Can I extend my stay in Thailand without a TM30 as my visa exemption is expiring?

@Marianne *******

Perhaps re-read my reply.

@Stuart ********

it was more to reaffirm that some folks get asked. Even if others don't.

Tagging you specifically might have been a mishap. :p

@Marianne *******

Ah ok. Understood.

@Ben *******

Phuket started requiring it last month, so even previous experience doesn't mean much. Better to have all the legal requirements complete to be safe.

@Ben *******

whenever caps are used selectivley it's for emphasis, whereas ALL caps are considered shouting ....

@Lloyd ********

yeah you don't need to emphasize I know the meaning of which and you.

@Deano ************

the hotel can provide it

@Stuart ********

brill nice one

@Anthony *****************

that is wrong also : no "visa registration on arrival", no visa stuff at all with exemption.

@Nick *********

of course there is. They even record facial Id and finger prints.

@Anthony *****************

if there is no visa (-> visa exemption), then there can't be a visa registration. OP was on exemption

@Nick *********

yes that is what I said. It is never the less a visa. They record your entry and issue you what is effectively a visa on arrival. They do not just let you in willy nilly. They record a facial recognition photo and a finger print scan. On most cases if flying in the passenger list is forwarded ahead of time.

@Anthony *****************

this is a misunderstanding : they (the immigration officers at those booths who check and stamp your passport at the airport) do NOT issue a visa on arrival.

It's a common misunderstanding.

A visa on arrival is for specific countries, has to be paid for and is issued BEFORE you get at immigration. In Suwannapum airport, it's at the same side of immigration, but before immigration of course.

The moment you are at the booths where the IO stamp your passport, you can NOT get a visa, they do not give any visas at all.

A visa exempt is NOT a visa and NOT a visa on arrival.

And a visa on arrival is NOT free.

@Nick *********

yeah right. Take a look lat your passport they register you in record your details and stamp your passport

@Anthony *****************

registering your details is NOT giving you a visa. You don't understand the meaning of the word visa. Take a look in your passport : the stamp you get when passing immigration is NOT a visa. It only explains how long you can stay based on the visa you already had, or didn't have (exemption)

You always have to pay for a visa. The entry stamp they give (permission to stay which is stamped) you is NOT a visa.

In fact, IF you have a single entry visa at the moment you pass immigration they will even INVALIDATE the visa, because it is being used to get your entry stamp. So you lose the visa at that moment if it is single entry.

Nobody magically gets a visa (and certainly NOT for free) when passing the immigrations booths at the airport.

You conflate the entry stamps they give with visas.

It's a common misunderstanding, but it is wrong. Look at the words at the stamps.

A visa gets USED when passing the IO, instead of being given.

@Nick *********

I deal with visas evey day thanks. Yes my stamp says visa. You an fool yourself no pro let. But the fact remains OT is a visa

@Anthony *****************

you deal with visas every day, but youndon't know the difference between the actual visa from Thailand - which what you get BEFORE you pass the immigration booths, and the entry stamp/ permission to stay stamp is which you get when the IO officer in that booth stamps you in ?

OP didn't have a visa, OP was visa exempt. So OP didn't get a visa when he got stamped in either. He git a stamp which allows his stay, which is not a visa.

Visas on arrival have to be paid for, and are obtained BEFORE you pass the immigration booths.

@Nick *********

I know exactly thanks it is you that is deluded and miss guided. Sorry fact.

@Anthony *****************

no it's you that is delusional.

It's called visa exempt 60 days,

You have not indicated where you live. My advice is go to the nearest Immigration office they can assist you. you can always do a border cross .. Which options are available really depends on what you are trying to achieve.... yes, you should have researched this more thoroughly beforehand

@Anthony *****************

you respond before you researched plonker

@Chris ********************

no I responded as I considered appropriate. The OP has no idea what he is doing. As he said he should have done some basic research as uou would expect and traveller would do.

@Anthony *****************

load of shit what country are you from looks like south Africa by the name

LOL it is never-the-less a visa.

