What about the (potential) home visit?

I was told by CW that they might come for home visit, and phitsanulok immigration that there would be 3 home visits. I understood they don't make an appointment, just phone 2 hours or less before arriving, and if you are not home for their visit they just cancel the application.

Hence, I understood during the under consideration period you can't even travel to a different province without risking missing the home visit.

Note: I did apply for the one year extension based on marriage to Thai wife at CW in December 2024, and we did not have any officer visit before going back for stamping at the end of the under consideration period.

@Tod ********

do you know if ChaengWattana with the 21 day under consideration is like this being 21 days from application or 21 days from end of current stamp?

My entry expired Monday 9 December. I applied for the one year extension at Cheng Watthana on Friday 6 December. I got the 21 day under consideration to go back on 27 December for the 1 year stamp

@Ellie ******

thank you!

I just got my licensee at driving office in Min Burri, Bangkok.

I used:

- Australian driving licence and international driving permit

-medical certificate - easy to get from local clinic

-yellow house book as proof of address (easier than getting residence certificate from Cheng Wattana for me)

I had to do the easy test: depth perception, colour blindness, etc

No driving theory or practical driving test required.

@Andy *******

I speak fluent Thai, so not lost in translation. Though easily could have been made up on the spot. I'll go back to my DLT appointment with the yellow book and see what happens.

@Kev ********

I speak fluent Thai (so not a mis-translation). The staff member at DLT (min buri office) very confidently told me that the license would only be valid in Bangkok and not other provinces if yellow book was used as proof of address.

Though they could have given me wrong information.

I'll go back to my DLT appointment with the yellow book and see what happens.

@Brandon ***********

Thank you.

Australian embassy don't offer residence verification. I was surprised by suggestion of driving license valid in only one province, but the staff member appeared very confident. I speak fluent Thai, so not a translation issue, but could be staff member giving wrong information.

I'll go back to DLT with the yellow book and see what happens.

@Brandon ***********

all my previous visas for Thailand have been applied at the embassy, and the visa was a sticker placed in my passport. My visa extensions inside Thailand were a stamp in the passport.

For comparison my e-visa for India I received a PDF with the visa details, and on entry to India I received 2 stamps in my passport; one the visa and one the entry on that day.

With e-visa, does the visa get inked into passport on first arrival to Thailand, or you just keep the pdf printed with your passport?