How can I get a TM30 form from my AirBnB host for a COVID extension in Thailand?

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Jul 13, 2021

3 years ago

LaMin *********

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Hello, my wife and I came on a 60 day tourist visa. We extended for one month, but now we need the covid extension because we are waiting on a US embassy visa appointment (Friday) and our flight (August 8). 

I went to check at immigration today and they said we need a T-30 form for where we are staying. However, our Air B&B host said they "don't usually do that for a short term stay".

I think they are still required to? Does anybody know more or have any suggestions? Like, what if we were staying at a hotel?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user is seeking advice on obtaining a TM30 form for a COVID extension on their tourist visa, as their current AirBnB host is reluctant to provide it. The thread discusses the difficulties of getting a TM30 from short-term rentals like AirBnBs in Thailand, highlights their legal status as potentially illegal, and suggests alternatives such as staying at a hotel or the implications of not having the TM30 filed.

Benjamin ******

I'm shutting this down:

1. Short term AirBnBs are technically illegal because they are operating without a hotel license. The property owners either don't feel comfortable submitting a TM30, OR can't because they are out of the country.

2. To my knowledge, there is no way to self-file a TM30 if you are staying at a short term AirBnB. At best, the immigration officer may fine a person asking for the extension of stay no more then 1,600 THB for failure to file the TM30; for Bangkok it's usually 800 THB. At worse, the immigration office will simply not even look at the extension of stay application.

3. Staying the night at a hotel/ hostel/ etc., and using their TM30 is a possibility, however make sure the hotel does file a TM30. Some do, and some don't.

4. IF you arrived on a full page tourist sticker where you are stamped in for 60 days, you would go to Changwatanna for an extension of stay based on tourism. If you arrived on a visa exempt where you were stamped in for 45 days, you would go to Muang Thong Thani.

Thank you

3 years ago

Carl ********

Is it chaengwattana or muang thong thani now again for extension the covid extension thanks

3 years ago

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And what visa did you use to enter Thailand?

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Andy *******

Just book a hotel

3 years ago

Brandon ************

If you are in Bangkok you might be able to self-file your TM30, but I'm not quite sure how they handle Airbnb since they usually want to see your lease if you self file.

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Brandon ************

@LaMin **************

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Ye ***********

I think it depends on immigration. I just got my covid extension from changwattna bangkok and they didn’t ask for it.

3 years ago

Benjamin ******

Short term AirBnB rentals are technically illegal in Thailand because they are operating as a hotel without a hotel license. Most AirBnBs do not want to file a TM30. Hotels, on the other hand, generally always file a TM30.

IF the AirBnB owner is in Thailand, they can submit the TM30 online. I believe the Android application works best.

Online [best option]:

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If they are in Thailand, you can send them this video

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