as I said, every district have their own interpretation. I made a borderbounce a couple of weeks ago and they said houseowner MUST file a new TM30 because I left Thailand.
No I am not confusing, I am telling about Prachin Buri. What I understood by them today, a thing like Update the TM30 does not exist. Its filing a new one by the houseowner.
That is my understanding after I talked with the officer and my wife said her.
to med those things confirm to me that in Prachin Buri I am registered at a address and TM28 is my way to update my address, without the need for the house-owner when I come back from a travel.
Before I moved to Thailand I sent an email to Immigrationoffice and asked about this.
"Hi,
July 30, I will arrive with my wife to stay in my wife's house in Kabin Buri.
What I understand, I (as a Swedish nationality) must be registered by you, on the address I stay.
My wife is the houseowner and is of Thai nationality.
I have found a document named TM30 on internet. Is this the correct document to fill in and register with you? It looks as it is for the houseowner, my wife. Is there a document that I must fill in too? Or is it enough with TM30?
Is it possible to do the registration on the internet somehow? Or only with visit to you?"
I received this answer:
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fre 13 juli 08:47
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your houseowner have to do it by themself at Prachinburi immigration and you not fill in the form TM 30 .It for only your houseowner."
I think this is very close to what the Thailand law says, but as you know, in Thailand every immigration interpret its different.
In Prachin Buri I CANNOT as you said you did, file a TM30 by myself. Either I need the TM30 Proxy Form or the hoseowner need to do that.
Also there is no need for me to visit the immigration for the TM30, but it is very needed for the house-owner to avoid a fine.
As long as I have the receipt to attach in my passport, everything is done.
As I understood this before I came to Thailand. TM30 is the house-owner responibility, you cannot be fined to not have done the TM30 report. But you can be fined for not haaving your paperwork done (you do not have the slip from the bottom part of TM30 with you or in your passport).
Once are registered with TM30 by the houseowner where you love pemanently, you use TM28 to update your own address when you have visited other districts in thailand one night or more.
Lesser paperwork
The only explanation I found on the net says "tm28
Fill out this form if you change address.
Example: If you are currently registered in you home or condo and you then stay overnight in a hotel, you will need to lodge a form with Immigration on your return.
You must do this within 24 hours otherwise you will be fined"
I need to investigate that. My wife said that I not need to file new forms from now. I do not believe that for a second. I think it's a easier form. TM30 demand copy of blue housebook and the owners id. TM28 ask only about me.
The update is. No, they did not want me to file a new TM30. They asked me if I need to travel in Thailand more times and I answered yes. Then she said she change my registration and instead wanted me to write the TM28, change of address.
What I understand, then I instead should use TM28 every time I change address.