What do I need to know about the 90-day reporting process for DTV visas in Chiang Mai?

Nov 14, 2024
a month ago
Wendell *******
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I’m living in Chiang Mai with my wife and our four children, all on DTVs. 90 days for us is next Thursday. Online isn’t available for the first report, and I opted to try in-person to see if it was as easy as I had been told. It was. I asked another expat for advice and was told to take passports, TM30s, and completed TM47s. I also took a print-out of our house lease agreement but wasn’t asked to show it. I didn’t take passport photocopies. I got to the drive-up window not long before 1:00; it was closed for lunch between 12 and 1. Several minutes later the window opened, and I gave the officer the stack of six passports (with TM47s loose and TM30s attached inside each one). It took him about three minutes to process all six of them and issue printed receipts. Please note that this is my experience in Chiang Mai today; no guarantee that this will work exactly the same in other places or at a later date. Also: our passports are stamped through Feb. 19, but, because I went in a week early for 90-day reporting (you can do it between 15 days before and 7 after the 90-day mark), the receipts show that we need to report again 90 days from today (Feb. 11), not 90 days from the 90th day (Feb. 19). So, if one wants to schedule a 180-day border bounce very close to a visa stamp date, don't report ahead of the 90-day date like I did unless you want to report twice before leaving the country.
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TLDR : Answer Summary
The user shares their experience of completing the 90-day reporting process for DTV visas in Chiang Mai. They detail the necessary documents, including passports, TM30s, and TM47s, and note that in-person reporting was straightforward. The user emphasizes that reporting ahead of the 90-day due date results in the next report being due 90 days from the reporting date rather than the original due date. They also recommend checking individual local procedures as their experience may not mirror that of other immigration offices.
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Xav ****
Thanks for sharing!
Tod *********
and thus solves the "do we do a 90 day report on a DTV" conundrum 😛

Yep, the next report will always be due 90 days from the date you report and not from the actual due date.

BUT

now you can do a 90 day report online next time (y)
Luit *****************
@Tod ********
but on DTV you have to leave in the next 90 days which reset counter, or you have to extend with 180 at immigration, so when you are already at immigration what is the advantage of doing 90 day reporting online in that case?
Tod *********
@Luit ****************
if you're in the country 90 days continuously you are obligated to file a 90 day report, no matter if you're leaving the day after the report is due or not , so it comes down to WHEN you do the 90 day report as far as IF you need to do another one before your 180 days runs out or not