Daily News Thai Caption: Get your visa in 3 minutes
Thailand's Immigration Bureau has unveiled plans for an ambitious new online visa extension project.
Expats will be able to extend their visas within just three minutes slashing waiting times.
RTP national chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat said that the e-Extension would enhance visa services as extension requests can be lodged online.
The new service encompasses the whole process including fee payment via a dedicated website, Thaiextension.vfsevisa.com.
Damrongsak claimed that the new process will reduce application process times from one hour to three minutes.
The e-Extension comes after former Royal Thai Poliuce chief Pol Gen Suwat Chaengyodsuk moved to modernize systems for the benefit of the public, reported Daily News yesterday.
A pilot project will run for expats living and working in Bangkok according to 12 reasons.
However, they must still show up in person to verify their identity and get a visa sticker at the main IB office at the Government complex on Chaeng Wattana Road.
Plans are in the pipeline to expand the service to all IB offices nationwide in the future.
The 12 reasons/areas are for:
1. Tourism purposes.
2. Teachers at public schools
3. Studying at public schools
4. Working in government agencies
5. For original Thai people
6. Resident families
7. Mass media
8. Teaching and research in government agencies
9. Installing and repairing machinery
10. Medical experts.
11. Vehicle operators
12. Embassy requests.
There are currently 200,000 requests under those 12 criteria annually and that is only going up especially in Bangkok.
Applications can be made via phone or computer.
According to Daily News the system has been in place since October 10th and has received rave reviews.
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