TM47 Garbage

[chai333]

Despite posts on this forum about how easy & fast the on-line 90 day report is via   https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

It is just more typical Immigration garbage

The auto fill form makes no provision to complete:-

1 ”Written at”

2 Cross in the visa type box

3 Arrival Card No (which I do have – no need to tell me it is unnecessary)

4 How on earth do you sign it? Or is the signature space they auto-fill with your written name OK?

Checked their instruction video. The very end shows (a very quick flash of) a form with these glitches

Tried to check why status is still “pending” into the 3^rd day – yes 3^rd day for all those lucky people  who say theirs is approved in minutes.

Called the number on their instruction website 02 141 7881  No Answer

Called 1178  Waited forever & gave up

Called 1111 Some women with the worst English gave me gibberish  and “no I can’t check” and “have to wait for 3 days”

I wonder could this delay be part of the latest and greatest crackdown on all those horrible criminal farangs who are wanted but NOT!

Any helpful comments on form filling items 1 to 4 for my next attempt appreciated. Othewise this is just info for members who may be affected.

[ubonjoe]

The TM47 you get after you do the application has spaces for them but they are not needed to do the application.

Been the same since the site became available a year ago.

Did mine on Tuesday afternoon and received the receipt for it about 9 o'clock yesterday morning.

[worgeordie]

It works perfectly for me ,I think people blaming the system need to look

at what they are doing more carefully , as it's most likely their fault ,you

cannot use it with VPN , use the drop down menu , don't fill in yourself,

 

They even email you before letting you know a report is due,and email

you when it has been approved ,excellent service compared to the past. 

 

regards worgeordie

[KannikaP]

Come to phitsanulok. Walk in hand over passport, into reader, reply slip printed. Done. No form to fill in.

[The Fugitive]

3 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Come to phitsanulok. Walk in hand over passport, into reader, reply slip printed. Done. No form to fill in.

Wow! Have they got a special IT department?

[ubonjoe]

4 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Come to phitsanulok. Walk in hand over passport, into reader, reply slip printed. Done. No form to fill in.

After doing your first online report on the new site the only thing you to complete is your passport number and select your nationality the click for autofill.

You will get a email to confirming you application with a small TM47 form as a PDF.

The after your report is approved you get another email with a receipt for the report attached.

[DrJack54]

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Come to phitsanulok. Walk in hand over passport, into reader, reply slip printed. Done. No form to fill in.

How many farang live in Phitsanulok.

Easy access to immigration is in the main not typical.

I suggest the OP use mail option if online is difficult for him.

[Mutt Daeng]

14 hours ago, worgeordie said:

It works perfectly for me ,I think people blaming the system need to look

at what they are doing more carefully , as it's most likely their fault ,you

cannot use it with VPN , use the drop down menu , don't fill in yourself,

 

They even email you before letting you know a report is due,and email

you when it has been approved ,excellent service compared to the past. 

 

regards worgeordie

It never used to work when using a VPN, but now you can access the online 90 day website (well, I can anyway) even when connected via VPN. See screenshot.

 

[KannikaP]

12 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

How many farang live in Phitsanulok.

Easy access to immigration is in the main not typical.

I suggest the OP use mail option if online is difficult for him.

As I said in an earlier post, I am the only Falang in my village!  555

But the new Immigration Office is 40km away, just past Makro!

[DrJack54]

6 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

As I said in an earlier post, I am the only Falang in my village!  555

Lucky you. 

Guessing trip to immigration not easy? 

Still you have the mail and online option.

 

 

 

[Skeptic7]

Have read of some having problems with it, initially anyway, but seems very few. Has worked perfectly for me since it's inception a year ago. Just did most recent 2 days ago at 0818 and got approval at 1256, under 5 hours. Even tho immigration is only a 5 min walk and can be seen from my lanai, I just do online. Quick & easy from the comfort of home. 

 

[OJAS]

16 hours ago, chai333 said:

It is just more typical Immigration garbage

I guess, then, that you are not a Brit who has ever had to fill out "garbage" in the form of a 4-page passport renewal application form - and in your own fair hand, to boot (there is no online facility for renewing British passports from Thailand)!

 

[Wuvu2]

16 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

After doing your first online report on the new site the only thing you to complete is your passport number and select your nationality the click for autofill.

You will get a email to confirming you application with a small TM47 form as a PDF.

The after your report is approved you get another email with a receipt for the report attached.

I used the online system in the past, but it has not worked for me since the last time I entered the country in 2018. At Jomtien immigration they first said online only works after one has done the first 90 day in person. The next time they issued a new arrival card number but that didn't work either. I have asked about it a few times, and tried it on each "new" version of their online system then gave up. Any suggestion?

[ubonjoe]

3 minutes ago, Wuvu2 said:

I used the online system in the past, but it has not worked for me since the last time I entered the country in 2018. At Jomtien immigration they first said online only works after one has done the first 90 day in person. The next time they issued a new arrival card number but that didn't work either. I have asked about it a few times, and tried it on each "new" version of their online system then gave up. Any suggestion?

You should try the new site. Much better than the old one and even the mobile app.

There is no space for the TM6 number on it.

[pattaya1234was]

I did my 90-day report on line this week-for the 5th time. I use the 'idiots"

guide found on Google, namely     thailand .acclaim.com.  I was concerned that I may have a problem as I returned to Thailand a couple of weeks before my 90-day report was due. When I received my reminder I followed the advice of  "Ubon Joe" and ignored the reminder.  This week I simply filled in my recent re-entry date and got approval within 24 hours.

