Thread: Home visit

What I fail to see is why some offices are doing home visits for a Retirement Extension and not others. In defense of the visiting officers I never felt intimidated compared to how they are at Kap Choeng office.
We were told at Kap Choeng that these visits would be bi-annual and stop on reaching 70 years old.

I had a home visit recently. Local police and one immigration man. Checked passport and visa stamps (noted Chong Chom visa runs),photos of me holding passport and away they went. I am on mult-o visa as a pensioner issued in Hull,UK. And off they went.

Originally Posted by toddaniels

That is the biggest crock of shit I've heard someone going thru!

Tis indeed. Never heard of such a bag of crap before. I'd raise hell at the highest levels of BKK immigration. Home visits, 30 day waiting period, pics of wife and kids, etc are in no way required for long stay extension to stay based on retirement.

Don't let the kunts jerk you around. Get all the Buriram folks you can to barrage Immigration with emails of complaint.

Originally Posted by crippen

Local police and one immigration man.

Yeah, local police also come around here every year and take farangs details. The stupid thing about it is it's the same policeman every year.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

I'd raise hell at the highest levels of BKK immigration.

So would I Mr Norton but my missus wants me to toe the line, Thai style, and accept it. Having 3 kids she's scared that my extension would be refused and I'm outa here.

Had the home visit a couple of days ago. 3 Immigration officers came, all very polite and friendly. A big difference than the ones at Kap Choeng. I was not asked for one satang. Very professional, and great attitude.

Originally Posted by mellow

A big difference than the ones at Kap Choeng.

Don't get me wrong. The 2 guys who did my home visit were as friendly as could be. They were totally different to how the ones at the IO speak to you. They came dressed in civvies. May be when dressed in uniform they become different people?

Two were in uniform, the older man smartly dressed with a white shirt that had an insignia on top left side.

Originally Posted by david44

Does ths happen in any other country in the world?

Have you never watched UK Border Force on TV

Originally Posted by david44

3 civil servant spending a day out to confirm your address seems a job creation scheme wich is unlikley to vanish,I'd imagine any shakedowns will vary ,not every victim reports even on an anonymous forum for fear of seeming cowed

Only seems to happen outside of BKK and Pattaya......doubt if they would have enough staff and time if they did it in those area's !!

Originally Posted by boloa

Only seems to happen outside of BKK and Pattaya......doubt if they would have enough staff and time if they did it in those area's !!

I can't see how they're doing it here. The area the small office has to cover is huge and farangs are well spread.

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What exactly is your point OhOh?

Originally Posted by toddaniels

There I go again, looking for logic where there is none...

This bit is even more illogical. I applied for my extension 22 days early. My extension was up on 24 Oct '15. I applied on 02 Oct. I got a 30 day 'under consideration' stamp. The stamp is dated in my passport for 23 Nov '15 to go back and get my 'Retirement Extension'. That is more than 30 days.

That is the same as I had. Goining in early doesn't result in an earlier return date, rater you are told to return 30-days after your extension or visa expired. Hope you have better luck than I did getting anyone to look to see if the approval was back. At least for me needed to wait more than an hour for the big man to come and thumb through the papers one more time. I declined to pay for a re-entry permit as I would only go through the same rigamorole when I came back with a new passport. Better to give my business to the embassy and apply for a new O-A visa and get a reprieve from the foolisness at KCI.

I don't know about you Mudcat but I find it extremely hard to keep my temper when visiting KCI.

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

^ What exactly is your point OhOh?

You are appalled at paying "government officials" in Thailand, but presumably whilst working in America you paid substantial taxes to city, state and federal departments who paid "government officials" on your behalf. Did you not feel appalled with how that money was distributed?

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Yes, but taxes are not voluntarily given as tea money, they are imposed on you. Big difference. I am appalled how most US taxes are allocated. Time for a revolution.

Are the applications that are submitted in the provinces and given 30 days "under consideration" being sent to Bangkok to be "processed", "considered", "approved", "investigated" (before returning locally for the passports to be stamped up)? If so, that might explain the delays and the lack of instant decisions by the immigration offices in the provinces.

Originally Posted by Neverna

Are the applications that are submitted in the provinces and given 30 days "under consideration" being sent to Bangkok to be "processed"

The 'applications' are sent to Korat (Regional Office) if it's for a 'Marriage Extension' whereas 'Retirement Extensions' are processed in house at Kap Choeng. There are reports that only 'Marriage Extensions' are taking longer than 30 days to process.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by boloa

Only seems to happen outside of BKK and Pattaya......doubt if they would have enough staff and time if they did it in those area's !!

I can't see how they're doing it here. The area the small office has to cover is huge and farangs are well spread.

Just think of the mileage claims, each would claim.

A farang who went to KCI office today following his '30 day under consideration stamp' expiring told me this was now the procedure. Well for him it was. Being as he'd been 'house visited' and been given good references by 2 villagers, he expected to just turn up and get his extension stamp. Unfortunately not. He had to be interviewed again by the 2nd and 3rd top guys in charge. The 3rd top guy in charge had done the 'home visit'. Anyway he was interviewed by them and then had to wait before being interviewed by the top man himself. It was only after that that he was then given his 'Extension of Stay'. Total time spent at KCI office = 4 hours.
I'm due to go on 23 November. I let you know what shit they throw at me.

Holy shit that office is seriously out of control!