Extending 'permission to stay' at Kap Cheong

AussieBill said:
It is hard to believe that this "Under Consideration" cr@p would be inflicted on the same families annually. Surely, they will tick you off as genuine once they have visited and go after the people they should be going after.

Have we heard of anyone who "failed" their visit or, worse, "failed" their visa extension after the dust has settled?

Nice, quick visit anyway, Nomad. They didn't leave you in suspension for long.
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Well said Bill. I made this point about 2 weeks ago when that bikie got murdered down in Sin City. House full of criminals and immigration weren't knocking on their door.
 
Apart from 1 photo of me standing on the veranda under the house number, together with my 2 friends who vouched for me and my wife, I was superfluous to the proceedings. And an emphatic 'No' - neither my wife nor myself signed anything. My 2 guests signed copies of their housebook and ID card, and maybe something else, but that was it. All very friendly and convivable.

P.S. It's not my job to seek out the Pui Yai Baan. Surely it should be in her terms of reference to know who is in her village and part of her pastoral duties.
 
I don't know why I had to have 2 ladies with housebooks and ID cards come to my house yesterday afternoon but I did as I was told. I found one and my wife found another and at very short notice too. I do know they produced their housebooks and ID cards and that these were photocopied by the Immigration police from Kap Choeng. However, that is all I know. What else took place, other than the group photo, I have no idea as it was all conducted in Thai. End of.
 
Nomad, did you get the impression that the "witnesses" could be anyone from the village? My next door neighbour (the odd job man) is usually around daytime and also the daughter of the couple opposite (aged 26). Of course, I'm hoping that all this nonsense is over by the time it's my turn.
 
I said it before - it is all about accountability for the Thais.

On my first application for a Certificate of Residence I had all the paperwork I needed. They still got my missus to sign a copy of her ID.

Exactly the same on my first extension application. Based on retirement, there was nothing for my missus to do ( or even be there - but she wanted to go to the market and I knew someone would have to go and do some photocopying!).

If they have somebody's signature on a copy of an ID card/house book it is like a comfort blanket. If you "go bad" they have someone to point the finger at. Rest assured Nomad SWMBO's signature will be on something. :)
 
Yorky said:
Nomad, did you get the impression that the "witnesses" could be anyone from the village? My next door neighbour (the odd job man) is usually around daytime and also the daughter of the couple opposite (aged 26). Of course, I'm hoping that all this nonsense is over by the time it's my turn.
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Yes. Just get your wife to turn on the charm and you should be okay. The problem we had was the very short notice of the visit (10 minutes), the time (13.30) and the fact that most of the husband and wives around us both go to work each week day.
 
CO-CO said:
I said it before - it is all about accountability for the Thais.

On my first application for a Certificate of Residence I had all the paperwork I needed. They still got my missus to sign a copy of her ID.

Exactly the same on my first extension application. Based on retirement, there was nothing for my missus to do ( or even be there - but she wanted to go to the market and I knew someone would have to go and do some photocopying!).

If they have somebody's signature on a copy of an ID card/house book it is like a comfort blanket. If you "go bad" they have someone to point the finger at. Rest assured Nomad SWMBO's signature will be on something. :)
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Yes, SWMBO's signature is on something - the flipping married certificate! Her signature was also on her ID and Housebook photcopies deposited at Immigration earlier in the week. What I said was that she was not required to sign anything during the house visit yesterday.
 
nomad97 said:
Yes, SWMBO's signature is on something - the flipping married certificate! Her signature was also on her ID and Housebook photcopies deposited at Immigration earlier in the week. What I said was that she was not required to sign anything during the house visit yesterday.
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I don't think anyone said SWMBO signed anything yesterday.


I said that I was 99% certain that she would have signed something (that pinned accountability to her for you).
 
Yorky said:
From my experience I disagree Nick. "Please" I would agree with.
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Now maybe that is the difference to living in a town/city, and being amongst the jungle bunnies in the villages. Very rarely a thank-you, and yes I would add please to that too.
 
The first time I remember "please" was in the domestic terminal in Don Muang back in the days. If I remember correctly it was "will passengers for Buriram please (karuna ka) board at gate 4".
 
Strangely, and looking back to my time in Malaysia and China, although "thank you" was widely used, "please" was not really prevalent outside the English speakers.
 
I still can't see why the wife has to be involved in a farang's application for an extension of stay based on retirement. My GL has never accompanied me to Jomtien. What about farangs who live alone?
 
AussieBill said:
I still can't see why the wife has to be involved in a farang's application for an extension of stay based on retirement. My GL has never accompanied me to Jomtien. What about farangs who live alone?
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The vast majority of farangs like to take their wives/girlfriends with them when dealing with anything official. Whilst the visit is in connection with the farang alone, he is invariably sidelined, and the entire conversation is in Thai between the officialdom and the wife/girlfriend.

I have learnt a modicum of Thai in my time here (not always correct but usually sufficient to get things done), and invariably deal with things myself. With one problem concerning the spelling of my daughters name. I attended the Buriram amphur to correct the birth certiificate, and the Prakhonchai amphur to correct the tabien baan (House reg book). I fended off requests for my wife to come along, stating that as the Father I could and would deal with the matter alone. They accepted and it was all smiles later.
 
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