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Why would a hotel manager in Jomtien check my UK passport's exit date?
Thailand Visa RulesTM30 RegistrationImmigration RegulationsHotel Policies in ThailandOverstaying VisaExpat Experiences in Thailand
Dec 8, 2024
a year ago
Peter *****
ORIGINAL POSTERJust booked into a hotel in jomtien and the manager checked my exit date on my uk passport. That's a first for me in 16 years of traveling to thailand
TLDR : Answer Summary
A traveler mentioned a hotel manager in Jomtien checking their exit date on their UK passport, an event they had not encountered in 16 years of visiting Thailand. Comments suggest this may be a routine practice for hotels to ensure guests are not overstaying their visas, primarily for TM30 registration purposes. Others shared experiences and opinions on the increasing observance of immigration rules in Thailand by various sectors, especially since the digitization of immigration processes.
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Adam ******
Maybe he's on a percentage for grassing up overstayers. 😁
Tony *******
What's your point?
Marky *******
Never had it happen to me but I never went to splattaya
Leigh ************
Never had that before .. it has nothing to do with them
Bob ********
I am noticing that all sections of govt are seemingly more observant of the rules, with the digitisation and automation of passports, and visa exemption, lots more undesirable characters are turning up. It follows that hotels and others will be pushed to do the governments work on searching overstays.
Henrik *****
Probably looking if you could stay long enough to give you an offer to stay cheaper, if you will stay at than hotel all of your holiday.
Bill **********
What's the problem ?
Martin *********
Probably checked it many times without you knowing
Stephen ********
They need the information to register TM30. Normally just photocopy data page and entry stamp
Baz *********
Seen hotels check that many times in the past...nothing unusual
Greta *****
He knows that if he chose to come to Jomtien you may never leave...
Stuart ***********
Some people say you can use your Thai driving licence to check into hotels. If that is the case, how can they check your latest visa (I have always had to provide my passport, I tried using my driving licence a couple of times and failed).
Nongnuch ********
@Stuart **********
yeah sure, they need your passport in order to file an online TM30, and as @Ruth ******
mentioned, the online TM30 form contains an entry that asks for the expiry of the admitted stay permitGraham ******
@Nongnuch *******
that field is optional on the online entryNongnuch ********
@Graham *****
why did @Ruth ******
mention it being required?Ruth *******
@Nongnuch *******
I did not say it’s required. I said it’s on the form. As such, hotels may feel they need to enter it.Reply to
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John **********
@Stuart **********
I always use my driving licence. If they ask for my passport I just say I've forgotten it.Nongnuch ********
@John *********
the driving license contains your passport number, so they COULD enter it into the TM30 system, though. But it has no other information, the most important being the expiry of the admitted stay, without which they cannot complete the TM30John **********
@Nongnuch *******
it also doesn't have your nationalityReply to
John **********
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Nongnuch ********
Any hotel manager needs your passport, in order to register you properly in the TM30 system. Nothing new there
David **********
@Nongnuch *******
one can use thai drivers license instead of passport it is fine.Nongnuch ********
@David *********
yes, because the Thai drivers license shows your passport number and home adressReply to
Nongnuch ********
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Ruth *******
yup and TM-30 has an entry for expiration date for stay
Bob **********
@Ruth ******
mine has no departure dateBob **********
@Ruth ******
noRuth *******
@Bob *********
maybe they’re different by province. It’s on mine.Pertti *************
@Ruth ******
tm30 expiration date is your lease/rent last day if not owner👍Ruth *******
@Pertti ************
nope. That would be “checkout date”. The “expire date of stay” is in the visa section, after “type of visa” and before “port of entry”.Pertti *************
@Ruth ******
sorry but I don't know those because I own my house and I don't have visa just extension of staying in Kingdom.Ruth *******
@Pertti ************
the date is then the expiration of the extension of stay...same thing. I don’t know why you feel this desperate need to bicker. Meanwhile , if you didn’t know, why did you argue about it in the first place?Pertti *************
@Ruth ******
sorry but i don't have expiration day my tm30. I have tabien baan books where my addresses are as owner. Only if I bought new house or sell my old house then I do tm30. Sure tm47 every 90 days and 12 month extension staying in kingdom annually🙏Reply to
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Jim ********
Yeh it’s happening alot now to ensure you aren’t overstaying
Sean *****
30 years Lek hotel, always front page and entry stamp copy
Jim ********
@Sean ****
yeh maybe I’ve never noticed what they copy but one hotel I frequently went to was just photo page but I don’t see the big deal in it. I have nothing to hideReply to
Jim ********
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Bobby *******
Jim ********
@Bobby ******
yeh all the hotels I’ve stayed in only used to copy passport photo page but now they copy my entry stamp aswell. At the end of the day if you arent doing anything wrong then i cant see why it is a big deal 👌Reply to
Jim ********
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Brandon ************
I highly doubt a hotel manager knows how to read and understand immigration stamps in a passport. Hell, even immigration officers at the airport can't understand my visa half the time and have to call over a supervisor.
Probably just putting on a show
Probably just putting on a show
Tim *******
@Brandon ***********
Ridiculous comment …. Do you think Thais have never travelled?? Do u think this is the first foreign passport the Thai has seen?Brandon ************
@Tim ******
why would a Thai have any reason to know how to read an immigration stamp? They don't get Thai immigration stamps. And as I said, even Thai immigration can't understand my visa half the time. You expect a hotel manager to?Reply to
Brandon ************
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Si ********
@Brandon ***********
Disagree. Many are instructed and informed by immigration on how to read stamps.Leigh *****
@Brandon ***********
i had immigration has me how many days for my multi entry tourist visa 😅😅Joseph *********
@Brandon ***********
maybe you should be more observant.Brandon ************
@Joseph ********
more observant of the immigration officers that can't understand my visa?Joseph *********
@Brandon ***********
have never had that problem in 8 ASIANS or 8 other countries through three pass ports.Reply to
Joseph *********
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Wayne *********
@Brandon ***********
Agree there. Not many understand what OX visa isReply to
Wayne *********
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