It’s free at immigration to file the TM30, but your landlord wants the 500 baht for his/her time to prepare the documents for you. Why not ?

Some people pay an agent to do it which will cost a lot more than 500 baht.

@Luit ****************

correct 👍

The rule is to do 90 day report. Ignore advice that says you can skip this requirement, because it is not asked for upon exit.

If you don’t do it, you are breaking Thai immigration rules, which could be an issue at some point, and you will have to pay a fine.

Why is it so difficult for some people not to adhere to Thai immigration rules and regulations?

Date the visa is issued, it’s the date on the Visa

The stamp is not your visa. It’s just an entry stamp for 180 day stay.

If you still have your old passport, have it to hand just in case the IO asked any questions. Your details including old passport number, entry and exit details are all in their computer system, so they know all your history in Thailand anyway

@Will ***********

DTV can never do online UNLESS you get visa extension for original 180 stamp. In which case 90 day reporting can be done online the first 90 day reporting after the visa extension.

However, getting DTV extension is as much if not more work than getting the original visa.

Most people are just going out of Thailand and back in for a new 180 day stamp. In which case the 90 day reporting will always have to be done in person at the local immigration office

Anonymous participant absolutely the best decision 👍

No issues for me when I came in through Nong Khai on my DTV last July.

Anonymous participant So Actually your partner could apply for a Non Immigrant O visa, based on his Thai children living in Thailand. He has to apply for this online at the Thai embassy in Australia.

Proof of funds 400,000 THB or foreign equivalent - 3 months bank statements.

Copy of your Thai ID card and Thai passport

Copy of your children’s Thai passport or Thai ID card

Copy of Your children’s birth certificates.

Copy of your house book in Thailand.

Invitation letter to your partner saying he can live at your address during his stays in Thailand.

He will get a 3 month single entry visa. When he wants to go out of Thailand, he has to allow enough time to get a re-entry stamp so he can come back in. He can do this as many times as he wants to whilst the visa is valid.

After 60 days into this visa, he can then apply to extend the visa for 1 year, at the immigration office in the province you will be living. If the extension is approved, he can get a multiple entry stamp as well, so then it’s much easier every time he wants to go back to Australia and come back to Thailand

Doing it this way is far safer than hoping to get a visa exempt stamp every time he comes back into Thailand. It’s far from guaranteed these days.

Anonymous participant if his type of work cannot be done remotely, then DTV will be a problem.

Your children you have with your partner, do they have his family name, is your partner on their birth certificates?