Hi my friend had trouble coming in, he had hassle at airport immigration saying he had come back too quick . He flew to uk after stayin in Thailand for 90 days from sept to December then he flew back on 16 January after more than a month at home. The officer gave him a real hard time , to the point he thought he was getting refused entry. He wants to extend his 60 day tourist entry to 90 like he did last time but his fear is the immigration officer said she had put a note on his file. Do you think an agent would be able to get information on what was put on the file, he’s terrified to go to immigration to try extend and get refused . This is only his second visit , he hast been to Thailand since covid and even then only came for a 30 day visit. Any suggestions, he is not a con man just wanting to have nice longer holiday with new friends he has met. What would be cost for an agent to do 30 day extension? And do you think they can access what has been put in his file by airport immigration? Thanks in advance

Any visa office member in the group to communicate directly with her/ him?

Hello 👋

I have been living in Thailand since August 2019 using TR visas and covid extensions. This country is my home now. I'm trying hard to get a new LTR visa while struggling with other temporal solutions like border runs and visa runs. I'm really afraid to find myself in the situation where the immigration officer rejected my entry. So, I have a few questions if answered will help me to lift anxiety:

1. Is this true that if you travel with Thai partner you can go together in the same line to pass the immigration control at the airport?

2. Does having TR visa re-entry positively affect passing immigration officer? In my understanding the officer shouldn't reconsider the approval for border crossing if you show re-entry.

3. What should I do in the even of being rejected? As soon as possible fly to another country and try to come back some time after?

Any advice on how to increase the success rate of passing immigration counters is welcome and highly appreciated 🙌

Hi there! Today I went to MTT and I got my last extension, and I say that I got my last extension because the IO in charge told me that this would be my last one. Furthermore, they asked for a return flight receipt, which is something that I felt they might ask for. They gave me 60 days, even if I told them that my flight would depart on March 21st.

Apart from that, nothing else to report.

Regards,

Enrique.

Chiang Mai Immigration:

- 60 day covid unable to travel extension

- I arrived 8:20am, left 10:05

So I went to Chiang Mai's immigration office today to extend my visa. For those that don't know, I've been living in Bangkok almost 4 years and just moved to Chiang Mai a couple weeks ago. This was my

first time at CM immigration. I'll start by saying I was surprised how friendly all of the immigration officers were. It's a relative contrast to the normally cold demeanor of Bangkoks IO's. There was also a foreigner volunteer working at the document check that was friendly and nice to see. He was much friendlier than the farang volunteer at the Phuket office who thought she was guarding Fort Knox’s.

While it was definitely organized, the document check process was absolutely 100% too long and unnecessary. Everyone that does any extension goes into the same que, and there's only ONE officer that checks the paperwork. That means the same single officer checks all the documents for tourist visas as he does for yearly extensions. I showed up at about 8:20, 10 minutes before they opened and got que ticket number 30, ended up leaving around 10:05. In Bangkok during normal non covid times, if I showed up at 7:30, I'd have que ticket number 250 (249 people ahead of me) but I'd be out between 45-60 minutes. I can only count 1 time I've been there past 9:30am.

The biggest issue I heard people having was with their bank book for yearly extensions. I saw 3 people turned away because their balance was dated yesterday, it needs to be dated the same day you are applying.

-In terms of the coivd extension, CM Immigration is back to the 2 week "under consideration stamp" that requires you to return in 2 weeks for your stamp. Why? Who knows, but I do know Phuket and Bangkok have dropped it.

-There were some talk online about when a covid extension starts, is it added to the end of your current stay or does it start from the date you apply for it. Chiang Mai, the first thing the Immigration Officer said when I got the window was

-this extension will start from today. Now this is my first covid extension, a subsequent extension may be different but I'm not sure.

-tm30's are also 100% required for all extensions. Again, something Phuket did not ask for in September when I did my 30 day extension.

Hey,

I'm thinking about getting the Elite Visa and I was wondering if I will still be subject to the IO process at immigration. Can IO still deny my entry like they do with people on ED or TV? I'm asking specifically, because I have a friend who was denied re-entry whilst on ED visa under suspicion of working without permit, which he wasn't.

Hi administration. Hope can answer this for me. Am concerned about next entry on visa exemption in May.

On departure this month the IO wrote something on the stamp. Can someone tell me what this says?

HI guys can you please explain what does this means