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Submitted my latest 31 October, due 14 November.  This is my first 90 Day after doing a new TM30 (just moved address) using the new TM30 online site so hopefully there will be no spanner thrown in the works from the TM30 side.  At least if the turn round times are getting shorter (7 days or so vs 17 for my last) it'll give me chance to submit again if I get a "details don't match" rejection.

1 hour ago, dhupverg said:

I agree about the Laos Bolaven Plateau coffee.  I have been ordering coffee from that region for a number of years.  I order 4 kg's at a time and the cost comes to 2K baht.  Freshly roasted, so sometimes I have to wait a week or two before the order gets sent.  I switched to these guys about a year ago.   https://shopee.co.th/ryncoffee?entryPoint=OrderDetail

Just ordered some of this as we are running a bit low, will give it a try.  I've tried numerous brands but for the last several years I've stuck with Hillkoff Arabica Italian roast, may well end up going back to it but feel like we need a slight change in taste.  Doi Chang doesn't really do it for me at all. Tried the Makro Segafredo (I think, black and red bags) too but wasn't that impressed, and none of the Bon Cafe roasts have ever been a success either.

2 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

I think your conjecture is off the mark.

 

They used to ask for all that information with the "old"/"previous" TM30 system.

 

Type of Visa

Expire Date of Stay

Point of Entry

TM 6 No

Relation

 

Ah right.  Several years since I've done one, slipped my mind.  Likely too much to hope for that there will be a new, modernised integrated system that just works.  

Next potential hurdle will be whether my 90 day report, due mid November, will bounce as a result of using my newly updated TM30 address as opposed to my old 90 day address.  Never a dull moment 😞

26 minutes ago, khunPer said:

90-days reporting is a different system.

I know full well the 90 day reporting is a different system!  Just curious, as per the original post, as to why there are fields for 90 day reporting information on the TM30 record.  The 90 day reporting system is different now, it may not be in the future.  I very much doubt they included the 90 day reporting fields just to make the TM30 page look pretty.  If you take the time to actually READ the second paragraph it makes it clear I'm talking about future possibilities.  Otherwise, why have the fields there at all?

1 hour ago, Mikeydog said:

Would that be right to stay the guest is staying 5882 days? It is very confusing as to what is right or wrong when the website has lots of flaws. 

Yes, in my case that would be correct.  I just opted for the longest stay period the system allows, you could select shorter or whatever.  There's no guidance as such and I doubt it doesn't matter much, more than likely it's for hotels etc with confirmed booking dates.

45 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

 

When did you file? Within the last seven days?

 

Where is this magnifying glass?

 

 

2 days ago.

When you log in, select the address that you created (top left).  It will then open up the registrations page with lines of entries for the people staying.  In my case it's just one line, me.  Bottom left between No. and Address there is the magnifying glass to open up the full entry.  Marked with a red circle, clicking that opens up the page in the OP.

Having recently completed the new TM30 registration and report filing process, I pulled up the detail for the address I entered and used the magnifying glass (view report) icon to bring up the full details of the entry, mainly to check to see if it was working and also to see if there was any print or download receipt option (which of course there isn't!).  All working fine but what I did notice is that below your TM30 details there is a section of the screen that has a (currently blank) set of details that you would normally complete for a 90 day / TM47 report (visa type, point of entry, permitted stay date etc.).  Those details are not asked for when you file the TM30 and there is no way, at least that I can find, to subsequently open the entry and update them yourself.  

I wonder if that missing detail will subsequently automatically update from the TM47 system (or be completed by an IO using details from that system).  If that's the case, it may be the reason for the conflicting reports and information around the do / do not need to update your current TM30.

My last report to CW was submitted 15 days before the due date.  The approval came 17 days after submission, 2 days after the due date.  I had an appointment booked at CW for an "in person" report on the 7th day after the due date, just in case.  Luckily I didn't need it.  I'd seen several posts saying folks had cancelled and re-submitted online applications after 4-5 days, I just let mine run, my thinking being that cancelling / re-submitting may only result in your application being further down the queue.

I also noticed I had three submissions before that came back rejected because the details didn't match.  They DID match, every single time and when I eventually got approved, the form had also been submitted using exact the same details.  It wouldn't surprise me at all if the 'rejected' response was being used the clear the queue down when they had too much of a backlog.

On 10/9/2023 at 8:30 AM, bbi1 said:

It's a good question but nobody here seems to knows the answer to it.

We just moved so needed a new TM30, I registered as a tenant / possessor.  Uploaded front page of the contract and passport details page (same as the old system).  Got immediate authorisation, added the address and did my own TM30.

 

My last one took 17 days IIRC, 2 days after its due date.  

