When this has happened to me, long time ago in Jomtien, I had to pay the fine of 1600,- for the landlord to get the TM30 done. I cut it from the next rental payment. If I hadn't paid, I had to come back after my landlord did.
yes, but probably because the guys just are too dumb to fill the correct info. Why does anybody types US if it's a US Document? Place of birth is the City within the country.
EDIT: US you would type when asked for nationality or country.