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อังกฤษ is the usual Thai word for English, though sometimes it will have ภาษา (language in English) prefixed to emphasize that it is a language, so ภาษาอังกฤษ Recommend using a computer and the Google Chrome Browser (which will do automatic Thai to English translation), rather than a phone or another browser. If you only have a phone you might try taking a screen shot and then using Google Translate on the screen shot.

If after doing the above there are still parts of the page that are in Thai, you can try moving your cursor over those areas, then right-click and select "Translate to English." You can also use the Google Lens app on your smart phone (using the phone's camera) to translate the contents of the computer screen from Thai to English.

I believe you can also obtain the required "Courier Pass Back envelope" https://www.thailandpostmart.com/product/1013460000929/ from a Thai post office in person if you don't use the online site. I haven't done that myself, but I understood that a friend has after he had problems negotiating the online site. If you would like to use the online site, suggest you view the site (linked above) from the Google Chrome browser (which can translate the page contents from Thai into English).

Standard operating procedure at Phuket Immigration for the last several years. Always get a new 90-Day Report stapled in when doing the annual retirement extension. Always need to come back the next day to pick up passport with retirement extension and 90-Day Report. On this last thing, I speculate that the senior officer who signs off on the extensions only wants to do it once per day. Initially, I didn't like this procedure as I don't like to have my passport out of my possession for any reason. However, after reflection, I've decided that it does minimize time spent at the immigration office as one is not left waiting for someone to sign off on your application. Also, as I routinely get a re-entry permit after getting a new extension I don't necessarily mind going to the immigration office the next day to pick up the passport as I use that visit to also get a new re-entry permit.

It appears that payment of the cost of the passport itself is no longer allowed by bank draft, but only online using the US government's secure site (you may be able to use your Bangkok Bank debit card to do this). You do still need to use the bank draft to pay for the return envelope and postage. https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/passports/instructions-for-ds-82-processing-by-mail-and-online-fee-payment-for-u-s-citizens-residing-in-thailand/

Your preference is allowed and detailed directions are given as to how to obtain the required bank draft from Bangkok Bank, including a printout in Thai that explains to the cashier exactly what you need. You need to pay with your application. Online payment is also accepted. You will need two (2) bank drafts from Bangkok Bank, one for the cost of the passport itself and one for the cost of the the return envelope and postage. Again, very detailed directions are given at the US Embassy Bangkok site (unfortunately, down at this instant):| https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/passports/

Can you send the TM-30 information to me as well?

It's not. It's never easier. You must use the passport of the country you are in to enter that country, if you have such a passport. A planned three week trip can easily need to be longer in which case the Thai will need to deal with Thai Immigration. Why would you willing subject yourself to the possibility of dealing with Thai immigration if you could avoid all that by using your (even expired) Thai passport?

General advice: Mondays and Fridays are best avoided; better to go in the middle of the week.

You may wish to read the FAQs from Bangkok Bank London Branch regarding how to transfer money from the UK to Thailand: https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Other-Services/Transfers/Transferring-Into-Thailand/Transfer-money-from-UK-to-Thailand-via-London-Branch#:~:text=You can choose to transfer,at Bangkok Bank's London branch.&text=An additional international fee of,funds into a recipient account.

Agree. If you have it deposited to the US you have control over when and how often you bring the money to Thailand, whereas with direct deposit to Thailand it happens every month. Generally, fewer transfers is going to have less fixed costs than more transfers from the US to Thailand.

I would suggest you look at every page in your passport looking for a folded piece of white paper which is the receipt for your last 90-Day Report and notification of your next reporting date. This paper receipt/next appointment paper is often stapled into the back pages of your passport.

A mistake, I'm guessing. I would confirm your plans with your local immigration office, asking specifically what are their requirements for issuing you with an extension of stay in your particular circumstances. Only that answer will be determinative, the requirement I posted from the Thai embassy in Sweden is only indicative. In any event I think you will be able to get the extension of stay with what you have. Good luck.

I believe you will be able to get a retirement extension of stay based on your Non-O visa as you say you meet all the requirements for that. I do not believe that you will be able to get an extension of stay based on being the father of a Thai child due to the age of your child (24). See the requirements for issuing that sort of Non-O visa from the Thai embassy in Sweden (https://oslo.thaiembassy.org/en/page/non-immigrant-visa-family-of-a-thai-national?menu=60bf6ada34d70606715b2542), emphasis added. Non-Immigrant O Visiting family Family of a Thai national (Immediate family includes spouse and children) Ordinary passport holders wishing to stay with a family who is a Thai national in the following circumstances can apply for the Non-Immigrant type O Visa. ● Spouse of a Thai national ● Children of a Thai national (age must be under 20 years old unless they are unable to support themselves due to mental or physical condition) ● Legally adopted child of a Thai national (age must be under 20 years old unless they are unable to support themselves due to a mental or physical condition) ● Parent of a Thai national Applicant has no age restriction in case that the child is under 20 years old. Applicant has no age restriction in case that the child is under 20 years old.

