Do I need to file a TM 30 if I've never done it before and am planning to report in 90 days?

Neil Maskell now IF on the other hand you wanted to get a year extension based on marriage to a thai by meeting the proof of funds (400K baht in a thai bank account in your name only for 2months before you apply for a year extension OR a notarized letter from your consulate (the Canadian consulate here in Bangkok) stating you get at least 40K baht a month in income every month from abroad.

What threw me off is;

Most people don't get year long multi-entry visas IF they're going to apply for a yearly extension at the immigration office once they get here because it is a waste of an expensive visa.

All you needed was a 90 day single entry Non-O and then you can apply for an extension when that first 90 days runs down to 30 days or less.

Be that as it may; You could apply for a yearly extension on ANY of the 90 day entries you get off that year-long visa you have by going to the immigration office, meeting the proof of funds requirements and supplying the documents and copies. .

@Neil ********

then what you is; when that 90 day entry stamp is running out, you go to the border, stamp out of thailand, stamp in&out of another country and then stamp back in to thailand to get a NEW 90 day stamp.

You do that every 90 days for the validity of the visa itself and you can get almost 15 months of stay out of it.

If you're on a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa <- that gets you stamped in for 90 days every time you enter you NEVER do a 90 day report because you can't stay IN the country longer than 90 days before you have to bounce out and back in for a new 90 day stamp;)

You would have to be on a year long extension of stay from an immigration office INSIDE the country to have to do a 90 day report.

@Neil ********

, with 70+ immigration offices inside the country and each of them doing something slightly different about the TM30 you or your thai wife needs to go and find out what they require as far as documentation.

After you arrive at a private address the land or house owner has to report you within 24 hours at the local Immigration Office. In your case that could be your wife who has to report you as she is the owner of the house. She needs to do this, every time you have left the country and comes back, if needed if you travel inside Thailand she has to check with your local Immigration Office.

With a 1 year Non Immigrant O visa based on being married with Thai National you only get a maximum of 90 days of stay. You leave Thailand before or on the 90th day, you don't need to make any 90 day reports using the TM47 form.