What challenges have expats faced in dealing with IO Officers for Non-O visa renewals in Thailand?

What’s with ‘some’ IO Officers.

Last year I applied for my Non-O ext myself, no agent. I sat with an old’ish officer and she pulled up one page that had part of the photo copy slightly blurred but very easily readable. She said it wasn’t up to standard but she could fast-track my application if I paid 16K baht. I mentioned politely, I’d prefer to do it myself and would get another copy. She obviously realised I wasn’t prepared to pay for the ‘extra service’ so she processed my application as it was. 🤦‍♂️

I returned today for my renewal and I got the same officer. In addition to keeping the 800K in my account, I have also been transferring 65K each month. So this time I asked for the new application to be based on the monthly transfer method. She said “No 800K better” I asked why I couldn’t do it and her answer was because it’s easier for her to check. 🤦‍♂️. So yet again, I politely asked to use the monthly transfer. Begrudgingly she said OK, but I had to have the transfer land in my bank on the same day each month. When I said some days fall on a weekend and so it’s impossible to do it on exactly the same date, she just didn’t answer.

The joys of living in Thailand.