1374343.html http://www.clickthai-online.de/cgi-bin/playmp3.pl?234615.mp3 Edited June 15, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Village headman, Poo Yai Baan, 4 stripes: Assistant to the headman (poo chuay baan), 3 stripes: Kamnan ("sub district chief", chief of the village headman): From: http://kokyae.go.th/default.php?modules=person&gid=6&view_id=91 Edited June 15, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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