Will I be fined for late TM.30 submission if I visit immigration on Monday after arriving in Thailand?

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I'll be arriving in Thailand on 17th Oct, Friday at 22:00 PM. I need to do TM.30, but Immigration will be closed on Saturday and Sunday. If I visit immigration on Monday to do the TM.30, will I be asked to pay fine of 1600 Baht since I didn't do it within 24 hours of my arrival?

I'm renting a condo, but I don't have any communication with the owner. My only communication is with the agent and the condo juristic persons. When I first rented the condo, the owner basically refused to take any responsibility for the TM.30 and asked me to contact the condo juristic for it to be taken care off.

Since then, my TM.30 has always been done by the condo juristic person, for a fee of 500 Baht (since I didn't wanted to visit the immigration myself to do it). But this time, the condo juristic person said that he can't do it on Saturday because the immigration will be closed. Can only be done on Monday and he's not sure if I'll need to pay any fines.

Any suggestions on what I should do? Will I be fined on Monday?

Ask Thailand · Answer

The user is concerned about not being able to file the TM.30 within 24 hours after arriving in Thailand due to immigration office closures on weekends. They typically pay a condo juristic person to handle this paperwork but are now unsure about potential fines for late filing. Community comments suggest it is likely that no fine will be imposed, especially given the circumstances of the immigration office being closed. Several users advised that the urgency of the TM.30 may depend on one's stay duration and that approaching a hotel for help might be a viable alternative.

Andy ******** · Answer

Fifty fifty shot, depending on how they want to deal with this. Just book a hotel until monday

Frank ********** · Answer

Obviously not. If they are close they understand why you cannot do it.

Mma ******* · Answer

Paying 500bht for it to be done is a scam. But there’s not much you can do about it now. Get juristic to do it for you.

Peter ********* · Answer

If your not staying more than 60 days don't bother

Chris ******* · Answer

The Tm30 is a mandatory filing required to be done by the owner.

In reality if you have no reason to be at immigration and are only staying a short period if time, it's not a problem.

If you need to do an extension or anything with immigration is when it gets checked and a possible small fine.

Stuart ********** · Answer

I don’t believe you’ll be fined - try not to worry

Vijay ***** · Answer

Feel relaxed....it is Thailand...

Joseph ********** · Answer

Stay home!!

Graham ****** · Answer

FFS Don't panic. If you really need one and you're being asked for 500B to produce one find a cheap nearby hotel for 350 to 400B a night that will do your TM30 and book one night, save yourself a little and your condo bloke gets F All for trying to extort money from you.

Maxim *********** · Answer

I have never filled TM30 quickly. Went I go for extension, I just do it there.

So it depend on immigration office. Khon Kaen & Udon Thani, they do not care. But to answer your question, ofc, it's not gonna be a problem to do it Monday.

Will I be fined for late TM.30 submission if I visit immigration on Monday after arriving in Thailand?

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