TerraplaneGuy

Many people say you also need a signed copy of the owner’s ID and housebook as well. Is that not the case? Also, if you need to show a lease (e.g. for retirement extension) how will it work to just check into a hotel for a night or two to get them to register a TM30? Where will you get a lease for that address?

Is there a stale-date for the screenshot? For example, if you move into a new place and get the landlord to file a TM30 online right away and sign a print of a screenshot - and his ID and house book - can you hold onto it all for six months and then submit it to Immigration for your retirement extension?

I'm on a non-OA retirement extension and planning to spend months at a time in serviced apartment/hotels in different provinces. No other address. My last re-entry card (TM.6) states my address as Serviced Apartment #1. I checked in there and believe they filed online a Form TM.30 re my check-in. Now if I move to another such place in another province (Serviced Apartment #2), they too will file a TM.30 re my check-in there. Questions: 1. If I have to file my 90-day report (which I normally do online) while in SA#2, will I have a problem (e.g. not be able to file online and be forced to go in person) because SA#2's TM30 put a new address for me in the system? I have seen in other threads the answer should be "no" because the TM30 doesn't actually change my registered (permanent) address - that requires me to file a TM27. The TM.30 only changes my "current" address. Is this correct? One complication is that I've seen a post saying a TM30 CAN change registered address since there is a field for both that AND "current" (temporary) address, and I don't know if that is also the case with the on-line TM30 registration system (so that SA#2 might enter their own address as my permanent as well as current address?). 2. Is any of this affected by the change in June 2020, reported in the BKK Post, saying: ""Property owners will no longer be required to report the presence of foreign tenants in their properties as often ... The Immigration Bureau has changed the reporting frequency to only when they arrive. They do not need to file the [TM.30] reports again if the guests leave the premises only temporarily and then return, or when they have multiple-entry visas or re-entry permits."? I wonder what "temporarily" means here; for example, if I leave SA#1, check in at SA#2 for two months and then return to SA#1, will SA#1 NOT file a new TM.30 for me on my return because I was only gone temporarily? If that's the case, my most recentTM.30 would be the one for SA#2 even though I've checked out of there and am back at SA#1.

Hi All, here's a question about Form TM.30 (notification of residence) which is required for a retirement extension in Samui and some other kinds of applications; and related question about residency documents: 1. Normally the landlord registers Form TM.30 (online or in person) but in some Immigration offices the tenant is allowed to sign it and register it in person (since he is "possessor" of the property even if not owner). Has anyone successfully done this in the Samui office? 2. Has anyone done the retirement extension at Samui while staying in a hotel/short-stay accommodation? If so how did you handle the requirement for the "house rental contract and copy of your household book" which are on the Samui office document list?

Thanks that’s helpful. I am hopeful that this annual report is not more onerous than our usual 90 day but will await the official form. It surprises me a bit they would allow someone to qualify initially and then quickly alter their situation - for example, buy a Thai property for the required amount and then sell it a year later, retaining their visa for the full 5 years. As for the “5+5 years”, It sure seems misleading hype to call it a 10-year visa. From the description, it is just a 5 year visa, since you only get a 5-year stamp, you have to prove all the qualifications again to get the “second” 5 years, and no doubt it’s in their discretion whether to extend. Still it may be worthwhile if that annual report proves innocuous.

I looked at the O-X and had trouble seeing an advantage over the regular 1-year O retirement visas, since although the OX is supposed to be for 5 years, extendable, you still have to go to Immigration each year with a bunch of documents, failing which you would not be able to stay. Can you clarify the advantage?

The BOI brochure doesn't say but today's BKK Post article says there will not be the 90 day report requirement, just the annual report. Of course that may not prove true, but I'm not that concerned about the 90-day anyway, the potential landmine is that annual report.

I know there are a couple of threads on the LTR generally but this is a specific issue: Has there been any official word about what the "1-Year Report" to Immigration will require? I've seen the official brochure just published on the Board of Investment website but it doesn't seem to give any detail on this. Clearly we're going to want to know what is entailed because if they end up requiring anything like the extensive documentation currently required for retirement extensions (and if they continue the current practice of allowing local offices to make up their own additional requirements), it will be much less attractive than it could be.

Has anyone done the retirement extension at Samui while staying in a hotel/short-stay accommodation? If so how did you handle the requirement for the "house rental contract and copy of your household book" which are on the Samui office document list?