@Bert *******

I thought was one of the new Thai Government requirements to getting a VISA. You have to have documentation you can squat.

@Simon *********

Good thing I don't have hair anymore.🤣

@Henry ********

The metal one was in the train from Bangkok to Nakhon Si Thammarat. Fairly dirty.

@ALi ****

Wow, you stand facing the wall? I did not know that.

@Warren *******

Yes, the different decisions on a regular basis is frustrating. Be ready with action when trying to make transactions. Human being are involved. Just resolve yourself to knowing it may take two trips or extra steps.

Remember it’s your life, you might as work hard for it. No one else is!

60 days is a good amount of time to work on the next step.

My point about the visits. I just got a Thai Drivers License. I rode an hour on the bus to get to the driving school with the thought I starting that morning only to find out I can’t start. Long story short. It was worth the extra trip I got the entire layout about what to do, what I have to do, even some advice about how to do it and a free ride back to the bus terminal. It took maybe 2- hours just to get the plan laid out and get all my questions answered and take notes but a week laters I’ve got my drivers license.

Appears to me there are no quick answers to anything in Thailand.

You really need to sit down with someone officially or apply officially, that’s when the rubber meets the road.

Might even be good to take an interpreter with you.

Everyone’s situation is different. I’m working on a motorbike license right now and was told by the driving school to take my girlfriend for my residency certificate , since she is my TM30 contact.

The school told me it will probably go much smoother and will able to address any issues while sitting right there or know exactly what to do next.

I’m in the Nakhon Si Thammarat area.

I thought I read somewhere that you could file/submit a TM30 at any local police station. Is that correct?

The receipt should be made available immediately after submission correct? I would think that’s part is the online efficiency process,

When I came to Thailand reading all this advice on meds, I thought I was gonna be strip searched down to the interior of my luggage looking for meds and Tylenol etc.

A big fat zero, nothing, nada at entry. Nobody checked anything.

The best advice I got for meds is get hard paper copies of prescriptions before leaving you can go to any hospital pharmacy to get it filled if they have the meds.

My thought is try online. It’s convenient, then report back so people know what each other have tried and the result.

Worst thing that can happen is they say no and you got to go in.

My first visa application got rejected because I fat finger transposed a letter in the application material. Try not to do that.