What are the current TM30 reporting requirements for expats in Thailand?

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I just got my retirement extension at CW imm. I stayed in a hotel for 2 nights and they sent in the TM30 on me. So I’m at immigration and they asked if I stayed at the hotel. It turned out to be that that was the last entry. I said that I believed TM30 was for retuning from outside the country. They told me that it had changed and I have to report every single time. I believe this has something to do with some change in the system in September of this your. I believe that change erased my 11 year history staying at the exact same address, just from the way they talked. Not sure on that.

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A user shares their experience with TM30 reporting requirements after receiving a retirement extension in Thailand. They learned that the rules have changed, requiring reports every time they stay in a hotel or travel, even domestically. Comments from others highlight that TM30 effects vary by immigration office and emphasize the importance of checking local procedures. Some shared strategies to navigate the requirements more smoothly, such as filing a new TM30 report online before immigration appointments.

Vincenzo ************ · Answer

The law talks different from what the officers recently adopted. Now they request you to report stay everytime u leave and come back to country even u stay in same location. They are getting a lot of fines from people by switching the rules and historical law. Normally u didn't need to do that if u didn't changed your location of stay inside Thailand.

Piero ************* · Answer

I thought that when you check out from a hotel and do not check in in an other hotel,they automatically consider you coming back to your primary address, your condo ,but I was wrong,so I register and fill the tm 30 report every time

Tod ********* · Answer

Okay people there are OVER 80 immigration offices in the country and it's like this

SOME offices require you to file a new TM30 when you return to your primary address from international travel only

SOME offices require you to file a new TM30 when you return to your primary address from international OR domestic travel

AND

Some offices say as long as you're returning to your primary address from domestic or international travel it doesn't matter at all and you don't file a new TM30

SO what you people need to do is check with your specific office, do what they say 🙂

Alexander ******* · Answer

When I got back from Hanoi 3 months ago I went to CW anout the TM 30. After queueing for sometime the officer I saw told me my existing TM 30 was good for the year regardless of how many times I ho in and out of the country.

Matti ********* · Answer

Pro tip that works at least in Bangkok.

I travel a lot for work and don’t bother with the TM30 at all as I never stay over 90 days meaning no need to deal with immigration that often.

Once a year I need to deal with immigration to do my non-O based extension and few days before my scheduled appointment I just file new TM30 online for that day. Print out, include to my application and never had a problem.

So if you need to deal with immigration and TM30 is not up to date. Just file one online for any day and avoid the penalty.

Robert ******* · Answer

I believe the change is made 1979, with the introduction of the Immigration Act section 38.

Part of the text:  "where the house, house or hotel is located within twenty-four hours from the time the alien resides."

There is and was never a mention of only report the first address after arriving in Thailand.

Kevin ******* · Answer

I think all you need to do is have another one done at your actual residence, and it's all good, resetting it back to that address.

Tod ********* · Answer

At least in Bangkok the TM30 data is cross checked with the TM47 (90 day report) data, and it's checked when you get your extension.

The way bangkok is interpretting it is that when you stay somewhere that registers you in the system inside the country once you get back to your primary address you need to file a new TM30.

It didn't erase your 11 year history at all, nothing erases your previous TM30 filings, but the most recent one is the one the system and immigrations uses as the place you're registered to stay

What are the current TM30 reporting requirements for expats in Thailand?

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