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

Okay you've convinced me. I'm done giving "my actual experience" advice about Jomtien immigration in the visa forum as every time you say something I said is wrong

You don't use Jomtien immigration but you continue to tell everyone to just ignore Jomtien Immigration policies? The fact is immigration gives you a form you sign which tells you to come back to immigration 90 days later to prove 800k finances. As I live in Jomtien immigration jurisdiction I decided to follow Jomtien immigration directions (easy to say don't do it when you have no skin in the game). As I said in previous post it took a few passbook copies and 1 minute at desk 8 without having to queue or get ticket. Hardly a huge inconvenience to do what they ask.

(1) you also need a passport photo. Their info sheet also says bank statement is needed (along with the bank letter and passbook copies) (2) bank letter can be day before (3) I was there Monday and they had a sign saying come back after 2pm on Wednesday for passport pick-up, so appears to be 2 day return for passport now during high season. (4) you will be given an official form saying you must come back at 90 days to show 800k still in bank. I only needed copy of passport bio page, valid to stay stamp page and last 3 months passbook pages with this form so pretty easy (you don't need to queue or get ticket, just go straight to desk 8 and show form, took one minute) Here's the latest info sheet they hand out at Jomtien for non-imm O / Extension

I went to Jomtien immigration on Monday. While the queue in building on left was out the door, the 90 day desk in building on right had no queue (was there 1pm) I took this Pic that asks for pretty simple document requirements.

I think you're mixing it up. More than 7 days late doing a 90 day report is still 2000 baht. Only if you are arrested for something and have an overdue 90 day report is it 5000 baht. This is from the TM47 application manual

I once sat next to a guy in a Pattaya bar that told me he was an undercover cop from Aus that had been here 9 months. No reason not to believe him except maybe the fact undercover cops might know not to tell random strangers they're an undercover cop 😀

People actually going to City Hall to complain about bikes on beach road footpath 😆 I think you may be living in the wrong country if that's got you so riled up. I walk beach road path nearly every morning and it's a lot less bikes than say 5-10 years ago. There may be the odd random, but most of the bikes I see are carrying food to the beach chair groups and they seem careful. I'm always more concerned with Falang push bike riders on the path than the Thai food carriers on mopeds

Instead of a new thread I'll just tag it in here. Anyone know of any big Australia Day parties on Sunday 26th? I know Wombat & Kiwi Bar always do one as does I-Rovers in LK Metro. Any others?

This is in the soi bukhao market area down by South Pattaya Road. Your "massage lady scoop" was about demolishing all of soi 19 and 21 of Soi Bukhao to build a hotel. That's a long way from the Market.

There was originally 13 countries, including UK, getting 15 days visa exempt. In August 2023 they added another 12 countries and increased the visa exempt period to 45 days. So now it's 25 countries allowed 45 days visa exempt