My 90 notification is coming up in a couple of weeks so I thought I might try it by mail.

As I understand it I need to send by registered mail:
copy of Picture page of passport
copy of visa extension
copy of entry stamp and arrival card
original of the current 90 day notification
the filled in new 90 day notificaton form
self addressed stamped envelope

The address I have is:
Nong Khai Immigration Office
106 Moo 7
Nong Khai - Vientiane Road
Meechai, Muang
Nong Khai 43000

But, according to http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/base.php?page=90days you need to provide: "Copy of all passport pages (up to the latest arrival stamp in the Kingdom or latest visa stamp)" For me that means 9 A4 pages at 4 passport pages each. Do they really want this? I realise the url I've given says "nov2004" but that's the page that comes up when you go to http://www.immigration.go.th.

That page also says you can send it to Bangkok at:
90 Days Registration, Room 206
Immigration Bureau,
507 Soi Suanplu,South Sathorn Rd.,
Thungmahamek Sathorn
Bangkok. 10120

Has anyone had any recent experience with doing this? Given the rather fluid nature of the rules in Nong Khai I thought I'd better check to see what's happening lately.

just mailed mine yesterday, with previous requirements, which i believe you have correct. this will be 2nd time mailed in, 1st, no problem. only sent copies of 2 pages of passport, not all, will know in a week or so if approved or returned

Thanks, I'll give it a shot with the same stuff you did. Did you send it to Nong Khai or Bangkok?

This subject has been flogged to death. Please just do a search of the forum or ThaiVisa.com before taking up unnecessary bandwidth with these continually repeated questions.

Bandung_Dero wrote:This subject has been flogged to death. Please just do a search of the forum or ThaiVisa.com before taking up unnecessary bandwidth with these continually repeated questions.

And, you forgot to mention, repeatedly answered.

My, my, a bit testy, aren't we. Uh, you guys did actually read my post before whipping off your snappy replies, right?

As it happens I did do a search. The most recent post I found here was in July. Thaivisa, while having good info is generally not too specific for Nong Khai's special requirements. After checking http://www.immigration.go.th and having read the November 21 post http://www.udonmap.com/udonthaniforum/viewtopic.php?t=6951 where Nong Khai now required him to submit every page of his passport, I thought I'd check to see what the recent experiences were. It's probably my fault for not using better subject line. Maybe something like - Has anyone had success in the last couple of months with a 90 day notification by mail to Nong Khai and do they now require all the pages of your passport?

Try here fremmel - it answers at least half of your question, and is up to date.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php ... +nong+khai

However, we should keep the intent of the original post in mind -that of obtaining an update. The referenced page has been on the immigration website for the longest time, and it is commonly understood that procedures change, but immigration is very poor at getting the information out to those affected.

Personally, I find this thread very interesting since it is likely to eventually tell us if the 90 day by mail information on the Immigration Bureau's website is still up-to-date.

Thanks for that jackspratt. Better info than I expected from Thaivisa. Although for Nov., as of the last post, it looks like one success and one 3 week wait with no reply. Since there was no mention of increased paper work I'll try it with the old requirements and hope that, contrary to Thai Immigration's web site, what they wanted from DieselDaddy was specific to a visa extension. If I there are any problems I'll let y'all know.

sent to nong khai, same as last time, should arrive tomorrow, and receipt, hopefully before next friday, making me on time.

received receipt for 90 day check wednesday, fast response. mailed 21st for 23rd arrival. received by self address on 28th, no problems, just the 2 copies from passport, current visa and i think entry stamp, no need for copies of all pages.

Thanks, that's good to hear. I sent mine off Thur. so we'll see what happens.

By the way, the zip code I gave above is not correct. It should be 43000.

I tracked the letter at http://track.thailandpost.co.th/trackin ... px?lang=en and saw that it got there yesterday.

If the zip code is wrong, it might be good if one of Lee's staff could change it in the 1st post. I realize you can no longer edit your own post, Fremmel.

Well, don't worry about the zip code. There is yet another new policy at Nong Khai immigration. As of this month they said they don't do 90 day notifications by mail anymore. As I said above, my 90 days was up this week so I sent it off last week. When it hadn't come back by Friday I had my wife call and they told her that this month they stopped doing them by mail, you had to come in person. So, since I was now 2 days late, I went up there with my EMS receipt and a copy of the old tear off. Without mentioning what they told my wife I gave them a new form and the EMS receipt and explained that I hadn't received a reply. Without hesitation or looking through their records they just said "Lost" and proceeded to process my new form without any problem. My suspicious nature leads me to supect that the postal system is not where it was "lost". When it was handed to the guy on the right end of the line to sign he did but told me not to mail it to Nong Khai any more. BUT, he also said that if I wanted to do it by mail to send it to Bangkok. So, the good news is that it seems we can do them by mail, just not at Nong Khai.

I have found this post quite interesting because if for no other reason it shows how fickle the system is and how it can change almost over night. With so many hassles to contend with it makes someone like me think much harder about a move over there in a couple of years time. What a shame they can't just come up with a formula that works and leave it alone, still TIT