Tod Daniels

careful, @sandyf your bullheadedness is getting in the way of your common sense 😕 FEW consulates on the evisa system require legal permanent residence to apply for a visa when you're in a country. MOST <- other than the piss poor examples you showed, just require you to show you're legally IN that country and use an address in that country when you apply. I think you're going out of the way to select "hard consulates" to show examples of how you need legal residence, might as well add all the thai consulates in China to your list too 😉 believe me (or don't) HCMC, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Bharu, Penang, and Phnom Penh <- who all went on the eVisa system tuesday DO NOT require anything but proof you're legally in the country and an address where you're staying there, nor do the nearby walk up consulates Vientiane, Savannakhet, Yangon, Jakarta, Taipei require anything other than what I mentioned

that would be a FALSE reckoning 😞 You have to physically be IN the country whose consulate you're applying for the eVisa at You upload your entry stamp and hotel booking to show that you're there

Umm you got the update that they cancelled the roll out of the ETA and have no definite date of even piloting it right?

Heads up, EDIT; (Oct 8th) All three countries (Cambodia, Malaysia & Vietnam) are all online on the eVisa system.. !! https://www.thaievisa.go.th/

Hong Kong is NOT the website you wanna be quoting AT ALL HCMC, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Bharu and Phnom Penh ALL only require you show your entry stamp (if you have one) AND the hotel booking to show you're legally in the country you're applying for the eVisa at

I stand humbly erected 😮 😛😜 PRINT OUT the receipt so you know when it's due next time and set the reminder in your phone to tell you 😛 Congrats 👍

I think we will eventually see ALL the consulates switch over to the eVisa web portal, we can only watch the f/b pages and websites for any announcements

well spotted 😄 I edited the post to reflect that savannakhet and yangon will be about the only two 'walk up' consulates to get year/multi Non-O's from People said they got them in Vientiane too but I can't find anyone who did it this year so dunno

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS; The following Thai consulates in S/E Asia will go to online eVisa applications ONLY starting the 8th of Oct. They will discontinue any walk up/in person visa applications at that time. Actually some of them stopped accepting in person applications already and have consular services closed until they open on the eVisa system on Tuesday Vietnam - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Bharu Cambodia - Phnom Penh The follow consulates are still walk up consulates (they will not be changing to eVisa at this time) BUT you need to book an appt online to get in the gate Lao - Vientiane, Savannakhet Burma - Yangon The following consulates are walk up consulates no appt needed Indonesia - Jakarta Taiwan - Taipei Philippines - Manila You have to physically be IN the country whose thai consulate you are using on the eVisa system. Also the consulates that used to sell year/multi-Non-O's will no longer be able to seeing as that is NOT a choice on the eVisa system (so anyone thinking of going to HCMC year/multi Non-O think again 😕 ) For that year long multi-entry Non-O visa based on marriage you use Savannakhet or Yangon (where reports are that it's issued)

you are indeed too late, might as well wait for the rejection notice though seeing as you have a report pending in the online system As was correctly stated you have until 7 days AFTER the due date to file a report in person (without getting a failure to file on time fine of 2000baht)

Actually since the last change to the 90 day online system you have from 2 weeks BEFORE the due date until 1 week BEFORE the due date to file 90 day report online. Many MANY people have been rejected because they mistakenly thought they could apply online up until the due date (which you used to be able to do BUT can't do anymore) Here's how it works MAIL IN REPORTING (IF your office allows it) They request the envelope be post marked 2 weeks before the due date ONLINE REPORTING <- from 2 weeks before down until 1 week before IN PERSON REPORTING <- from 2 weeks before down until 1 week AFTER the due date After that you get a 2000baht fine. AND before you ask, NO filing online but having a report still in pending status does not count for anything 😮 , If you run 7 days past your due date you will get the fine when you go to do the 90 day report

Okay just so you know "retirement visas" (really 90 day Non-O visa plus a year extension of stay) gotten inside thailand are sold with NO re-entry because you're already here. You would need to buy either a single or a multiple re-entry permit AFTER you get the year extension inked in but before you travel out of the country to keep your current stamp "alive" (so you'd get stamped in for that same expiration date when you come back) 🙂 . 𝟭. 𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 "𝗯𝘂𝘆" 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱? You can indeed, a single re-entry permit (at the airport is 1200baht, no photo, no form, no passport picture required) BUT I would say IF you travel regularly just have the agent get you the multiple re-entry permit at the same time they do your "retirement visa" 🙂 that will let you travel out/in to thailand as much as you want for the whole 15 months the visa/extension is good for. 𝟮. 𝟵𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟵𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 - 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 <𝟵𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀! The way 90 day reporting works is If you're IN the country for 90 continuous days you file a 90 day report. If you leave before the 90th day, you don't report and when you come back to thailand your next 90 day report would be due 90 days from the date you stamped in to the country As long as you're leaving before a 90 day report would be due you are not obligated to report, I know people on retirement extensions who travel a lot and they've never had to file a 90 day report because they're never here for 90 days at one time

