Caldera

Which part of "it depends on the immigration office" do you fail to understand? Whatever you think "the act makes clear" might or might not be interpreted differently by your IO. The OP has no other option than (1) to establish if Ko Samui immigration is willing to fix the stamp, and if so, (2) requires a TM30 receipt to do that. If that's the case and the Airbnb host hasn't filed a TM30 notification, checking into a hotel for a night might be a lot easier than trying to get the TM30 sorted with the Airbnb host.

Again, it depends on the immigration office. It's first and foremost the landlord's responsibility to notify immigration about foreigners staying at their property. When it becomes the tenant's responsibility and what documentation is required isn't consistently handled. Maybe someone can help with specific information for Ko Samui?

That depends on the immigration office. While most would probably agree that a longterm tenant with a lease can file as the possessor of the property, that's a bit of a stretch with a hotel guest.

No. You'd obtain the initial visa as an eVisa back home and your extension(s) at your local immigration office in Thailand.

Will you go back to Bangkok at any point within the 30 days you've been stamped in for? There's no need to get this fixed immediately / next week. I'd try to get it fixed at immigration on Ko Samui first. If they say they can't (or won't) do it, you can still make other plans. A visa exempt entry by air doesn't count against your land border run quota, so you can still re-enter twice overland.

All hail the Emperor.

Of course. But what took him so long? Big Joke should have been suspended when he was charged.

No problem if he's a bona fide university student. If his absence was long and not during a break, however, it would be a good idea to have paperwork from the university explaining the absence.

It's practical in places where immigration is willing to provide tourists with a certificate of residence. Simple as that.

The fact that it's big news in Thailand when a few individual members of the police farce could be seen actually doing their job...

That might well be the dumbest article on Thai visas I've ever skimmed.

Naughty. Thankfully, no dirty farang this time around.

The fact that he drove there on his motorcycle in that state - clearly a case of DUI - didn't seem to matter one bit. Not only did the guy's sister consider the cops to be a taxi service of sorts - the cops mind-bogglingly obliged.

I think you're confused. Before the 30-day extension for visa exempt entries was introduced, all you could get was an extra 7 days "denied extension but grace period given to leave the country". There has never been a change "from a discretionary time to a standard 30 days". All extensions are at the discretion of immigration, but assuming that your paperwork is in order, the 30-day extension is routinely given. At IT Square Laksi alone, to hundreds of applicants per day.

Even when your Thai card does work, it's unnecessarily painful with AirAsia. They will send an OTP for verification even if you've used the same card with their app before and told them to save it for future use. I tried to book a flight with them while traveling and it took too much time to receive the SMS with the OTP from Thailand. So I had to waste quite a bit of time going through their convoluted booking process again later. No such problems with other apps like Agoda.