Can anyone tell me where is the immigration office in rawai for an extension

Hi all, wondering if anyone is having a similar experience with imigration? Both my wife & I have long term retirement visas and have had for over 3 years. We have left & returned to Thailand a number of times. During that time we have successfully done our 90 day reporting online. Our visas were renewed in April 2024 and at the same time imigration renewed our 90 day reporting. We have just been rejected for online renewal and referred to the imigration office here in Phuket. They are telling us that because we were out of the country in January we need to resubmit our address details even though we have been living in the same property since we received our original visa and they issued the last 90 day clearance in April after we returned to Thailand from the trip which they are telling us has triggered the need to reconfirm our address. We are being told that we will need to resubmit confirmation of address every time we return from overseas even if we are returning to the same, continuously rented, property.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Thanks in advance for any information.

I have done yesterday my first 1 year extension on my non O-A eVisa in Phuket.

They ask for a picture from me in front of my location and a print-out of Google-Map with GPS data. The renting-contract was not needed.

The officer told me, that I need to show each year a copie of my initial eVisa and said to put a small amount above 800k on my fixed account.

Question: the next 90 day reports starts as from yesterday or from my last 90 day report?

Thanks and happy to have get my year extension and a multy-entry permit. All was done in 2h and pick-up my passeport today afternoon. Great service🙏

Hi! Is there any way to apply for a visa once I’m already in the country? As an Australian I have 30 days visa free but want to extend my stay, I’m unsure if I’m able to do that online or have to go to an immigration office. If so, where is best to go in Phuket?

I like to extend my tourist visa for another 30days and have a few questions.

I live in Phuket town which is the best office to go I have 3 small kids who will join the appointment and would rather not wait for hours outside in the heat..2Where can I pick up the paper copy application to exstend or do I just print my own at print shop? Are we able to book appoint online or just walk in and wait only thanks for your help.

Gather this new service for Phuket will be via VFS Global as well.

The E-Extension Visa service is currently available at Immigration Bureau 1 in Bangkok, as well as Immigration Offices in Chonburi, Phuket, and Chiang Mai.

How do I go about extending my 30 day visa im in Phuket. And I plan on staying untill March atleast. I’m training Muay Thai full time

For several years I have extended my retirement visa based on the 800,000/400,000 bhat bank deposit amounts. I want to change to the 65,000 bhat/ month deposit into my thai bank. The applicable paragraphs of the retirement extension requirements published by the Phuket immigration office state: "Either a letter and statement signed and stamped by the bank of a monthly transfer of at least THB 65,000 a month as income from abroad. And a copy of your bank book with the first page, and in case of proof of income by the bank, a copy of the last 2 months (one year by monthly proof of income)."

My question is, must I show both monthly income AND 800,000/400,000 in my bank statements for 1 year in order to switch the basis of financial requirements OR must I show only 2 months of monthly income and 800,000 before applying for my next extension?

Thanks in advance for your experienced answers.

Just an update on my METV. Just had my first 30 day extension granted by the Phuket Immigration Office (Tambon Tamar Yai).

Booked an appointment in advance online for 8:30am. Arrived at 8:15, and there was already a line of about 20 people (given since yesterday was a public holiday).

Doors opened at 8:25 and I had seen the first initial officer by 8:30 where I was handed a ticket with a number on it (note I was never asked about my appointment). By this stage there were already 30 people with tickets waiting.

My number was called by 8:40, and I saw an officer who took all my documents, passport and payment (all prepared thanks to the flyer the TVA Forum provided me with). I then waited for my passport to be stamped and my name was called at 9:09.

All done and dusted in less than an hour! Thanks for everyone’s help once again ☺️

I do have one query though.. My stamp reads until 24 November which is longer than 30 days? So I just depart by that date, correct? And not actually 30 days after today? Not complaining though! An extra couple of days up the sleeve is always nice 😉

Thanks for all the info on this group, it has answered most of my questions about going for an extension of temporary stay. We are an Australian family and arrived in Phuket on a visa exemption.

In the info sheet provided in this group it states you can't wear shorts. My husband and 2 teenage boys have dress shorts and closed in shoes and appropriate shirts but no long pants to wear to the office. Do they need long pants?

If so, I'll book them in for a shopping trip. They won't be excited but I will be, ha ha ha! 😁

We will be going to one of the Phuket offices, looks like we should book the appointment online. I've found the site and link to "Queue Online" just haven't tried to do it yet. Do you recommend this and shall I make 4 appointments?

Thank you.