What are the recent updates on 90-day reporting and TM30 notifications for expats in Phuket?

So it is also in Phuket beside Chiangmai?

ahaaaaaa nice one you deserve a Chang ,,,,,,

It is not a matter of explaining or education - it is a matter that immigration has not done what they should have done long ago - that is merged the two reports in a common sense manner. It is not reasonable in any shape manner or form to assume that a person on a long Extension of Stay having to do a 90 day report is not going to return to the exact same address they left upon leaving the country when overlapping a report date. I bet money a survey of Expats who are on Annual Extensions of Stay would reveal that 95% return to the same address they had upon exiting Thailand. And that when those Expats reenter and do a 90 day report they will post an unchanged address to the tune of 95%. People are not stupid and easily see the illogic of it all. It seems that Thai Immigration is assuming that 95% change their address upon returning to Thailand AND it is illogical to believe that. Yes both reporting requirements are different rules and they are the law - but just because it is the law does not remove the illogical nature of the way immigration in Phuket / Paytong wants to enforce it. Pushing illogical rules with threats of big fines only breeds contempt. Most Long Stay Expats are stable in their residence - most have invested time, trouble, money and effort. Immigration should not enforce a redundant rule just because they can - just because they have the unquestioned power and authority to do it. Yes - in the end - we will do it - we will comply but at the expense of creating disrespect. There is no history - none of over age 50 Expats doing any bombing anywhere in Thailand. The culprit was here on after bribing a I/O at a Cambodian border checkpoint. Double tracking older Expats will do nothing to keep Thailand safe. And Yes - much of this kind of over reaction by immigration is due to the Erawan bomber successfully evading proper reporting as a guest at a Bkk Guesthouse. / End of Rant...

Questions keep on coming. I tried to explain in a longer text.

@Tod ********

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People seem to be getting confused here - TM30 and 90 day reports are two completely different things. Yes, your 90 day reporting resets if youve been out of the country, the TM30 is a notification of alien staying at residence and must be done within 24 hours of returning. It's not new, the law dates to the 70s, it's only now being enforced. In theory the landlord/ building manager is supposed to do it but many don't.

A couple of years ago I didn't know about the TM30 and they mentioned it when I went to do my 90 day report 90 days after I came back. Had to go home to get all the details and back again. A whole day wasted. There was no fine though and the next time I left the country my wife called them when we got back and they said we did not have to come to the office and just bring the form when we do the next 90 day report. Nonthaburi Immigration.

Lady in charge in Krabi of long term Visa and Extensions was very hard on it here, she moved to Phuket few months ago. So no surprise she enforce it in Phuket.

Evidently they started to get hard core about the TM.30 form.

That's the one with the oh-so long name of:Notification From For House-Master, Owner Or The Possessor Of The Residence Where Alien Has Stayed :O

You can down load the TM.30 form here;