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How can I extend my tourist visa in Thailand if I frequently change accommodations?
Hello,
we are in Thailand since 2 months with tourist Visa, and we want to make a 30days extension at 1,900b but they refused to make it 😔
We came with passport + departure Card + Photo
Then they want owner of place we stay come with us at immigration office, but we travel around thailand and we change place every 3~5days, how can we do? It’s seem tourist can’t travel around thailand but have to stay same place for all them stay…? someone have advice about it. Thank you in advance
we are in Thailand since 2 months with tourist Visa, and we want to make a 30days extension at 1,900b but they refused to make it 😔
We came with passport + departure Card + Photo
Then they want owner of place we stay come with us at immigration office, but we travel around thailand and we change place every 3~5days, how can we do? It’s seem tourist can’t travel around thailand but have to stay same place for all them stay…? someone have advice about it. Thank you in advance
Answer summary
The user is facing difficulties in extending their tourist visa in Thailand, specifically due to the requirement for TM30 registration which necessitates having the accommodation owner present at the immigration office. As the user travels frequently and switches accommodations every few days, they seek advice on how to comply with this requirement while still being able to explore Thailand. Community responses highlight the importance of TM30 registration, suggesting that users either stay at hotels that will file the TM30 for them, utilize visa agents, or find accommodations that can provide the necessary documentation efficiently. Some users share their own experiences of successfully obtaining extensions by ensuring their hotels were compliant with registration.
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Robert *******
Hotelsresponsibility to submit you location to Thai govt, only in Thailand, already tourists are going somewhere else rather then submit to this bullshit
Steve ********
Pay an agent to do it
Adam ******
@Flav ****
Thailand say they want tourist but the reality is the immigration want rich tourist people who have money to use an agent and you stay home and the agent make money and immigration police make money all come back to $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Adam ******
Welcome to the new tourist Thailand if you stay in a hotel the hotel must make the TM30 for you if you rent a condo the agent job is to make the TM30 for you
and last and most important is
if the immigration officer was drunk the day before or is drunk now
and last and most important is
if the immigration officer was drunk the day before or is drunk now
Sad ********
Register your first hotel to get the visa extension, then you can move around the country, and when you book in the other hotels, the staff will register you with the Local Office. Just as a precaution, get a letter of travel written out from the departure hotel that you stayed in before going on to the next hotel, and so on, just in case you get stopped by the Covid Cops.
Michael **********
It is the law in Thailand that all foreigners must register where they live be it 5 days or 30 days. You will have to go to a visa agent, pay them their fee to register your address and then have them apply for your 30 day extension. Your lucky you weren't fined 1600 baht like my friend for failing to file his airbnb. Now if your hopping around staying at hotels those hotels will file your residence status at immigration for you. This is the case of pay up or leave, you try to save yourself a few bucks your more than likely be told to pay up and leave. Now you can also pay a bit extra and get 60 days added to your visa if you want to stay a bit longer.
Flav *****
OPThank you for all your advice 🙏🏻
Diezzy ******
What immigration? If pattaya is normal go to watanna in bangkok
Ryan ************
Just find a hotel that does the TM30. I had to walk around Chiang Rai to find a hotel that would do it for me. Took a screenshot of the submission and it was easy the next day at immigrstion. Be sure to get a printout or screenshot.
Flav *****
OP@Ryan ***********
thank you 🙏🏻Astrid **********
it's not about prove of accommodation it's about the place you're staying registering your guestname on their address.
It's guesthouse that needs to do, otherwise they avoid taxes
You also have to fill out an address on the extension form and it needs to match with the address of the guest house that registered you
It's guesthouse that needs to do, otherwise they avoid taxes
You also have to fill out an address on the extension form and it needs to match with the address of the guest house that registered you
Flav *****
OP@Astrid *********
ok got it, thank you 🙏🏻Astrid **********
Also your application at immigration should be same district/province as your address registration.
So can not stay in Pai (Mae Hong son) and ask extension in Chiang Mai, it's not same district
So can not stay in Pai (Mae Hong son) and ask extension in Chiang Mai, it's not same district
Astrid **********
A 1 night stay somewhere is enough. Just ask at check for TM30 registration. It's mandatory and they can do online
Astrid **********
You might totally be not aware of this because the landlords or guest house needs to provide this not the guest. It's called tm30 and sometimes when you rent a house you can get asked for a screenshot which you can get from your landlord
Hataikarn *******
Ask your hotel to print it for u, TM. 30
Flav *****
OP@Hataikarn ******
thank you 🙏🏻
Alex ******
If you are planning to head to Koh Samui during your travels I would suggest just heading over here now. I got an extension sorted within an hour and a half and didn’t need to provide any accommodation.
