Do I need to file a TM30 for a 60-day tourist visa upon entering Thailand?

I'm shutting this down:

1. *IF* you are staying in a hotel, the TM30 is the responsibility of the hotel owner to file.

2. *IF* you are staying at someone's property (like a friend, your wife, property you rent), it's your responsibility to make sure the TM30 is filed. *YOU*, not the property owner, will get fined for not filing it the next time you're at the immigration office.

3. The maximum fine is 2K THB, most immigration offices charge 1,600 THB, Bangkok charges 800 THB (see I never heard of the property owner being fined; all the fines are passed to you. 3/permalink/5). I never heard of the property owner being fined; all the fines are passed to you.

4. The Chanote is the property deed, and the immigration office may require it to submit the TM30. Ask your local immigration office what they expect.

5. You can only file the TM30 at the local immigration office. Even though the law says you can submit it to the local police office, I never seen any police office accept it. IF they accept it, they would fill out the bottom part of the TM30 and give it back to you.

6. If you are an actual tourist, hopping around hotels, and not planning on renting or doing anything at the immigration office before leaving, ignore the TM30. You will not be fined when you leave the country.

7. For the specific TM30 policy WHERE YOU LIVE, contact the immigration office and ask them. There are 70+ immigration offices, and we don't know what all their polices are.

If anyone has any evidence showing the opposite, please contact a mod and we'll reopen comments.

Hotels will handle it for you. If you staying else where, the owner is responsible.. But probably won't. It is a legal requirement to have filed.

If you just here on a 60 days TR visa and then leave.. Then you should not worry. Only when you do a 90 day report or extending your visa does a foreigner need to worry if tm30 was filed properly or not.

What is a chanote

Let me ask, are you going to be an actual tourist, OR are you going to be staying someone (i.e. a wife) or renting an apartment?

IF you're staying in any hotels (including ASQ), it's the hotel's responsibility to file the TM30.

If you're staying in an apartment that you, or someone else rent, a TM30 is filed *AT THE LOCAL IMMIGRATION OFFICE*, by mail, or online.

I never heard of anyone filing them at a police station.

You, or the property owner, have 24 *business* (not actual) hours to file the TM30.

Can't do them at the local police station (and haven't been able to for a good number of year)

You or your land lord files a TM30 when you move in. Most offices give you like 3 days to get it filed before they fine you for not doing it on time. Hotels file for you so you don't worry about that