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Never seen a rejection with a reason Its location in the email body was: I don't know if it's new or if it's incorrectly sent for some unrelated rejection reason.

The email reminder arrives the day before the 15 day window I submitted a 2nd time, 14 days early, and got the same rejection mail. Both rejection mails say "Incorrect entry date upon entry into the kingdom/ Incorrect visa expiration date". Also, I re-entered Thailand in December while the email reminder only comes based on the previous online submission date not the correct deadline based on re-entry date, I believe. Regardless, thanks. 🙏

This mostly worked for me until December 2023. Now both MEA and CounterServicePay tell me that at least as of 2024, only Thai credit cards can be used to pay MEA bills. 😥 TrueWallet also doesn't allow credit card as payment source. If anyone finds an app or website to pay MEA with a foreign credit card please let me know! 🙏

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This mostly worked great for me until December 2023. Now both MEA and CounterServicePay tell me that at least as of 2024, only Thai credit cards can be used to pay MEA bills. 😥 TrueWallet also doesn't allow credit card as payment source. Is anyone else still able to pay MEA somehow with a foreign credit card? Or if anyone finds any other way to pay MEA bills with foreign credit cards please let me know! 🙏

These options mostly worked for me until December 2023. Now both MEA and CounterServicePay tell me that at least as of 2024, only Thai credit cards can be used to pay MEA bills. 😥 TrueWallet also doesn't allow credit card as payment source. Is anyone else still able to pay MEA somehow with a foreign credit card? Or if anyone finds any other way to pay MEA bills with foreign credit cards please let me know! 🙏

Update for anyone who stumbles on this thread via search - both MEA and CounterServicePay confirmed that at least as of 2024, only Thai credit cards can be used to pay MEA bills. 😥 TrueWallet also doesn't allow credit card as payment source. If anyone finds a way to pay MEA bills with foreign credit cards please let me know! 🙏

I'm in the same situation as you except I'm in BKK, and I submitted exactly 15 days before the deadline. It was rejected the following morning, so I submitted again in case I had a typo in the visa expiry date (not included in the confirmation PDF they provide), but again rejected the following morning. Anyway, I just wanted to share another data point of exactly 15 days early, even if from BKK.

No, a number of Thailand banks allowed cardless transactions at ATMs, including even withdrawals - you could enter your phone number and a one-time-passcode from your phone and get money from an ATM without ever being issued any ATM card. I have not tested whether that is still possible since November's changes. Before November, depositing to an account was possible with someone's account number, again without any ATM card. When I first started renting in Thailand, that was how the agent had me submit rent - enter the destination account number, deposit cash, done. This past November things completely changed at least on the deposit front.

Is your question why would someone want to deposit money at an ATM/CDM into their own account? Or why they would not want to pay to do so?

At least as a foreigner, until Q4-2023 I was able to deposit into my own accounts at Krungsri and SCB CDMs by typing in my account numbers. However, both banks' CDMs now require a Thai ID (passport didn't work) or Thai ATM card apparently. Krungsri said they made that change on November 11, 2023. I haven't yet tried Bangkok Bank. Anyone know of a workaround to do free cash deposits into one of my own Thai accounts? Do any Thai banks offer free ATM cards? (Do any Thai banks still allow CDM deposits without a Thai ID/ATM card?)

At least as a foreigner, until Q4-2023 I was able to deposit into my own accounts at Krungsri and SCB CDMs by typing in my account numbers. However, both banks' CDMs now require a Thai ID (passport didn't work) or Thai ATM card apparently. Krungsri said they made that change on November 11, 2023. I haven't yet tried Bangkok Bank. Anyone know of a workaround to do free cash deposits into one of my own Thai accounts? Do any Thai banks offer free ATM cards? (Do any Thai banks still allow CDM deposits without a Thai ID/ATM card?)

I recall hearing that before, and the official document mentions that it can be submitted within that 7 day grace period. However, the multiple references to having to pay a 2,000 baht fine only mention 90 days. https://www.immigration.go.th/en/?page_id=1666 "If a foreigner staying in the kingdom over 90 days without notifying the Immigration Bureau or notifying the Immigration Bureau later than the set period, a fine of 2,000.- Baht will be collected." Also interesting that between this thread and one other on ASEANNOW, there are many reports of people getting approval after 15 days of pending.

I could only hear some conversations, but I heard multiple people being told to go to a different counter to do a TM30, including one or two people who said they owned their condo. For the next part I could only hear 60% of it, but I believe at least one other person said they had filed their TM30 electronically and they were asked to show it on their device. Separately, interesting that many people seem to be getting approved after 15 days pending. As far as whether there is a 7 day grace period on top of the 90 days, the official document mentions that it can be submitted within that period. However, the multiple references to having to pay a fine only mention 90 days. https://www.immigration.go.th/en/?page_id=1666 "If a foreigner staying in the kingdom over 90 days without notifying the Immigration Bureau or notifying the Immigration Bureau later than the set period, a fine of 2,000.- Baht will be collected."

I applied about noon on the first day, after which it was pending. I waited as long as possible until 1 PM on the due date, then to avoid the 2000 baht fine i set off for chaengwattana. At 5:07 PM while still waiting in the queue my application from 15+ days ago was approved. A Thai person there had been pending for 11 days. They spoke with the staff about their case but the staff just had them fill out a new paper. Everyone was being asked for their tm30. I hadn't traveled in 4 months since my last tm30 online but at 4 pm I submitted a new extra one online just in case.