@Stuart ********

don't think it's you

Name that man

@Boaz ****

I'm guessing they just assumed you hadn't left given you turned up to pay and for interview

@Paul ******

I can assure you it is absolutely true. The airline staff announced on the intercom that tourists had to complete a TM6 form. I double checked with them as I found it odd too and was told I didn't need to complete one. It was post covid but before the TM6 was suspended. I don't travel out of Thailand that frequently so I'm very confident on when it was.

Normally the company you work for helps with the work permit

@Boaz ****

they have been known to reject the visa application for exactly this behaviour. As

@James *******

said you should have remained in the country you applied in

@Paul ******

I'm telling you a lived experience, it was around a year before they suspended TM6 cards. I was told not to complete one by the airline staff because I was on a Non-immigrant visa and wasn't asked for one at immigration either. You can believe me or not.

If you were on an extension of stay and left without a re-entry permit your done. You need to start over again, best to avoid agents if you can

Nothing will happen when you fly out. At your next interaction with immigration you might be fined, assuming they notice

@Paul ******

I understand it affects us all, but the question will always be what defines a resident. According to the dictionary its "a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis", that rules out most of us I'd say. I do remember flying back from a visit to the UK a few years back where only those on tourist visas or coming in visa exempt/waiver/VOA were required to complete TM6 cards by the airline staff, those on Non-immigrant visas didn't have to (from memory that was in 2021) which seemed sensible to me particularly given we're meant to file a new TM30 within 24 hours