Harry Om

Just walk in. You need your Passport, a pen, and preferably a copy of your TM30 from your hotel. As you enter past the initial security bit tell them you want a 30 day extension and they will give you a queue number. Don't enter the main building (yet), go to the covered area with lots of chairs. You need to fill out 3 forms, blank forms are available there. As mentioned above it's TM7 and two other forms about overstay. Make sure you have a pen. There are people there that can check you've filled it out okay. Then go down the left hand side of the main building where there is a room for photocopying. They will do all the photocopies necessary and take your photo if you don't have one. You will need your TM30. If you can, get a copy of that from where you are staying (makes things quicker), but if not the room next to the photocopiers will give it to you, just make sure you have your Guest house/Hotel details. Go back to the covered area, use the glue provided to stick your photo on the form, sign each photocopy, and wait for your number. When your number comes up go to the window and they will check your forms. They then give you a new queue number. Go inside the main building and wait for your number to come up, I think its window 10 that does extensions. Give them the forms and 1900 baht (cash only). After a while they will call your name and take a photo. Then once processed they call your name and they give your passport back. I normally get there about 10 am and it's all done by 11:30 am'ish, but it really depends on how crowded it is. They close for lunch for an hour between 12 - 1 pm.

Veg, but just add meat as required when cooking at home. https://www.maykaidee.com/cooking-school/thai-cooking-class

Hi, this thread is now a few months old but I'm wondering if things have changed. I'm used to getting extensions in Chiang Mai and normally go to Immigration two weeks before stamp expiry. At Jomtien is it still the case that extensions on a 30 day exempt entry can only be done the day before expiry?

If I had a balance of $200 (AUD) in my bank account before the transaction, then I ended up with a balance of $200 (AUD) when the transaction was reversed. As I have said, the exact same money that went out, went back in. No fees. No conversion charge. Other banks may handle it differently. I try to only use banks without fees. https://up.com.au/bank-overseas-without-the-fees/

I've done this multiple times with expedia. I have an Australian bank account and if the ticket costs $120.34 I get refunded exactly $120.34. I have never been charged any extra/hidden fee. It is listed as an "expired pending amount". However, I can't promise what your bank will do.

I have used the following method multiple times. This is for a 24 hour travel window to show at the airport/on arrival , not if you are applying in advance for a visa. The U.S. have a law that certain tickets must offer full refund if canceled within 24 hours, so you must use a website from the US. I use https://www.expedia.com/ which is the US website. (make sure it's not expedia.com.au, or expedia.co.uk etc) Look for a ticket from Bangkok to KL with either Thai or Malaysian airlines, generally around $100. These two always seem to have the 24 hour cancellation option. Once you have selected the ticket MAKE SURE it says you can cancel it for free refund (it tells you this as you go through the buying process). Cheaper airlines eg Airasia this option is not available. Buy the ticket before you go to the airport. Then you have a legit fully paid ticket. Arrive in Thailand, cancel the ticket, the full refund of the exact price I paid is always in my bank account within 48 hours. Canceling is very easy, expedia has that option listed on your ticket itinerary. Just make sure you can do it all within a 24 hour period (from initial buying to cancel) and this works fine, with zero cost.

If you only have a short flight and are able to cancel your onward ticket within 24 hours of departure then expedia.com allow the main airlines to be cancelled within 24 hours with a full refund. But it's not for the cheaper airlines (like AirAsia) just for Thai. Malaysian airlines etc. I've done this and it worked fine, you get a normal ticket and just cancel once you've arrived. But make sure you use the US site (it's the only site with free cancellation) and that when you select the flight it says " Free cancellation There's no fee to cancel within 24 hours of booking.""

Regarding the TM6, no one asked for any sort of info, it was just look at my passport and stamp. On the Indian end they seem mainly concerned with (and very confused by) the covid rules, but as long as you have a vax certificate or negative PCR it'll be fine, albeit with a dose of Indian chaos.

I flew from Calcutta to Bangkok yesterday and got the 30 days on arrival. I went through the effort of getting a flight ticket out and no one asked for it. I would suggest if you do get a ticket out to get it through expedia.com (ONLY the US site) as they apparently have some rule in the US that you must be offered cancellation within 24 hours and no fee or penalty. I tried one of the onward flight options and they got my nationality and gender wrong, and spelt my name wrong. They did fix it after I complained but the ticket is not a normal ticket it is a travel agents placeholder, so after reading suggestions online I decided to try Expedia. Please note that not all flights on Expedia have the cancellation option, it is only the major airlines. I booked my ticket with Thai but cancellation was not offered with Airasia. After arrival in Bangkok I got online and cancelled the flight, and as far as I can see the refund is pending but has not arrived in my bank yet. I did get an email from Expedia confirming the cancellation and refund. I agree with what you said re getting a Thai tourist visa in India, it is not worth the hassle. On arrival in Thailand the Immigration Officer looked at my passport and my full years worth of covid extensions in 2021, burst out laughing, smiled and said welcome back. It was nice to see that tourists are being welcomed in Thailand again.