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What are the new visa extension requirements at the Bluport immigration office in Hua Hin regarding the TM30?

Dec 6, 2023
2 years ago
Klee **************
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Let me warn everybody the Bluport immigration office in Hua Hin now requires a TM 30 for 30 day extension, everything has changed 
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The Bluport immigration office in Hua Hin now requires a TM30 form for a 30-day visa extension, a recent change that has left many expats and visitors concerned. Previous practices allowed for the extension without this form, especially for those who entered Thailand by air. The shift is largely attributed to a crackdown on illegal Airbnb rentals and is part of a broader enforcement of long-standing immigration laws, leading to frustrations among foreigners who feel the burden of compliance falls unfairly on them.
Max ***********
What is a TM 30?
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Mathias *******
@Max **********
Form from Immigration
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@Mathias ******
that's a proper answer. Appreciated 🙏
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@Max **********
welcome 👍
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Bob **********
@Max **********
and address report must be done in 24 hrs some offices give you 3 days
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Mitchell *******
I thought a TM30 was always required for extension, just that they usually are already in the system unless you have moved provinces. Was I misinformed?
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Klee **************
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@Mitchell ******
I thought it was on the computer too, but the lady told us we had to print it out and have a hardcopy, every agent does things differently
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Otto *********
Proof of Residence, issued by the person, who rented out your place to you. Can be done online!!!
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Joe ******
What is a tm 30
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Darryl ********
what’s a TM 30?
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Hans ***********
Are there still issues at Blu Port? On Wednesday there was a very long queue. Is this still the case?
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Klee **************
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@Hans **********
not nearly enough immigration officers working, no idea what’s going on, but it’s not good!!!!
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Klee **************
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@Hans **********
I was there yesterday, for a different reason, there was a huge lineup, and lots of people waiting, there was only three people working, there is definitely something wrong
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Martin ********
Idiots
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Johnny ********
old news
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Sam ********
I went to Bluport today and a new fat Thai guy was "working" there near the queue screen to handle the people taking queue numbers, he said I should come back at 9pm because there is such a long queue. I asked if he is sure, because usually it's closed by then, but he said yes, come back at 9pm. Went back at 6pm just to see the situation and the girl there said, "Sorry, we closed".

