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What are the requirements for the 90-day registration and visa extension in Thailand after 180 days?

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Dec 18, 2024
a month ago
Lee ***********
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I'm in Nakhon Sawan and today went to immigration to check on requirements for the 90 day registration. I have read alot about requirements so a month early I wanted to check what they would ask for being a new process.

So I'm with my thai partner and they explained in thai and repeated in English that so long as my TM30 was registered (which it is) I need not do anything else.

Advised that after 180 days to either leave the country or extent, which I knew.

To extend she advised I would need to present the same proof of funds I obtained the visa with being the 50,000tb (or equivalent to what was requested upon application) mine being £11,000

All in all very simple and pleasing.

Hope this helps.

Sure other provinces are different in some way.

Enjoy
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An expat in Nakhon Sawan reports their experience at the immigration office regarding the requirements for the 90-day registration and extension of their visa. They were informed that as long as their TM30 was registered, no further action was needed for the report. However, community comments caution that this may vary by location, suggesting that a 90-day report is still necessary regardless of TM30 status. There’s also discussion on the financial proof needed for an extension, with conflicting advice and concerns about the consistency of information provided by different immigration offices.
Sam ******
Hmm… The way I interpret this is that the OP asked what was required for the TM47 90 day report. To which he was informed that as long as he had his TM30, that is all that is required to do the 90 day report.

Either way I’ll be doing a 90 day report if I’m in country 90 days. It’s always made clear every foreigner in Thailand, apart from LTR visa holders, must do a 90 day report.
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Luit *****************
@Sam *****
 It is made clear? By who? Nobody told me to do so.

So I have to find out by asking others.

But until now I stayed never over 90 days, and maybe it will take some time before I do.

90 days is a long time, even in my home country it does not happen often that I reach 90 days.
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@Luit ****************
 yes same here, I’ve made ONE 90 day report in 12 years of being here😄.

From the Thai government immigration bureau website it is clear.

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Sefton ********
Your advice was wrong, unsure if that was a badly informed IO or the inability to explain directly in english and via your partner.

100% for sure you DO have to do 90 day reports, TM47.. Perhaps they confused what you are asking as you are so early.

Its interesting that they gave you extension advice considering the complete refusal to answer that from HQ in bangkok or other regional centers like Chiang Mai / Pattaya / Phuket etc. Its not likely that a local office like nakhon sawan would be ahead of the curve on information like this. Its much more likely they made it up on the spot (not that I dont think showing bank funds would be part of it).
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@Sefton *******
 why you questioning him that's what he was told in his immagration office good luck to him. bkk are doing what they want obviously. It should be as any extension 1900 bht that's for coming see you next time.
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@David *******
 because when you go back, and the rules are applied.. you pay the fine no matter 'what they other officer told me'.

Saying it isn't needed is bad advice to leave unchallenged. Just do the tm47.. or don't complain when you get fined later.
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@Sefton *******
 that is the only requirement he explained that to you but you question him. If he reports and that is the requirement he is been ticked off
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@Sefton *******
 categorically she spoke good English, I double checked everything, showed her my TM30 and she said "yes that's fine so long as you have reported on the TM30, don't need to do anything else" then she went on "at 180 days either do a border bounce to laos or come to immigration and extend, the cost is 1900tb"

Really she can't make that all up, it maybe a smaller place, but they have been very good to date and speaking to others have been spot on for years, even with fines!
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Sefton ********
100% she is wrong.. EVERY entry class must do TM47 reports (PR isnt an entry class) the only difference is some of the BOI ones do them annually not 90 day, which is why 90 day reporting is a poor way to describe them now.

Every entry class must do them, without exception. Of course if you have no interaction with immigration and leave at day 179 then there isnt a mechanism to catch you but thats not the same as not needing to. If extensions become possible, that is when it would be caught. There is no exception to TM47s on any class of entry in the entire visa system.

I recently did my TM47 on my DTV, as I had to.. All accepted and normal.

As to the extensions.. HQ in bangkok will not clarify that it will be possible, so she is saying something with confidence, that HQ is refusing to say.
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@Sefton *******
 In Thailand rules are never black and white, allways grey, and the shade depends on where you are. When I look at your comments, you are not thinking the Thai way.

Strictly spoken, you may be right, but reality is often different.
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@Sefton *******
 if the local immigration officers don’t want tm47, so be it. They are the ones who might potentially fine you for the lack of it, no one else cares
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@Vitaly *******
 or whenever you are when you interact with immigration later.
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@Sefton *******
 chances some officer will fine you about an offence made in another district are not very high.

