@James *******

I think he said he has an METV didn’t he?

@Andy ********

That makes sense. If your wife submitted the TM30 previously and you haven’t left the country since then that TM30 will still be valid and will show up in the system when the IO checks. It will also validate your submission if you do an online 90 day report. My questions were based on the understanding that you or your wife had never submitted a TM30. All clear now 😃

@Andy ********

Excellent. Thanks for the information

@Andy ********

I wonder if Yellow book is just acceptable for in person 90 day report purposes. The test will be when you try to submit an online report next time. I understand that the TM47 system looks at the TM30 system when you do an online report which is why you don’t need to upload a TM30 notification when you submit an online report. Anyway good luck and look forward to hearing your feedback after you visit immigration on Friday.

@Andy ********

I understand that but the TM30 submission is a report of when you are there dates etc so I am curious as to why they would accept the Yellow Book as a substitute for that. That’s why I wondered if you had ever used it for 90 day report purposes before. Have you? I am interested to know because if having a yellow book means that you don’t have to submit a TM30 it would make it a much more useful document. I wonder how immigration would know that you have one when you do online 90 day reports unless the district office system is connected to the immigration system.

@Andy ********

Is a yellow book an acceptable substitute for a TM30? Have you used it in the past for that purpose?

@Tod ********

Fair enough. I only mentioned it because the first time I used the online system I tried to retrieve my notification months later and was completely thrown by not being able to find it! Lesson learned 😄

@Tod ********

It might be worth pointing out that you need to do a search after doing a new notification and downloading a copy for later use when dealing with immigration because after 7 days you won’t be able to find it. See red text below.

@Tod ********

@Alex ********

Exactly right. I obtained an Elite visa after being made redundant in 2019 with the intention of finding a new job and had detailed discussions with TE about the process for getting a non B. As it happened I did get a new job but it was during Covid travel restrictions and I wasn’t able to travel to a regional consulate to obtain a non B and lost the job opportunity. Eventually I got married in March 2024, travelled to Penang in May and obtained a 90 day non O ( marriage), reentered Thailand on the non O and obtained a 1 year extension to the non O in July at CW. My Elite visa was unaffected and is still valid. The process would be the same if I wanted to obtain a non B. The only thing I would suggest that you look out for is that if you leave Thailand to get a non B make sure that you show the IO the non B visa on entry so he doesn’t stamp you in on the Elite visa. BTW even if you enter on a different visa TE still provides assistance at the airport and airport transfer as your membership privileges are still available to you. Note that most of the regional consulates are moving to the E visa system now so the days of being able to bounce out to Singapore or Penang for a few days to get a non B seem to be over.

@Lindsay ******

Just to be clear they weren’t asking for proof that funds came from overseas they just wanted to see the incoming transfer and were quite happy that the source of funds was your wife’s account? Is my understanding correct? Planning ahead to my extension next year my funds were transferred in to my account from overseas this year and I intend to maintain the 400k balance until my renewal next July so I would have to show them my bank book which shows the incoming transfer this year. Is that correct?