Thanks everyone. Very helpful comments! 🤗

Tod Daniels My friend, you want hardcore? HARDCORE is my office.

For an address change near the 90-day report time, my office required: a police report, TM28, TM30, TM47, receipt from previous TM47 report, passport copy (of course), copy of house book, and the PHYSICAL presence of the rental house owner—the “possessor.” (I had brought the house manager with me, but that wasn’t enough.)

I live 100 km from the IO and had to make two round trips to satisfy them. The second trip, fetching the owner.

I swear, getting a retirement visa was MUCH easier than an address change.

My take on this whole fiasco: I’m beginning to believe that online advice is near-useless in immigration matters; but checking with your local office is the only thing of which you can be 80%* confident. It may take 2-3 trips to get it right, but hey, T.I.T. (Oh, excuse me—just get “the handout.”)

This advice comes from dealing with six immigration offices over 16 years. For some ungodly reason, it seems to get harder rather than easier.

*Only 80% because interpretations of the rules vary among officers within the same office. Ergo: Get the name of the officer giving the advice, and only deal with that person when executing the procedure. However, be prepared for that individual to change their own interpretation between visits, as I have experienced.

@Henry ********

On second thought: Only if he goes to a night club that’s open after 2am, and he’s black.

@Henry ********

Only the 28,000 members on here, and their Thai friends who work at immigration offices throughout the country. WCGW??

@Lloyd *******

. Just be forewarned: The interpretation of “possessor” is up for grabs at different offices. Udon defines it as owner only. You might check ahead of time with your local office.

Tod Daniels: Oh look at Mr. We-Have-it-All—has an office with handouts! What a dream. I have used six different immigration offices. Yet to see a handout. I’m moving to where you are!

No offense. All in jest to make a mild point. It certainly would clear up the endemic problem of getting multiple interpretations of the rules by IOs within the same office.

Ron Angel Spelling mistake—I meant touts. Fixed.

Touts ARE the people outside who sell their services to help you screw your fellow expats.

(Anyone wanna know how I REALLY feel about this?)

Ron Angel So, if you’ve got the money, you can screw people trying to legitimately follow the system, and push them further back in the queue.

The touts are despicable and so are those who use them! IMHO. 555