How can my girlfriend help me obtain a TM30 if I'm staying at her place in Thailand?

No clue. I stay with my girlfriend when I'm in Thailand and I've never been asked for a tm30. I go to immigration office when I get there to let them know where I'm staying and when getting a 30 day extension they never ask for one.

On the immigration web site there is a power of attorney form so your GF as the lease can then report you via the online web for TM30. The power of attorney form is the owner granting your GF the right to do the TM30 reporting.

She needs to go to her district office and add your name to her Yellow Book. Being someone's GUEST does not count for a Certificate of Residence unless you're officially registered as an occupant of your GF's home.

She can register online with immigration . She can then log into the system and do the TM30 online.

Immigration website (TM.30)

✅Prepare house book scan file

✅ID card of landlord scan file

the landlord does not have to file the TM30. That boyfriend guy Marx Grout is not a tenant of him! Only the Thai woman is his tenant, but for a Thai he does not need to file a TM30. The landlord has ZERO obligations in this case, strictly spoken! He CAN file a TM30 as a favour to both of them, but strictly spoken he does not have to!

By the laws much do, but if don’t no just paid for fee , if stay longer anyway yr girlfriend much help you this( depends the place that it belong to her or rent) good luck @Marx Grout

With so much misinformation, what is the point of this group? Everyone always thinks their personal situation matches everyone else's. "Oh a dude at my local immigration office told me not to worry about it so therefore everyone else in Thailand can ignore it." 😉 Or "property owners aren't under any obligation to file a TM30". Tell that to the people who get fined for this; reports in the news pretty much every week.

(Now, if the owner is being stupid about it then a wife/girlfriend who is a tenant can also just get registered and file it online. None of this is difficult. Leave it to foreign expat 'experts' to create a mountain out of a mole hill.)

Here are some links to news reports where Thai landlords are arrested/fined for failing to file a TM30. These links are useful when explaining things to a clueless landlord.

For example: 6/

One more example:

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Just been and done it with gf had to take photo copy of blue book and my passport Simple’s

Don't need one unless you want to extend your stay

What's with all these anonymous ie; "purpleaubergine" and their convuluted answers. If they are so confident in their given answers to the post. Why the need for anonymity under the nickname bs, "crookedkangeroo" or "lustfullizard". It's pathetic.

@Nan **********

can sort it for you if you are in the Pattaya area

Online. Once submitted, take screenshot

I called my broker, she called the house owner and in 1 minute I had the tm30 in my mailbox....soooooo easy

What for?

Good luck. as it’s already been said the real owner doesn’t have to give you one. This happened to me the fix is just go to a cheap hotel one night before you go to immigration the next day checkout and go to immigration just make sure the hotel knows ahead of time to give you the tm 30.

Looking to get a retirement visa , should I go to a company to do this . I arrive in pattaya in may , what do I need to bring with me Thanks

I think the real question that no one is asking is… Why do you NEED a TM30?

If he is not going to do an extension etc or visit immigration he doesn’t have to do anything.

If you’re staying at your girlfriend’s place, the TM30 must be done by the property owner or the person listed in the house registration, not by you.

Here’s how it works:

-If the condo/house is in your girlfriend’s name → she can submit the TM30 herself

-If it’s a rented place → the landlord or building juristic office usually handles it

How to submit TM30:

-Online via Immigration’s TM30 system

-In person at the local immigration office

-Some condos/juristic offices do this routinely for foreigners

You only need to ask your girlfriend or landlord to file TM30 after you arrive.

Once it’s done, you can request a TM30 receipt/confirmation if you need it for visa extension.

It’s a normal requirement and very common—nothing to worry about

You got 24hrs for the landlord to send it… you’re better off getting a hotel room ASAP.. they’ll do it for you

Owner of the place (house) can do via online in 24 hrs

Owner of the condo can do it for you

My immigration Dansingkorn PKK) told my wife not to bother they were not interested

I stay at my girlfriend's house but never interact with immigration and she has never completed a TM30.

Jesus, I have been here for 3 years and I must be doing something wrong. How come the girls always want to stay at my fancy 2 bedroom condo and never invite me to stay at theirs? I always have to ask them to leave so I can bring other girls home. What am I doing wrong?

Your gf has to register you within 24 hours after your arrival, otherwise she will pay a fine, and then you have to confirm your address every 90 days.

Does the owner need to register tM30 every time you return back to Thailand to the same residence you have rented or can you do it yourself when you travel out of thailand and return.

If she owns the condo/house/townhouse she can register for you online. If she don’t own the property then the landlord needs to register you for tm30.

Also, you won’t need a tm30 unless you’re staying longer than 60 days. Depends on which passport you hold. Most passport will get a 60 days visa exemption on entry.

Please keep in mind:

The landlord of your girlfriend has ZERO obligations to register you in the place your girlfriend rented from him.

He can theoretically refuse registering you!

You are asking the landlord to do you a favour. He could ask you to pay for this kind of service.

Keep in mind, the owner does not rent out the place to you, and your girlfriend cannot register you per TM30 because she does not have the place's blue housebook.

Did your GF ask the owner if it is okay she takes you in? She didn’t ask for his permission?

Then if you really need a TM30 to get some business done on Immigration, book a night or two in a hotel and ask them for the TM30 printout

The landlord does not rent out the place to the girl’s boyfriend. He has no obligation to register the guy per TM30.

He could actually tell the girlfriend that he does not allow the guy in the premises. He has absolutely no rights, the landlord is following the law, he doesn't have to accept the presence of the boyfriend.

So beware, keep humble and polite and ask the landlord to please register a TM30 (which he does not need to do for the girlfriend so I assume he has never registered the premises in the TM30 online system). You are actually asking for a favour from him, he but does not have any obligations!

It doesn't matter if it's not overstage. However, overstay is required. I stayed at my girlfriend's house for 20 days, but I didn't report it separately, and there were no problems when I left the country.

How about if I have my own place and occasionally stay at my girl friends place? I don't want to like twice, and I don't want to bother the land owner when I don't even rent there, my g does.

If she owns the place, she can register and do it online. Takes no more than five minutes to set up.

Homeowner puts you on house registration

Best to avoid confusion, visit local immigration office with your GF and enquire, with her rent doc and her ID, .... your GF might need to sign a form, and that's it, you can get a paper and you can applied for extension...usually for tourist visa extension, Immigration not too strict....but depends upon office to office....

The landlord should do that.

You go to immigration with the blue book and the owner and you go to notify your residence they will staple it into your passport

GF should do it. If she rents, ask owner for a copy of id and housebook. Owner will not do it, if thai(gf) s renting unless very friendly landlord.

The landlord/owner files one for you