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In my experience the need for a TM30 comes up if you need any other Immigration service. If you don't have it you are denied the service until you get it.

Nothing more to say on the matter so I will gladly stop posting about it. I respectfully disagree that it was nonsense.

Yes they stamp it.

They MIGHT fine you after you return and do your next 90 day report from the reset on reentering Thailand. Why? Because the grace period is for reporting. If you were in Thailand on the actual due date and never filed for that due date grace period or not, you are technically in violation. The question is whether they would catch that or not later. They might. They might not.

I had never heard short bus used EVER as an American except in the context of this film which was widely publicized when it was released. Which was pornographic. That's why I thought it was a sexual term. That includes never as a slur about special needs people on literal short buses. I question whether it is really widely known as that. Shortbus - Wikipedia

I didn't even read that and that is NOT what you said. Nice try. No cigar.

Sorry. I don't agree. Other nation's immigration officials would rather see a clean passport with no record of any violations in another country. Minor as we see it, a violation stamp and an indiction of a fine imposed MIGHT sometimes be seen as a red flag in other countries. If the person didn't follow the rules of Thailand, it's logical to think they are a higher risk of not following the rules in other countries. When looking at a visa application, the more rule and law compliant you appear on paper, the better. I find it bizarre that anyone doesn't get that. I will go so far as to give an example that I know about. Applying for temporary residence permits for Mexico in the U.S. is very common and you can find hundreds of reports of rejections for arbitrary reasons (they don't need to tell you) even when the applicant felt they met the official requirements. People can be rejected if they don't like your haircut. If it's a grey area case, ideally you don't want any evidence that you were any kind of a scofflaw whatsoever in any other country. Don't kid yourself. In such situations, every page of the passport is looked at, and there is zero chance they won't see a stamp about a violation causing a fine.

Bizarre reply. I was talking about OTHER countries. Other countries when applying for visas or trying to enter obviously look at your passport. Have red stamp violations in your passport even though not serious in Thailand (how would they know?) certainly wouldn't be painting a good picture of your character and chances that you will be compliant in THEIR country. When applying for visas, they can always reject. They can also even reject people that have visas at borders. Bottom line -- it's better to comply with the 90 day reporting rules if you can in Thailand, and in case of the question, it's technically required if you're in the country at the time of report date, grace period or not.

They would say that!

Maybe they could send them all to Alligator Alcatraz.

No, I detest everything about him, Mr. Call out homos. The Trump -- Vance regime is notoriously anti LGBT. They've gone as far as ERASING the existence of trans people in all government communications. Totally fascist.

Yeah as far as limits you've got a point, but as mentioned before for travel type things (buying air tickets, hotels, etc.) credit cards are superior. Much more widely accepted for bookings and much better for quick refunds.

Yeah I just posted a series of matter of fact informational posts about secured credit cards. One of them might have been seen as controversial by some. Some bozo took the time to thumbs down all of them. I get that on political type topics in these tribal times. But secured credit cards for Chrissakes? I've come to the conclusion that the thumbs downers don't add to the forum and it would be better off to scrap them.

Such an unpleasant man.

It's quite an important country actually.

Then don't eat.

They may have started this in July.

They likely will close your account as you are not here to fix it in person. When they close accounts obviously you can get out your money at that time. But in your case where you're not here not sure how you can get back your money. At this time in Thailand it is historically difficult to open any new accounts. Tourist visas forget it.

I'm not seeing any connection to secured credit cards in your question. That said, the secured amount for example 50K baht is still the customer's money. You can withdraw it but then that would obviously cancel the card that it backs up.

An issue with using a secured card with travel is that when booking hotels they freeze more than the purchase price. So for example you've secured 50K baht, and you book a 40K baht hotel stay, depending on how much they freeze, your booking might be rejected for lack of enough credit. If I recall correctly, BB offers an option to temporarily increase your credit by just adding money. So in the example above, you might add 30K baht which gives you a temporary higher credit line. Your baseline credit would still be 50K baht.

They're not useful for you but they are useful to other people. I would agree they're not real credit cards, but they are treated by merchants as if they were.

Yes, last time I checked I think secured cards are offered at SCB and BB, and others I'm sure. They are useful if you have no other credit card for booking travel or if for some reason you just want a Thailand based credit card. Of course they aren't giving you credit, but you use them exactly the same as credit cards. In many cases you can use debit cards instead, but again for things like travel bookings, credit cards are much more widely accepted. Also there are benefits with easier and faster refunds with credit cards not available with debit card. If you do have foreign cards, using them frequently in Thailand will red flag you as an expat, and some companies will drop you for that reason. Another reason to have a Thai based card, even it has to be a secured one.