Thread: New proposed immigration offices

From an email I got today...

Hi everybody,

NOTICE:
Teachers working at UDRU and foreigners living in Udon Thani province can no longer use Nong Khai Immigration Office for visa extensions or 90 days reports.

A new Immigration Office for Udon Thani Province has been established at Udon Thani Police Station (the old building). The new office is open and you have to use that instead!

I went to NK Immigration today and that's how I got the information first hand, so it's not a rumour or some suspect third hand information.

And then....

Hello again everybody,

This is a follow up to my email which I broadcast after request from Nong Khai Immigration Office yesterday.

Several people have since, yesterday and today, tried to locate this new Office at Udon Police Station (on Srisuk Road) without luck. Approached police officers at the station reject any knowledge of such office.

A little upset being used as a tool to obviously misinform my fellow foreigners I have today been in contact with both NKI and Udon Thani Police.

NKI have repeated following claim today (both in Thai and English):

• There IS established a new Immigration Office at the Police Station in Udon Thani.
• The office OPENED officially yesterday, SEPTEMBER 08, 2009.
• Foreigners living in Udon Province MUST use this new office, they CAN NOT be serviced at NKI in the future.

A high ranking Police Officer at Udon Thani Police Station claims following today :

• It is correct that a new Immigration Office IS GOING TO OPEN at Udon Thani Police Station in unknown future.
• QUOTE: "We don't know when it will open. We haven't even received the desks yet". /QUOTE

My wife informed this Police Officer about NKI's statement - he just smiled. I requested him to call NKI and talk with them to get things clarified. He rejected this.

We then informed NKI about Udon Police's statement. They still stick to their claim. I asked them to call UP to get things clarified. This was neglected.

This is all I know. This is how I have been informed by respectively NKI and UP today. My suggestion is as follows: When you have to do your visa or 90 days thing next time call NKI first (in Thai) and get clarified where to go - to them or the obviously non-existing office at Udon Police Station.

Bunch of fucking idiots.

Hi All,
Does any one know the address of the new Nakhon Ratchasima Imigration Office?
Can any one comfirm that ths information is correct.
I am living in Buriram and we used to have to report to Kap Choeng office which they say is closing the end of this month.

Regards

What a mess. Confusion reigns supreme as per usual.

Difficult to get anyone to give exact/any details,but was told that if the new Imm.,office building was not yet ready, they would temporarily be housed in the
main Police station of that town.

If you are brave and patience then ring the BKK immigration office 022873101
and try and get the right dept.,

Best of luck,sorry unable to be more helpful at the moment.

Originally Posted by isanyokel

Difficult to get anyone to give exact/any details,but was told that if the new Imm.,office building was not yet ready, they would temporarily be housed in the
main Police station of that town.

If you are brave and patience then ring the BKK immigration office 022873101
and try and get the right dept.,

Best of luck,sorry unable to be more helpful at the moment.

Last time i was in Chiang Kahn imm.ofice (about 1 mnd ago) they told me they open in Udon on August 23,as i know from "the presidet of Expact i Udon that it's not open yet,and if we are lucky m'be they open this month u'know TIT

Just returned from a visa run [Thurs 1/10/09] to the new visa office at Amnat Charoen.When we finally found the main Police Station and my better half spent
20 minutes speaking to many many people with a lot of head scratching we
eventually found someone who knew where the new immigration should be.Which
,when inquiring with the people there were told that the immigration team are
behind schedule and that now they would be moving the office on Sunday 4th Oct.
to commence business on Monday 5 th Oct.2009.
Therefore ,they told us that we would have to make the journey to Mukdahan
instead.[ extra 180 k round trip.]
So we continued our extended journey in the bl---y pouring rain to Mukdahan
where upon arrival we were treated most graciously and with utmost courtesy
I almost felt welcome again in the LOS.
But to get a 90 day visa after arriving in BKK in July and another re-entry permit
it only took 10 minutes from start to finish!!!!!!!! and the newly acquired cheesy GRIN
was permanent the whole time.
Before leaving we asked when they would be moving to A.Caroen,he said
that the BKK office are yet to confirm.I also checked Mukdahan's phone number
[ 042 295461 ] saying I had been ringing for the past 2 days to save any wasted
journey[no answer], but all I got was a FRIENDLY shrug of his shoulders and the big cheesy grin.Any phone number for the Amnat Charoen office ........not yet.

LOCATION OF THE NEW 'SOON TO BE ' Amnat Charoen Immig., office.

Take the 202 road from Yasothon to Amnat Charoen and on arriving at A.C.
at the first major crossroads turn RIGHT [ clock tower and park on corner ]
continue down this road for about 500 m and the main Police station is on the right.When you enter you will see 3 large building and the immigration office
will be in the building in the right hand corner.

Several lads have just returned from a visa run to Mukdahan/Amnat Charoen
and have been told to keep going to Mukdahan until possibly the new year[Jan 1]
but nothing is that certain so ring before you go.[phone no., prev link]

The Amnat Charoen immigration office is now open for business,but they are saying
that you go to the office for the 90 extension because they say too many farangs
say they have posted it which they claim were never received.

Originally Posted by Norton

wait until I know for sure which of the many possible shells the pea is under

it is always the fifth one on the right..your right, not theirs

^Thanks. Reckon I'll be headed for Phitsanulok.