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Thanks All, Looks like we'll apply now so he has it and if there's any whoopsie I guess we pay the fine and get it right moving forward. It does seem a little overly bureaucratic, but that's why we love Thailand, amiright? 😬 He has a work permit but needing to extend his original 90 entry visa (all of which sounds new to me too - wondering if he is getting mixed up with the 90 day report... either way he needs the TM30). Not sure exactly where he would get this done, probably BKK - does that matter? Yeah - After 13 years in Thailand, with house, wife, kid, car etc I was always uncomfortable with the fact my stay was very dependent on a continuous working permit.

Looking for some advice on the TM30 For context I left Thailand in 2017 after living there for a number of years so I totally missed the new change of law. A farang friend of mine has been staying at my condo for a few months - he's about to apply for a Visa extension and they are asking for the TM30. I can see that I'm able to sign up and register his occupancy online, but obviously way past the 24 hour mark. Is there any way to complete that form retroactively? I'm assuming not, so would I expect a fine? Or... do I take a gamble, sign him in as of today and hope no questions are asked? (though I'd obviously not want to jeopardise his stay in LOS if there was an risk in doing so). Additionally - he's not stayed at my condo continuously - he's taken weekend trips out and the like. Would they track missing days? How thorough is this as a thing? From what I can see this came into effect in 2020 so I'm hoping there are people with plenty of experience here

I fear great number of people will be on one salary as their partner looks after kids and miss the cut. I'm somewhat surprised the 18600 didn't have any increases since it was introduced but this jump is astronomical! Sad day for the UK

Applied end of May this year - Got the decision around 4 months later. Ceremony was booked I think around 3 or 4 weeks after that (we went for a group one) Passport application took a surprisingly short time - around 2 and a half weeks. Some people may be asked for an interview for first pp but didn't happen for my wife (I had heard it can be 10 weeks). One small piece of advice around the timing of your application. You can travel out the country once you make the application, but once you do the oath (ie officially a UK citizen) you will need to get the UK passport in order before any overseas travel. In our case we were ready to apply in Feb, but had plans for Thailand in the summer - I felt it was potentially cutting it fine if we got a it granted then had to arrange ceremony and passport in time for the trip so I waited until May to send in the application

The current plan looks to be an increase to £1035 per year! That's an eye watering 66% increase - way over inflation and disgusting IMHO. The last 6 years my wife went though the whole process up to citizenship at a cost of nearly £10k. Looking at the latest price increases just the very first 2.5 year spouse application will be around 5k (£1846 + (£1035 x 3)). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-health-surcharge-ihs-equality-impact-assessment-2023/immigration-health-surcharge-equality-impact-assessment-2023-accessible