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What important document should I print before going to a Thai immigration appointment for visa extension based on marriage?
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Apr 5, 2022
4 years ago
Ian *****************
ORIGINAL POSTERNot sure whether this is common knowledge but thought I would post in the name of information sharing.
Went to CW today for my first attempt at an extension of stay based on marriage. Did the right thing and went a few weeks ago to get the lift of required documents from them, booked my appointment online for today. Turned up today, sat down while the IO pored over my documents, (which I had compiled in line with their list). Everything was in order with one exception…. I had not printed off the email from them advising of my appointment confirmation ! Nowhere does it ask for this, and even on the email it merely states that I need to show the staff upon arrival. So she made me go downstairs and print 2 x copies of the confirmation email off to include with my other documents. Not a huge deal, just caught me off guard. So anyway guys, just the heads up, if you make an online appointment, best to print off the confirmation email and include with all of the other documents. Cheers
PS (Extension of stay application pending, to return in 30 days).
Thanks for all the assistance from this group in helping me this far.
Went to CW today for my first attempt at an extension of stay based on marriage. Did the right thing and went a few weeks ago to get the lift of required documents from them, booked my appointment online for today. Turned up today, sat down while the IO pored over my documents, (which I had compiled in line with their list). Everything was in order with one exception…. I had not printed off the email from them advising of my appointment confirmation ! Nowhere does it ask for this, and even on the email it merely states that I need to show the staff upon arrival. So she made me go downstairs and print 2 x copies of the confirmation email off to include with my other documents. Not a huge deal, just caught me off guard. So anyway guys, just the heads up, if you make an online appointment, best to print off the confirmation email and include with all of the other documents. Cheers
PS (Extension of stay application pending, to return in 30 days).
Thanks for all the assistance from this group in helping me this far.
TLDR : Answer Summary
This post discusses a user's experience while applying for a visa extension in Thailand based on marriage. The user unexpectedly learned that, despite prior communication from the immigration office not specifying the need to print the appointment confirmation email, it was indeed required for them to process the application. Other users chimed in, sharing similar experiences and frustrations with the immigration system, highlighting the importance of printing the confirmation email and the variability in requirements across different immigration offices.
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Philip **********
Did you also print off the thought in your head about going for the extension? Every office will ask for something different. There are no “one set “ of rules. You’re in Thailand.
Sam *******
What website did you get all the info for the Visa please, so many different sites saying the wrong thing. Thanks
Tod *********
@Sam ******
there is no ONE website that lists the requirements for the visa/extension you're applying for because there are OVER 70 offices and each one has it's own little quirk or required something the other ones don't. 😕 You slog on over to your immigration office and get the hand out from that office listing the requirements for the visa/extension you're wanting to get 🙂 That's how you know what you need
Sam *******
@Tod ********
OK cheers 🍻Reply to
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London *****
I suspect they want to make it cumbersome so that people will go through an agent to avoid the hassle!
Tod *********
@London ****
not really, they are just "box tickers" (low to mid level government workers) pushing paper & stamping passports. Tick all the boxes, get the extension, don't tick them all, don't get the extension. They don't care in the least if you do or don't meet the requirements.
It's not brain science or rocket surgery and I have yet to find a foreigner who couldn't get thru the process IF they really tried to get their own extension and met the requirements.
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Nick *******
So you need to print off the appointment email to prove you have an appointment? Don’t they have an appointment system or is that too sensible, too non-Thai?
Tod *********
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yep, you book an appointment on their system, you get a confirmation email, BUT without that email they won't accept your stuff for your extension even though your name is listed ON the sheet they print every morning showing the appointments in that section. 😮 Totally a thai thing 😛
Nick *******
@Tod ********
Suppose it’s why we love the place 😂Reply to
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Evan ********
Yeah same thing happened to me! Think it’s a bit of a power thing too but maybe they need it. TIT
Nigel *********
Clearly you're not allowed to get it right first time,,,lol.... they must sit around afterwards over a cup of tea to see who got the best windup of the day,,,, it's a frigging sitcom man!
Tod *********
@Nigel *********************
clearly they're not paid based on thru put which is why they are never in any hurry, IF they were paid on number of people thru their desk every day you'd see them crank people thru 😛Reply to
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Tod *********
it's that confirmation email that lets you jump the queue and go straight to the appointment desk rather than taking a number and queuing up with the zombie horde in section L-1
My question to you is why wouldn't you print it out? 😕 how did you even get past the person that lets you in to the section without it?
My question to you is why wouldn't you print it out? 😕 how did you even get past the person that lets you in to the section without it?
Ian *****************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Tod ********
Nobody even asked to see it. My wife merely told them we have an appointment and we were directed to a lady who did the initial document check. Once that was completed she sent us to the booth next to her for further processing. It was at the second stage that we were told she needed the email printed off. I get your point, why didn’t I print it off … lesson learnt I guess.Tod *********
WoW,
OR at the latest when you got your documents checked by in that first cubby hole in L-1, 🙁
bummer it took getting all the way over to the person who actually takes the appointment online application people to catch it 🙁
@Ian ****************
they should have caught it when you went past the person letting you in to section L-1 😕 OR at the latest when you got your documents checked by in that first cubby hole in L-1, 🙁
bummer it took getting all the way over to the person who actually takes the appointment online application people to catch it 🙁
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Garrett ***********
@Tod ********
They probably live in 2022 and showed the email on their phone...Tod *********
@Garrett **********
😛 when you need a PILE of documents to get a marriage extension what's one more copy 😉Reply to
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Brandon ************
The old appointment system they used to specifically tell you to print it, but you're correct that the new system doesn't say this anywhere.
I completely forgot and luckily they didn't make me do it, but I was only getting a tourist extension.
I completely forgot and luckily they didn't make me do it, but I was only getting a tourist extension.
Garrett ***********
Lol, first I've heard of that. I think they do these things in the hope you'll just leave and they won't have to do more work today.
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