@Brian ******

Beware of the requirement to provide proof of address. I have lived in Thailand for decades but don’t have acceptable proof of address for my Thailand address so I ended up having to use my valid UK driving license as proof of address even though I haven’t lived there for many years.

It might be worth keeping a bit more than 400k in your account in case bank charges are applied during the 2 months prior to application for the extension. I have noticed that some people have reported that they had exactly 400k in their account then bank charges were applied during the 2 month seasoning period which messed up their plans as it took the balance below 400k. Just something to watch out for.

@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.