@Christopher ******

the BIG question here remains: At WHICH airport in Bangkok does your flight from Vietnam arrive, and at WHICH airport does your flight to Surat Thani depart ? I HOPE it is the SAME airport! DMK or BKK, one of those two

@Christopher ******

the DTV has nothing to do with the TDAC. The DTV is the visa you enter on. The TDAC is the mandatory "arrival card" which EVERY foreigner arriving in Thailand has to fill out and submit

@Christopher ******

cool, then you will remain in the transit area and walk from the international terminal to the domestic terminal, and along this route you will pass the special Immigration booths

@Oleksandra *********

yes you did but it matters if you went through immigration along the walk through the transit area, or if you entered Thailand through the "normal" Immigration booths that are in front of the baggage belts. If your baggage got checked through, you most obviously used the special Immigration booths between the international and the domestic terminal

@Christopher ******

yes it does because it is an international airport. But if you are arriving by a flight from a Bangkok Airport, your port of entry will be Bangkok

@Christopher ******

Thailand Digital Arrival Card - - - done online. EVERY foreigner arriving in Thailand needs to have a TDAC online form filled out and submitted before he can enter Thailand . . WATCH OUT there are scammer fake sites who will ask for money. The official Thai TDAC is for free

Christopher Hicks

If your baggage gets checked through, and your flight to Surat Thani leaves from the same airport (BKK or DMK),

then you will ENTER Thailand at the airport at special Immigration booths in the TRANSIT AREA while you walk from the international arrival terminal, to the domestic terminal

And that’s the booth where to show the TDAC

In Surat Thani, it is only your baggage which still needs to pass through customs

*** in case your baggage doesn’t get checked through, you need to enter Thailand through the “normal” Immigration, pick up your baggage from the caroussell and check in to the domestic flight

@Ma***

Alibhai . . You need the up-to-date valid TM30 registration at your accommodation, or Immigration will not service your request for a "change of visa type" from the visa-exempt entry to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa.

So first things first – tell your landlord you have been TM30 registered in a hotel yesterday, and returned to your premises today. So your landlord IS OBLIGED to file a new TM30, and “export” it (download after submitting and print)

FIRST the problem with your landlord needs to get solved.

For the application to the "change"you need a minimum of 15 days left on your "admitted until" stamp.

***(You DO NOT HAVE A TOURIST VISA, you just have been admitted for a 60 days stay permit)

You seemingly have the required funds of 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account (from your previous Retirement Extension of Stay)

so the only problem is that Immigration needs your rental contract, and a submitted TM30, and your updated bankbook showing the 800,000 THB sitting in your account (they might ask for a letter from the bank, though)

***you apply for the “change”, the fee is 2000 THB. The 90-days visa will be issued for “15 days under consideration”

***as soon as 30 days are left from the 90 days, you can apply for the wrongly called so “retirement visa” - which is NOT A VISA at all.

It just is a “1-year extended stay permit based on retirement” and you need a letter proof from your bank that the 800,000 THB have “seasoned” in your Thai bank account by 2 months. The fee for the Extension application is 1900 THB

*** Then you are back to square one, got a “1-year retirement extension” stamped, and you should ALWAYS immediately right after having been issued the extension stamp, buy a single re-entry permit for the 1-year extended stay permit, so it doesn’t become invalid should you exit Thailand

@John *********

she needs a valid TM30 registration at her accomodation, or Immigration will not service her request for a "change of visatype" from the visa-exempt entryto the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. So FIRST the problem with her landlord needs to get solved. For the application to the "change"she needs a minimum of 15 days left on her "admitted until" stamp. She seemingly has the required funds in her Thai bank account (from her previous Extensionof Stay) so the only problem is that Immigration needs her rental contract and a submitted TM30

@Jim ******

You can print your TM30 for 7 days after submitting it. You need to find the button that says "export". This will open the form that can be downloaded and printed