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How can I file my first 90-day report if I'm living on an island in Thailand without an immigration office?
To clarify: How / where to do (the first) 90 day report if living on an island (without immigration office / say e.g. Koh Tao)? Online seems to be down for months now / and anyhow not applicable for the first 90 day report? I read somewhere that alternatively reports can be filed with the local police office (but some people disagreed). Sending in mail to Bangkok seems error-prone. Do they really expect me to do a costly day-trip (e.g. to Koh Samui) just to do a senseless 5 minute 90-day report? Thanks for sharing your experience.
Answer summary
This discussion addresses the challenges of filing a first 90-day report for expats living on an island like Koh Tao, where there is no local immigration office. Users clarify that the report must be filed at the immigration office for the area or by sending it via registered mail. Traveling to a nearby island or city, such as Koh Samui, to file the report has been suggested due to the unavailability of online reporting for the first report. The conversation highlights frustrations with bureaucratic processes in Thailand and the lack of current information on official websites.
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Tod *********
@Frank-******
you do a 90 day report on April 21st like that paper says. END OF STORY.. Frédéric ******************
@Tod ********
That's not you to decide when the story ends. Sorry, we are not obedient privates in the army.Tod *********
@Fréd****
how bout I just block you so I don't have to read your dumbass remarks or bad information?Frédéric ******************
@Tod ********
What about blocking me discreetly without letting the whole planet to know it, you narcissistic.Frédéric ******************
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Frank-Steven ***********
OPAlso "interesting": 5. The first application for extension of stay by the foreigner is equivalent to the notification of staying in the Kingdom over 90 days. --- why the hell only with the FIRST extension? 🙄
Frédéric ******************
@Frank-Steven **********
you can call them anyway.Frédéric ******************
@Frank-Steven **********
Well, ask them when you go for your next extension. The best way to be sure.Tod *********
@Frank-******
Your 90 day report IS due on the date on that slip of paper. (y) You have from 15 days before that date until 7 days AFTER it to file a 90 day report. Frédéric ******************
Frank-Steven ***********
OP@Frédéric ****************
60-day COVID 19 extensions can be applied to as many times as you want - as long as this special extension program exists / is prolonged.Frédéric ******************
@Frank-Steven **********
how did you got 60 days extension twice? Just curious.Frank-Steven ***********
OP@Frédéric ****************
I guess I should have. But my current extension is good until May 21st, 90-day reporting might however still already be due April 21st. Then again, even if I would have asked, I could not be sure. Different offices or even different officers, different answers, unfortunately. TIT.Frank-Steven ***********
OP@Frédéric ****************
Yes. I read that, too. However, I learned the hard way that any information published on any (even the official) Thai websites is in many cases not valid or current or just false. Any experience on doing this "by registered mail" anybody?
Steve *********
If it's your 1st 90 day, you couldn't do it online anyway.
Frank-Steven ***********
OP@Steve ********
Makes total sense, not :-D And out of curiosity: Is that the first 90 day per trip to Thailand or per place of residence? So if I were to move to a different address or province between first and second 90 day, will I still be able to do the next one online, then?Tod *********
@Frank-Steven **********
JUST go file your 90 day report within the window of opportunity (15 days before down until 7 days after) the date on the paper.You are looking for logic where there is none. I stopped doing that in this country concerning these people a long time ago
Frank-Steven ***********
OPThank you, all. 🙏 Another prime example of stupid and excessive bureaucracy in beautiful Thailand. I guess the requirement by law for every accommodation to report my place of stay anyhow, or the fact that I need to proof my current place of residence with every visa extension I get every 60 days just isn't enough for them to grasp on where I might be. Having a functioning way to reporting things online just seems to simple of a thought, right 🤥😅 All right, then. Will try to plan my travels accordingly. From what I gathered, this superfluous task can be done two weeks before or one week after the due date (without a fine), right?
Peter *********
@Frank-Steven **********
corectJonas *************
It usually says that only people on 12 months non-O visa/extensions need to do 90 day report. But it's not clear.
Call the immigration help line (20 minutes wait). Then you can update us if I'm and maybe you can save the trip.
Call the immigration help line (20 minutes wait). Then you can update us if I'm and maybe you can save the trip.
Frank-Steven ***********
OPI feel, that only the first extension serves as a (the initial) 90 day reporting as well. Thus the slip reminding me, that if I should get another 60-day extension (as I meanwhile did), I would have to begin to adhere to the 90-day reporting scheme, irrespective of when I did further extensions.
Frédéric ******************
@Frank-Steven **********
No need to report if you had extension within the 90 days. Each extension reset the counter back to day 0.Tod *********
That is 100% totally FALSE
@Fréd****
Frédéric ******************
@Tod ********
I posted links to help people searching what they want to know. And after living more than 35 years in the realm, I MAY know better, especially when I had in several jobs dealt with the Thai immigration.Tod *********
@Fréd****
don't believe everything you read OR think you read on an immigration website AND don't feel like you have to post a link to show me that you can cut and paste either :) Frédéric ******************
@Tod ********
Tell the immigration that their website gives 100% false information then, not me.Frédéric ******************
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Frank-Steven ***********
OP@Frédéric ****************
Yes. But it states the FIRST application for extension. It does not say anything about subsequent ones. I think ONLY the FIRST extension serves as reporting. As stupid as this may be.Frank-Steven ***********
OP@Frédéric ****************
If only I could be sure about the validity of this information. Any sources?Jonas *************
If you get visa extension every 60 days do you need to do 90 day report?
