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Mar 26, 2026
a month ago
ExcitingP**********
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Urgent Help

I need to do TM 30 form for the 90 days reporting but after certain stage i couldn’t reach the final stage.

1st picture: i can able to reach

2nd picture: Sample picture from the immigration, they said it has to come finally like this.

Please help me
14 comments
Mar 22, 2026
a month ago
GentleG********
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If I want to move to Thailand from USA on a marriage visa, do I apply before or after flying there? If before, how far in advance of travel? Do they require an exact travel date to apply? TIA for your input.
52 comments
Jan 24, 2026
3 months ago
KindNar********
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Hello everyone, I am in Australia and looking at the Non O visa. My query is on the compulsory Thai health insurance. I can see the Canberra Embassy directs you to TGI I think. From other people’s experience, how much can we expect to be paying out for that aspect of the visa application? We will be getting our own health insurance for repatriation etc. Thank you.
20 comments
Jan 20, 2026
3 months ago
Paul *******
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Can you apply for dtv if you do FIFO type work

Mines oil rigs ect.

I do 10 to 12 weeks on

4 to 6 weeks off.

Fly in and out if thailand 4 times a year but looking to increase my time there
14 comments
Dec 21, 2025
4 months ago
Dennis *********
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In a little over a week I can go to Immigration in Bangkok to submit my request for 12 month extension to my Non-O Retirement Visa. I went out to Immigration to get their list of requirements the immigration officer who gave me the paper also told me I needed to get the bank certificate showing the account balance and this can't be more than 7 days old; Bank Statements for the last two months showing the 800k is seasoned; the day I come to process my extension updated bank passbook on that day, printed copy of my TM-30 -- all of this in addition to my passport (copies of bio data and entry stamp, copies of my Non-O Retirement Visa.

However, when she was talking to my gf she also mentioned having: 1) Condominium location of map, 2) Condominium lease agreement (I'm on Airbnb) and 3) Copy of the Condominium Owners ID Card and House Registration. QUESTION I have is has anyone recently gone for their 12 month extension and were asked for these last 3 things (cause none of these were on the sheet they hand out while most of the first group of items needed I knew about from reading messages here)?

Thanks in advance
43 comments
Dec 10, 2025
5 months ago
Sam ******
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Looking for recommendations for retirement visa agents pls, preferably one that can do it with passport only rather than having to attend in person. I’m around Khon Kaen if that helps.
4 comments
Dec 1, 2025
5 months ago
am i able to just transfer 15k USD from stocks to savings and let it sit for 3 months and that will do for my DTV proof of funds?
27 comments
Nov 29, 2025
5 months ago
Gosia *****
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Heyyyy :)

My 60-day visa exemption period will soon expire and I want to go to the Immigration Office for a 30-day extension. I have a question about the TM30 document that need to submit for the extension application. I signed a 6-month condo contract (because I planned to do one visa-run) and haven't actually lived in others places in Thailand for those 60 days than my condo. Now I'm wondering if the immigration officer will be suspicious if I give them a TM30 with a "from-to" date and he sees 6 months (I don't know if a landlord can just give me a document where he put only one month, maybe its an option) and they won't grant me an extension due to the recently tightened rules. I'm wondering if a safer solution would be to book a hotel for a few days and request a TM30 from that hotel. But then I'm wondering if the immigration officer has access to my residence registration history in the system and can see that I have no history for those 60 days except for this one hotel. Does anyone know how this registration system works in practice?
12 comments
Nov 24, 2025
5 months ago
Edward **********
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When going for a one year extension of the O retirement visa do you need to have color copies of your passport pages or black-and-white is OK? 
20 comments
Nov 18, 2025
5 months ago
Roy ********
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An I ask the group, is the 5 year visa x5 of 180 day periods? And would you prefer it to non-o / non-b? I need to support working remotely as a network security engineer / cybersecurity engineer
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