I wrote a thread last week sharing my experience with CM immigration.. went in to apply for my 12-month non-o married visa before my 90-day initial visa expires on 4-Sep-23.. just to clarify, this is my first married visa so it was not a renewal.. they approved it in principle with an 'under consideration' period of 1-month.. meaning they extended the existing stamp by 1-month to 4-Oct-23, and i need to return then to get the actual 1-year visa stamped in my passport.. prior to leaving immigration last week the IO mentioned that i could get a phone call from somebody to ask me a few questions over the intervening period.. but strangely did not mention that we could get a home visit.. which i had anticipated from reading other threads in this group.. then today my wife got a phone call from an IO to tell her they needed to make a home visit and wanted to come tomorrow afternoon.. which is not a problem but somewhat short notice.. i guess it's their way of putting you on the spot though.. but the IO told her they needed to take some photos of us at home (which we have already provided) and that we would need to pay a fee for this.. although it wasn't quantified it left my wife believing they expected money to change hands to ensure a smooth process.. this necessity seems absurd to me given 'photos' are already part of the application i have filed.. and i just wondered if anyone in this group has any recent experience of this part of the process when interacting with Immigration in CM.. i have no worries whatsoever regarding the credibility of my application.. but do object to someone moonlighting to earn illegitimate income (ie. off the books) by insinuating their might be a problem if they don't get a sweetener!

UPDATE The IO visited this afternoon (Thursday) armed with a colour inkjet printer.. solitary person (unaccompanied) and a very jovial soul indeed.. the primary purpose was to get an attestation from our next door neighbour (who I've known for at least 8 years now) that we live here as a married couple.. she needed to produce her IC for him to copy and sign a couple of documents.. and have her photo taken with me and my wife sat on the sofa.. took all of 25 minutes and he was on his way.. no mention of fees (or sweeteners) whatsoever and he left with a bottle of iced water for his trouble.. all's well that ends well as they say.. but he did clarify that i can't leave Thailand until the full year visa gets stamped in my passport.. otherwise I'll disrupt the process and will have to start over again!.

After a long day at CW immigration I am on my way to receiving a 90 day non-o visa based on retirement whilst being on amnesty from a 60 day tourist visa.

I filled out a TM.86 form hoping to receive a hard stamp that would allow me to proceed to a 90 day non-o Visa.

I queued at counter C1 and was told I didn't have all the requirements so I had to go and come back and queue again.

The additional requirements were to hand draw a map of my condo location, bring a copy of the past 3 receipts of rental payment and a foreign transfer letter from my bank

I was previously told by my local branch that a form was not available to show my 800k Baht foreign transfer and went to CW hoping the bank book FTT code was proof however it wasn't. A quick walk downstairs to Bangkok bank and I received 2 forms free of charge.

I went back to queue at Counter C1, they accepted my documents then was told to skip the queue and goto L1 with a new form and passport to get a hard stamp and then come back and wait outside C1 for the IO. After filling out more forms and quite a few more signatures later I received a stamped form and told to come back on the 24th to get my passport stamped.

I am also required to wait for a call from immigration police 'At any time' who will be visiting me at my condo to take a photo of me inside. Quite over the top and belittling to be honest considering I have a TM30 filed, lease agreement etc however beggars can't be choosers.

Has anyone been through this process? I'd like to know what to expect.

I was also advised that Friday is the last day that this process will be allowed so be quick if this is what your looking for.

Also I had an Australian embassy extension letter on hand however it is was not required.