@Jacquii *****

At Bangkok/Chiang Mai and a couple other offices you can do it when you have 45 days or less left on your current stamp,

Most of the rest of the offices allow you to do it when you have 30 days or less left on your current stamp

BUT

A couple renegade offices (Jomtiem/Samui) only allow you to apply when you have 7 days or less left on your stamp (dunno why they are just wacky that way)

I think you're confused a bit.

When you apply for a 30-day extension, that time is added to the expiration date of you current stamp

There is no benefit to wait until your stamp runs out to apply for the extension because you don't lose any time applying early.

Is it easy enough for your family to file the tm30 online using the web portal?

That depends on how savy they are with Thai websites, there's a user guide have them read it.

You won't be fined because immigrations has no idea when you left the hotel and actually showed up at that address,.

So have them make a user account, have them add an address, then have them file a tm30 on you and download the receipt.

Just so you understand, you're not going to apply for any marriage visa after this 90 days runs down. You have the 90 day non-o Visa already based on marriage, all you going to be doing is applying for a year extension based on marriage when you have 30 days or less left on your current 90 day entry stamp

You should go to your immigration office, and get the handout listing the requirements to apply for that year extension as far as photos, documents, copies, etc.

Here's the online team 30 website

Should have no issue at all activating an METV by bouncing out and back at a land border and presenting that PDF print out of the visa when they stamp back in

Anonymous participant 106the person was in their country when the Visa was applied for and then they came to Thailand Visa exempt before it was approved

It would appear he was in his country when he contracted with the agency to apply. But then came to Thailand without telling them before the Visa was approved

It seems that they applied for a DTV and then entered the country BEFORE it was approved thinking once it was approved their stamp would "magically switch over" to the 180 day DTV entry stamp from the 60 day free stamp they got when they showed up here without any visa 😕

@Adam ****

yep sounds like it is the same situation.

@Nicholas *************

I don't believe 'Muricanz have the market cornered on stupidity 😛 I've met stupid people from countries the world over 😉

I don't have instagram so I couldn't read the comments on the thread to see if they used an agent while they were in the country or applied on their own then came here before it was approved