Having just moved to a new address I completed a new TM30 as a Possessor (tenant) at the new place.  I uploaded just two documents to register on the system (the same documents that you needed to register as a Possessor using the old system / app), passport details page and copy of first page of contract, so yes, registering as a tenant is still possible.  Immediately received a "please verify your email" email, clicked the link to confirm and immediately received "account authorised" email with the login password that the system will require you to change when you log in for the first time.  Added the address then added me to the address, all instant with "Status: Informed".  As as been mentioned, it's a pity there's no "print receipt" option, the screen shot isn't a great option as it's not easy to see that it's from a receipt / report completed page, it's just your details with the Status: Informed in fairly small type at the top, even if it is in green.

Interestingly I noticed that when you enter your details as an occupant at the address it only asks for name, passport, DOB, phone number and length of stay.  When you then search and pull up your record, the type of visa, port of entry, length of stay info is also there but just blank.  I am guessing that will be populated at a later stage.  Odd.

The user guide videos Immigration put up were quite useful, glad I watched them when I did as two of them have been taken down now for violating YouTube Terms of Service.  Hmmm, less useful 🙄

9 hours ago, hitext said:

I try not to be pedantic about grammar, but I do think saying "I would of, could of or should of" should result in a long jail sentence.

One I hear quite often that grates one down from "could / should of" etc. is oso instead of also.  😡

Hub of the "Begging Bowl"! 🙄

Same here on the laptop.  There used to be a 'Clear Notifications' option next to 'View all notifications'.

15 hours ago, Pib said:

Thanks...sure sounds like immigration as abandoned the Sec 38 app....now just a zombie app taking up storage space on our phones.....app uninstall time.

I suppose it's not beyond the realms of possibility that they'll link it again once the new website has had all the kinks ironed out, or even release yet another app, I won't be holding my breath though.  e-service launches here all seem to be pretty shambolic (especially when it's government department based) and that's being kind!

2 hours ago, London Lowf said:

Maybe your friend hasn't exactly got his/her finger on the pulse.

 

Tiger has been rebuilt and is now fully open. I walked around it last night and it is similar to before but tidier and more spaced out.

 

Bangla last night was reasonably busy for an October Wednesday - the staff and owners that I saw seemed reasonably happy with life.

 

 

 

 

Not 'exactly got his finger on the pulse" simply because his opinion differs to yours right? ????  Your'e welcome to your opinions as others are to theirs, he's lived there for 15 years so I suspect he has his finger on the pulse well enough.  Your view / opinion is not metric to gauge whether others have "their finger on the pulse", it's an opinion, nothing more.  Dumb comment IMO.

Maybe he's looking at it from his perspective and what it's like now vs what it was like 6-8 years.  Last time I was there was about 3 years ago, I thought it it was pretty dismal then and certainly nowhere near as lively as it was years, quite a dump in fact.  The post was nothing to do with whether what's left there is busy or not, or whether people "seem happy".  It's comparative.

2 hours ago, WTemple said:

 

I took my wife to Patong in August and was looking forward to seeing Steve and Nut but Silk was closed and Heroes and Ice house are gone, I was a VIP member with them for a few years and left there about 8 years ago, was a good friend of Victor also. Was just hoping they all made it through the pandemic alright. Hopefully can take the wife there again next year. Best wishes to them all. 

I thought that was the case, didn't realise Heroes was gone too though (but a friend in Patong told me Bangla is a shadow of it's former self, Tiger demolished too as far as I know).  Delish is no more too, the whole soi has gone.  

Mass frenzy of activity, concern and hot-air for 10 days then back to normal until the next frenzy inducing crisis shows up.  Same as the woman mown down by, oh yes, a cop, while crossing the road, hive of activity for what, a week? ????

Submitted 16 August, due 28th, approved 30th.  Hopefully next report will revert to more timely approvals.

Approved!  Email arrived late last night. Submitted 16 August, approved 30 August.  14 days this time.

Same here.  Mine is due on 28th August, applied online 16th, still pending.  I have an appointment booked to go to CW on 4 September in case it doesn't get approved by then but I think I'll just cancel it given I've seen reports of people getting online applications approved as long as 22 days after submission.  My rationale is I've done my bit by reporting within the time limits and have both the email receipt of the application and system screenshots showing it still pending.  I don't intend to put myself out going to CW just because Immigration don't have enough staff or are on a "d##k about go-slow".

One fly in the ointment of late has been that my last 3-4 submissions have come back rejected only for me to submit EXACTLY the same information again a day later and get approved anything between 2 and 5 days later.  Did make me wonder whether that was the precursor to the current shambles with hitting the reject button being used to reduce the backlog until such stage as they threw the towel and and just said screw it with us being where we are today.  The problem being of course that when they reject it while you are still in the time-frame you have the opportunity to re-submit, if they reject it after the 7 day grace period they could argue you submitted a late report, fine please.  If it comes to that I do plan to argue the toss and as why it was rejected when the information was correct and exactly the same as that being filed in person.  Fat lot of good it will likely do but I'm not in the mood to run around like a headless chicken because of Immigration incompetence.