BrandonJT

Your entitlement is showing.

I've had my LTR for almost 2 years now and still have issues sometimes with very long wait times while the officers process it. With the amount of flip-flopping and changes the government pushes on the immigration officers, I pity them. Not only do they have to navigate constantly changing and sometimes archaic rules and laws, they also have to deal with entitled people that think they shouldn't have to show certain requirements or even their visa in order to enter.

Certainly not a risk I'd be willing to take right now given how many people are being pulled up at the airports and how many are being denied entry for not having a long-term visa.

Siam Legal is widely known to have long outdated information posted. They also own the incredibly misleading "Thaiembassy" website that's always rife with incorrect and outdated information. Siam Legal does not offer bank account opening services unless you are purchasing other services from them that requires a bank account, same as many other large agents in Bangkok.

You have to search for the entry you made within 7 days of making it. When you find it, there is a button to generate a pdf. After 7 days you can no longer find it through the search function, and would have to submit a new TM30.

No reports of this being needed yet. It will likely be required in the future, at least your TDAC number, but as of now it's not required.

Sounds about right. I went in (to the Central mall office) and submitted all my documents and they gave me a sticky note with a date to return. I can't remember if it was 7 days but it wasn't long. When I came back I handed them the sticky note and they gave me the certificate. Both times was very quick, and I never even went to one of the counters. It was all done at the desk at the entrance door.

There is no approval for TM30. It's a database that you make entries into which are immediately recorded.

That rule changed in Bangkok last year. No requirement to complete a 90-day report first.

Although it varies from province to province, medical extensions are generally very difficult to obtain. It's not that you don't want to fly, or feel you can't fly, it's that you must be physically unable to fly. If you can go to immigration to apply for an extension, you are well enough to be wheeled to your plane and fly out. Basically you have to be admitted into the hospital unable to leave your bed if you want a medical extension.

I haven't had much luck doing that. Agoda is often cheaper than the hotel website (if they have one) and when I've contacted the hotel about booking directly for a price lower than Agoda, they said to just use Agoda if it's cheaper, as the price is the price.

Either use a border bounce agency from Bangkok, or fly from Bangkok and return with a safe entry agency. Tod posted details of runs from Bangkok recently.

They just don't want to do it for you. If you get the yellow book, there will magically be a new requirement they forgot to tell you about last time you went in. On and on until you give up.

I think it's only a matter of time. The BOI said you need the TDAC number for future dealings with them.

Many ways. The biggest one is if they got an visa/extension outside of the normally allowed timeline. The stamps don't lie so if they got an extension earlier than 45 days it's obvious they used an agent. If they got the 90-day non-O visa and extension stamped in their passport at the same time, also obvious because that's impossible. Then there are certain provinces that are red flags, where agents take passports hundreds of km away to get the extensions.

The underground level. Level B.

Never say never.

Because the application asks for "proof of current location" and the embassy will expect you to upload your entry stamp from your passport that you received when you entered Laos. No entry stamp, no visa. Plus in Laos you have to pay in person and attend an interview so they can check that you are in Laos.

No, immigration will not give you an extension. You will have to leave and return to get a new stamp.

The list you get from your immigration office will tell you what documents you need to ask for.

There's not many qualified candidates left. The stupid rule that the only people that can be PM are the ones nominated at the time of the election makes no sense, but so many candidates have been disqualified and/or banned at this point, that if the current PM is done, the next in line based on party size would be Anutin.... The only other alternative is to dissolve the government and have new elections, but I'm not sure if that's possible if the PM is removed first, since it's the PM that can do that.

I can't answer all the questions, especially because each immigration office is different. Every immigration office will accept an application for extension 30 days before your existing stamp expires, and some will accept it at 45 days. So around 45 days early, go to the immigration office and ask them for their handout for a marriage extension, so you can get the exact requirements for your office, and you can find out if you can apply soon or have to wait until 30 days. Agents don't work with marriage extensions because the local immigration offices cannot process them. They are all sent to regional HQ for approval. Your daughter should not be a factor as you are not applying for an extension based on supporting a child. If there is a visit, normally they would want both you and your spouse there. This is something they will plan ahead, it's not normally a surprise visit, as they want you both there and sometimes even a neighbor or two, or maybe juristic person if you're in a condo. I believe you can get your marriage certificate from any amphur.

A month ago might as well be 10 years ago with the way things are moving right now.

For an extension, there is no requirement to show that. That requirement only comes into play when applying to convert from tourist to 90 day non-O visa.

That's unfortunate. It was a good and cheap service, and it can be really hard to get a Grab or Bolt at the airport sometimes, at least at the rates stated in the app. I spent 30 minutes once going through multiple drivers on Bolt who each accepted my ride, then immediately said that the app price was not acceptable and I would need to pay more for them to actually pick me up.