Should I pay an additional THB2000 for my Thai immigration home visit?

@Gianpaolo *****

of course when your paperwork is ok you get extension granted. Immigration officer can't deny s application. What false information do you post.

@Spencer ******

Of course you have to pay for 2000 baht of shit, you risk having to separate from your wife! I'd really like to see what he would have done! I'm telling you, either he paid and kept quiet or he didn't pay, they would have denied him the visa and he would have started crying like a little girl, he would have gone to a lawyer, he would have spent more than 100,000 baht and it wouldn't have solved anything! So even if it's unfair, screw you and pay.

@Gianpaolo *****

they can't deny the visa if your paperwork is ok. Especially if you have a Thai partner. No chance to deny. And an immigration officer would not risk to explain with he deny against the law an extension if all papers are ok.

All the people who pay make it harder for the other ones.

@Radost *************************

Read carefully Mr. know -it-All before accusing me to post false information! Or do you Know more than the thai foreigner minister?

@Radost *************************

This is bullshit! There's no automatic process! Issuing a visa or extending it is always at the discretion of the officer you submit your application to! This applies not only to Thailand but to any country in the world. In fact, the Schengen visa regulations state that submitting correct documentation does not automatically grant you a visa, and even possessing a valid visa doesn't automatically grant you entry into the country; it's always at the discretion of the border officer! You, who boast of knowing everything, what risks would the immigration officer risk if he denied you a visa?

@Gianpaolo *****

I am in full agreement with you

@Spencer ******

I would refuse. I am not willing to support corruption. I would offer to pay if they were willing to have their pjoto taken with the money being handed over. I would than take the phot to the Chief Immigration Officer and expose the cooupt policemen.

@Paul ******

there is no more Big Joke to receive your complaint - he was delivered to an unintersting position where he's got nothing to decide 😉

@Paul ******

The Chief Immigration Officer gets a cut of the money

@Paul ******

let me guess your on a marriage or retirement visa, I will assume you don't need to work and further assume whatever visa you have may preclude any type of work. I bet if that's the case that mowing the lawn, cooking let's dare I say it a bit of cleaning all perfectly normal in any developed society. However if you do not hold a work permit all against the Law here as all jobs that can be done by a Thai. You attacked Tim frankly for making a decision that suited his needs and circumstances. In a perfect world all the immigration all the banks would all follow the rules bit that simply is not what happens. I recently went to over 20 banks all refused ( I had previously checked with Krungthai ) I produced all they asked for to be given a supplementary list. I managed eventually to open an account with exactly the same documents I had used at the preceeding 20. I did not use an agent but had my last attempt been unsuccessful it would have been the only way forward. We all can only react and act with the ever changing rules interpretations that happen here. I wish I was as perfect as you Sir but I am a simple man living a simple life with the Woman I love and frankly if someone says jump I say how high if it gets me what I want.

@Spencer ******

Your analogy about working in Thailand needs clarification you can mow the lawn, clean, and cook when working in the confines of your own house. It is only when doing work, paid or unpaid outside this area that you will find yourself in trouble.

@Jon *****

not scandalous, just practical as long a cash will exist 😉. I bet you are the first one to whince when governments around the World discontinue cash payments