Is a TM30 required when holding a Thai Elite Visa?

@Jennifer ********

I can explain. I don't know your country of origin but I guess during the time you lived their as a citizen your address was registered. Now you want to be a guest in Thailand and in this country it is not the amphur or municipality where you register your address but at the Immigration Office. It is their business just because it is their law and regulation, if you get so upset with it, sorry for you, but it is what is is.

We register our TM 30 whenever we stay away from our rented apartment for 24 hours, either internationally or domestically.

We register guests, with Immigration, who stay with us over 24 hours.

@Jennifer ********

Sadly, it is their business. They want to know where all foreigners are staying at at all times, so they made the Immigration act. If you have an apartment that you're renting, and you stay at a hotel room, the hotel will register you in immigration's database. Once you leave the hotel, you'll have to let your apartment owner know you returned so s/he can immigration know.

I live with my wife on our land. My wife HATES having me to go down to immigration to submit the TM30 whenever I come back from Bangkok, but that's what the law says, and that's what I do. Thankfully, it's a quick 2 minute process for us, but it might be longer for other people.

It's their rules, their laws, and we have to obey it. We have no right to be in Thailand

@Jennifer ********

You're welcome. If you live in an apartment, the apartment owner should be filing it. Just let them know whenever you come back from staying at a night in a hotel though.

Jennifer Gampell To answer about the Thai Elite visa, no, I'm on a Non-O multiple entry marriage visa. But it won't matter, the TM30 applies to everyone regardless of the situation.

Jennifer Gampell I'll explain it.

The Thai government wants to know where a foreigner is at all times. One way to do that is to know where a foreigner is staying. To do that, a form, TM30, is used by the property owner where the foreigner is staying. This is required, by the property owner, to submit to the Thai immigration office. So

What does that mean?

1. You do not need a TM30 to get the visa

2. You *MAY* need a TM30 to do the 90 day check-in

3. Your landlord is ultimately responsible for making sure the TM30 is submitted.

4. If you are fined for not having a TM30, you can deduct it from the next month's rent.

The specifics of the TM30, and when you need to file it, is dependent on the local immigration office.

Jennifer Gampell It's not based on a visa, or a requirement to get a visa. Robert Lagas found an excellent video produced by the Thai government about the TM30, and he posted it below. Did you watch it? It's actually funny and entertaining.