Do I need to report to immigration if I travel to another province while on a retirement visa in Thailand?

@Gordon ********

My office is Nakhon Sawan and they're very good. My friend came to visit using a visa-exempt in February so my wife, as home owner, went to immigration and registered the TM30. My friend and I both went on a tour of Vietnam and I used a re-entry permit but he simply returned with a new visa-exempt. My wife went to immigration to ask if she needed to do another TM30 for us both. The senior IO said yes for my friend as he has returned using a new permission to stay and his old TM30 was cancelled when his last visa-exempt entry was cancelled (when he left the country). However, as I was still using my original permission to stay (marriage Ext) and had used a re-entry permit my TM 30 was not cancelled. As long as I returned to the same address it did not need to be done again.

Beware , the gatekeepers in Room 103 now check the system to see if TM30 is up to date , I was there yesterday and a few folks got turned around - I do mine at the drive thru before u submit renewal saves losing my place in the Q

@Michael ******

you are correct. It doesn't have my nationality. I use the Phuket immigration office. I have never filed a TM30.

@Brandon ***********

and my Thai drivers licence had an old passport number so they don’t check

@Brandon ***********

ok but I’ve never in 18 years had to do a TM30 except when entering Thailand and I have traveled extensively in the country

As I said, I did explain to the hotel reception that I already live here so as far as I'm aware no report was filed on our little trip away,

@Bra****

and nothing has come to light since.

I get domestic travel insurance when we go on trips within the Kingdom so we're covered for baggage, cancellations, etc and that's all reflected in my home address here in Bang Saray. That's probably irrelevant too but it all adds to the fact I live here but I'm visiting there all within the country.

@Giraffe ********

That has your passport number on it so they can still file a TM30 for you

@Steven ********

that is correct because it is their duty to report any foreigners that stay in their facility to report the stay to Immigration .

@John *******

local amphur after having acquired the yellow book

@Ruth ******

thai ID for us.

@Allan *******

3 times staying in Hua Hin over the last year Resorts insisted on my passport.Apparently they had visits from Immigration informing this was now compulsory in HH.Of course it varies to where you stay.

@Ntujdeb ************

when u book with a hotel.. it's the hotels burden to fill up your info and inform immigration. But if u let say booked ur airbnb or rental , it kind of falls in u . So let's say u have a visa extension coming up .. better to book a hotel and have them fill up ur TM 30 .. Do make sure to ask the reception if they can give u any acknowledgement receipt for the TM30 as the immigration office will ask u for it at the time of visa extension ..

@Ken **********

exactly, my accountant does mine for me as and when I require one

@Cliff ********

Who said its a warning..?? It is straight screendhot from a google search..

@Cliff ********

he likes the AI interpretation apparently 😂

@Cliff ********

Google search.. Immigration notices re is tm30 required... quite easy actually

@Stuart ********

think

@John *********

I use my thai driving licence for any id be it domestic travel or hotels. Never a problem.

@Ralph ******

so if you stay privately its ok just in hotels? I want to get a retirement visa, too. This sounds so complicated to have to report every time you leave Bangkok. What about with the elite visa?

@Ralph ******

What the law states and what interpretation of that the office uses can vary vastly.