The first requirement is that a TM30 needs to be filed within 24 hours of arrival at any property you’re staying at (hotels usually do this for you without you realising, longer term residences, not so much) then on day 89 (your arrival day is day one) your 90 day report will be due. You can report that in person two weeks before the due date and up to one week after it.

The advice normally given to anyone who is about to apply for any kind of extension at an immigration office (apart from maybe a 30 day extension on a tourist visa/visa exempt) is to GO to the office you’re going to use way before you apply and ask them IN DETAIL exactly what they will require for that extension.

They’re happy to tell you so that when you do apply for the extension, you don’t waste anyone’s time (yours included) and it all goes smoothly.

It’s less frustrating if you do that, plus you’ve got time to get anything you’re missing before your stamp gets close to running out.

In a successful application I was party to, the statement was in a currency that the staff in HCMC may not have been familiar with. In order to make sure they were aware that it was over the 500k a note was added (pdf merged) to the statement showing the exchange rate from that currency to Thai baht.

Not sure if it was necessary or not, but it was easy enough to do.

@Shayna ***

There were a few previously that were ‘walk ups’ as in you went there but now, all visas for Thailand are processed online. You do have to be in the country you’re applying in when you apply, and during the process until the decision is made. Some only allow those with residence in that country to apply so check the website of the embassy you’re thinking of using first.

Use the search tool in this group and you’ll see many posts about timeframes and processes from embassies and consulates in many different countries.

Good luck 😊

TM30 to be filed either by your landlord/hotel within 24 hours of your arrival there (if you stay in a hotel first, then move to an apartment for instance, the hotel will file one for you, then you need to make sure another one is filed when you move in. You’ll need a copy of that when you do your 90 day report.

The only way to apply is online. If your application won’t be accepted by the embassy in Spain, your best bet is to travel to a South East Asian country like Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia etc.

They accept applications from non residents.

Anonymous participant or give you the relevant documents so you can file it yourself

It’s a little bit more than ‘fill out the TM30 and sign’.

It’s not just a piece of paper they fill out and it’s done. They need to actually file the TM30 with the immigration office, or give you the relevant documents so you can file it yourself.

The paper you take with you for your 90 day report is a copy of the filed TM30

The only address registration you need to concern yourself with after you enter Thailand is the TM30 (to be done within 24 hours of arrival at any address) and the 90 day report (89 days after arrival in the country).

The ministry of foreign affairs is the authority that issues, and indeed created the DTV

You should contact them with details of your program.

It does, however, seem to be more suited to an ED visa, due to the internship side of the program