Just visited Bangkok office today.

You are correct. They now need not only the most recent tm 30 but also the completed set of rental contract, landlord's ID and landlord's house book or land ownership certificate ( Cha-nod.) This is new. Sometime last month, they needed just a tm.30 because in order to get a tm 30 you must have submitted those papers already. So basically you prepare the identical set twice now, one for tm 30 the other for yearly renewal. Noted that with or without agents assistance, the landlord paper set is always required.

@Alex ***********

the house you live in now. It should be the address used for tm.30, 90 day report later on

Bangkok office needs:

photo of both next to the house address number,

in bedroom

living room,

dinning room.

Marriage license aka kor ror 3, sometime need updated kor ror 2 too.

Tm.30,

rental contract,

landlord ID

Landlord house book that you reside

A map

Bankbook of 400K for 3 month+ copies

Letter from.bank verifying the 400K

Wife's ID

Wife's house book

Wife's certificate of change of name/ or last name if any

Wife has to come along for an interview.

The officers usually charge the agent 1000-1500 B for the late 90 day check in, no reciept. So it's normal for them to add an extra 1000 for themselves. Their service is that you don't have to go to immigration and your passport won't be stamped as having failed the 90 day report

When you transfer the stamps onto your new passport, the officer would handwrite down your previous passport number on your passport page. That would be a reference.

No Thai agents can assist you with US visas. The most they could do is application preparation or appointment time slots. US consular is notorious for granting/ refusing visas. Their piece of mind is every Thai applicants will certainly not return home if granted a US visa so your wife has to prove otherwise.

False

@Jim *******

if you are dealing with "agents," that's the way to go. If you prefer to do the right way, you have to leave the country to restart from a non O visa.

Technically your visa has ended on the day your money dropped below the requirements. At CW office, agents can sort this out provided that you add it back up to the 800K before you go to immigration.

The prices are used to be around extra to the officers, plus the usual 1900 fee, and the agent himself for the service is around 3000-4000.

If kept in passport, it should be redesigned so it fits.