TerraplaneGuy

1 minute ago, Neilly said:

Just did my retirement extension renewal, nothing has changed from the last years requirement.

 

Except, there is now a limit on how many retirement extensions they will handle per day...I arrived at immigration last week just after 10:30am (it should have been sooner but the bank took it's time doing the statement etc) and was told by the lady downstairs who checks all your documents that the days quota had already been reached and that I would have to come back the following morning at 8:30am. She checked all my documents and gave me a further one to sign and using a binder clip put all the doc's together along with my passport and a slip which had the following days date and 8:30am written on it. She said I didn't have to queue up the next day, just come to the window and show her the slip and she would give me a ticket for upstairs.

 

This I did, and left 45mins after handing all the paperwork over to she-who-must-be-obeyed upstairs the following day.

 

Today I went and collected my passport...seeing as it was quiet there (there was a power cut and all their computers were off) I asked the lady downstairs who checks all the doc's what the quota was per day for extensions, it's apparently 10, so, if you're late or unlucky expect to be told to come back the following day at 8:30am 😉

I know it's kind of pointless to ask "why" ... but if she was prepared to accept all your docs and give you that slip, why couldn't she just give your package to the people upstairs and let them process it without you having to return?

Just now, DrJack54 said:

Her advice is correct.

A good follow up question would have been ..."is a TM30 required with the 90 report done via mail option.

The answer should be No..

 

Yes I should have asked that.  Too late now.  But it’s hard to understand why a TM30 would be required for in-person but not mail, in the same circumstances (first report after a re-entry) …? 

I just did my 90 day at CW and yes the officer asked me for a TM30, which luckily I had.  I asked her if, on re-entering from abroad, it was allowed to file the first 90 day by mail instead of coming in person and she said yes (I think she understood the question but you never know…).  

Quick question - what building do we go to at Chaeng Wattana to submit the 90 day?   It’s been a few years for me doing an extension there.   I think it was Building B …?

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Don't understand the question.

TM47 is required if you stay in Thailand for 90 days. 

If you exit Thailand and subsequently return your entry date starts new count. Entry date day 1.

 

Some folk suggesting to fill in online TM47 ignoring trips out of Thailand is silly idea in my thinking. 

Got it.  I misunderstood you. Yes I was thinking of the idea of not mentioning the recent re-entry date for fear of triggering the need for in-person for the next 90-day but I see you are relying on mail-in as a substitute for in-person. It’s interesting that Immigration (when it rejects online) doesn’t suggest mail-in as an option, they just demand “in-person”.  But hey Immigration is often interesting 🙂

26 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Mail in reporting has previously been accepted in same way as in person reporting. 

The current issue with online reporting seems to be down to syncing TM30 with 90 day reporting.

Currently in Saigon and when I return to Thailand, I have zero intention of doing a TM30.

75 days from date on entry I will do a 90 report via mail (unless I'm am exiting Thailand again) in under 90 days

 

 

Good luck.  Will you use your new re-entry date on your next TM47 or continue with the old one so as to reduce the chance of getting tripped up?

30 minutes ago, Tod Daniels said:

nope, never had someone ask for it at the 90 day report desk at C/W in section A

Thanks!  I’ve never gone there for a 90 day.  Only for extension of stay.  For that I arrive very early. Is it also good to arrive very early if just doing the 90 day?

11 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

TM30 Never previously required for 90 reporting via mail.

My comment is CW specific

How about for in-person at CW, is a TM30 required?  

6 hours ago, Cuchulainn said:

I will be back in TH. Just going to continue old report as if I never left.

 

Hope immi at BKK/DMK airports aren't linked to 90 day system!!

Please us know on this thread if it works out 🙂

2 hours ago, Liquorice said:

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It appears the online 90 day is not in any way connected to the entry/exit system.

If that’s true it seems you could avoid having to go in person after a re-entry if you file the TM47 online but don’t enter your recent re-entry date, just use the same one you used on your last TM47.   Not that I would suggest entering inaccurate info of course …

I’m going to Chaeng Wattana to do my 90 day because (see original post at top) I was out of the country in May.   I have changed address since my last 90 day report but not since I left the country.  My landlord (actually hotel/serviced apartment) filed a TM30 online both before I left and again when I re-entered in May BUT I can’t get a screenshot of it because they say after 15 days it no longer shows in their system.  Do I need the TM30 at all given my address hasn’t changed since I was last in Thailand or is it the address on my last TM47 that has to match my new TM47?  If I do need a TM30 is there a way I can just fill it out at immigration or do I somehow have to file it online (probably impossible since I’m already registered via the hotel)?

2 hours ago, Tod Daniels said:

Totally 100% correct 😮 😕 

Since they did the last update to the TM47 online system you have to file the first report after you return from abroad in person before you can then use the online system for subsequent 90 day reports
AND
Now that the TM47 and the TM30 systems cross check passport/addresses you need to file a new TM30 when you come in from abroad as well

Plus one last bit of bad news the "window to apply online" is from 2 weeks before down until 1 week before the due date (outside that window you get denied)
 

Thanks.  To be clear so filing on line must be done in the period 14-7 days before due date?  Also about the TM30, since I last arrived I’ve been staying at a hotel that I’m sure files TM30s for guests on the government online system.  When I go to Imm to file my 90 day in person do I have to bring a screenshot of the hotel’s TM30 filing?  Anything else needed (passport obviously)?

