Correct! Rumours are started by the media, but sadly these days there are armies of "content creators" who are nothing more than "rumour creators" who will push the agenda for nothing more than fear-mongering
There's no expiry date on a TM30. That's why often people get caught out if they've stayed a night or two at a hotel and then return to their home address and not submit a new TM30. Thd previous address stays on the record. A few years ago I stayed in Phuket for three nights. When I went to do my extension six months later in Bangkok, they told me I was registered in Phuket. The only thing which "expires" a TM30, is a new TM30
No I don't renew. A visa cannot be renewed. Each year I get a 12-month extension of stay. There's been no changes to this process in the last ten years
Anonymous participant 558 Sadly, you're nothing but a fearmonger. I'm sure in my time here, the amount of people I know, not one has been fined for a missing 90-day report if they've left and re-entered at a later date. Never happened to me in all the times I failed to submit a TM47. And even if it does happen it's 2000 baht maximum. So perhaps best to stop your cr@p talk, because you know very little about how it works
Anonymous participant 558 I've been here 15 years. I've often ignored the 90-day report if I know I'm leaving the country in the near future. Airport and land border immigration don't give a sh1t about 90-dayer. Once you re-enter you start from scratch. They don't chase up historical discrepancies. I've done it probably ten times. Total fines: 0