Yeah- that's what they gave me. I thought they were filing online. I did that a couple days after I arrived. I am hope immigration will take pity on me for being a dumb farang.
Yeah.. Rent a room from somebody. The told me to do the TM30, go see an office manager, I did. The office manager charged me 200 baht, took a picture of my passport, filled out some stuff online, printed out some document. I thought they did the TM30 for me. But I guess I was suppose to also file some paperwork.
So is having covid extension in your passport a bad idea? What if I leave the Thailand for a couple of weeks then come back? I was thinking I would do a covid extension after my visa extension.
My return trip was 63 days but my visa was only good for 60 days. I flew Singapore. I think they may check the other requirements.. Maybe not. Why not get a visa?
How much crap do you have? What can't be bought here? (US style can openers are difficult to find).
Also, customs has never checked my bags. I see some people bring in several HUGE suite cases, not saying they're Indian. I don't think anybody will care if you're bring in used stuff. Its when you try to bring in 12 laptops that things get difficult to explain.
I think this site should answer several of your questions.
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I found ThaiPass to be a huge pain in the ass. Other group members had better experiences, seems to be a crap-shoot.
I would recommend asking the group for a recommendation of how to book and with who to book your hotel and tests. I think it maybe helpful to use a good hotel. Another member said they used a service to handle ThaiPass, if I had to do it again I would strongly consider paying a little extra to somebody to deal with the stress.