I'm starting to wonder if fatty even worked there! 😤
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Martin *********
Always have
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Ashley ********
They won’t let this TM30 shite lie will they?
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Peter *********
@Ashley *******
no total nonsense
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Martin *****
Normale in pattaya as well
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@Martin ****
yep need generate more.paperwork and BS more trees to cut down for photocopys
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James ********
Are the full body cavity searches still carried out ??
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Peter *********
@James *******
next year lol 😆
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Nongnuch ********
@James *******
now I know what "bending" (to)the law means
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Casey ******
Some of these comments sound just like how my grandfather sounds when he complains to the manager his soup isn’t hot enough.
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Becky **********
I was at the lak si office with my friend today. They said anyone that enters thailand over land has to have a TM30. For the ones like my friend that flew in. It wasn’t required.
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@Becky *********
it was required for me i flew by air and yes laksi luckily i did it but i was shocked they asked
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Duncan *******
OMG - Hua Hin is enforcing a law in the Immigration Act that was passed in the late 70s. I'd say the horror! but welcome to what immigration offices do in other parts of the country.
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Alex *******
@Duncan ******
Yeah but the law’s crazy. It’s foreigners that will be held responsible, but what are they meant to do if their landlord refuses to file the TM30?
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Kool *******
They do this when too many people renting out Airbnb rooms don't file the required TM30s on those renting from them. This shows up when the tourist goes to extend their stay, and there is no current TM30 on file in the system.
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Nongnuch ********
@Alex ******
not true. They just started it. It also depends on the officer. And on the accomodation you use. If it's a hotel they see the TM30 for you on their computer and won't ask
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Alex *******
@Nongnuch *******
So you can go to a cheap hotel for one night and get the TM30 from there?
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Nongnuch ********
@Alex ******
theoretically, yes you can
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Kool *******
@Alex ******
did you read the OP?
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Kool *******
@Alex ******
English comprehension is not easy for you is it?
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Eugene *****
Before, I was told TM30 is required when applying for 30 days extension when you’ve entered by land. Air entry does not require TM30. Is this changed as well?
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@Eugene ****
you have been told wrong. EVERY foreigner has to be reported to the TM30 system within 24 hours of arriving at the accomodation
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Eugene *****
Interesting, the past 2 years, I’ve only had to provide a TM30 once, and it was when I did a land border entry. I’ve never had to provide a TM30 for my other extensions. I guess I am lucky 🙂
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Nongnuch ********
@Eugene ****
ya should buy some lottery tickets for the friday draw 😅
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Eugene *****
@Nongnuch *******
I didn’t need to provide a TM30 at immigration because they said I came by air. I got my extension a few months ago in 2023.
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Nongnuch ********
@Eugene ****
that's a good story for your book, but it is not the standard thing. In case your are a long term resident and return to the same accommodation after a trip abroad, many Immigrations are waiving your duty for a new TM30. . . . . let me rest assured you, it has absolutely nothing to do with the vehicle of travel you were using
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Eugene *****
@Nongnuch *******
I see, when was this change taken place?
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Nongnuch ********
@Eugene ****
the change took place pre-Covid under Prayut. It was all over the news
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Eugene *****
@Nongnuch *******
that’s not what I’m talking about lol
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Nongnuch ********
@Eugene ****
you need TM30 in order to receive a 30-days tourist extension at most Immigration offices. This rule has been there all the years since 1976 but was handled relaxed on tourists. A couple of months ago Immigration started to tighten it, mainly because of the rise of illegal AirBnB rentals. The obvious reason why they start enforcing a law from 1976, I have commented above on in this thread. . . . . It does NOT f..g matter how you entered Thailand - it could have been by Air, land or sea, all that matters is if "your" Immigration wants to see the TM30 before they are willing to accept your application . . Actually, many countries are introducing rules against these illegal AirBnB tax evaders . . . in many countries, they have become a nuisance
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Mathias *******
@Nongnuch *******
can TM30 turned in online? Or do you have to show up at Immigration personally?
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Nongnuch ********
@Mathias ******
if the accommodation has been registered in the online TM30 system, all you need is the login-name and the password. Then you could file your TM30 by yourself. However if your landlord or house owner keeps this a secret from you, you have no chance but to ask him to register you on his own behalf within 24 hours after you arrived at the accommodation
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Mathias *******
@Nongnuch *******
that means, I can register my home in the TM30 system at the Immigration office and file the TM30 online for visitors staying at my home within 24 hours of their arrival. Correct?
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Nongnuch ********
@Mathias ******
if you have a blue housebook for your home, you can register it in the TM30 system
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@Nongnuch *******
thank you for advice!
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@Eugene ****
TM30 is a report of the place of your staying( your hotel or any other type of accommodation)It required no matter how you crossed the border. You mix it with something else
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Bob **********
@Eugene ****
TM30 is reporting your address not an entry card
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Eugene *****
@Bob *********
Yes, which does not need to be provided when you apply for extension if you’ve stayed under 90 days and entered Thailand by air.
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Bob **********
@Eugene ****
your address needs to

