@Stephen ******

I also asked this question and was told that proper update or TM30 in places that require like a Chiang Mai will not affect the approval or rejection of online 90 day but if rejected online they could break your chops if you then go in person and the TM30 isn’t properly updated. We reinterred in July after doing two successful 90 day online reports so hoping it works again when its time

I asked this question.

@Tod ********

told us it makes no difference if you use a re entry visa after leaving the country and that you do not have to go back each time you return to get “entered into the systems”. Rather, the online should continue to work if you’ve used it before unless maybe you’re using a new passport.

Likewise for us. Did it online on vacation on the south and was faster than when we were at home

In what world is going to immigration easier than going to the computer in your bedroom? Certainly not in a Chiang Mai. It takes three minutes online and we’ve been approved either same day and next day.

Thanks

@David *********

they are. Hence my post that stated it’s probably for CM residents

David Mcmillan but I see the point. Technically, the responsibility to report lies with the proprietor or landlord of any place I stay once returning to Thailand that’s not the place on file as per my TM30.

But that’s kind of independent from my own responsibility to update the TM30 within 24 hours after re entering Thailand. According to the letter of their law the only way to comply is to fly back to Chiang Mai or drive across a border that’s close enough to the CM immigration office to make it there within 24 hours. So continuing to travel within Thailand once returning is technically subject to fines for failing to update a TM30 on a timely basis. Stupid rule. That’s why I posted the question

Sounds good. Thanks as usual for the fast response. They are fairly easy going at the second floor of promenada so hopefully won’t be an issue if we bring receipts for hotels or Airbnb’s.

Cathay Pacific only checks your passport to ensure six months left. They could care less about Thai immigration rules on visas. Airlines outside Thailand have no time to comprehend anything other than what’s required for them to use a country’s airspace. For example, when you fly to JFK they have to tell you about how you “can’t congregate in galleys or aisles”. For Thailand the gate agent at HKG on Cathay Dragon didn’t even check the passport because the flight was late

@Steve ******

only if you’re not white and privileged and a card carrying member of the United Trump States of Gilead. Can’t speak for the UK but clearly I don’t know why any non Brit would wanna expatriate there anyway given the high cost of living