Answereda year ago
What should I do if my visa application at the Thai embassy is complicated by my current guesthouse stay?
Very stressed. Thai embassy just can’t get over the fact I am staying in a guesthouse. I have sent them a receipt and TM30. My flight is next Wednesday to Chiang Mai from Hanoi.
Answer summary
The user is stressed about their visa application at the Thai embassy, which is questioning their accommodation proof from a guesthouse and stating issues related to the TM30 document. Community members suggest that the user might not have a valid TM30 if they're outside Thailand and emphasize the need for proper accommodation proof, such as a hotel booking confirmation, to support their visa application. Users also request more details about the specific visa being applied for to provide better advice.
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Pertti *************
Book hotel?
Jonathan *******
OP@Pertti ************
I have a new signed form the manager sent me of the guesthouse so if that doesn’t work then yes a hotel with cancellation is a great idea. I wonder how many days will suffice?
Jan ******************
A TM.30 address registration in Thailand is not sufficient for the visa application. You’ll need to provide a new booking confirmation for your coming stay.
Allan **************
No wonder 🤔 they're confused?. If you're showing them a TM 30.
Frankie *****
@Allan *************
yah .. he could have kept it simple .. less info works betterJon *****
I put down a hotel and my friends address. Strange thing was I wasn't asked for proof on the e-visa site Australia
Karim ***************
@Jon ****
they just want an addressJon *****
@Karim **************
On the site I had options for Stay with Friend and hotel where I stayed one night. I filled in both. At that stage I didn't have a fight but I entered the airline and flight number. No proof was asked for.Greg ***********
@Jon ****
you put down EITHER a hotel address and a booking receipt, OR a friend's address and his invitation letter. And not both!Jon *****
@Greg **********
Both, I had a letter of invitation ready to go but no proof was needed
Lynnette *******
What visa is this? What embassy? You need to give more info. Perhaps you've caused confusion because you've given them a TM30 when those are only issued after you arrive.
David *******
Just have the guesthouse give you booking confirmation.
Greg ***********
the accomodation proof is - just book a few nights in a hotel on booking com, upload the receipt into the visa application and cancel right after . . . .regarding the TM30 - nobody has a valid TM30 if he/she is outside Thailand, so I absolutely do not understand what you would do with the TM30 receipt. If it is still tacked inside your passport, and you have left Thailand yet, then throw it away
Evan **********
@Greg **********
or just book a few nights and stay to not be a dick 👍Greg ***********
@Evan *********
is exactly what I advised. A 5-night booking with booking com or Agoda can be cancelled free of charge as soon as you have uploaded the booking receipt into the visa application. Nobody will come back to check this
Džeina *********
@Greg **********
unless they were on another visa previously, I was on ED and have TM30 valid until March 26, I’m renting a house
Lisa ****************
@Džeina ********
If you leave the country your TM30 is no longer valid and will have to be re-accomplished when you returnKarim ***************
@Džeina ********
it’s valid for the current address you are staying at. As soon as you spend 1 night somewhere else, your tm30 is void.Karim ***************
@Džeina ********
correct 👍
Cissi *********
@Džeina ********
most likely yes. IF you stay ONE night at, for instance a hotel somewhere else in Thailand, they will make a new TM30 that register to the Immigration that you're staying there. That will be the last valid TM30 for you... so when you get back the landlord need to make a new one.
Graham ******
@Džeina ********
yesDžeina *********
@Karim **************
so I would need to ask my landlord to make a new one once I get back right?Greg ***********
@Džeina ********
a TM30 has NO SET VALIDITY date, so you are probably looking at your 90-days report note, which also would be obsolete after you left Thailand . . . . And you might need to file a new TM30 after you return from abroad, some Immigrations will ask for for this even if you return to the same address. You need first to find out how your Immigration is handling thisDžeina *********
@Greg **********
oh okay I will look into this, thank you 🙏🏻
Jeremy ******
How do you have a TM30 if you are not in Thailand? Send them the booking confirmation or maybe contact the guesthouse and ask them to confirm in writing that you are booked there?
Jonathan *******
OP@Jeremy *****
OMG… because I was living in Chiang Mai… I had to leave to renew my visa. I am currently in Hanoi, with a flight back to CMX on Wednesday.Jeremy ******
@Jonathan ******
OMG? Fuck of you teenage queen. Using an immi issued document as proof of address when you are out of the country fuckwit
John **********
Just get a one night hotel booking
Garrett ***********
Tm30 means you're already in Thailand. Not sure what visa you're applying for, but you shouldn't be in Thailand if youre applying at an embassy outside the country.
Jonathan *******
OP@Garrett **********
I am NOT in Thailand right now, I’m in Hanoi… trying to sort out my visa so I can reenter Thailand.Garrett ***********
@Jonathan ******
Great, then DON'T give them a TM30. It has nothing to do with anything.Jonathan *******
OP@Garrett **********
Ok ok… lesson learned. Ok… Jesus you guys are a bit rough. A little compassion and support would be nice instead of everyone making me feel like an idiot.
Wayne *********
@Džeina ********
has nothing to do with renting. It's a registration of where your currently staying.If you have departed Thailand then the TM30 means nothing
Elías ********
@Wayne ********
yesGarrett ***********
@Džeina ********
No, that's not what that means. You rent 50 places in Thailand at the same time if you wanted to.Activity
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