Be reported no matter if it’s for a day or 10 years and it’s up to the office you use for an extension rather you need it or not
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Klee **************
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@Eugene ****
30 day extension
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Eugene *****
@Klee *************
Yes, if you enter by land, you are required a TM30 when you apply for 30 day extension. But if you entered by air, you can apply for 30 day extension without TM30. Is this changed?
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Mark *********
Our friend is coming over from Canada early January 2024 to meet us in Hua Hin. Her trip is for 6 weeks. She will get her 30 days visa exemption on arrival. After that she plans to go to HH Immigration at Bluport for a 30 day extension. Can she do that and what docs will she need? I attach info from a FB group on visas etc. Only a TM7?
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Klee **************
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@Mark ********
just hire a visa agent, we will next time, way less stress and hassles
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Darryl ********
@Klee *************
thanks Mark… that’s what I plan to do.
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Nongnuch ********
@Klee *************
I doubt a visa agent can do a TM30 report, because it's the house owner/Landlord or hotel who have to comply with it.
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@Mark ********
1900.- THB fee. Two passport pics (they might need them) TM7 is available at the office. Copy of passport detail page and copy of entry stamp page
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@Nongnuch *******
Thanks. Easy. No TM30?
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Nongnuch ********
@Mark ********
depends on where she will be living. If in a hotel, the hotel will do the TM30 automatically for her. If she is gonna live in a free private or rented accommodation, the landlord/houseowner will have to report her TM30
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Mark *********
@Nongnuch *******
Hotel. So they will do a TM30. But when she goes to extend does the hotel give her the TM30 to take with her?
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Nongnuch ********
@Mark ********
she won't need anything, as Immigration will see on their computer that she has been properly reported TM30. She could, to be absolutely sure, ask the hotel for a screenshot printout of the reporting. But rest asured she won't need anything
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Mark *********
Great! Thanks!
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Viola ********
@Mark ********
and TM30!!!
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Stéfan ********
Yep… was asked for one in Chiangmai recently. I just had a 30-day exemption. Added 30 minutes to the process; not a huge deal but a bit stressful as immigration officers informed me I could be charged a fine if my hotel didn’t report me. In other words, the Thai government is essentially putting the responsibility on not only expats, but also on tourists, most of whom have no clue they could be in for a surprise.
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you are absolutely right. That's what's happening. Read my comment above. One of the main reason Immigration is enforcing a standing law from up the year 1976, is because tourists are using short term AirBnB rentals which are illegal under 30 days, except if the landlord holds a hotel license and is paying taxes
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@Nongnuch *******
Ok. Crazy since the number of people renting out through that platform is through the roof. Perhaps these geniuses should target Airbnb instead of threatening tourists with fines. Immigration officers also told me that regular hotels skip this process as well. Making sure people do their job isn't our responsibility, at least, it shouldn't be. I didn't know the law was that old and thought that was implemented under Prayut. It has the hallmarks. Thanks for providing this information.
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@Stéfan *******
you have observed correctly . . . . actually is was under Prayut when Immigration "elements" started to complain about the lasciviousness of hotels and resorts, and vowed to end this. And the sheer rising numbers of illegally short term rent-outs contributed a fine argument . .
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@Stéfan *******
well word will go around fast that AirBnB is playing a foul game. Anyone who rents an AirBnB accommodation for less than 30 days should ask the renter for a TM30 registration and a screenshot proof of it before paying up anything to these tax evaders
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Stéfan ********
@Nongnuch *******
I don't think these are things that tourists are aware of, care for, or should be dragged into. It's akin to asking a bar if they have an alcohol license. The system is flawed, and it's the responsibility of the government. If they can't apply their own regulation, then there's a problem. That said, the hotel I stayed at inquired why I didn't tell them I was extending my stay, as immigration called them. It's utterly absurd, but doesn't surprise me. Reminds me of being scolded by police officers after a robbery in Chiang Mai. Clowns.
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@Stéfan *******
you are absolutely right. But this is Thailand. TIT. Not so easy to understand. I learned to stop questioning it and follow the flow long ago. Myself I once had to pay the 2000.- THB fine for a late TM30, with my landlord, a policeman, standing next to it. Both, the policeman and the Immigration lady officer, showed me their "Thai Smile". You learn how to handle it , ,means, chuck down your anger, count your losses and move on
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@Nongnuch *******
I'm a frequent visitor to Thailand and love the place regardless of its flaws. I have no choice but to take what you said into account. Thanks for the information.
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Sandeep *******
I really don’t understand the logic of TM30 … when you have TM90 reporting. Makes no sense at all.
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Michael ********
@Sandeep ******
i have pink ID card and yellow book you would think having 2 types of official regestration of address would negate the TM30 but no
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Tyler *******
@Michael *******
Can I ask how you became eligible for the bat si chompoo?
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Michael ********
@Tyler ******
Wasnt difficult just being married is enough and providing correct paperwork. You get the yellow book and pink ID same time. As usual different offices different requirements so check your local amphur
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@Michael *******
and to buy a car etc you have to go through exactly the same process to get a certificate of residence even though your tm30 is upto date.
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@Nick ***********
not with pink ID card you dont need certificate of residence
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@Michael *******
according to the law you don't need to complete the TM 30 only 90 day reporting. I also have the same documents as you and no TM 30 required. Officially the TM 30 was scrapped during Covid and this is the first I heard of its return.
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Michael ********
@Ron *****************
never heard of TM 30 being scrapped. Even during covid my office (samat sakorn) insisted on it. Even though my ID is in Samat Sakorn
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@Michael *******
not in Petchabun. Since Covid no need for the TM 30 and after I got my pink ID and yellow book they said that according to the law I don't need to complete the TM 30 anymore as the Yellow book serves as your permanent address in Thailand. Difference does exist between offices and this seems to be one.
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@Ron *****************
Would love to see that law
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@Michael *******
exactly 💯
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Sandeep *******
@Michael *******
this hurts…
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Nongnuch ********
@Sandeep ******
what is a TM90 reporting? It doesn't exist. and this is about the TM30 requirement for TOURIST extensions, not for long stay residents. Read my comment above then you understand why Immigration is enforcing the TM30 rule to the tourists few
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Sandeep *******
@Nongnuch *******
ok I just read your post regarding the illegal AirBnBs. Yes I understand the point on insisting for TM30 for short term residents and tourists. Okkk
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@Sandeep ******
thank you for the cheers
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sorry its the TM 47 for 90 days reporting
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Klee **************
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@Sandeep ******
there’s a lot of things I don’t understand In Thailand, but we have no choice but to do them
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Kenny **********
@Klee *************
no it’s not a rumour. I have been working to get my work permit with my company and part of this was a consultation with Ernst Young about Thailand tax requirements. I was informed that as of January I will have to report any transfers from uk to Thailand as well as details of any property that I have in the uk.