Back when they announced the change from 30 to 60 day Visa exempt from 57 countries to over 90, and the rollout of the destination Thailand visa, along with the Ed plus Visa they did say they were going to lower the requirements for OA insurance from 3.5 million baht down to 400,000 again but I have not heard anything about it since then. I was with an elderly friend two weeks ago to renew his OA extension for the 7th year and he was required to show 100K USD insurance (which he had)

I probably know over 50 people who have switched from an O or OA visa extensions to the LTR wealthy pensioner. Not a single person has been unhappy with the switch, for the 50Kfee, you get a 10-year visa, with the 5-year permits to stay stamp, and a 5-year multiple reentry permit. the LTR Visa is a great fit if you qualify, the insurance requirements are half that of an OA You apply online through the ltr/boi website here https://ltr.boi.go.th/ You don't have to wait for you to be back inside Thailand to begin the application process, right now I believe it's taking between 4 and 6 weeks for the approvals.

That statement is totally incorrect, and people from any embassy in Thailand that still offers the affidavit of income from abroad notary letter can use that method for proof of funds to meet the requirements for their extension. The problem is that the US, UK, and Australian embassies all stopped issuing that letter at the end of 2018 beginning of 2019 😮 So the only way people from those countries can meet proof of funds should they decide to use monthly income method is by international transfer of the required amount, each month, every month, for the previous 12 months before they apply for their next extension.

I think what has you confused is that just because you submit a 90 day report online, until it's approved it doesn't count for anything.. So if you file online, get the auto generated email saying you submitted and online 90 day report, but it's just pending and you run past your 7 days after the due date window to report in person, you will get fined the 2000 baht failure to file on time. This is how it is In person; you can apply from two weeks before until one week after the due date Online; you can apply from two weeks before until one week before the due date (this is a recent change since the last TM 47 online update By mail; (if your office allows it) you need to have the envelope postmarked two weeks before the due date. That's pretty much how it is now a days

The last reports is that both Chiang Khong & Chiang Saen require you to stay out of thailand one night to bounce at those borders.. It does appear that what ever border Samui Visa Run was using down in Malaysia finally will stop the "no bouncing out/back if you got a 30 day extension on the previous entry" nonsense. Looks like business as usual with bouncing down there now

I can confirm that you CAN get a Certificate of Residence from Chaengwattana on any entry stamp WITH a TM30 <- they use that address to mail the COR to you. There is no negotiation on needing it. You need one or you can't get a COR You have copies of the data page of your passport, your visa/entry stamp, your TM30, fill out the application form, pay 200 baht get a receipt and a Thai Post EMS tracking number They mail the certificate to you in about 5 days.. Just was with someone who applied this Monday from a visa exempt 60 day entry (actually a 30 day extension on that entry) and they got the certificate today actually 🙂

I have seen immigrations (here in bangkok) turn multiple people away who tried to apply for an in country Non-O visa from a visa exempt/tourist visa entry even though they had proof of 65k baht a month transfers for the previous 12 months. The officer told each one of those that transfers NOT on the correct visa type (Non-O) didn't count toward the 12 months of transfers required 😮 They were told to use banked money method to get their initial 90 day Non-O visa and then the year extension. They were also told they could apply for the second yearly extension using monthly income by transfer method I sure would check with your immigration office a LONG time before you're going to try this to make sure it will or won't work

Your post is kind of confusing.. So last time you applied and it was approved in a week, correct? This time you are trying to apply online within the new window of online applications from 2 weeks before the due date down to 1 week before the due date, correct? And at this time your application is still pending, correct? Whether you submitted a 90-day report online has nothing to do if you get the 2,000 baht failure to file a 90-day report within 7 days after it's due fine. If the report that you filed online is not approved and you run over 7 days after the due date you will pull a 2,000 baht fine. Submitting a 90-day report online is not the same as having it approved.

In theory, because it is the first time you were using banked money method for proof of financials it should be seasoned for just 2 months before you apply for the next extension. BUT We all know how theory can go out the window dealing with Thai immigrations. I would get the yearly transaction detail print out from your bank, which will show how long you had the funds in for, but I would try to apply for the extension with only showing 2 months of bank balance. Only bring out the year transaction detail report if they give you grief about the seasoning.

You don't say where you are in thailand 😕 In Bangkok they recently changed the certificate of residence process BEFORE you had to be on a visa/extension where you did 90 day reporting AND had a 90 day report slip with you because they used that address to mail the COR to you NOW you can get a COR on a free entry stamp / tourist visa etc as long as you have a TM30 <- they will send the COR to the address you're registered as staying at The way it works in bangkok is -Certificates of Residence are issued in section B. -You fill out the document, copy of the data page of your passport, your entry stamp/extension, your TM30. -You pay 200baht (get a receipt) and get a paper with the Thai Post EMS tracking number on it. -They'll mail the COR to you in about 5 days This is what the form looks like

Thank you for that info. 👍👍👍 I wish I could close this post now but alas people who write posts can't close them (at least not that I saw)

Looks a LOT like CLICK BAIT to me 😮

People are reporting that the main Hua Hin Immigration office has a sign stating there's a 500baht "labor fee" now on visas/extensions. Someone got their year extension were charged 2400baht. It was on their receipt too, so not a back hander Anyone down in Hua Hin (or any other office) seen this ?