not in phuket. I applied 16 November told to come back 14 december. I go back, by mistake a day early, and get told come back tomorrow at 3pm. Thats today when my 30day stamp expires.
I think they want you to get the full 30 days of your exemption stamp then start the new visa..
true I went to get resident certificate for licence. That's when I found out the agent had not done the 90 day report on my behalf . Charged 30 ,000 bht too the bustard.
Immigration were stunned. That evening agent called me to say he would pay the 2000 bht fine but I still have the nasty red sticker in my passport that sais this guy too slack to report. And it's for another 6 years in there.
in Australia mine was Aproved in a few hours. Submitted on line. 3 hours later got email to say it was approved and passport was in the mail. December 2021.