However uk have a reciprocal tax agreement with Thailand so I will either pay tax in uk or Thailand but not both.
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@Kenny *********
if it gets to complicated many will leave Thailand
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@Klee *************
the last straw is the income tax for expats they plan to introduce starting next year. I do hope it’s just rumor …
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Nongnuch ********
Immigration is hitting out at the growing number of illegal AirBnB rentals of less than 30 days, who don't hold a hotel license and avoid to pay taxes. It's illegal, and these AirBnB landlords are known for bending the law, avoiding to register their guests under the TM30. Immigration all over the touristy places are changing their year long tolerant policy and start to enforce what the law is saying since 1976. A landlord, hotel, guesthouse and resort has to report every guest residing in their premises within 24 hours of arrival, and there is no bending the law backwards or forward - JUST comply with it and stop the whining
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@Nongnuch *******
laws has been the same in all my years.. it's the enforcement that's changed
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@Nongnuch *******
But it’s not the foreigner who complies or does not comply with the law. They have to get the landlord to do it and many landlords don’t.
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there's a successful way on how to handle it. Visit Immigration, dial up your landlord on your phone, and pass the phone to the immigration officer. If your landlord is a Thai, the Immigration officer will just be too happy to explain the Thai law to him and remind him on his/her duty
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Klee **************
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@Nongnuch *******
that doesn’t help, you still need a TM 30 in physical form not on a computer or a phone 
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Nongnuch ********
Immigration told my landlord on the phone about his duties. So the next day the landlord went to Immigration together with me, and completed the TM30. . . . . . and if your hotel has registered you by TM30, you do NOT need any added physical proof because Immigration can see the completed TM30 on their central computer
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@Nongnuch *******
The law says landlords must pay the fine if they don't report people staying there. But immigration makes the foreigner pay. That IS "bending the law".
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@Jody ******
this is because once the foreigner is present at the Immigration, the fine BECOMES payable. They would not let him escape before the fine hasn't been paid. EVERY business does this! The foreigner afterwards is free to get the money back from his landlord. This is called acting practically and sensically 😆 🙂
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@Nongnuch *******
I'm sure it's nothing to do with racism & corruption... 🤡
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@Jody ******
yeah once in a while we hear about that corruption thing 😅 😎
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@Nongnuch *******
Play Third World games, win Third World prizes...

🏆 🤡
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Klee **************
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@Jody ******
Thailand is not a third world, not even close, you should cross into Cambodia, and then tell me what you think of Thailand
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@Jody ******
it's happening in the First world, too. Just on a much higher level among corporations and politicians
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@Nongnuch *******
That true.

