@Scot ******

The ASQ package sold by the hotels meets all requirements as well. No worry.

@Stuart ********

Sure, but I wanted to point out that when you have a under consideration stamp, you don't usually need to wait until the last day to get your extension (except maybe in big crowded places like Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket).

I got a 15 days under consideration stamp once because the head of the immigration office was in Bangkok for a meeting and nobody else could sign the extension in my passport. I came back 48 hours later and got my full extension.

After they lift the quarantine, the 45 days visa exemption will more than probably be reduced back to the original 30 days.

@Amanda *******

Strange that she haven't got a US transcript of her birth certificate.

@Amanda *******

I'm sure there are people with the same family name living in the district she was born and they will be able to find the correct spelling.

@Garrett **********

STV, NIV, TR, etc. Probably millennial's language 😂

@Roger *******

The point is to be an official inhabitant in your town. It gives you some legitimacy in front of officials. I use it to open banks accounts, to renew my driving licence, to report my address at the immigration (TM30), to attend the villagers meeting and vote on infrastructure matters, to pay Thai entry fare in the national park of my province, etc.. And many were happy to have it in August last year when only residents were allowed to enter Thailand. Beside you get a lifelong ID number you can use on official documents instead of the passport number that changes every 10 years.

And if your wife agrees, you can be listed as the head of the household as well.

@Roger *******

It's the household book. The name of everyone living in a house is on it, even if not family member.

You can register to be on it as well, they will give you a yellow book for foreigners and a pink ID card.

This is because of Koh Samui holiday businesses pushing to get their share of the cake. Otherwise Phuket was ready for July 1st.