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

Jul 17, 2021
3 years ago
Tod *********
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# ATTENTION MEMBERS ON COVID EXTENSIONS:

*90 Day Reporting*

This is how it seems they're interpreting the 90 day reporting rule.

IF you are on an extension for the SAME reason for 90 days you are obligated to do a 90 day report. This is why NO ONE was told to file a 90 day report earlier. If you came in before the lock down, took amnesty, then embassy letter extensions and then FINALLY started on the covid extensions you were on all different extensions until you went for the SECOND covid extension (when you would have been here 90 days on an extension for the same reason)

What this means is; most people who entered on a tourist visa or a visa exempt entry wouldn't do a 90 day report until you got the SECOND 60 day covid extension and your 90 day report would be due 30 days into that (60 from the first extension and 30 from the second one equals 90).

Now that is how the rule SHOULD work but we're seeing immigration offices use the "you didn't report before" reason to just fine people as they see fit. Keep in mind the fine for you showing up at the immigration office without having done a 90 day report before cannot be more than 2000baht <- period end of story. There is not a "not more than 5000baht" fine like we're seeing being asked for at some rogue offices.

AND

IF you get fined for failure to file a 90 day report you will ALWAYS get a "failure to file on time" stamp in your passport that shows the 2000baht as the fine paid along with a stamp on your new 90 day report receipt stating you were fined the 2000baht on xx date as well as getting a receipt for the fine you paid <- there are NO exceptions to that.

So if you get fined but don't get that stamp in your passport or on your new 90 day report receipt and don't get a receipt for the fine paid you just were extorted :O

My advice to EVERYONE on covid extensions (especially ones who've been here since the lock down at the end of March 2020) ASK your immigration office when you're applying for your covid extension about whether you need to do a 90 day report or not. AND be a pest about it, don't take the first answer from some low level passport stamping paper-pushing officer as the real answer.
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TLDR : Answer Summary
The post discusses the interpretation of 90-day reporting rules for individuals in Thailand on COVID-related visa extensions. It clarifies that a 90-day report is due only if on the same extension for 90 days. Fines for non-compliance should not exceed 2000 baht, and specific documentation is needed if fined. It advises expats to verify requirements directly with immigration offices, especially regarding stamps in their passports that indicate reporting deadlines.
Tod *********
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And just like that, we're done.

This is now a For Your Information ONLY thread.

ASK at your immigration office if you need to do a 90 day report or not
Tod *********
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I want everyone to look at the current covid extension you're on now and see if it has this stamp under it or not
Tod *********
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And just so we're totally clear about the fining process it's posted on the website for the 90 day online reporting here in the terms you click to access the site. You can only be fined MORE than 2000baht IF you're arrested, not if you're showing up at an immigration office and they said you didn't fine on time. The failure to file a 90 day report is a fine of 2000baht and that it's that amount whether you're 8 days late OR 8 months late.
Tod *********
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The rules for WHEN you can file a 90 day report are:

- In Person (or someone filing FOR you) from 15 days* before (*really 2 weeks exactly) down until 7 days after your due date

- Online (website or mobile aps) from 15 days* before (*really 2 weeks exactly) down until the due date

- By mail (IF your office allows it) packet/envelope must be post marked no later than 2 weeks before the due date

These are the real rules for ALL immigration offices no matter what you're being told.
Tod *********
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Also you need to check your passport because IF you're supposed to start doing 90 day reporting MOST offices put this tiny paper into your passport that tells you WHEN your first 90 day report is due
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