Pattaya57

You riding the Manila night train as a 62 year old tough guy should come in handy. Put that on your bounty hunter resume 😉

I've been sitting in a beach road bar for 4 hours today and not a single Motorbike has ridden past on the footpath. Could it be OP's complaint to City Hall worked, or maybe there was no complaint needed as it's not a problem?

No wonder Pattaya is so busy right now, seems place is packed with undercover cops and feds 😀

Yeah I'd amended my post to say it doesn't specifically say onward flight. Unfortunately every country is different as in Australia I only needed to enter made up return flight details to get a SETV (I booked a one-way ticket only after I got the visa)

Not odd at all. It looks like you didn't check the Thai Embassy site before applying. They clearly spell out they need a flight to be uploaded (although doesn't specifically say onward)

Please note the tourist e-visa hasn't needed a bank statement since July 2024, the same time they increased Visa Exempt to 60 days (they removed all financial requirements from SETV) So I would just tell them you're only a tourist in Japan so are not a resident and do not have an employment contract and see what they say.

I provided the formal Thai Embassy document requirement list which included a tourist only having to show entry stamp Please check for yourself before posting what I said was wrong https://site.thaiembassy.jp/en/visa/about/13037/

Then I think they just made a mistake and think you are a resident of Japan? I would email them to explain that you're only a tourist and maybe include the screen grab I gave to say that's what you thought you needed?

I find this a strange request. Looking at the Thai Embassy site in Tokyo they require a non-Japanese tourist to only upload a passport page with your entry stamp to Japan to prove you're in country. As you already paid I'd be saying I'm not employed and only a tourist? Unless you have a residence card you provided?

That's not what the press release I posted above says. For the online TM6 they say: The online system will be mandatory for all foreign arrivals, whether they enter by air, land, or sea, and registration will be free of charge.

Or two project teams are working independently so don't know what the other is doing 😀 I don't mind the ETA as it's only for tourists. Person on a long-term visa having to do an online TM6 when there's a TM30 and 90 day report stapled in their passport is ridiculous though

Neither does this thread have anything to do with ETA. This is a new TM6 online application system (thread in news forum) This is an absolute joke. If implemented we'll have to do a TM6 online application to give address before entry, do a TM30 to give address within 24 hours of arrival and then a 90 day report to give an address. How many time do we have to give an address before they can find us if needed? Same with a tourist. They'll have to do an online TM6 and an ETA before arrival and then ensure a TM30 after arrival. 3 tines to formally give an address just to be on holiday

As soon as you've submitted your TM30 application click on the Search button at bottom of page. Note that you've only got 7 days to search before your file dissapears and can no longer be searched

I'd read several reports saying can't do online 7 days before due date, but that didn't match what they said in the TM47 application manual which was up to 15 days before. It appears the TM47 manual has now been updated to match what people have been saying, from 15 days before due, but not within last 7 days it's due. Here's the manual wording that should apply to all of Thailand

I never said you have to do it, each person can make their own decision. I chose to do it because my visa is under Jomtien and they told me to do it. It's on their application info sheet that we must do it, it's on a form they make us sign that we will do it, it took one minute at immigration. For someone not using Jomtien immigration to say it's not required and just ignore it as a rogue office is what grinds my gears as they are not the one's disregarding an immigration instruction on their visa, so too easy to say when it doesn't apply to them