How does the TM30 form work for foreigners staying in hotels in Thailand?

I just did my 30 day visa extension yesterday at a local Immigration office.

You need to fill out 3 forms TM 30 and 2 others that just keep asking you the same questions over again, and your signature every where.

At the first stage of the process they asked for hotel accommodation which i had, then said i had to show name address of guarantee of someone in Thailand.

Luckily i had those details .

Now get this they then

correction fluid out all the hotel details and wrote in all my friends details..

I asked about this, they replied if you don't have this information we can't process your visa.

By the way you might as well nail your passport to your head

It's passport crazy.

When you get called in for your visa interview again passport and completed documents.

Then told look into the camera to match your photo in your passport.

No questions asked.

Next pay in cash ONLY

1900 baht for you 30 days extension.

Next go outside and wait until your number is called, collect your passport check before you leave your updated visa date.

They didn't ask about departure flights

BUT make sure you leave before your visa expires otherwise you will be detained at departure Immigration and been in for a bad bad long day

Happy Travelling

For what reason do you need the TM30?

It is and remains a big pain in the behind and a logical (is there such things here in Thailand) flaw to bother foreigners with that TM30. In an ideal world a foreigner would extend at an address and immigration would then do random checks if the landowner reported that foreigner. But: TIT.

Why do you need an actual copy of a TM30 form if you spend 30 days in Thailand as a visa exempt tourist? Or are we talking about 2 different things?

All hotels have to file by law. Do they do that? Most will perhaps some don’t. Probably don’t know that it’s called a TM30 filing