What are the rules for 90-day reporting for COVID tourist visa holders in Thailand?

interesting

I have never got this paper..

@Nigel *********************

thanks

@Bobby *******

I see...

@Anna *************

you didn't "change to a tourist visa" :O because you BUY a tourist visa from a thai consulate in another country BEFORE you come here. You can't get a tourist visa inside the country. What you did was cancel your current ED visa extension and then you went on a 60 day covid extension.

AND

the people that did that aren't the people you file a 90 day report with, SO that you didn't do what the paper in your passport said to do is pretty much on you

@Anna *************

Did you actually get a tourist visa when you went to immigration in March? Didn't know you could get a TV in country. Everyday's a school day hey

@Nigel *********************

no no luckily, in that office there's that only employee completely out of the brain, if you show up every 2 months for a new visa it's completely crazy to request the 90-day report

@Garrett **********

literally every single rule is up the office you're dealing with. You can't argue with them because they make the rules. It's why there's a disclaimer on pretty much all advice given here that it depends on the office you are using, and that's always the first thing we try to get clarification on when someone posts a question. If the office you go to days you have to do 90 report, your options are to pay the fine and then do what you went there to do, or go back to the office that told you it's not required.

Garrett Greenwald. And yet some immigration offices are asking for it, such as the OP. It's well-known that immigration offices make up their own rules. I can't agree with you, otherwise we'd both be wrong.

@An**

You're not on a [Covid tourist visa]. The instrument that allows you to stay in thailand is [An extension of stay based on not being unable to travel due to Covid-19] (Covid Extension)

The key phrase there is EXTENSION OF STAY {not shouting, just highlighting}

For foreigners staying in Thailand for a period longer than 90 consecutive days holding a Non-Immigrant Visa or Extension of Stay, you are required by Thai Immigration to report the present address every 90 days. Source = .(not an official gov site but one that is reasonably accurate most of the time)

@Gar****

quite rightly states that doing a 90 day report doesn't make sense if you have to visit every 60 days to apply for a further extension. Of course it doesn't make sense, but it's the law, so we can try and comply or it's going to keep costing us 2000thb every time we don't. People have to accept that the 90 day reporting requirement and the consecutive 60 day extensions are different entities. In fact, If you're receiving an extension every 60 days, you can't do your 90 day report at the same time. you'll be at least 15 days too early (can do 90 day report 15 days before or up to 7 days after due date).

The Covid Extension is a temporary measure that will be here 'till the end of the month, end of year or whenever....who knows. The extension of stay is a permanent fixture at least for now and I don't see the Thai gov dissolving this law when they may be concentrating on other matters.

@Ni***

Wrong. You have to do 90 day reports if you're on a visa that lasts longer than 90 days.