People have enough trouble managing their permissions of stay using a calendar they grew up knowing. Imagine if they had to use the Thai lunar version!

@Tom *********

I can pretty much tell you what they’d prefer if you did that. They’d prefer to send you back to the Thai border after refusing to stamp you in to Myanmar.

There will be conflicting information because Thailand is organised in such a way as to give officials the leeway to interpret things in their own way. I would suggest that the most important opinion is that of the office you will need to be dealing with on a regular basis. What anyone else thinks is the right way to do things is probably less important.

คนต่างชาติ or คนต่างด้าว foreigner, or alien (not from space, from another country :)).

Take the name change documents with you. It’s not unusual for Thai people to change their names.

Be aware that the airline you’re flying to Thailand with may want to see either a visa, or a ticket out of Thailand within 30 days before they let you check in.

Two different sets of requirements from two separate Thai authorities. It’s possible that you will be required to show cash at the border. If so, it will be ฿20,000 in cash or the equivalent in another currency. Also remember that there are no cash machines at the airport before immigration.

When any non Thai national enters the country a TM30 is required within 24 hours of their arrival at any address. So, yes.

Brian Edgington Well, if they refuse to accept that, whilst asking for an extension at the same time (the time is added to the current admitted to stay stamp, so no problem doing it at the same time) then they could fine him for not doing one or not allow the extension. Personally, I think they’ll accept his girlfriend doing the TM30 seeing as she’s the one renting the room and is the one responsible for reporting that a foreigner is staying there. People will say it’s the property owner but there’s leeway in the rules for the ‘possessor’ to do it. In the end, it comes down to the immigration office and how they see that.

If she’s got time, it might be worth her going to the immigration office and asking them if she can register the TM30. If not, then maybe he could book a hotel for the first night to get the TM30 done IF he needs a TM30 to get his extension there.

A few ifs and buts there but I reckon that’s just how it is 😊

Seeing as you say he “will stay with his girlfriend” it looks like the 24 hour period hasn’t passed yet. He could try going to immigration within that 24 hour period with his girlfriend, copies of her lease/rental agreement, ID card, house book listing and she could try registering him on a TM30 as she may be regarded as the ‘possessor’ as mentioned in the TM30 rules.

I’d say he’s out nothing by trying that. They might accept it, they might not.