@Sabri **************

and once you leave/come back you or where ever you stay needs to file a new TM30

There is no requirement to show a TM30 when you stamp IN to thailand

On the 6 month METV, it is advantageous to apply for it as close to when you're traveling as you can

that's because the 6 month validity of the visa starts counting down the day the visa is issued. So if you get it too early you burn the validity of the visa without being in thailand.

I'd say apply when you're about 30 days from your trip. Take your time on the eVisa application, get everything filled out correctly, check the data and the uploads you submit and it should go smoothly

Onward travel isn't required on the TDAC, leave it blank

Just print the PDF of the visa, and make sure you fill out the online TDAC (no need to print it as they can see at passport control if you filed one or not)

Dunno what you mean about your TM30, <- seeing as you have to be IN thailand and at an address where you're staying to file one

Here's the official TDAC web site

90 day reporting works like this

IF you're on a visa/extension that requires 90 day reporting and you're in thailand for 90 days you report

IF you leave thailand before the 90 day report due date, you don't report and when you return to the country your next 90 day report is due 89 days from the date you stamp in.

𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮?

Nope doesn't mean that at all,

A single re-entry just means you can exit/re-enter one time

So if you needed to leave again during your extension you'd need to buy another re-entry permit 🙂

A multiple re-entry permit lets you exit/re-enter the country as many times as you want during the extension it's issued for.

The price of the multiple re-entry; 3800baht means unless you're going to exit/re-enter at least 4 times during the year, there's not much reason to get one because a single re-entry is just 1000baht each time, so two trips would be just 2000baht total

You can buy a re-entry permit at the immigration office where you got your extension or at the airport before you fly out

They could apply for a 6 month METV <- multi-entry tourist visa, from the thai consulate in their country before they wing their way here. That will give them unlimited 60 day entries during the 6 months the visa is valid for. They could get close to 9 months stay in country (in 60-90 day increments) out of that visa

@Pi ****

remember for the VFS Global eExtension service in Bangkok you go to Chaengwattana 3rd floor, <- that's where they do the eExtensions

not second floor where the main immigration office is.

The visa was valid for her to enter the country up until August 24th from the date it was issued.

When she entered she was stamped in for most likely 60 days which was until August 27th

The fact that two days are close together has nothing to do with each other.

The visa was used the day she stamped into the country and is no good anymore

She's allowed to be here until the 27th just like her entry stamp says,

so showing up on the 25th will be fine and they will add the 30 days from the expiration of her current stamp

𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘁𝗰.

Why would they provide any follow up?

All they did was submit the documents you gave them for you (rather than you doing it) Their job ended when the visa application was approved

*You're responsible for filing a TM30 (if you choose to do so) to show you're registered as staying where you are in thailand,

*You're responsible for filing a 90 day report (first one due 89 days after you stamp in to the country),

*You're responsible to go to the immigration office and apply for a 180 day extension (should you go that route rather than just fly out/back to get a new 180 day entry stamp)

Pretty much everything from here on out for the next 5 years once you got the visa approved and printed the PDF (which as the officer pointed out when you stamped in IS your visa 🙂 ) is all on you 100%

Glad you got the DTV, congrats (y)

@Steve *********

when they transfer stamps to the new passport they transfer the WHOLE history (original entry, any previous extensions, and the current extension you're on)

That's why stamp transfers usually take a couple passport pages