At Chiang Mai immigration you go upstairs to the 3rd floor. You take their passport along with their TM 6 which is their departure card. You fill out a form and then you get a notification of where they are staying.
I was told this last week at immigration. You can do it aslong as your name is on the rent agreement.
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