[SunsetT]

12 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You should try the new site. Much better than the old one and even the mobile app.

There is no space for the TM6 number on it.

Not sure if I am registered on the old or new site. Do you have to re-register on the new site? Do u have a link for the new site please Joe?

[DrJack54]

3 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

Not sure if I am registered on the old or new site. Do you have to re-register on the new site? Do u have a link for the new site please Joe?

https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login 

 

There is a pinned topic in this forum.

Covers various questions such as change of password etc.

 

[Rambo]

Have to say the online system has worked perfectly for me. On 5th December received email from Immigration advising next report due. Duly submitted completed form the same day and Immigration confirmed it had been received. On 8th December received email confirmation that the application was approved.

[renaissanc]

The new website is so easy to work with and takes hardly any time. Perhaps chai333 is using an old Immigration website for the 90 Days renewal. I even get a reply of acknowledgement within an hour or so, depending on the time of day, and the confirmation of renewal the next day at the latest. I wish the same could happen with the renewal of a Marriage Visa.

[brianthainess]

17 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Come to phitsanulok. Walk in hand over passport, into reader, reply slip printed. Done. No form to fill in.

Same Koh Chang.

[Kwaibill]

It irritates me that there is no provision to fill out a few items, but I just fill in what I can and after a few days get an online approval. Done it several times now.

[edwardflory]

16 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Come to phitsanulok. Walk in hand over passport, into reader, reply slip printed. Done. No form to fill in.

I live in Korat. 4.4km from immigration office.

 

TM-30...8 - 10 minutes (2  times)...with ALL paperwork AND landlords phone number - 3 days ago 6 minutes @ 15:30

 

90 Days..2 to 3 minutes on average day at 10:00 or 14:00 (12 times, 1 time 17 minutes after holiday)...hand in only Pasport.

 

[Moonlover]

20 hours ago, chai333 said:

Othewise this is just info for members who may be affected.

Which I suspect is not a lot!

[DrJack54]

49 minutes ago, edwardflory said:

I live in Korat. 4.4km from immigration office.

 

TM-30...8 - 10 minutes (2  times)...with ALL paperwork AND landlords phone number - 3 days ago 6 minutes @ 15:30

 

90 Days..2 to 3 minutes on average day at 10:00 or 14:00 (12 times, 1 time 17 minutes after holiday)...hand in only Pasport.

 

Stated with such pride of achievement.

All somewhat irrelevant.

Many live not close to an immigration office.

CW for example would be a half day + exercise.

 

[portlandtree]

Who cares how long it takes to approve and letting you know, what matters is the minute you submitted it, even if it goes 2 weeks past the due date to send you an approval you’re fine. Oh I’ve been doing it online for 3+ years no problem east 5 mins. or less

[billd766]

6 hours ago, OJAS said:

I guess, then, that you are not a Brit who has ever had to fill out "garbage" in the form of a 4-page passport renewal application form - and in your own fair hand, to boot (there is no online facility for renewing British passports from Thailand)!

 

You only need to do that every time you need a new passport, which IIRC is once every 10 years, followed by a trip to VFS in Bangkok.

 

Have you lost the facility of handwriting over the years you have been here?

[billd766]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Stated with such pride of achievement.

All somewhat irrelevant.

Many live not close to an immigration office.

CW for example would be a half day + exercise.

 

I live 70 km from the IO office at Kamphaeng Phet and I slot my 90 reports on the same day that I do a once a month bulk shop at BigC and Makro.

 

The IO is 5 km out of town and a 90 day report generally takes about 5 minutes. My marriage extension took a couple of hours as I had forgotten the bank guarantee letter and had to go back into KPP to get it.

[DrJack54]

9 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I live 70 km from the IO office at Kamphaeng Phet and I slot my 90 reports on the same day that I do a once a month bulk shop at BigC and Makro.

 

The IO is 5 km out of town and a 90 day report generally takes about 5 minutes. My marriage extension took a couple of hours as I had forgotten the bank guarantee letter and had to go back into KPP to get it.

Of your list the only thing that requires a "in person" trip to immigration is annual extension.

 

90 day report can be done online (2 minutes or less autofill)

 

Via mail slightly longer.

Both online and mail can be lodged from anywhere in Thailand.

 

[billd766]

5 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Of your list the only thing that requires a "in person" trip to immigration is annual extension.

 

90 day report can be done online (2 minutes or less autofill)

 

Via mail slightly longer.

Both online and mail can be lodged from anywhere in Thailand.

 

But I am already only 5 km from the IO, where the staff are farang friendly, welcoming and very helpful.

 

If it takes 30 minutes including travel each way, that would be 10 minutes a month or less than 30 seconds a day. I am sure that I won't miss the time I spend in my busy life as a 78 year old.

 

Especially as my wife will do the driving and humping of the bulk shopping.

[NoDisplayName]

Just did a first 90-day report online, two weeks before due date.  Took about five minutes after figuring out how the dropdown menus work.  Submitted and got an email TM-47 confirmation within a few minutes.

 

Current status is pending.  If no joy in a week or ten days, I can brave the one hour drive to Korat immigration.  Make a day of it and visit the hot spots:  DoHome, Home Pro, Global House.