I’ve been here on retirement extensions for many years.  I usually leave the country and return at least once a year.  I file my 90-day reports online.  This time I got rejected with this message: 

“For first-time requests of a 90-day notification in each country visit, in-person presentation at the immigration office is required.”

Is this new? I was out of the country for a month this spring and this is my first report since then.  But I used the same address on my report as I did on my last few, which were accepted.  

On 7/9/2024 at 10:45 AM, TylerBKK said:

I think they started requiring the medical certificate since Covid. I didn't need one the last time either. 
 

I got mine from a small old clinic next to Chatuchak DLT that does them for 150 Baht. 
 

They provide the form. It is all in Thai. I didn't bother to try and read it. But they know what is needed. 
 

I suggest you ask around in your area. There is probably a similar clinic close to the DLT office where you will be renewing that everyone uses and it will be fast and easy. 
 

Also, fee is 505 Baht for car and 255 Baht for motorcycle license renewal of 5 years. 
 

Yes, if you renew just after expiry of your existing license then still end up with almost 6 years on the renewal.  

Is there a time limit, after it expires, for renewing it this way without having to start all over with a driving test?  Like if you wait 6 months is it still as above?

5 minutes ago, TylerBKK said:

 

You'll also need a medical certificate no older than one month from the date you are renewing. 

 

 

Thanks.  Last time I remember I'd read that you need a med certificate but they didn't ask me for one.  Is there any special form?  What does it need to say?  And can you get one at any clinic or does it have to come from a hospital?

Hi all, my 5 year car and motorbike licences will be expiring so it's time to renew.  Last time I did it at the Bang Chak location (Sukhumvit 101).  Can anyone please update me on the requirements?

Last time I needed:

-copies of passport pages (identity and visa) and original passport

-residence certificate

-copies of current (expired) licence front and back, and original licence

-eye test (no written test) and have to watch a movie

-fee

Is this still it?  Also, about timing, it used to be you'd get almost an extra year if you waited til just past expiry of the licence (which is your birthday), because they give you 5 years starting from your NEXT birthday.  Still true?

Thanks for any info.

On 3/3/2024 at 3:55 PM, mark_mark said:

Well I could be buggered re self-registration or, indeed, any TM30 registration if, as I suspect, there is no blue house book for the property... If anyone has any good ideas about what to do about TM30 registration in that case please do say...

For a 30 day visa-exemption extension at an immigration office one can just use a guest house TM30 registration, but I don't see this as a viable longer-term plan if I move to a six-month multiple entry visa and thence to a retirement visa while staying in my current rented house 😬

You should be able to use a guest house TM30 for a retirement visa.  Depending on the office they may also want a copy of a rental agreement and the blue book and ID of the owner or manager of the guest house.

Went today, 27 days before expiry date.  No problem.   My hotel checked with immigration yesterday who said the rule is it’s ok up to 30 days in advance.   But they wouldn’t let me pick my passport up later the same day even though I applied in early morning.  Last two years they did.  This time she said come back “around 24” which is 8 days from application.  

3 hours ago, lom said:

You get your queue number on the bottom floor after they have checked that your documents are in order.

So I guess the appointment system is pointless.  

1 hour ago, lom said:

You mean bypassing the station that checks that all your documents are in order?  Good try but I can't imagine that will work..

I wasn’t really thinking that, I assume they would do that anyway.  But then is there no point in making the online appointment?  I’d think the idea is that if there’s a lot of people just showing up they’d give you a queue number ahead of those without an appointment …?

Has anyone recently used the online appointment system?   As I recall it wasn't really working last January but maybe it's good now ...? 

4 hours ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

Wow that's pretty crazy.  I think last year in Samui I did it at least 3 weeks ahead, no problem.   Do you know anyone who’s been turned away in the past year for going more than 2 weeks ahead?

Just checked my records, I actually went last year January 16 ahead of a February 12 expiry date so that's 27 calendar days (or 28 if they're counting the first and last dates as they sometimes do for other purposes).  They accepted it without any issue.  Maybe I was lucky.... ?

1 hour ago, Troy Tempest said:

Samui are very difficult......Unless you have a good excuse or a flight ticket they usually only allow you to register/renew 2 weeks before the due date!

Wow that's pretty crazy.  I think last year in Samui I did it at least 3 weeks ahead, no problem.   Do you know anyone who’s been turned away in the past year for going more than 2 weeks ahead?

27 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Some of the bigger immigration offices are 45 days.

CW, CM and others.

The vast majority are 30 days in advance.

So if 30 works for you at Samui then all good. 

Thanks.  Small point, maybe splitting hairs but any idea if they count both the start and end days?  Like if your expiry date was the 30th and you went on the 1st we’d usually say that was 29 days ahead but I guess it’s possible they’d say it’s 30? (And I assume we’re talking calendar, not business days here).