Subject: Immigration Chiang Mai
First application annual visa, from Non Immigrant O (met in A'dam) in Chiang Mai Immigration, my experience (April 10, 2019):
Collected everything from Ronny's info a few weeks ago and made copies, up to and including the map of (rental) house, ID landlord, etc., bank book (on the same day statement obtained from BKK bank, Bht 100).
So after I went to the bank, to Immigration CM, there was at 10.00:13.30; and had my stamp for a year at 90 pm (and you still have to subtract XNUMX minutes for the lunch break!). Made two copies of everything just to be safe. The whole procedure went very well for me. Two notes:
- the visa support letter (in my combination AOW + bank credit Bht 400.000) took 15 days (instead of the 10 days mentioned in the visa file). Was registered letter.
- the Immigration Officer, after reviewing all the documents, asked me to go to the BKK bank in Airport Plaza and deposit Bht 100 or more into my account. Didn't understand that very well, because I had already received everything at the bank. Maybe because my last transfer from the Netherlands was 2 months back?
So: very satisfied with everything. If you follow everything Ronny says, it's a piece of cake! Thanks, Ronny. You are invaluable!
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Thanks for the report Will.
The info I provide is quite general and are the most requested documents or evidence. It is more of a general guideline and it can therefore deviate slightly locally. But once you have made that application, the hardest part is actually behind you. Or they suddenly had to come up with changes again, of course.
That 100 Baht is probably because you did have a bank letter with you, but probably no update of your bank book. This is quickly resolved by simply withdrawing some money and then making an update to the ATM.
Glad to read that it went well. People then become less averse to making their year extension, or whatever, if something goes well and quickly.
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Come to Nongkhai sometime, then you can experience how things work here, always different from the rest in Thailand, I think it is strange that we all go for the same thing, and that it is different almost everywhere, I get the feeling that the fralang are no longer welcome in the promised land, I wonder where it ends, I think the western European countries should also look at that and enforce the same rules for the Thais there, let's see if there are things are changing here.
It may well be different in Nong Khai. And I know it's different there. By the way, it was never different there and no new rules were needed. But be more specific in your response. This is more useful to the reader than a response that is limited to “come to NongKhai sometime”.
By the way, Wil only writes about how he fared in Chiang Mai. What should he do with Nong Khai then?
I really don't understand the issues that are being discussed here all the time.
I arrange my visa matters according to where I first arrive or stay.
1. In Jomtien
2. In Uttaradit
I always need my papers ready. I am 64 and usually my female human fills out the papers.
It always takes the longest in Jomtien. Sometimes waiting for your turn is sometimes 2 hours. But that's in Jomtie. Since I am applying there and in Uttaradit, all my details are known.
Once the cases are filled in, it takes an hour
In uttaradit I don't even go along myself, but an ex-colleague will arrange it. This is special but comes from my wife's old work situation.
But compare things to the situation in the EEC.
Example 1. Student visa. Each year, a student must pay for her studies and her room or house rent in ADVANCE. The amount to be transferred is approximately 16.000 Euros. In addition, she must have money in a bank account for basic necessitiesa 400 Euro per month. Plus health insurance.
Example 2. What does an MVV process cost and what are the conditions for it? Yes, we guarantee our girlfriend or woman. We pay for the flight, the Dutch lessons in order to be entitled to Dutch status first in Thailand and later in the Netherlands. This after 3 or after 5 years.
Example 3. If you are over 38, try to get a visa or residence permit in Canada, New Zealand and/or Australia. Good luck in advance.
Now what I see as dropping off at Thialand is not realistic. If people find it so difficult here, better stay in the Netherlands.
This weekend 3 times a night frost to -3 to -5 degrees. Even snow in the north of the Netherlands.
Here afternoon temperatures of 42 to 43 degrees. Isn't that what we choose or am I missing something?
Can you just stick to the topic of this TB Immigration Info Brief? As requested in the note. This no longer has anything to do with the subject of this letter.
If you want to start a topic that you want to see covered, send it in.
Might add that when “your woman-person” takes care of everything for you, it is indeed difficult for you to understand certain issues.
Always so cheap to tell people to go back if they criticize something. Moreover, your comparison does not hold at all with all the safety nets that we know in the Netherlands.
The point here is that the rules differ per immigration office and sometimes also per official, while there are national rules. That is why it is good that there is someone here who can sort this all out and people can help by sending as much information as possible. Anyway, your comment adds nothing.
Don't criticize Thailand, I just wonder why not the same requirements everywhere, if Thais apply for a visa with us, they are generally helped decently and helpfully
That is not always the case here, what you write that you make a choice where you apply for your visa, that is out of the question here, if the visa does not come from your province, you can report the 90 days in the place where your visa was issued, they applied for an mvv visa 17 years ago for my girlfriend, no problem at all, first for 1 year and then we received an extension for 5 years each time.