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Do I need to submit a new TM30 form every time I return to Thailand on a retirement visa?
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I have a 1-year retirement visa, a multi-reentry permit. Please tell me, when I return to Thailand, do I need to register with the immigration and a new TM30 form every time? My address does not change, I have a 1-year lease contract. Thank you!
I have a 1-year retirement visa, a multi-reentry permit. Please tell me, when I return to Thailand, do I need to register with the immigration and a new TM30 form every time? My address does not change, I have a 1-year lease contract. Thank you!
Answer summary
If you hold a 1-year retirement visa with a multiple re-entry permit, you are legally required to submit a new TM30 form each time you re-enter Thailand, regardless of whether your address remains the same. However, the strictness of this requirement can vary by immigration office; some may not require a new TM30 for the same address, while others may have policies demanding a new TM30 for any re-entry or even for travel within Thailand. It is advisable to check with your local immigration office for specific guidelines, and completing your TM30 online can simplify the process. Additionally, your landlord has legal responsibilities regarding TM30 notifications.
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Marty *********
I just returned to Bangkok from the US. I notified my condo owner a couple of hours ago.
Vlad *********
OP@Marty ********
thank you!J **************
By all means tell your landlord by law it us their responsibility
Vlad *********
OP@J *************
thank you!Graham ******
Do your TM30 online, easy to do everytime then
Vlad *********
OP@Graham *****
thank you!Wayne ********
@Graham *****
is that an app or a website to do your TM 30 online?
Sue **********
@Wayne *******
Its a website, but you have to register the owners house with his housebook and ID first and once you have your own login to the site you can register your own TM30 every time you need it.Wayne ********
@Sue *********
great thanks it’s my house but in my wife’s name of course so I can just use whatever information she has in her blue book and I’m assuming that will suffice. Thanks for the info.J **************
@Graham *****
hard to do if you are not the ownerGraham ******
@J *************
a long term lease often works but if not just ask the landlord once for copies of his documents to set up the account
Brandon ************
Completely depends on your immigration office. Most want a new TM30 every time you re-enter Thailand. Some even want a new TM30 every time you travel within Thailand. While some don't need a new one for either as long as you return to the same address.
Vlad *********
OP@Brandon ***********
thank you!
Pete *******
By law yes, but some office policy only require a new TM30 if only a new address. Check with your local immigration office.
Tony ********
@Pete ******
actually the rules say you dont need to notify via a tm30 if you are returning to a registered location within the checked in period. (Changed *******
). So if your tm30 has a null checkout date its not required under the rules. That said many offices will insist on an updated one when physically interacting with them and the form has to be shown. I never bother during the year for my 90 day reports, but do an updated one for my anual extension of stay.Pete *******
@Tony *******
nope. Under the 1979 Immigration Act “Section 38. The householder, the owner or the possessor of a dwelling place or a hotel manager, who takes in, as a resident, an alien with permission to temporarily stay in the Kingdom, shall notify the competent official at the immigration office located in the locality in which the house, dwelling place, or hotel is located within twenty four hours from the time the alien has taken residence.”No mention in law of any returning to the same place doesn’t require registration.
Tony ********
@Pete ******
there was an update published in the gazette on 16th June 2020 enacted 30th June 2020 removing the need to reregister the foreign national after temporary travel if returning to the previously registered address within the validty of that notification. It wasnt well reported at the time. And length of temporary travel is ambigous.Vlad *********
OP@Tony *******
thank you!Vlad *********
OP@Pete ******
thank you!Activity
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