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  1. 15 hours ago, thainet said:

    I have just done my 90 day at Jomtien and was definitely not asked for TM30.

    Actually I have never filed a TM30 in my 40 years here.

    A few months ago I did my marriage extension and also letter for licence renewal...also not asked or even mentioned.

    I have used Soi 8 and Jomtien over the years.

    Maybe because I wear a tie..haha.

    A couple of weeks ago I did my marriage extension at Jomtien and halfway through the process I was sent out to counter 10 to do a TM30. I must've been on record as having submitted one previously so no fine and slip issued. First time in 12 years I've been sent out to do one during extension application or 90 day reporting. I was wearing shirt with collar attached, slacks and shoes and the wife and I scrub up well ????

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  2. 15 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

    Immigration is not concerned with number of copies AFAIK.  You should have only one double passport page near centered per copy - plenty of room to sign below the print.  

    At Jomtien, I was one occasion sent to the shop for new copies because I'd used both sides of an A4 sheet. This after years of doing just that. It may have been the IO on that particular day, but now I do two open passport copies (4 pages) on one side of each sheet. No doubt on some future visit I'll be told to use both sides.

  3. 3 hours ago, Max69xl said:

    I did my last 1 year extension based on retirement at Jomtien Immigration in May this year.

    I had the first number after lunch and the required documents.

    1.01PM my number came up. I handed over everything to the woman at desk 8. She went through them real fast one by one, I had to sign twice and she asked for 1900 baht then she gave me the number tag for my passport pick up next day. I stood up and checked my phone, 1.04PM. That was a new personal record.

    After exactly 90 days I went there again for the so called >800k 90 days check. 2 copies from my passport and 2 from my bankbook. No number was needed so straight to desk 8 and handed over the signed copies to the girl behind the desk. She looked at the copies for maybe 15sec (in total), looked up,smiled and said "You can go now". ????

     

    It was the same for me the previous 12 retirement extensions, but since my embassy decided to stop issuing letter I decided to go for the retirement extension, which as I found out, is a lot more involved.

  4. On 9/13/2019 at 10:27 AM, murraynz said:

    i understand your feelings..its so lucky that you had your wife there to assist...

    next time you go ...they will probably have a new list of requirements...

    no wonder so many of us prefer to use an agent...its far too degrading having to deal with the immigration people.

    i seriously think that the 'obstructions are deliberate, they prefer us to use an agent, so that they get a 'kickback'...pocket money...

    last year my agent managed to renew my visa in under 2hrs total, by using ALL  the exact same documents to immigration, that i had shown, earlier in the day---but they demanded embassy letters etc...

     

    "next time you go ...they will probably have a new list of requirements..."

     

    Can't argue with that. Hopefully I can save the extra money to get back to the retirement extension, but as you say, there will probably be some other strings attached by then. 

     

  5. 21 hours ago, cooked said:

    My son saw a cheap deal flight + hotel to Pattaya with his son and I told him to go somewhere else, filthy beach and sea, ripoffs, sex trade everywhere, try an island. he loved Koh Samet.

    Depends how old his son is. Both my grown boys love Pattaya, as do I. If you're after pristine and quiet, stay in the west. 

  6. 5 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

    Unless something has drastically changed at Jomtien immigration, you dont need a TM30 to do long stay extensions or 90 day reports. They usually want a TM30 for tourists getting a 1 month extn etc.

    If you ask at the front desk they just presume everyone needs a TM30 done and point you to that counter. 

     

    Whilst doing my one year marriage extension yesterday, after the paper-shuffling at counter 6 I was sent to counter 10 to do a TM30 and get a slip to take back to counter 6 before they'd continue with my application. It was my first marriage extension, but in my previous 12 retirement extensions, I never had to do this. Never been mentioned in any of my 90 day reports either.

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