Astrid **********
@Alex *****
it's not about providing accommodation it's about the place you're staying registering your name on their address.You also have to fill out an address on the extension form and it needs to match with the address of the guest house that registered you
You might totally be not aware of this because the landlords or guest house needs to provide this not the guest. It's called tm30 and sometimes when you rent a house you can get asked for a screenshot which you can get from your landlord
Dianne *****
@Astrid *********
And if you don't have it some immigration offices like Chiang Mai charge you 1600 baht fine for not being registered within 24 hours of your arrival in that dwelling. Most immigration offices only charge 800 baht fine if you aren't registered in the TM30 system. It should be the landlord that is fined but most immigration officers will fine the tenant because the tenant is standing in front of them and wants the visa extentionAlex ******
@Dianne ****
I’m only giving an example of my experience in Koh Samui
Greg ******
Try a rural immigration office.
Ryan ************
@Greg *****
they can be worse lolGreg ******
@Ryan ***********
Sometimes
Piers ********
Easy.......lie. l always do. I have never once given any legitimate address.
Dianne *****
@Piers *******
Not fair on the guest house or hotel you pretend to be staying at. Some have been fined for not registering guests who did not stay at their premises but had used their guesthouse name and address at immigration when applying for an extension
Lynnette *******
@Dianne ****
apparently Piers doesn't care.Piers ********
@Dianne ****
a regrettable possibility that l am prepared to risk because l simply will never comply with what they ask. Which is unreasonable IMHO. Please note, l always use the same fake addresses and have been for many years and not one has ever reported any trouble. I am honest with them about what l am doing and it's never been a problem (sorry once l was refused)Flav *****
OP@Piers *******
they actually ask for see owner of house we stay, so any place will be same at this immigration, i will try other one next week in new placePiers ********
@Flav ****
Ah...so you have told them you are staying with a friend? I check into a place for one night. Show the receipt and infer that's my permanent address. I have given up trying to explain to them l constantly travel and am never in one place more than a few days. I know one immergration that is one of those that seems not to care.I have used it constantly over the years and never been questioned. PM me for it's name if you want it.
Steve *******
Just check in at a normal hotel, tell them to register you on the immigration website asap, because you have to go to immigration. And then go get your address note and extension.
Jon *********
@Steve ******
get a receipt of the tm30 they make and take it with you
Gianni **********
Agree, try as previous people suggested or easy and sure for the result appoint an agent to end your suffer, of course all as a cost!!
Peppe ********
Just write the adresse of where you sleep the day you go in immigration office
Flav *****
OP@Peppe *******
unfortunately, it’s didn’t work at this immigration 😔
Daniel **********
@Peppe *******
that won't work.Daniel **********
I'm not sure if we are all referring to the TM30? Immigration has gotten very strict and demands a TM30 since the beginning of Covid.
Andy ********
@Dan *********
of course it will work. That is the whole point of it the hotel registers you online. You go to immigration and fill in a TM7 Application to stay form. The details match, bingo you get a 30 day extension.Dianne *****
@Dan *********
it has worked for many people in the pastFlav *****
OP@Dan *********
may i know which immigration office pls 🙏🏻Peppe ********
@Dan *********
i have also tourist visa for 60 days and i extend it for 30 days and the officer ask where i stay and give the adress hotel where i sleep and without problems they extend my visa
John *********
Pay a agent
Daniel **********
@John ********
waste of money.Flav *****
OP@John ********
6,000b per each with Agent and they send passport to other province, they told me even us they have difficulty to make it at Bangkok…Flav *****
OPNo, it’s why… but was some years ago i did at Phuket and samui without any problems… was fast and easy, i guess they change rules 😩
Bobby ********
Flav Ien. This is the first time you apply for extension?
Bobby ********
John Crapper. Dumb advice
Flav *****
OP@Bobby *******
where is your agent?Bobby ********
Flav Ien. I've lived in Thailand for 12 years. I have never once used a scummy agent. I do everything myself and save myself tens of thousands of baht. But..... It's each to their own! 😆😆😆
Flav *****
OP@Bobby *******
thank you 🙏🏻John *********
@Bobby *******
not if there struggling it isntBobby ********
Ryan Del Mundo. You can do it online. Cost = 0. But each to their own I guess! 🤣
Ryan ************
@Bobby *******
agents aren’t that expensive. My agent did my 90 day report for me for 300b which was a lifesaver because I travel a lot!Bobby ********
John Crapper. So paying thousands of baht to a scummy agent versus getting a TM30 print out from a hotel? Yeah.....right
KK **********
If you are at a hotel each hotel has to register you with local Government immigration office they will produce a pre TM 30 for you at hotel stating you are staying there yiu then take this to collect your official TM30 of proof at immigration office to apply for extension
Stuart *********
They’re asking for a filed TM30 no doubt. If you’re staying in a hotel they’ll file one online. Ask them for a screenshot of their filing. That should suffice.
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