The way I believe it works is that it needs to be in for 3 months before your renewal and then 12 months after you can get it from income. But wait for confirmation
The Bangkok post said it would be the airline’s responsibility to make sure the passengers of any aircraft is eligible to enter. That’s the law now and is the airline’s responsibility to send them back at their cost if not.
I went to immigration and they just did it as I came in on the new one but the idiot tried to say I needed a letter from my Embassy until another senior officer told her no and they just did it at Jontiem.
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