@Graham ******

. I've had same home adress on tm 30 for years. I've travelled around inside Thailand many timesand never had to redo it. A couple of years ago they changed the rule and a new tm30 is only required if you leave thailand and re enter. It used to be whenever you stayed away from tm30 adress but they finally saw how stupid it was and changed it.

It was stated in Royal Gazette of the change.

@Prieto ***

. To answer your question they calculate it per calendar year.

@Graham *****

. He isn't using a ME tourist visa. He's bouncing on exempt it seems. He's a tourist so get a tourist visa.

@Prieto ***

. We would all be living here on tourist visas if it was that easy. It's immigration you need to convince. Tourist visas get a lot less scrutiny than visa exempt entries over and over again. It's how it looks to the imm officer when they look at your history. Any immigration in any country can refuse you entry as a tourist , they have total discretion, don't need a reason.

Get a tourist visa instead of bouncing on exempt and they are much more likely to leave you alone. Metv is actually cheaper in the long run

Getting the visa that actually matches your reason for being here so long will make these issues go away. Tourists don't spend 6 months in one country

Go back to the airport or an imm office and they'll fix it.

Walk in to the bank with your thai wife and it will be a lot easier to open one.

@James ********

. Either you're joking or your girlfriend is 15 years old.. ??

Or wait until she's 50 and she can get same visa as you

Also try Laksi Amphur. It's virtually across the road from CW immigration and the MFA.

They deal with a lot of foreigner marriages. I married my thai wife there all done smoothly and quickly paperwork wise.