@Aurélie ********

Wait a sec, I thought your passport was issued at the French embassy in Tbilisi...

Félicitations !

So what did you end up writing in the place-of-issue field?

By the way, there are companies which offer door-to-door service for TM47. It's not cheap though. Someone posted about it in this group once, I think it was 2K bahts, which is the price of the fine.

Reaction to your EDIT: Next time, don't wait until the grace period, in order to prevent such situations from happening. Tip: You can do it by mail 15 days before the date is due. A single visit to the post office / cost is less than 80 bahts in stamps.

@Greg *******

There is no need to submit a new TM30 in Jomtien if exiting Thailand and then returning to the same address?

@Nick ********

No, you have to compress the PDF file. You can't upload zip or other compressed folders.

Only one document per category. This means you have to merge all your documents into one single PDF per category. You will likely have to compress it too, as it's max 3MB per document.

New Zealand has a department of Internal Affairs in Sydney? 🙃

Basically you applied for a new passport at the Embassy of New Zealand in Sydney, right?

I had a similar case since all of our passports were issued by various embassies. However, on the info page of our passports the issuing authority is clearly referred to as "EMBASSY OF XXX in YYY". That's what I wrote in the field and we got our visas.

Your case is somewhat different. This issue is debated, as John Macom pointed out, and there have been cancellations on this ground. If I were you, I would try to contact the embassy/consulate where I plan to submit my application.

The platform says 3 months. Just send 3 months FFS.

@Ray ****

Should be 15 days in advance but possibly location-dependent, and yes first report by mail is possible.