@Adam ****************

different visa? you don't have a visa when you do that - you enter visa exempt

@Marc *******

really? the prime minister was involved apparently so I wonder... Strict orders to immigration they can't ignore

@J *************

since the tightening of the exempt rules have just been implemented then what was published long ago is irrelevant

IsaanThai5754 what gave you that impression? I see nothing mentioned about "having to go to an embassy"

@Piero ************

yeah - it's just to get an account and then try. No big deal.

@Mervyn *******

if/when you go to immi to get that fixed it would be interesting to know if the problem was because the system wants a recently updated tm30. I had a tm47 rejected once - and the automated answer that I had to come immediately to the office made me nervous but they said to me "1st time after being abroad must come in person" - I said I have not been abroad - she looked in my passport and her screen and said : mistake 😊

@Piero ************

tm30 and tm47 both takes about 2-3 minutes to do online

@Deniz ********

he wants to open a bank account and a non o is a good way to do that. So of course he should do that. Many accounts frozen by Bangkok Bank - not other banks and that has nothing to do with "being a tourist". Of course no accounts are closed because you are a tourist.

@Dennis *********

that's wrong - it clearly says "visa must be used by" and that's up to 3 months after it is issued and THEN he gets his 3 months permission to stay.

@Nongnuch *******

yes I know - I wrote it wrong 😔