FPCS and visa renewal

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Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:52 pm Basically, the system is a total joke and can be bypassed in myriad ways.

To no great surprise
Dont be overconfident. A few months ago an Immigration Police team plus head village and local police came to my house. It was clear they intended to arrest me for not being registered. I was able to satisfy them that I was registered and show them my new visa at that time. There is a real possibility they will come after you if you are not registered.
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samrong01 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:26 pm
Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:52 pm Basically, the system is a total joke and can be bypassed in myriad ways.

To no great surprise
Dont be overconfident. A few months ago an Immigration Police team plus head village and local police came to my house. It was clear they intended to arrest me for not being registered. I was able to satisfy them that I was registered and show them my new visa at that time. There is a real possibility they will come after you if you are not registered.

But, I am registered, lol
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samrong01 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:38 pm You can also register on their website here:

https://fpcs.immigration.gov.kh/login

I registered as both landlord and tenant. Note that the visa number can not be changed so you need to register again when you get a new visa number.
The website is better than the app in my view. Also, I think I didn't update my visa number and they also didn't care about that.
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daeum_tnaot wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 4:19 am
samrong01 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:38 pm You can also register on their website here:

https://fpcs.immigration.gov.kh/login

I registered as both landlord and tenant. Note that the visa number can not be changed so you need to register again when you get a new visa number.
The website is better than the app in my view. Also, I think I didn't update my visa number and they also didn't care about that.
No they do care about that. Thats why the immigration came to my house. You need to reregister with your new visa number.
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5 of them came to my house to inspect my documents and make sure I was not working on an R visa.
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nemo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:32 am 5 of them came to my house to inspect my documents and make sure I was not working on an R visa.
5 ?!?

Jesus christ, one guy with a clipboard would have sufficed.
samrong01 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:37 am Note that the visa number can not be changed so you need to register again when you get a new visa number.
I use the smart phone app and I was able to put my new visa extension number in without re registering. You just select 'edit check in' and plug in your new visa extension number and end date.
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nemo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:32 am 5 of them came to my house to inspect my documents and make sure I was not working on an R visa.

I had a platoon of the lads as well. I didn't get any vibe that they were going to arrest anybody.

More like jobsworths and forming a brain trust in case any decisions needed making.

Pretty commonly happening once a year, nothing to worry about in the least
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Ya in my experience there were usually 2.
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My visa renewal agent told me I need to show a check out date of one year ahead.
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My new employer did not require any registration on the FPCS, nor a passport photo to process my 12 month visa.

I've had to give a passport photo when renewing my annual visa for the past decade, I'm quite sure.
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