Do Immigration officials conduct property checks for Retirement visa holders in Thailand?

I’ve had a house in Rawai, Phuket for 20 years. Immigration has never come to our house. They did do a Line video call my last two times that I changed from visa exempt to O based on retirement at the Phuket office. It seems as they just might know who I am after 20 years. Especially when my landlord, whose uncle is the mayor of Rawai, went into the office and talked with them about how to make it easier for both of us. They were very friendly to me after they had a chat.

I have been told if they do come round and check , they want gascoline money , food , and high expensive aftershave perfume , i wont mentioned where this has happened ,but has anyone else encountered this

They can come any time they like as long as they give me 20 minutes to tidy up.

I've heard they do, been here just over a year in Chiang Mai, none yet but not worried.

Phuket. Yes the chap did call in advance and was polite enough. No big deal.

Yes they randomly showed up at our house after my husband renewed his retirement visa a couple of years ago. They also checked our car registrations

Absolutely not... Never.. 3 km from immigration office.. Buriram

Been here 20+ years in Pattaya; 22 Retirement Visas - never had a visit.

Have been getting a visit ever since I lived here 3 visits 3 years.

Been here 8 years on a non -O never seen anyone check mine

No in Jomtien, now on 5th year

Seems like a lot of questions recently may be generated by AI. They all have weird names.

I was on a Retirement visa for 4 years, no checks.

Marriage visa for 2 years, random check within 30 days after visa approved.

I personally recommend retirement visa , & no the immigration do not send people around, I've been living in on retirement visa for 2 yes now, & no problems.

I live in Surin province, away from tourist area's , makes it a no problem area with officials.

They sometimes get to know you, just make sure U keep up to all their requirements, that's makes it a no problem situation. I have never been asked for visa check in 2 years.

All good

Never had one in 10 years

But if no Tm 30 how can they know where you live

Last year they did, this year no visit living in Bangkok

Not yet for me in KK. If they did then it's not a problem,, they would only be doing their job.

Yes they did in Petchabun

Local government officials arrived at my wife’s farm and asked all sorts of questions about me, then when they found out I had a retirement visa they were happy

thankfully i live a 5.5 hour round trip from the office abd the only westerner in the municipality but they did call the local senior policeman who confirmed i live where i do and that everyone knows me being the only ferrang. so not had a visit

20 months in Jomtien on Non O Retirement- no visits

Been Pattaya 10 years, lived in 4 different properties and never had a visit

I've lived in the same house in Chiang Mai for 4 years on a non O retirement Visa. Never had a visit or phone call from immigration..

In Phuket they don’t do visits for retirement extensions, only for first year extensions based on marriage. (Not always)

Definitely happened to two of my friends one in Chiangmai one in Pattaya

3 years never

Yes a day after I got my yearly extension,they rang and arrived an hour later ,easy going fellas took a few photos spoke to my wife , took photos of my passport no issues,they did a couple of farang in the area they said

I have had two visits from Buriram Immigration over the last 9 years

2 visits in 4 years kanchanaburi

ConfidentReindeer9537 never ever had a visit from immigration since I am in Thailand since 2010, I am on retirement Non-O

Never checked here at Jomtien.

I have been living in Na Jomtien on a Non O visa for 3 years and never any visits...

They have been here 3 times. No warning.

Only since I changed from Retirement to Marriage extension.

In my 17 years of living there i had 1 visit from immigration, very polite and proffessional, ask for my passport and my ownership documents for my house, and lease contract for the land.

This all depends on the IO, they all seem to have different requirements. Friends been asked for google maps print out with GPS coordinates, and some also had to show hand drawn map. 🙄

I have lived in Hua Hin on non-O retirement extension for 5 years with no visits to date.

11 years in Chiang Mai, never visited or checked.

A police officer visited me. About 6 years ago.

Been here about 5 years then.

Prachuap Dansingkorn office area no checks in the last 16 years.. for non o and from married friends no checks either on marriage visa

I’ve been retired in Chiang Mai for the last 5 years. Bought my house 2 years ago. I’ve had a PO ride past my house every 2-3 days for the last year.

Oh wait, he was admiring the mini-excavator I bought to work on my yard and install a koi pond. No longer need the excavator and offered to sell to him. He said he needed to talk to his wife and would get back to me but waited too long. I just sold the excavator 4 days ago and haven’t seen him since 🤣🤣🤣

Good luck finding me in the village in the middle of nowhere 😂

Phetchabun Immigration Offices sent an officer around to check .He phoned at 10am to say be here at 12..00,but was here at 1030.They wanted 2 independent witness with I D cards and the headlady in our case with I D as well

Yes immigration do check on your property

Ayutthaya they did but first application

Songkhla sent a police officer round the first time I applied 4 years ago. The issue was we were supposed to get neighbours to also verify we lived at the house. Unfortunately we don’t have any close neighbours. Since then every renewal they just accepted photos.

I'm on Retirement Non O and they came to visit me at my condo. I've got a call in one morning and they came on noon time. Took a quick look at my room, asked few general questions, took photos with me and my passport and leave. They were very polite and friendly. Total 20 minutes.

Not in Buriram

Varies by immigration office. Mine has done it for the last 3 years, and I had an additional visit in the middle when I switched to doing my 90 day reports online. 2 of the visits I had phone calls after the visits were completed and 2 no phone calls at all. But they are supposed to call before they visit