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What are the registration requirements for staying in Thailand, specifically regarding TM30 and TM6 forms?

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Sep 29, 2018
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Martin ***********
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Well Todd Daniels, my post about TM6 against TM30 was turned off without the chance of me answering, so the answer to your question is Kalasin for 10days... some people do sleep after 36 hours travelling
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The discussion revolves around the requirements for registering one's address in Thailand, specifically using the TM30 and TM6 forms. It's noted that the necessity of address registration may depend on the type of visa, the immigration office's policies, and whether one has stayed in a hotel or private residence. Personal anecdotes highlight experiences with registering in Kalasin, the varying enforcement of rules among different provinces, and the implications of not registering after internal travel.
Tod *********
I just wanted to apologize one last time for closing your thread prematurely. I hope it does not drive you from the group. Sorry :/
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Martin ***********
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Not an issue my 'new Thai visa' friend 🙏🏼
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Robert *******
@Martin **********
 Don't do. Feel free to ask, if we need more information to give you the correct answer we will aks for it. We all had to learn how things worked and the terminoligy. Without asking it will be a much harder way to find your ways through Thai Immigration rules and regulations.
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Martin ***********
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Sometimes, on reflection, I just think, why did I post !! 🤔🤔🤔🤐
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Tod *********
Please don't feel that way, the group is designed to help provide accurate information to people who ask questions.

Sorry I come across so hard core. I only want to give good advice to people.
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Terary **********
Not for nothing - but you do not always need to register your address. It depends on which immigration office you will use, and I think the the type of visa you have. So when asking 'do I need to register my address', the question should prefaced with. " I have a .... visa and i will going to the immigration office at .... Do I need to register my address ?"
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Tod *********
winner, winner, chicken dinner. (y) I also might add you should say IF you're staying at a hotel/guesthouse or a private residence too as that makes a diffrerence. :)
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Martin ***********
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Well today I went along to the local police station in Kalasin with my Thai wife and my TM30, we stood there for a while as the 2 'officers' watched 'Take me out Thailand'.

Finally 1 officers paid us attention & was blank faced when asked to report a TM30 & he actually took us upstairs to meet his 'boss', who then explained to him what had to be done. Back down stairs we went & it took about 20 minutes of messing on a computer to finally get the nod that the registration had been completed and presented with a nice little print out on official paper.

While sitting there, beside the 'ID line up room' I noticed how many CCTV were about, despite this, as we left the officer called my wife back and openly said "we do like tea money for helping but up to you" ... and she donated 100b, Would it have been worth the hassle to just walk out considering I will need to go there many times as I to & fro between Hua Hin & Kalasin... I just laughed and thought wtf, this is Thailand !
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Tod *********
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 I am only too familiar with the totally irrational fear / awe / faux respect thaiz have for people in uniforms.

It's one of the reasons that if I help someone with something I have a "no thai tag along policy" :O <-(meaning you can't bring a thai with you when we go to do what ever it is you need help with).

I did have one thai official ask for a tip a while back (when doing a totally routine thing that was part of their job) and I told them in thai, "I'll give you a really good tip, "LEARN ENGLISH": ";) Should have seen their face.. :P Then again my ability to be just as much of an asshole in thai as I am in english usually makes thais understand that I'm not trying to be their friend :)

Glad it worked out.
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Martin ***********
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 no prob fella, I've posted a few times , and will undoubtedly post many more questions on my journey through the mud of Thai immigration law... ps you seem to have lived here a long time & should know it's very hard for a Thai person not to be intimidated by uniform
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Tod *********
very few people actually use the "or police station" option seeing as most areas have an immigration office within an hour or so.

Glad you got it done, I wouldn't have tipped them a single satang for doing their job, but that's me.

I didn't mean anything by closing your earlier post, thought you just were a 'one post wonder' where someone posts and then falls off the map..
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Robert *******
Without knowing in which city you stay this answer can not be givin.As a rule yes, you have to register your address if you stay in a private property. The TM6 card is not registerd at the airport to save time. You register within 24 hours after arrival with the TM 30 Form, copies of ID and house book of the owner and signed by the owner. Some Immigration Offices do not enforce this so no need, others want you to register every time that you come into Thailand and some are even more hard core.
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@Ivan ***********
 I would happily live with my conscience if it means not going to immigration every time I go and visit another province. Why do more than you need to. I am not sure about Phuket, but it is not enforced in most other places. Also you really only need to register the TM 30 if you will be going into an office for an extension or other reason. Otherwise if not visiting an office, there will be no fines or consequences.
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Ivan ************
By the letter of the law you need to do it even if you come back from another province. Phuket I believe actually does enforce this. You may get away with it in other provinces, but you'll have to live with your conscience.
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Michael ********
It is only when you go out of the country.
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Ivan ************
Nothing will likely happen if you don't register your mate but by the letter of the law you do need to. In particular nothing is likely to happen if he is going somewhere else after and will at some point check into a hotel before he ever goes to immigration for an something (like if he wants an extension). Personally, I have had friends stay over and I haven't registered them. I would not personally worry about this. But by the letter of the law you are meant to.
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Peter ***********
Hi all.

I live in the middle of nakhon pathom and kanchanaburi. - 40 kms each way. Can I report at police station.

Tried once and B I B were sleeping in hammock's. Told me don't worry.

Also my mate will be staying a few days b4 going on to hua him.

Is it best he register too.

Cheers
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Toby ********
Jomtien immigration does not require it for internal trips and no office requires it if you are staying in a hotel.
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Robert *******
I did not read any reports about this, so hard to say. For this we are depending on reports of members.
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Ivan ************
I'd actually be interested in where does fine people for not doing it after returning from an internal trip. Do you know of any office that does? I think Phuket does, does anywhere else? Or is it the only one?
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Robert *******
You're welcome to make the list, post it in the file section and keep it updated on every change.
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Ivan ************
It's helpful to get feedback in this group as who cares and who does not care. Chiang Mai does not require it after internal trips, it seems Udon does not either. Bangkok we know doesn't care at all. I suspect the list of offices that do insist on this is a lot shorter than those who don't, that these are the anomaly, and it might be more helpful to have a list of those.
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Robert *******
Check with your local Immigration Office. Don't assume that advice as most don't care won't get you in trouble when they care.
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Ivan ************
In practice, no. Most immigration offices don't care about re-registering after travel within the country. Those do care about it at all (many do not) usually only care about registering after travel outside the country. By the letter of the law though, yes you must register and within 24 hours.
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@Curt *********
 In theory yes, if you leave the province for more than 24hrs
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Robert *******
As said it depends on the enforcement of the rule in your local Immigration Office, as I do not want to make a spread sheet with all the Immigration Offices and who enforce what and how the only option for you all is to waste a few minutes of your life to visit the Immigration Office and ask them when and how your need te report.
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Curt **********
Is my wife really supposed to fill out a TM30 every time we go to BKK for the weekend or stay in a hotel overnight in another city?

We do it whenever I leave the country and come back to Ubon but never if I stay in a hotel in Thailand.
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Martin ***********
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Cheers robert
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