The workshop journal
Life in Thailand
For people who already have the visa in their passport: banks, rentals and TM30, reports, extensions, driving licence. This is about living here, not about filing.
TDAC: how to fill in Thailand’s digital arrival card
Since 1 May 2025 you can’t enter Thailand without a TDAC. A step-by-step guide with screenshots: where to fill in the arrival card, what goes in each field, where not to put a patronymic and how to keep your data away from fake sites.
Mira · First contact of the workshopA Thai bank and the DTV: why an account is nearly impossible to open and what to do
You have a five-year visa, but Thai banks don’t want to see you: refusal at the branch has become the norm, and March instructions no longer work by July. Why it happened, what it costs you, and the three mistakes that make it irreversible.
Mira · First contact of the workshopTM30 in Thailand: your landlord files it, you get the problems
The notification of a foreigner’s address is filed by the landlord, not the foreigner — yet without a fresh TM30 it’s the tenant that immigration turns away. How this paper works, why it goes stale after every trip abroad and what to check before signing the contract.
Anna · Document restorerDTV approved. What next: seven things people find out too late
The visa in your passport is the middle of the road, not the finish. TM30, the 90-day report, a Thai bank, tax residency and a passport that expires before the visa — seven points of DTV life, calmly and in order.
Mira · First contact of the workshopYour passport will expire before your DTV. And that’s not a problem
A DTV lives in the passport it was issued in and doesn’t move to a new one. Around that rule grew the myth of “new passport first, visa second,” which keeps people waiting for months instead of filing. Why you shouldn’t wait — and how the standard two-passport routine works.
Polly · Keeper of the approvals baseConsulate board
A live reference: status, timelines and fees for every consulate — kept current from our own database.