I have completed online the TM.30 for Surat Thani Immigration (they are now asking for it as part of renewal of extension based on retirement), and t  hey require it to be completed online.

 

When I download the completed Excel document to print as receipt for my renewal at Samui Immigration, the form shows all the Thai language parts as gobbledegook.

 

Can anyone tell me what I need to do or change to get the Thai script to show correctly please?

 

TIA

 

P.S. Below, an example of what is shown on the excel document in place of Thai characters.

 

 

 

 

What system do you use? Windows XP, 7, 8 or 10? You can add extra languages to your pc with the fonts you need.

This is obviously an encoding problem.  It looks as if the spreadsheet was created as TIS-620 (an obsolete format for Thai language).  If you save it as UTF-8 you should then be able to print it.

 

There are instructions on how to do that at https://help.surveygizmo.com/help/encode-an-excel-file-to-utf-8-or-utf-16

I am using Office 2016 for Mac.

 

I have found someone who is willing to do the necessary changes for me, but will still try your suggestions, so I know how to do it myself in future.

 

Thanks.

This helps: http://wrdingham.co.uk/thai/detis620.htm

 

Just copy&paste (each section).

I tried many things, failed.

There is a photocopy shop near samui immigration and they can print for you if you provide username/password. Thats how I did it.