trappedinasia

I think there's an auxiliary office in Sri Racha, but as far as I know they don't process extensions. At least they couldn't do the Covid extensions. But I think their services are limited in general.

It was at Jomtien. I was planning to change hotels on the 1st, so if I ask at this hotel to fill out the form, I guess the TM30 might show up wrong in the online immigration system on the 3rd, if another hotel has registered me. I guess I will extend at this hotel if they will fill out the form. Seems like having the paper form will make it easier. I had to request TM30s several times in prior years and most hotels had no idea what I was talking about.

I arrived with visa exemption, and went to Chonburi immigration to attempt a 30-day extension yesterday, with less than two weeks left on the original 30 days The clerk said, "Queue is full. Come back on Nov 3 or 7." My last day for the exemption is the 8th, so I don't want to wait until the 7th... would like to do it before the 3rd. Anyone know why she'd give me such specific dates? Is it worth trying again on the 1st? Also, I didn't think a TM30 was needed for a 30-day extension, but she gave me what looks like a TM30 form, "Notification.... Residence". I'm staying in hotels. Do I need the hotel manager/owner to fill out this residence form? I had to ask hotels to print TM30s from the website in past years (during Covid), but not for a basic extension. Also, I didn't get a TM6 arrival card at the airport. I found a post here from a year ago saying those were suspended, so I guess they're still not required?