They don't see that as their responsibility, they just think "local"
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Can anyone confirm if you do 180 extension it cost 1900baht? Is this the correct amount, and is there any other costs to know about?
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@Sam *******
 that's correct 1900tb
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@Sam *******
 in truth nobody knows, but better than highly likely it's 1900 baht, but the big unknown is what will immigration request to do an extension, such as banked 500K, updated documents etc.
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@Wannikea ********
 as I've said they want to see same proof again
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Krystian ******
do 90 days reports online 2 weeks before and 1 week after ur due date.
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Wannikea *********
Keep in mind people that this is just one little office out of 70. This story does not apply to anywhere else. Personally I think it's a mistranslation or interpretation. It certainly can't hurt to do a 90 day report regardless.
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@Wannikea ********
 agreed ✅ it's WRONG information.
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Luit *****************
It might or might not be the same at other immigration offices, they all have their own working procedures.

Same for land offices, bank offices and so on. No standard nationwide.
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@Wannikea ********
 there is no problem not to report how long you don't need anything like residence certificate you are fine
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Lalph ******
My feeling is nobody knows wtf is going on with this even immigration themselves and the lack of consistency between offices may see this happening vs others just going "ok you came to do a report then lets do it". Show me something official from the ministry or immigration themselves saying 90 day reports are required. I have followed this day in day out for months and seen nothing except other foreigners saying it needs to be done. Happy to be corrected.
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@Lalph *****
 just have the 2,000 Thai baht fine available whenever you need a service from a Thai Immigration office. The 90 day report is required.
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@Lalph *****
 I think officially the rules say 90 day reporting is needed, even if it does not make sense.

The problem with all these kind of things in Thailand is, that every immigration office has their own method to interpret these rules and decide about their own procedures.
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@Lalph *****
 Agree. No consistency across offices regarding the DTV. It is similar with other requirements like re-registering TM30 after travel and the like too.Cetain powers are delegated locally and different offices run as they like locally. People have been doing 90 Day reports at some offices with the DTV already though.
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Lalph ******
I noticed that. I emailed some consulates. Maybe will get an answer
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Ray *****
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 consulates don't control 90 day reports, just the issuing of the visa
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Steve ********
You need to do 90-day report. They'll fine you next time
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@Steve *******
 they won't fine you how long you don't need anything from imigration
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@Siggi ******
 There is a 2000 baht fine for failing to file a 90-day report. Some people don't bother and are just happy to pay the fine. No big deal
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@Steve *******
 you don't pay fine when you leave the country every 180 days or before, fine is only if you go to imigration but as you don't need to go there is no problem
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@Siggi ******
 at a stop if you are the unlucky person

And if they find you have no 90 days report they can fine you.

The law is

If a foreigner staying in the Kingdom over 90 days without notifying the immigration bureau or notifying the immigration bureau later than the set period, a fine of 2,000 Baht will be collected. If a foreigner who did not make the notification of staying over 90 days is arrested, he will be fined 4,000.
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@AllSabai *****
 thank you for your helpful reply ✅
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@Siggi ******
 NOT correct. BUT believe it if you want.
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@Steve *******
 I can't force them
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Luit *****************
Did they really say you do not need the 90 day report as long as TM30 is done?
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 spoke to the desk, told to wait, head lady comes out, speaks English, tells me TM30 that's all, showed her my tm30, said perfect.
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@Lee **********
 In fact this sounds perfectly logical, but that is the problem Thai most times do not think logical in this situations.

The 90-day reporting should be useless when TM30 administration is correct.

It would be far more logical to ask for renewal of TM30 when you stay longer than 90 days on the same address.
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 yep
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So she told you that you would need to pay 11,000 baht for the renewal?
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@John ******
 Really ..??? First time I've head that ?
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 - No, I was asking the poster to clarify what he was stating. OP has now updated his post
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@John ******
 of course not, 11,000 bat was proof of funds for the dtv. Behave I've seen all your posts, you know full well. Extension is 1900tb
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@Lee **********
 - Calm down. Your post was confusing. Proof of funds for DTV is 500,000 baht, not 11,000 baht. 11,000 baht is closer to the application fee, so was asking you to clarify what you mean by 11,000 baht. Furthermore, there are almost no posts from someone who actually went to an immigration office and asked, so your post is one of the first to come with more concrete info.
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@John ******
 very true sorry, yes the proof of funds 500,000tb equates to £11,000 thus the figure thought 😀
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@Lee **********
 Doesn’t impact me, but curious, and could be useful info for others, did they say anything about need to show ongoing soft power activities (classes, doctor visits, etc.) when extending or they seemed focused on the bank/funds only?
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@John ******
 no I'm on a Freelancer status, no question of anything, just sweet advice for the end of the 180 days, values amended on my post 👍
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