Is the landlord legally required to file the TM30 for foreign tenants every time they return from overseas?

You have to really love Thailand to put up jumping through so many hoops to live here 🇹🇭😊

I was told TM 30 doesn’t expire as long as you still live in the same house, we renewed our lease and didn’t need a new TM 30 for the new lease. I went to Japan a few months back, and just went to the immigration office for a new TM 30 after I came back to CM.

Printed online and let the landlord make a signature you fill up the information

Some office staff making a killing every time at this. I do hate this side of Thailand.

My agent does it for free for our family of 4. I live in bkk

My landlord goes to immigration with me and shows his ID and/or blue book.

Yes

What's the policy if you own your own condo?

The landlord has to submit a TM30 to immigration.

This is by law.

Just get the landlord to create an online account, and allow you to file your own. Very easily done

A) I think its free at the immigration office

B) For price comparison, my condo does it for me for a fee of 100 baht

C) You can do it online

D) You can do it yourself, if your landlord provides you a contract, letter granting your permission to file the TM30, and signed photo of his ID/Passport.

At least that is the case in Pattaya.

EDIT: As seen in some of the other comments, doing it yourself may require photo copies of some other paperwork (chenute/deed, house book, I am not entirely sure what will be require).

In my area it is required to do every time I return from overseas. It is a simple form, anyone can fill it in. Make sure the landlord has a copy of the deed and the copy of their ID. It takes 10 minutes. You don't need to pay anyone. It needs to be done immediately after your arrival or the next day. Or you will be fined per day you are late. I think submitting TM30 costs 100 Baht at the immigration office. It is actually the landlord's duty to submit the TM30 to tell the immigration that someone staying at that address. So in theory the landlord should pay for it.

Can you not do it yourself

Se non lo fa , cambia casa !!!

There is no charge for a TM 30, the owner is fobbbing you off.

Landlord can go immigration and pass you the TM 30, immigration officer will help your landlord, why do you need to pay to agent?

Do it online easy and free of charge..

The landlord is responsible. You can do it in person but you will need certain documents from the landlord

You shouldn't be paying for a TM30 registration if you're renting through a lettings agent, have they got all the landlords details?? If so, get the details and do it yourself, and stop paying them, they are just using it as a way to extract money from you, I don't think immigration checks for a "complete history" of TM30s anyway, if you need immigration services for whatever reason, as far as I'm aware they only check for a recent one anyway, sounds like the letting agent is quite happy to keep you in the dark, and carry on taking your money if you let them, if they claim they don't have the landlords details how are they doing the TM30?? unless they are registering you living somewhere else,(agents do that sometimes for people that can't get a TM30) they might not be doing anything at all.

It is land lord duty but you need to inform land lord when you go out and in .

think u can do it your self on line . if your rental agent aint sorted it ,

As others have said it's the owner that is legally responsible and they would get a fine if not done in time, agree agent is asking way to much in Pattaya it's free or 100baht per person, as others have said you can go to immigration and register yourself and if you explain why you are having to do it they may speak to the owner if they are Thai

It's required in my province (Samut Prakan) anytime I'm back from overseas.

My TM30 issued by the landlord/ agent states the duration of the stay as per annual lease. The TM30 has been scrutinised, compared with the actual lease and stamped by local immigration office. I assume there is no need to issue another one whenever i return from local holidays staying in hotels or returning from abroad.

Tm 30 is I believe more important for marriage visa

Never even ever done a 90 day report, when you leave the country, no questions asked,

As long as you have long term visa,

In and out many many times,

No issue at immigration ever

If your in a long term rental, try and arrange amicably that you get access to the online account, and do any required entries yourself. I'm assuming the agent has already created one rather than them visiting the IO everytime.

Do it yourself, that is what proper agents will tell you.

👎You do not the pay for it. Bad agent .

Scam. Shouldn't pay anything

Chiang Mai Immigration doesnt require a new TM30 whem returning from overseas if returning on the same visa/extension of stay with re-entry permission.

If the owner doesn't know how to do it, then the OWNER needs to pay the agency, not you. The law requires the owner to file a TM30 for any foreigner staying at their place.

You are being ripped off big time

Outrageous ! A good agent provides this service for free. I would always ask up front about TM 30 before signing any rental contract.

That depends on your immigration office. Some require it and some do not. You would need to check with them.

But I certainly wouldn't be paying anyone for a TM30. Tell the agent that it's a legal requirement for them to do it and you are not paying anything for it.