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Do I need a permanent address or can I use my hotel as my residence for a retirement visa in Thailand?
Retirement VisaTM30 NotificationPermanent Address RequirementImmigration ProcessThailand Visa Regulations
Oct 13, 2025
7 months ago
Stephen ************
ORIGINAL POSTERApplying for my 1 year retirement visa
Do I need a permanent address or can I put my current hotel as my residence address ?
Do I need a permanent address or can I put my current hotel as my residence address ?
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When applying for a one-year retirement visa in Thailand, you can use your hotel as your residence address. However, you will need to show a TM30 notification, which the hotel must file on your behalf. It may also be helpful to request a letter from the hotel confirming that you are a long-stay guest, as this is sometimes required to prevent issues with immigration authorities.
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Tod *********
you're going to have to show a TM30 (notification of foreigner in residence) which the hotel would file for you,
you might have to get a paper from the hotel itself saying you are "long stay" and will let a room from them for 3-4 more months. <- This is NOT an uncommon request as they don't want you "cherry picking" immigration offices (checking into a hotel in one province so you can use that specific immigration office)
You can't be the only long stay foreigner in your hotel so ask them if they can give you the paper saying you're booked for 3 or 4 more months
Definitely go to your immigration office and ask them what you need if you "live at a hotel" because they can be pretty picky about it or they can be just fine and let it skate right thru
you might have to get a paper from the hotel itself saying you are "long stay" and will let a room from them for 3-4 more months. <- This is NOT an uncommon request as they don't want you "cherry picking" immigration offices (checking into a hotel in one province so you can use that specific immigration office)
You can't be the only long stay foreigner in your hotel so ask them if they can give you the paper saying you're booked for 3 or 4 more months
Definitely go to your immigration office and ask them what you need if you "live at a hotel" because they can be pretty picky about it or they can be just fine and let it skate right thru
Aleksandr *********
@Tod ********
hotel should register you and make all paperwork regardless of how long you are going to stay. I know people who did it with 2 nights stay.Stephen ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Aleksandr ********
do the hotels provide the documents for me to submit to the immigration office or do the hotels just the TM30 and submit it online?Aleksandr *********
@Stephen ***********
in the cases I know you got papers from a hotel and have to go to an immigration office yourself.Reply to
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Stephen ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Tod ********
so basically it can be achieved providing that the hotel will cooperate with the request I move around as I am officially retired and just don’t want to stay in one place all the time I live in Thailand
Craig ********
personally i would ask the hotel for the long stay documentation regardless of what they tell you at the immigration office. It requires no effort on your part to request it, and if you have it then it doesn't matter if immigration wants it or not.
Thomas **********
@Stephen ***********
also if you are using Airbnb, the owner will do the TM30 form for you. I had this until I found long term lease.Tod *********
Because showing up at an immigration office with a TM30 from a hotel with an out of province yearly extension can open it's own "can 'o worms" as far as them asking why you're not still in that province, etc
The SECOND you go to a new province, get a TM30 filed showing you are registered as living in that province at that address..
The SECOND you go to a new province, get a TM30 filed showing you are registered as living in that province at that address..
Martin *********
@Tod ********
It's unclear whether the OP is doing a renewal of extension of stay. What i can tell you is that Jomtien immigration have been instructed to implement more thorough demands in regard to your residence. They are demanding house books from landlords. i can only assume its to chase up landlords for tax purposes.Tod *********
@Martin ********
the O/P says they got their yearly extension in Jomtien, they're going to continue using that office for their extensions and they just move hotel to hotel still in Chonburi province, Seeing as hotels don't provide blue books or owners i/ds 🙂I think they'll be okay with a letter from the hotel that they are a "long stay" guest BUT as I advised they should check with the Jomtien immigration office well before they get their next extension
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@Stephen ***********
and are you on the initial 90 day stamp from a new Non-O visa or on a yearly extension you got from an immigration office from a province you no longer live in?Stephen ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Tod ********
my yearly extension is at Jomtien and I will continue to use jomtien hotels as my address when I submit for the 90 day report and for my annual extension of stay so it should all look in order just different hotelsTod *********
@Stephen ***********
ahh that should be fine then (y) so just have a TM30 filed for what ever hotel you're at. But I sure would go ask immigrations IF you need a "long stay intent to let" contract from the hotel to use it as your address for the next extensionReply to
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