@Marty ********

I'm not "bragging" about it, I was passing on information which could be useful to someone. You are aware that more than 50% of retirement visas are obtained through agents, which effectively mean they are illegal. It's well known now that Big Joke wants to overhaul the retirement visa process especially the agent "loans" used to bypass the financial criteria. People are on these groups constantly pushing agents to do this, and I don't see much pushback from those "abiding by the rules". I haven't seen Big Joke saying he's going to get stuck into those who don't file a 90-day report.

@Marty ********

There's lots of things that are not OK in Thailand and farangs forever look for workarounds. Motorcycle riders are probably the worst offenders. Disobeying road rules and then paying bribes to get out of it, riding without licences, riding whilst drunk endangering lives. I found a loophole in a bureaucratic process and successfully got away with it. It's hardly the crime of the century is it?

@Bob *********

Back then I never did any reporting so the 90-day system wasn't even aware of me. I don't know why people are getting so worked up about this. It's a 90-day report FFS! It's a nothing

@Marty ********

Jesus! People are on these groups the whole time suggesting using agents to pay bribes to government officials, sometimes to the tune of 50,000 baht. I haven't seen you criticising them. Bribery is actually a criminal offence. Not making a 90-day report is akin to a parking ticket

@Phil *****

During those years I had a few roadside checks, but they only ever wanted to see licence. I was never asked to produce passport. Generally it's only motorcycle riders they really target and as I refuse to get on a motorcycle in Thailand I was never in that "target" group. Car drivers seem to get much lighter treatment

@Marty ********

Exactly. And as I never did extensions I was never going to be picked up. I don't think the border immigration system is linked to 90-day reporting, otherwise I'd have been picked up when border bouncing for the second "free" year. To be honest I didn't even know about 90-day reporting (or TM30) until I'd already been living in the country for a year! And yes, even if I'd been picked up in say year four, the fine would still only have been 2000 baht maximum

@Phil *****

I don't know. The online system is not linked to border immigration, because even if you leave the country you still get a reminder that your 90-day report is due. I'd been in Europe for five weeks last year and got the reminder email, so obviously airport immigration system doesn't link to 90-day system

@Lyndon ***********

No bank account required and never registered a vehicle. I live in Bangkok so if I travel I rent a car.

@Phil *****

I agree, but during my first 5-6 years on the OA I never did any 90 day reports even though I was in the country. I never went to immigration so they had no record on me.

@Mark *******

I've no idea how the system actually works. If you don't submit the first one, there's no record so they won't be expecting any subsequent reports. People only ever get caught out when they visit an immigration office for other matters (such as extension). As I never visited an immigration office, I was never going to need to produce a 90-day report. By the time covid came along, I'd just re-entered the country and with the restrictions on travel being put in place I thought it wise to do the 90-dayer, which was of course 90 days after my last entry. Nothing was said, so I assume I had no record. It was great while it lasted.