Do I need to travel back to Bangkok for TM30 approval if I live in Phuket on an LTR visa?

I was told by the BOI OFFICE

They’ll email you a form 95 you fill out for your one verification or one year

CALL BOI OFFICE ASKED FOR THE DESK THAT HANDLES LTR’S. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EMAIL YOU THE FORM PDF FORMAT.

Try the new thim application from your App Store sorry coming soon not here yet

I love Thailand so much. The translation sure made me giggle a little. 😀

As clear as mud…😆

BOI visa issues are handled by BOI only. If you actually stay one year (not many will) then you do have to go to BKK offices.

I would make an appt just in case. It should be quite a painless process there. But don’t wear shorts…

All the requirements are on the LTR website regarding the 1-year report. You can have an agent do it for you; but it must be done in BKK.

Note: A TM.30 is not a required document. I was in and out within 5 mins. All I filled out was the TM.95, showed my passport, and the officer gave me another year.

You can do TM95 in Phuket town.

If needed, you may present the official Immigration Bureau announcement for clarification:

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The standard of English translation is appalling, how does anyone make sense from that string of words. The only clear part is the promise of a fine for not complying with the attached gibberish.

From my understanding, TM30 is normally handled by the local immigration office responsible for your place of residence, so if you're living in Phuket I'd be surprised if a simple TM30-related matter required a trip back to Bangkok.

That said, LTR visa holders sometimes have different procedures compared to regular visa holders, which may be why your agent mentioned Bangkok.

I'd probably contact Phuket Immigration directly and ask whether they can process it locally before booking flights.

Hopefully someone here with an LTR visa in Phuket can share their actual experience.

Interesting… you spent all this money on an LTR visa and got professional guidance… yet you ask us dummies here for help!

I did mine in Chiangmai last year. Fill in form TM.95 and go to the normal 90 reporting window. Was no issue at all and stamped for 1 year.

If breath too much baht 400

Plenty Baht

It's on the LTR website for all to see.



LTR Visa holders staying in Thailand for a period longer than 1 year consecutively are required to report the current address to the Immigration Bureau at Thailand Investment and Expat Services Center (TIESC), 6th Floor, PARADE Zone, One Bangkok Building,Bangkok either in person, or by authorizing someone to report for you on your behalf. This report must be done on a yearly basis counting from LTR Visa issuance date (15 days before or 7 days after the date specified on 1-year report notification card). However, in the case of re-entering the Kingdom, the report will be due in 1 year from the date of the latest arrival.

The documents required to be submitted to the immigration are as follows.

TM.95 Form (completely filled out and signed)

Passport *

Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) for those arriving in Thailand after May 1st, 2025

or

T.M.6 card for those who entered Thailand before July 1st, 2022 or those who entered through a land border checkpoint and were issued T.M.6 card (If any) *

Note: The paper form T.M.6 card has now been replaced by the electronic Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC)

1-Year report notification card (if any) *

TM.61 Form (For authorized person reporting at the Immigration Bureau at Thailand Investment and Expat Services Center (TIESC), 6th Floor, PARADE Zone, One Bangkok Building,Bangkok on behalf of LTR visa holder who lives in Bangkok)

LTR visa Thailand ask your question on the LTR page...

Seems like you declared an address in Bangkok to get your Tm 30,which means your official address in Thailand is the address written on Tm30. If you are going to live in Phuket ,rent a condo for a year get your contract and declare to immigration in Phuket.

Since your official Thailand address( Tm30) is in Phuket now,you can go to Phuket immigration for any case.

I have twice completed the ltr annual reporting at phuket town immigration without issue.

Hi, you can check directly with LTR Line official or LTR Facebook official page. They will reply you during working hours, if you send today then they will reply on Thursday, you still have time to consult and make decision on location.

Line @smartvisathailand

Email

@https://www.facebook*********************

I’m really surprised more people don’t do their research before applying for LTR visa!

B.E 2522 is why immigration needs a total reform

LTR has a LINE account. You can ask questions and get a pretty quick answer.

A TM30 you do at the place you live, not at a random other place. What would be the sense of that? The sticker in your passport is not about a TM30. It is a report for staying longer than a year. If there are any rules that this can be only done in BKK, I am not aware about that. As someone mentioned, this seems to be the 'extended 90 days report' (as a lack for a better name) - as LTR visa holder you do not need to do 90 day reports, but a "once a year report". This form is called TM47 - something completely different than a TM30.

And that TM47 you should be able to do at the immigration office at your home address, no need to travel to BKK. When you are at the IO, then ask how to do it online.

Only the first one needs to be done in person, the follow ups usually can be done online. As you have an LTR, and only do it once a year, you might need to confirm that you can do the next one online or per mail.

Good luck! Again: you are a doing a TM47 not not a TM30 .... but you will need a TM30 to make the TM47. A TM 30 you should have since day *one* of your stay!!

EDIT: Jim Ramsey below clarifies that the one year report in case of an LTR visa requires a TM95 form - not the same as TM47.

My understanding is that as long as you leave Thailand within the year the date resets and in effect you can get by from reporting for 5 years when the next five years are granted

I arrived on a LTR August 2025 and popped into Roi Et immigration the next day to do the TM30. They gave me a receipt and report back 1 year later. I have stayed in Thailand since and am next planning to go to KL in September. I will pop into Roi Et immigration to clarify before August. Nothing currently saying report to BKK just come back in a year

Wow thats inconvenient

Yet another thing not thought through by authorities. I would check if said reporting can be done online. If not, it should at least be possible by mail - just like the regular 90 day report. Having said that and on a slightly different note: Who doesn’t at least go on a trip to leave the country / or at least a trip to Bangkok once a year - especially when having enough funds (like LTR holders)?

Equivalent to the 90 day report for the rest of us…. Lucky you it is only once a year.

Elite visa is the same, the 1 year extension can only be done in Bangkok. Either that or a border hop.

It states you report to the one stop visa service, there is no one stop visa service ie BOI in Phuket according to this.. So yes you need to go to BKK by the looks of it

If you don’t go to Bangkok it’s a ฿5k fine

You can do a turn and burn to KL for less than ฿5k RT ticket

The Turn has burn will give you another year

Good luck

Go to Phuket immigration and ask them what you should do.

This is what most people think of as a 90 day report which for LTR visa holders is actually a 12 month report. I didn't realise you could only file at that single office though, might be worth contacting the BOI to double check on that

I was told the same by the immigration officer. If I do not leave the country in 1 year, I must report at the office in Bangkok. I asked if it was only BKK and I was told yes.