@Ron *****

If the overseas marriage certificate has not already been translated and certified in their home country.. then the translation has to be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand.. and only then can the marriage be registered at the local Amphur to obtain a Kor Ror 22.. which is needed to support the extension application.. if time allows its better to get the translation done in home country and certified by Thai Embassy there.. which avoids this process eating into the initial 90-day period when they reach Thailand.

It may help to carry a copy of your employment contract.. so when questioned you can evidence the fact you live and work elsewhere in asia.. and frequently enter Thailand as a tourist during your downtime.. this will demonstrate you are not trying to live or work in Thailand.. and are not abusing the system.. ie. avoiding an appropriate visa.. said contract could be the difference in getting in if the IO considers it a borderline decision.. excuse the pun 😉

You cannot file a legitimate tm30 until you are actually in the country.. it is the registration of your physical address in Thailand.. and the Thai property owner must file it within 24-hours of you checking in to your accommodation.. the online application doesn't necessitate uploading any of the foreigner's documents.. the account holder (your landlord) has to input your full name, date of birth, nationality, passport number, date of check-in.. this date being your first day as a resident in their accommodation.. there is an option to input length of stay (eg. x-nights) or to state the date you will leave the accommodation.. but this is optional rather than mandatory.. if a landlord files the tm30 before you are in the country it is technically invalid.. and when you go to request a certificate of residency from immigration they will almost certainly spot this.. and ultimately will reject your CoR application until your tm30 is regulatised.. and you could then find you are fined for filing the 'proper' tm30 late.. meaning if the re-filing date is later than 24-hrs after your passport stamp.. and if by chance they miss it (highly unlikely) when you go to extend your driving licence the disparity between your immigration stamp and the tm30 date could be picked up by an astute official there.. resulting in your DL application being rejected.. so you could be going round in circles.. there is absolutely no reason for a landlord to buck the system with an attempted early filing imo.. and even if they think they have 'beat the system' successfully it will likely come back to haunt you.. personally i'd tell them you'll be happy to provide a copy of your passport when you reach the property.. but there are so many possibilities that could unexpectedly delay your arrival.. cancelled or rescheduled flights, diverted flights, temporary airport closures, sudden ill-health etc.. that you really should wait and get your passport stamped on entry before engaging with online registrations.. with the exception of your TDAC of course 😉

@Tim *********

The decision to leave any country.. using whichever mode of transport you choose to take (air, sea, road, rail) is a personal decision and is down to one's own discernment.. it's absolutely legal to walk through a border check point from one country to another.. if it wasn't they wouldn't have check points.. they would just build a wall with barbed wire atop.. so unless there is a legal restriction on you travelling.. such as an invalid passport or an arrest warrant has been flagged.. immigration have no right to stop you leaving.. whereas they have every right to prevent you entering if you don't have an appropriate visa.. or are considered to be abusing immigration 'rules' in some way.. you appear to be accusing people exercising their freedom to travel of 'illegal actions'.. I'm not sure what crime you believe is being committed by properly documented people who want to travel out of Thailand.. so perhaps you could elaborate on 'the crime' you are referring to here.. or is it simply that you despise people who are not as wealthy as you.. or people that do not share your outlook on life.. i don't do border runs myself so I'm not affected.. but I'll defend everybody's right to exercise their free will.. and for just treatment irrespective of their demographic or social standing!

@Rudi **********

You can only use your very latest tm30.. any earlier tm30's are effectively cancelled as soon as you submit a new tm30 registration.. so if your first tm30 was for your rental property.. and you then bought the condo and registered a new tm30 for that property.. your current tm30 is the only valid one.. it supercedes the earlier one.. so if you want to extend using the rental property as your current address.. you will need to resubmit a tm30 based on that address and get it printed out.. the old one cannot be used!

@John *******

If you stay away from 'home' overnight then you need to ascertain whether you've been registered as a guest or not.. hotels will usually do so automatically and will ask you for your passport in order to do it.. which invalidates your earlier tm30 in respect of your home residence.. so you need to submit a new tm30 upon returning home.. however if you are married to a Thai then I'd suggest you always book any overnight accommodation in her name.. because hotels will usually treat the booking as hers and ignore the fact her spouse is a foreigner.. and since as a Thai national she's exempt from the tm30 process this means you don't disrupt your home registration at all.. this doesn't apply when touring overseas of course 😉 Ps. If staying with family or friends in a private residence.. then they are likely to be unfamiliar with the tm30 requirements anyway.. and you retain control of whether they do or don't register you.. so you can conspire to avoid it altogether.. though bear in mind if you are staying in another province and need to go into a police station say.. or deal with immigration locally.. it would be wise to submit a tm30 for your temporary address before you visit such premises 😉

@Rudi **********

The residential address stated on the tm30 must match the address you write on the extension application.. and all other relevant supporting documentation that includes an address must also match.. such as bank statements.. though it's feasible for older statements to reflect a former address.. your most recent statement should match your tm30 addy.

@Rudi **********

Provided both properties are in the same province.. and under the jurisdiction of the same immigration office.. then personally I'd just use the condo as my main residence.. and since you already have a current tm30 for that address you use that addy for your extension application.. if using the rental apartment as your address you will need a tm30 attached to it.. but your original tm30 was invalidated by your new tm30 for the condo.. you can only have one valid tm30 registration at any given time.. and your most recent one is the one currently held in the system.. hence the old tm30 has already been overwritten and is now defunct.. if proceeding based on the rental addy you would have to resubmit a tm30 for that addy.. and do it again when you officially move into the condo 😉

@Graham *****

I would agree.. assuming he is submitting a tm30 for the condo he recently bought.. but the OA suggests this has already been done.. i think he is referring to the rental apartment landlord (or unit management) instead.. which suggests he wants to use the rental address on his application.. rather than the condo he owns.. which doesn't make sense to me really.. understand there may be an overlap while he runs his lease down.. but if he's going to be living in the condo then surely use that address 🤔

@Tony *********

In CM you must produce your tm30 when applying for an extension.. and when doing your 90-day report.. and basically when applying for anything from immigration.. such as a CoR 😲