Udon Thani Immigration Office

Post by **parrot** » October 10, 2013, 11:06 am

rickfarang wrote:Will be doing my extension on the basis of retirement with an income. Beyond the income letter, yellow house book, passport, and of course a set of copies of those and the fee, and a polite smile, is anything else required?

Map to your house, photo, 90day form and extension paperwork filled out ahead of time, all copies signed ahead of time.....should be a piece of cake.

Post by **wokkawombat** » October 10, 2013, 11:43 am

I am due to extend 9 March 2014. I asked at Immigration if a letter from the Australian Embassy aquired on 14 October 2013 will still be valid then. The girl at the door (in Immigration uniform) answered in the affirmative. Do you think I will have any problems when I go to renew mid february 2014?

Post by **bumper** » October 10, 2013, 12:03 pm

I've used Google map before and they accepted it

Post by **jackspratt** » October 10, 2013, 12:34 pm

wokkawombat wrote:I am due to extend 9 March 2014. I asked at Immigration if a letter from the Australian Embassy aquired on 14 October 2013 will still be valid then. The girl at the door (in Immigration uniform) answered in the affirmative. Do you think I will have any problems when I go to renew mid february 2014?

wokka, the current practice seems to indicate they will accept a letter up to 6 months old. I recently used a Stat Dec dated 6 June, in early September.

Of course, YMMV.

Post by **rickfarang** » October 10, 2013, 1:56 pm

Thank you for the update, guys.

I asked about using an income letter from January in September and they (two people at Udon Immigration) said that letters over six month old were too old to be used.

Post by **pompui** » October 11, 2013, 1:15 am

KB_Texas wrote:. She also updated my 90 day to current without being asked.

KB

Seems they are trying the charm offensive =D>

Post by **wokkawombat** » October 11, 2013, 9:07 am

Thanks for the prompt answers.

Post by **rickfarang** » October 11, 2013, 4:11 pm

Smooth as glass. I did what was recommended in this thread (with the exception of giving copies of all visa pages, which were accepted). Just after handing over the stack of papers, the passport and yellow house book I realized that I had forgot to stop at the ATM. The Immigration office told me where the nearest machine was, and 10 minutes later I returned she finished up a couple of minutes later. No questions about anything. I merely had to pose in front of the camera, pay the money and be on my way. She was so efficient that it was AMAZING! No wonder I was the only person having my paperwork taken care of -there aren't enough people to keep the cues full at this rate

Post by **parrot** » October 11, 2013, 5:52 pm

Back in the 'days of old', going to Immigration at AEK could be an all day affair, or driving to Nongkai to put up with the sales lady, Nina, or Mr. no-Smile, or 'sorry, our copier isn't working......go downtown and make a copy of this'. And in the days before that, (I've been told) it was customary to walk in with a bottle of good scotch to smooth the process.
Thank God times change!

taffinudon · Post by **taffinudon** » October 11, 2013, 6:02 pm

pompui wrote:
KB_Texas wrote:. She also updated my 90 day to current without being asked.

KB
Seems they are trying the charm offensive =D>

In my experience thats always been the case, they start the new 90days from the day of your extension, unlike other offices who I understand will treat the extension and 90 day as separate issues making you attend possibly twice within a month

Post by **Laceman** » October 15, 2013, 7:47 pm

Did annual extension based on retirement for the first time in Udon today. Great service. This is the first time I have been asked to draw a map to my home. Also, they wanted my girlfriend to show her ID as well. Never asked before to show her ID at Jomtein or Bangkok.

Post by **pompui** » November 4, 2013, 12:25 pm

Was there this morning for my 90 dayer report,already queue of farang there at opening time

The ticket machine had packed up,never liked those busy Mondays

Ended up like some other farang and double parked

Post by **Bandung_Dero** » November 4, 2013, 12:33 pm

I have my favorite day of the week to attend the office and I'm not saying, other than definitely not Mondays!

Post by **GARYZX6R** » November 4, 2013, 3:46 pm

pompui wrote: The ticket machine had packed up,

When I was there last week ,the customers couldnt work the machine ! They couldnt press the buttons in the right order ..

Post by **Shado** » November 4, 2013, 4:37 pm

For those who have not yet used the ticket machine, you need to push the language button before pushing the type of service button.

Post by **mortiboy** » November 4, 2013, 6:38 pm

Iv'e Just arrived back from IMM Office for Report. At 3.30 PM, nobody there.
Officers twiddling their thumbs.
I never understand why so many people go there at crack of dawn!
Late afternoon always a breeze
Now dont need fill form."New system"
Just give them your address and phone number

Post by **Svein66** » November 4, 2013, 6:50 pm

mortiboy wrote:Iv'e Just arrived back from IMM Office for Report. At 3.30 PM, nobody there.
Officers twiddling their thumbs.
I never understand why so many people go there at crack of dawn!
Late afternoon always a breeze
Now dont need fill form."New system"
Just give them your address and phone number

I went there just after lunch a couple of weeks ago, nobody there. Was out again in 5 minutes.

Post by **rickfarang** » November 4, 2013, 7:06 pm

Shusssssssssh, you guys! Your are giving away the secret time to visit Immigration.

Post by **mortiboy** » November 4, 2013, 8:06 pm

Ooops! Now everyone will go there afternoons Its gonna be crowded!
Me and my big mouth!

Post by **pompui** » November 4, 2013, 11:55 pm

Will definitely switch to afternoons,was too early for the usual funnyman on the 90 day desk,one of the immigration lasses took over that job