I thought 90 report is for staying on same visa) extension longer than 90 days.
Usually if you need to do a 90b day report they give you a note in the passport waiting when you need to report.
I've read somewhere (on immigration website), with each new visa or extension the date is reset, but people seem to disagree on that, so check...
I thought 90 report is for staying on same visa) extension longer than 90 days.
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Usually if you need to do a 90b day report they give you a note in the passport waiting when you need to report.
I've read somewhere (on immigration website), with each new visa or extension the date is reset, but people seem to disagree on that, so check...
Frank-Steven ***********
OP@Tod ********
, do you know about this? 🙏Frank-Steven ***********
OP@Jonas ************
Got this note with the first 60 day extension of my stay. At a later extension they did not mention a new date or gave me a new slip. It reads to me as if I would need to to the 90 report irrespectively of the fact that I need to extend every 60 days.Tod *********
@Fréd****
you are totally NOT correct AGAIN. It's only the very FIRST extension you get that starts the 90 day count down clock (and that's whether you get an extension good for 90 days or more or not). Getting another extension (for the same reason) DOES NOT reset the 90 day count down clock.
Frédéric ******************
@Tod ********
I know perfectly that when you request for an extension you give them all the detail about your address, they put the data in their computer and the system assume you reported yourself and reset the 90 days to day 1. So please people, stop saying that immigration rules are nonsense when you are those stubborn who doesn't want to understand.Tod *********
Christ
Any time you get an extension that can be extended for the same REASON (as in get a 60 day covid extension that you can get a 60 day covid extension from) they give you the 90 day report paper.
He didn't get the slip from the second officer because he already GOT the slip telling him when his 90 day report WAS due. They only give you ONE paper and you follow that IF you're still in the country ;)
I tell you what, how about we agree to disagree. You clearly don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about concerning 90 day reporting :/
@Fréd****
you're on a roll, you are totally incorrect AGAIN. :( Any time you get an extension that can be extended for the same REASON (as in get a 60 day covid extension that you can get a 60 day covid extension from) they give you the 90 day report paper.
He didn't get the slip from the second officer because he already GOT the slip telling him when his 90 day report WAS due. They only give you ONE paper and you follow that IF you're still in the country ;)
I tell you what, how about we agree to disagree. You clearly don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about concerning 90 day reporting :/
Frédéric ******************
@Tod ********
A 60 days extension type doesn't require to report in 90 days. As you said, the point is immigration give the slip "routinely" putting the farang mind in the blur of what they should do. A proof the officer was wrong is that the guy didn't get a slip when he got his second extension, because he met a smarter officer.Tod *********
Umm, again you're wrong
FACT: people on ED visas who go get their first 60 day extension ALSO get a slip telling them when to do their first 90 day report (which is AFTER their current extension will expire).
Sorry but you're just not correct on what you're stating.
@Frédéric ****************
the 90 day reporting SLIP (which tells you when a 90 day report would be do IF you don't leave) is routinely given out to people who are on an extension type that requires 90 day reporting.FACT: people on ED visas who go get their first 60 day extension ALSO get a slip telling them when to do their first 90 day report (which is AFTER their current extension will expire).
Sorry but you're just not correct on what you're stating.
Frédéric ******************
@Tod ********
You can't report on the 21 April when you should leave the country on the 22 March (unless you request for an extension, but this is not the case at this stage). So the officer was clearly wrong, the law doesn't assume that guy will stay after the 22 March.Tod *********
@Frédéric ****************
You NEED to go file a 90 day report when it states on that paper Frédéric ******************
@Frank-Steven **********
So you got an extension up to 22 March and they put a slip requesting to report on 21 April? Clearly a mistake from the guy because at that time you weren't yet allowed to stay after March.
Lisa ********************
I believe you can get someone to take for you. I am in same situation . Speak to Island Travel 1500 bt or
@Tim *******
Tod *********
you file a 90 day report at the immigration office that serves the area where you live (You DO NOT mail it to the bangkok office)
AND (sadly for you)
yes, you either slog on over to Samui OR Surat Thani or you have someone go do it for you :)
AND (sadly for you)
yes, you either slog on over to Samui OR Surat Thani or you have someone go do it for you :)
Tod *********
Or you don't do it, and when you go to get your next extension you pay the 2000baht 'failure to file a 90 day report" fine, get the "I forgot to file a 90 day report stamp" in your passport FILE a 90 day report and get your next extension.
I know people down on the "Islands of Misfit Toyz" in the south that NEVER files their 90 day report except when the slog over to get their new year extension at the immigration office. They just take the 2000baht fine (which doesn't go up whether you're 8 days late or 8 months late)..
I know people down on the "Islands of Misfit Toyz" in the south that NEVER files their 90 day report except when the slog over to get their new year extension at the immigration office. They just take the 2000baht fine (which doesn't go up whether you're 8 days late or 8 months late)..
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