It's good to speak against it though, because it hurts a country! Any person who really loves their country should be against corruption.
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@Nongnuch *******
Good!!!!!!!
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Klee **************
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@Nongnuch *******
i’m not whining at all, I’m just saying that what I was told, and led to believe, was quite different from what happened at the immigration office, next time we’re just going to do a one year retirement, visa through a visa agency, and never set foot in an immigration office again
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Nongnuch ********
@Klee *************
same goes for a retirement extension. The immigration will NOT service you if you are not TM30 registered under one specific address. Not even an agent can circumvent this
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@Nongnuch *******
they did my 1y extension yesterday, without tm30...
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@Pat ****
then you were either very lucky, or you already have a TM30 registration and you missed to notice it. Are there two pieces of paper clipped into your passport? One is the 90-days report notice, and the other one would be the TM30
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@Nongnuch *******
I never dit a TM30 and I have only the 90 days report paper... but I have a yellow book .. SO maybe I was lucky again;-).
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@Pat ****
well, I got a yellow book too, and can prove my residence, but my Immigration nevertheless stapled the TM30 receipt into my passport. Different Immigrations, different procedures. You ARE definitely TM30 registered or you would NOT have received the Extension Of Stay Permit 🙂 this is absolutely NOT possible, regardless which Immigration office of the 85 offices in Thailand issued your retirement extension
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@Nongnuch *******
in any case i did never register, also not last week when i came back to Thailand...
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@Pat ****
this also is upon the sole discretion of your Immigration, if they accept you coming back from abroad to the same address. Some offices want a new report, others waive it
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@Nongnuch *******
will anyway try to register on the site and than do TM30, better to prevent..
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Klee **************
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agreed
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Jeremy *************
One thing changed or everything??
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HarryHappy *********
Not in Cherunterlay, or Patong or Phuket
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@HarryHappy ********
They literally asked me for a TM30 today in Phuket town while doing my 90-day report
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Nongnuch ********
@HarryHappy ********
It's coming to your place sooner or later , take any bets? 😂😅
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Klee **************
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@Nongnuch *******
I think it’s changing everywhere from what I’ve been reading, better to go to the immigration office with all the paperwork that is necessary or could be necessary. That way there won’t be a problem.
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@Klee *************
absolutely correct. It's happening. It has been a law since 1976. It just wasn't enforced on tourists, why would they, as they always were TM30 registered by the hotels and guesthouses and resorts. . . . . . However now more and more tourists are renting illegal AirBnB Condos, and these landlords are avoiding TM30 and avoiding tax. It is one of the reasons TM30 will be asked for a 30 days tourist extension
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@Nongnuch *******
our condo is through a friend, nothing to do with Airbnb
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Bob **********
@Klee *************
Your friend is responsible for reporting your TM30 and the fine if it wasn’t done in time
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@Klee *************
well if your friend rents out long term )more than 30 days) it is legal to do so. But many AirBnB rent out UNDER 30 days which is illegal, unless they hold a hotel licence and register their tenants
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@Nongnuch *******
well it’s all registered on the computer system under TM 30 for my friends condo, we are renting for 180 days
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@Klee *************
then Immigration should see it on their computer. For your safety you could ask your friend for a screenshot print out, and put this between your passport pages.
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@Dave ********
Me two days ago
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Mathias *******
Yes, all that counts is money!
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Bob **********
All offices are getting tough I travel every month and always return to the same address and that was all good until a couple months ago now every time I return I’ve got to get a new one and there not accepting your 90 day barcode you need copies of everything it’s crazy this is the Jomtien office
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@Bob *********
exactly my experience in Hua Hin office
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@Bob *********
agree 💯 % crazy 🤪
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Brown ********
The TM30 is a great way for immigration too make more money off foreigners so I'm surprised it's only changed now
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@Wayne ****
well if your landlords a prik and doesn't lodge it, immigration fine you and tell you to get the landlord to reimburse you. If the landlord doesn't there's nothing you can do. If this system was fair, the fine would be mailed to the landlord directly which is how it would be done in a western country if they had a similar system
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My landlord is not a prick, every time I return he does my TM30 within 24 hours and gives me a printout. Maybe you should have stayed in a Western country where you could complain about the cost of living.
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Brown ********
@Wayne ****
is English your first or second language?
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Wayne *****
@Brown *******
Both 😜
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Jody *******
@Wayne ****
He just explained it to you politely & you talk like that to the guy? What's that about..?

It's nothing to do with "cost of living". It's about corrupt bias.
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Wayne *****
@Jody ******
What calling the landlord a prick!!!!!! FFS, are you for real.
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@Wayne ****
I didn't call your landlord a prik. I was referring to those to lazy to do TM30s ffs
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@Jody ******
I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt he's english ain't too good and has taken the your landlord literally that I was saying he's was
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Jody *******
@Brown *******
Sounds like he is in love with his landlord if that's the case! He's probably just another bell-end...
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@Jody ******
yes most likely lol.
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Sam ********
Do we get the TM30 from the hotel or apartment that we're renting from?

Maybe that's why there's a bloody long line up at the Bluport office too!
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your hotel or condo landlord are suppose to lodge it for you but some, including my landlord are friggen useless and don't do it. Even if you deduct the 1600 fine off your rent they will £uck you with your deposit when you move out. It's a joke of a system. Especially when you leave to travel and have to do it again when you return
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Benny ***********
Complaine to Ambassad, to City Hall, to Newspaper, to more

If not, they go on whit there oen rules 🥊☠️

They like to be popes
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Roberto *********
@Benny **********
Complain to the King! 🤣🤣🤣
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Steve **********
Everyone else has for years..

What about a short hotel overnighter, can you just ignore, if going back to same home address
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Roy *********
@Steve *********
Absolutely not, I live in Udon Thani, no such bullshit here.

Anyway can do it online, no question about it there either.
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Steve **********
@Roy ********
I travel to northern provinces often fir a few days ea. Never thought about the TM -30. Thought like the TM- 6 would be phased out, as should 90 day.
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Justin ********
@Steve *********
Last time, she asked me if I was at the same address. And no problem.
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Klee **************
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@Steve *********
who know, different immigration officers do things differently, you just have no idea
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@Klee *************
oh, I do !

20+ years of new rules , but vary by province, or IO.
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Dave *********
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So not everyone else then?
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