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What has been your experience with booking an appointment at Chiang Mai Immigration?

Håkan **********
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About Chiang Mai immigration booking system

Has anyone successfully done a booking there lately.?

I've tried just after midnight and absolutely no slots in any category.

In other northern provinces there is lots of slots available. But non in Chiang Mai.
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The post discusses issues with the appointment booking system for Chiang Mai Immigration, noting that available slots are hard to come by. While slots are plentiful in other northern provinces, the author has had no success booking an appointment in Chiang Mai around midnight. Comments from users suggest that Chiang Mai has a different system from Bangkok, and some recommend arriving early to queue for document checks instead of relying on the online booking system.
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Thank for the replies. I will queue up then....
Rob *******
Rob *******
I've never managed to get an appointment at Chiang Mai IO so I just rock up early at around 07:15 and join the document checking queue. I'm usually done and dusted by about 10:30.

Oh, and to update my passbook, I go the KBank on Suthep road at 07:00 where I make a small withdrawal then update my bank book at the PUM and head straight through Wing41 to the IO.
Tod *********
Tod *********
I know in Bangkok at 12:01AM the next days appt's (a month out) come up for booking (so today the 15th of May the 15th of June would come up).

Also in Bangkok you can only book an appt 30 days in advance max (as that's all they open for booking).

Chiang Mai uses a different booking system/format. I don't know how theirs runs.. In looking at the Chiang Rai booking (which uses that same system) I see you can book up to June 12th right now

I'd post in a Chiang Mai group and see what people say up there. You might have to just show up and queue up with the zombie horde :O

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