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I can confirm that after a lot of false starts and using Microsoft explorer for me at least application online to immigration can be initiated.

Clicking on the url on the email sent - User name and passport will be sent by email

1 minute ago, KhaoNiaw said:

GBR

Thanks for that

Wait on - I tried the url in Chrome - and the google translate takes over to convert to English

For nationality the options are not that clear - Since I'm from UK - The choices could be Britain, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom - Can not seem to find any of these after translation - Anyone got the answer?

1 minute ago, Salerno said:

Yes.

Ahh great news - Thanks

6 minutes ago, jackdd said:

You are the possessor

Great - So i can use the online system then - Good news - Thanks

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

You are also legally the possessor and the occupier.

 

Ohhh - Right - I obviously misunderstood your reply - So as a person that rents a condo I do not own - I am the possessor - And therefore  I can use the online systems to report my TM.30.

And just to be clear when I leave to go back to UK in a few weeks time and return in a few months  if I get my password in time I can use the online system rather than visiting immigration to report TM.30 that I am at the same address - Is this correct?

53 minutes ago, jackdd said:

I think your understanding of "occupier" and "possessor" is somehow off.

Please explain your living situation. At what kind of place do you stay, who is the owner of the place where you stay and in which way were you given permission to stay there?

Ok - You are probably right - I live in a condo in Bangkok together with 70 other residents and I have a 6 month contract to pay rent monthly. 

25 minutes ago, jackdd said:

The ios app probably also doesn't have an option for "occupier" in this drop down, because occupier is never mentioned in any official document.

What is your legal situation in this property? Are you really just occupying it, but not possessing it?

Yup - That is probably true, unfortunately since I'm not an IOS user I had no way of testing this. My legal position is occupier.

3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Occupier is poor wording for it. Possessor has the same meaning and the two are one in the same.

You can register as a possessor.

 

Ahhh OK - Got it - Thanks UbonJoe

Thanks UbonJoe - Just to be clear since it does show as an option (on the description of the app) for IOS - But as you show there is is no actual option when using  the online (browser) from the screen capture that you have provided - Then there is no option for an occupier to use ANY online system (yet) - Is this correct?

Is there an online TM30 reporting for occupiers only, rather than owners.

If I look here at the IOS app it says that the app is for "Owner or occupant of a dwelling place" - is this really true?

https://apps.apple.com/th/app/section38/id1451853492?l=th

Since if I look on the Android app  - It makes no such claim

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=th.go.immigration.section38&hl=en_US

And if I look at the browser version url - It tells me nothing at all about who can use this service for TM30 reporting. 

https://extranet.immigration.go.th/fn24online/

The Business visa for Laos - I am assuming you are either setting up a new company or providing some specialised skills. Is there any way around this for retirees not wishing to do either?

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I think that is what he did but incorrectly wrote IM officer instead of consular officer since he mentioned the London embassy in the title.

Yup - Quite right UbonJoe - I was wrong in stating IM officer - below is the copy and paste from actual email, which was:

Kind Regards,

Visa Officer

20 hours ago, jacko45k said:

So where was this immigration officer?

Working at some Embassy or Consulate?

London Embassy

I just got an email back from an IM officer to my question: When will Medical insurance be required for applications for O-A visa.

Answer back:

Dear Sir/Madam,

WE DO NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL INSURANCE. May I please know which website show about medical insurance.

I sent them a link back to the source (National Newspaper)  - Still awaiting a response...

9 minutes ago, merijn said:

I heard no updates for the announced O-A visa health insurance.

Like others said it's planned for July implementation so maybe we will hear something about it shortly.

So far i know they are still struggling on how they can check the foreign health insurance for correctness.

 

Possibly the radio silence is a good thing - or just a bigger surprise when it occurs.

11 minutes ago, AAArdvark said:

Are you saying that the O-A can be done on-line?  If so, that brings up two questions.   One how are the various proofs submitted and could that also mean that the process could be started on-line even before returning to the UK?

You have to scan in the originals and attach them to your online application - Then send passport and originals (or certified copies) in the post and get back in post (Ten GBP extra) or book appointment with the online diary and appointments section face to face to submit passport.

You  will need to have your criminal record certificate - sent to you in Thailand, but is listed as a possible option when you apply online at https://www.acro.police.uk/police_certificates.aspx 

Just now, jacko45k said:

As of today no requirement for Insurance. It was rumoured for July implementation. Are you aware that UK Visa applications have just changed to on-line?

Will you have a Re-Entry permit for the current extension?

Yup - I have enrolled for the online service and can see that as you move through the application process and there is no insurance mentioned. I will get a re-entry permit and use this for back up if for any reason O-A is not successful. Hopefully directing the IO on the way back into Thailand which option to use from the two available.

1 minute ago, jacko45k said:

Are you planning to get a new O-A visa from London while in the UK or get another Extension before you travel, For another extension, no insurance necessary. For an O-A Visa, not yet stated as required.

I am planning to get a new o-A, even though I have an existing extension that has 5 months still to run. 

I am planning to be in the UK in the first week of July and I will also apply for an O-A - However the news flow seems to have slowed down on when the new requirement will be implemented - And since July is just 2 weeks away - Has there been any meaningful developments on the July date for the O-A medical insurance requirements date being implemented?

I just logged into the system a few mins ago - it seems to show all the options you have as a filter to work out your different visa options, don't t get stuck if you enter into an option for the first time it gets stored as the thing you want to do - delete this first if you want to investigate other different options.

11 minutes ago, ThomasThBKK said:

Yes it is supposed to be accepted.

 

I used it as my landlord refuses to give me copies of his housebook and id.

Ahhh - Good stuff - My landlord is mostly overseas.  

1 minute ago, ezzra said:

Full report, like you have never done before, they have gone mad over there, someone decide to dust up a 20 years old law and make people lives difficult, mind you foreigner and Thai alike, hopefully someone will wake up and stop this madness soon...

Thanks, ezzra - I guess this has got to be within 24 hrs?

Do you have any idea if the rental agreement alone is an option for providing the housemaster, house registration and ID card?