The wife wants another baby. I don't think its a good idea.

[guyfromtheweb2]

On 9/9/2024 at 9:10 PM, guyfromtheweb2 said:

Thanks for this timeline @zappalot.  I heard the 90-day queues at Chaengwattana in Bangkok are ridiculously long now since they are making everyone report in-person for the first 90-day report after leaving and returning to Thailand.  I decided to mail mines in through EMS as well.  It has been about a month since EMS tracking says it has been delivered and I still have not received my 90-day receipt yet.  I guess I will continue to wait.  I don't really care because I have the mail tracking receipt. 

 

I will add that I mailed it in about 12 days before my due date.  I tried to submit online 15 days before the due date and that is when I was rejected.  So after rejection, it was about 12-days out before I mailed it.  During Covid when I had issues with the older online system, I would mail in my 90-days as late 7 days before the due date and it was never an issue.  I'll update if/when I finally get my 90-day receipt back.

 

Update:  I finally received my receipt for my recent 90-day report.  It took about 11 weeks from the date I mailed it through EMS!  Just in time for my next 90-day report that is due in a few weeks.  😔

[TimBKK]

Anyone submit a online 90 day to Jomtien immigration recently?  Been in a pending status for 3 days, bit unusual in my experience.  

[Rob Browder]

4 minutes ago, TimBKK said:

Anyone submit a online 90 day to Jomtien immigration recently?  Been in a pending status for 3 days, bit unusual in my experience.  

In my experience, not unusual for a weekend.  I had one this year where the first day I could apply was Friday, and got my approval reply the following Monday afternoon.

[TimBKK]

2 minutes ago, Rob Browder said:

In my experience, not unusual for a weekend.  I had one this year where the first day I could apply was Friday, and got my approval reply the following Monday afternoon.

good point, i appreciate the response.

[Daniel4]

First post here.  Thank you for the acceptance.

 

Looking for a little guidance and hopefully some knowledge of leniency shown by the Chonburi Immigration Office in Jomtien.  Regarding my 90 day reporting.  On Friday following online submission of my TM47 I later received a rejection email.  No reason was offered but I was told to attend in person to my local immigration office immediately, tomorrow being my first possible opportunity.   

 

I looked at my submitted form then realised I may have input the incorrect date of arrival in Thailand.  I entered the country in late October 2023 and quickly gained a Non O Immigrant and Multiple entry visa.   However my partner and I had a one week vacation in Vietnam returning mid May 2024 and it appears I should have input this date of arrival rather than the initial entry into Thailand last October.

 

I then submitted  another TM47 with the returning from Vietnam arrival date of May 2024.  I accessed the Thai Immigration website to check my TM47 progress and again seen it was rejected, an email soon followed once again telling me to attend local office in person.

 

Here's the problem.  When I accessed the website I noticed that my last TM47 submission in July (The first one I had ever applied for online) had also been rejected and I had no knowledge of this.  I never received a rejection email (checked back through my junk mail, nothing).  When I submitted the last one I just received screen notification of "Success" and I foolishly thought that everything had gone through correctly.  So as it sits, through my own lack of knowledge on how this crazy system works I find that I have lived in Thailand for the past 90 days unreported and I was entirely unaware the whole time.  Not through ignorance, just unfamiliarity with the online process.  

 

Now i'm assuming they want me to attend in person and to accept a fine.  How lenient are they with cases such as mine?  There must have been dozens of folks out there who have done something similar?

 

Any constructive guidance happily accepted.  Thank you for reading.

[rwilem]

9 hours ago, Daniel4 said:

 

Now i'm assuming they want me to attend in person and to accept a fine.  How lenient are they with cases such as mine?  There must have been dozens of folks out there who have done something similar?

 

Any constructive guidance happily accepted.  Thank you for reading.

Just go in immigration, submit the 90-day report for this cycle. They'll most likely catch that you didn't do the last one. The fine is 2000 baht. You're not going to be cut any slack on your explanation, but you can tell the story, at least explain why you missed it.

 

One issue going forward you need to understand when submitting online. After you have submitted the application, the 'Success' button and email does not mean you've completed the report. Just means they have accepted it for consideration. You will have to wait some time before you get either an 'approved' or 'rejected' email. If you don't receive the email, and it's getting to be several days after your 'successful' application, you can check the status of your application at the website. Sometimes the email doesn't get sent/received/sent to spam, so you can be proactive and check the status at the website.

Edited 21 hours ago by rwilem

[Daniel4]

Thank you Rwilem.  Yes, you're description of the proces is correct, I know that now.  I was just green behind the ears/novice/unwise to Thai ways.

 

Seems i've also been a lucky sod, I visited today and got away with any fines, they never even mentioned them🤔. 

 

Finally, I felt the two members of staff I contended with were both horrible to the core.  Unhelpful, no humility and downright rude to many of the farangs.  A few older guys not knowing the the processes were shouted down at in front of hundreds of waiting customers.  A truly humiliating outcome for many.  As an ex occupation trainer in admin and customer service I found it all quite unsettling.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Daniel4

[rwilem]

1 hour ago, Daniel4 said:

Seems i've also been a lucky sod, I visited today and got away with any fines, they never even mentioned them🤔. 

That's why I said 'most likely', and not 100 percent, because, you just never know. And who knows? Could be that last report you have questions about may be in their system as 'approved'?  Take the good outcome and move on.

 

Yes, the Jomtiem Immigration office seems to generate higher stress levels, for both some of the people working there and some of the foreigners attending it. (Though my own dealings with that office years ago were OK, no issues.) Just best to make sure you've got your 'duck's in a row' (prepared with docs, copies, etc.) whenever you have to do anything there, or at any immigration office for that matter.