Some people print and laminate the pdf file. I’ve seen posts from people with a full A4 print or ones printed passport size and laminated.

It’s not technically necessary to have a printed version as the IO should be able to see on their system that you have a DTV but it just is a help to show you have one to get the right stamp.

ALWAYS check the stamp they give you. Mistakes happen, but the onus is on you to check.

This seems to be office specific. Some allow the bank letter to be up to 7 days prior - but the bank book update to be that day.

@Ron *****

Because they used an agent. If they used an agent to pen push and fill forms but supplied said agent with financials so the agent didn’t need to do the financing then they may be OK. Otherwise not.

@Ronnie ******

Once on the “agent train” it will be difficult for you to get off it as immigration will know you used an agent and will probably require you to do so again.

You can jump off that train by leaving and entering on a “clean stamp” or new visa and DIY your extensions.

Depends on what the agent is charging you as to whether you’d want to keep using them. 14k per year (for some agents) isn’t an excessive amount to charge based on they do everything for you and save X number of visits to immigration and the time taken for those visits.

Many here will advocate DIY because it’s only 1,900 to do so. Your call really.

That’s going to be office dependent. Some require it to be shown as an international transfer, some just want the balance.

Not sure of your question. Perhaps you’re asking about getting a DTV rather than a retirement extension (you don’t have any visa - you have an extension of stay based on an original visa you held).

Almost certainly your hotel will file the TM30 online. Ask them for a print of their filing. Many offices will accept a screenshot of the filing although some will require the specific pdf that can be generated from it.

Keep things minimal as possible. Freight is expensive and yes it would be charged import duties and taxes.

They pluck a figure out of the air based on your bill of lading. If you question that charge then they’ll go through your items with a fine tooth comb and you’ll almost certainly get a higher charge and have to pay demurrage charges whilst waiting.

I don’t think many countries allow you to add pages these days.