Stewart or brendan can you step in and close this dispute with this prick please ,

@Anthony *****************

you haven't got a clue

and you still do not understand Thailand's visa system lol. Yes I get 3 months stay on arrival and If I need I can extend that. Cross the border to Vietnam and come back get another three months. Australia clearly has better relations with Thailand than the UK.

@Thomas ******

You, on your own admission did not do basic research ...

"I acknowledge that I should have researched this more thoroughly beforehand"

@Anthony *****************

I did have to do research I know the thai imagration laws been here long enough

@Anthony *****************

thank you for being honest

@Chris ********************

Honesty is the best policy. You should learn more before you speak out and display ignorance.

As I said your moron. No idea. You clearly are not well informed. I am entitled to t5hree months visa stay (Two entries per calendar year), If I need more I can apply for another visa, But I find the three months is more than efficient. I do not think thhis visa is available to UK wankers

@Anthony *****************

no my retarded friend us UK people that's been living here with our wife's and children for many of years know what the visa requirements are and don't take notice of scruffy people like you that get 3 month on arrival not 60 days as it is now .hope you get better soon 😄 retard

Or have you got diplomatic status 🤔 😂 😆 😂

@Chris ********************

No I think it is you that has no clue. I do not need a visa but when I arrive I never the less am issued a three month stay visa approval on arrival.

@Anthony *****************

Australia can't get anymore than 30 days visa exempt according to imagration, but you are above that hahaha 😉 look on Google prick

@Chris ********************

Ha Ha Ha you really have no idea do you, your'e looking more and more foolish as you speak. I do not need to use the Visa Exempt system, (Which is 60 days not 30)

@Anthony *****************

you said 3 months on arrival make your mind up please. In fact go and shut the fk up you haven't got a clue what you talking about, you are just another tourist full of bull shit,

You are mistaken, It means that you do not need a visa prior to entering Thailand but you are issued one on arrival. I have had this discussion with a number of senior Thai officials.

@Chris ********************

I get three months on arrival. I get three months in Vietnam, China, Russia and a host of other countries Australia is a member of Asean and APEC, It is you that has no idea what you are talking about. I am not a tourist.

@Anthony *****************

for the last time it's officially called visa exempt for the first 60 days, entry,

@Chris ********************

Misleading. It is a visa weather you can recognise it or not. You clearly have no idea based on what you have stated in you I'll informed comments.

@Anthony *****************

correct me again please, 60 days on arrival is free a visa has to be paid for,

Anthony van der Cracan you explain what t5hree means please

@Anthony *****************

how 3 months not 60 days explain please with out a visa you get 3 months

@Thomas ******

still chuckerling 😂 😆

@Thomas ******

can't stop laughing mate 🤣 😂 😆 😄

@Chris ********************

Australia. It is obvous if you read the OP's post

@Anthony *****************

and yes like someone else comment get a shave you scruffy looking bellend

@Anthony *****************

it's still a visa exempt 60 days on arrival depending what country you come from so stop talking shite

It is a visa. You're the one that has misinterpreted the Name . Sorry

@Thomas ******

certainly in pattaya/jomtien you would be fined 1600 baht for not reporting earlier

But once paid and filed you can immediately apply for an extra month at the fee of 1900

@Thomas ******

yes they can ask. most likely they will not. dont worry about that, just go there. you have no other option anywehre, unless you leave.

@Thomas ******

That’s the theory. But in practice they don’t care that you haven’t had one filed since your arrival. They just care that you have one now for the application of the extension.

They don’t know that you haven’t stayed in 59 different places prior to applying. Each of those places should be fined for not reporting you but that’s irrelevant. As long as you have a filed TM30 for the application then that’s all they care about.

Again the office you use may differ in their approach to the TM30 situation but this is just a general statement.

@Stuart ********

A few years back I arrived and stayed in Pattaya for a few days, before going to my home in Korat.

When I went to Korat IMO they fined me 800 Baht, my Thailand partner would not contest it or explain.

I assumed they thought I had been in Korat those few days, prior to filing the TM 30.

Should report within 24 hrs of arriving, or nearest.