A Google search (us passport thailand) returns the correct link as the first search result: https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/passports/adult-passport-renew/ but the embassy site is a large one and I guess it is possible to get off on the wrong foot. It's correct that you need a cashier's check (bank draft) from a Thai bank to pay for the return envelope and postage but the instructions on what to ask the Thai bank for are very good and in Thai for you to take to the bank with you. You can also use a separate cashier's check to pay for the passport book. You do need to use a cashier's check to pay for a passport card, if you choose to get one. So, you could have used two Thai bank drafts to pay for your order instead of using the Login.gov site to make a payment for the passport. I found that site/process of paying online a bit cumbersome but I wanted to try it out and it does work. It should be easier once you are registered there, but probably in 10 years the process of paying will be even easier but different. ???? It is indeed impressive that they can deliver your new and old passports to your Thai address by Thai Post EMS in 2 weeks (although now they estimate that process to take 4-5 weeks). It's a good service, indeed.

1. You are highly encouraged to renew your passport by mail at the link given (where you will also find the answers to some of your questions): https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/passports/adult-passport-renew/ 2. No. You submit your old passport and will be without a passport until your new passport is ready at which time you will be sent your new passport along with your old passport (invalidated by having a hole punched through it). You should make copies of your old passport, both paper copies and pictures which can be stored on your smartphone, before applying. Make copies of all passport pages relevant to being in Thailand: photo id page, latest visa or extension of stay, latest entry into Thailand stamp, and arrival/departure card TM-6 (if any), TM-30 address registration receipt (if any), 90-Day Report receipt/next appointment due date (if any). If you have a 90-Day Report coming due shortly you may wish to postpone your application for a new passport until you have completed your 90-Day Report (which may be done up to 15 days before its due date). You don't need a physical copy of your passport in order to do a 90-Day Report using the online system. Copies of your passport may allow you to travel around Thailand. It's best to have other photo id, such as a Thai driving license, a pink Thai ID card, or foreign driving license. It's not ideal to travel without your passport. 3. Processing time is currently given as up to 4 to 5 weeks by mail (it's the same for in person). 4. You get your new passport and old (invalidated) passport returned to you by mail. You take both of these to your local immigration office and can have the relevant data (including old passport number, original visa information, current extension of stay, original entry into Thailand stamp, and latest entry into Thailand stamp) transferred from the old to the new passport. If you have a non-expired visa in your old passport it will not be transferred but you will have to travel with both the new and old (invalidated passport containing the valid visa) with you when traveling.

Very little in the article is accurate or clear. A re-entry permit is granted that is valid from the date of issue to the date that the underlying extension of stay expires. If the holder of the re-entry permit re-enters Thailand during the validity period of the re-entry permit (which ends the same date as the date of expiration of the underlying extension of stay) then the holder is given a permission of stay that expires on the same date as the date the re-entry permit expires (which is the same date as the date of the expiration of the underlying extension of stay). One way to understand this is that if one leaves and re-enters Thailand with a certain permission to stay until date granted by their extension of stay and in possession of a re-entry permit, then (if they re-enter before the re-entry permit expires) they will receive the same permission to stay date they had before they left. They receive no additional days of permission to stay but are allowed to resume their original permission to stay granted by their extension of stay. It's as if the re-entry permit allows the holder to enter Thailand and resume their existing permission to stay they had before they left Thailand.

Clicking on the https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login link given earlier leads to the first screen below. Clicking on the Apply link leads to the second screen.

Look at the scrollbar on the right-hand side of your screen. It indicates there is more to be seen than can currently fit on the screen. If you scroll down you will see the Apply link on the left-hand side. That is the Apply you should click.

Try this, it's a more direct link: https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

Good advice. Also, the email reminder system only takes into account 90-Day Reports done through the online system. If you do your report some other way (by doing it in person, by leaving the country, or even by getting an extension of stay in offices where that results in immigration doing a 90-Day report for you) it easily becomes out of sync. Best to set a date in your calendar yourself.

Correct, it is 1,000 baht for single entry re-entry permit, the 1,900 baht in my post was a typo.

What a bizarre article! The legal requirement for 90-Day Reporting of your address to immigration has absolutely no connection to "keeping your retirement extension alive." No one in history has lost their retirement extension by failing to do a 90-Day Report. The consequence for not doing a 90-Day report is limited to the following: a 2,000 baht fine and a notation made in your passport that you were late In filing your 90-Day Report. The only thing that keeps your retirementra extension alive Is a re-entry permit obtained from immigration for 1,900 baht (single) or 3,800 baht (multiple).. Whether youn file a 90-Day Report or not has no bearing at all on this issue. The article mistakenly considers them to be intertwined. They are not.

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Doing the 90-Day Report online or by mail does not require that you have your passport in hand, just copies of the relevant pages.