Reporting Whereabouts to Immigration

[Tanoshi]

5 hours ago, ftpjtm said:

We will have some friends who live in the Philippines visit in March for about 1week. They'll likely spend a day or two at our house, followed by a night at a hotel, and repeat. So Technically they are supposed to report to Jomtiem Immgration twice in one week? Seriously?!?

Again, if they have no reason to visit an internal Immigration office, then I suggest you ignore the TM30 notification.

They won't be questioned on departure of 'where they stayed'.

[Master Jairam]

Does the tm30 submission have to be done within 24hrs? How big is the tabien baan? I dont know whether our partner had sent it our home office when they applied for a b visa for me. Thai id card i hav seen. I dont think my name will be on the baan. How much does xeroxing cost at the airport ( chiang mai) pls and where is it. Anywhere i can do a couple of copies free??

[USPatriot]

If you are married just get a multiple non-o visa. 

[Master Jairam]

Not married.

[JackThompson]

5 hours ago, Master Jairam said:

Does the tm30 submission have to be done within 24hrs?

Yes, or next day they are open.

 

5 hours ago, Master Jairam said:

How big is the tabien baan? ... I dont think my name will be on the baan.

I needed signed copies of the owner's tabian-baan and the tabian-baan of the place I say.  Your name does not need to be on the one where you stay.

 

5 hours ago, Master Jairam said:

Thai id card i hav seen.

You will need a signed-copy of this from the owner.

 

5 hours ago, Master Jairam said:

How much does xeroxing cost at the airport ( chiang mai) pls and where is it. Anywhere i can do a couple of copies free??

A CM person can answer these - but in general, copies are a few baht each.

[The manic]

13 hours ago, dotpoom said:

This particular one always confuses me. I have lived here 17 years and come and go many times during that time. I have never reported to Soi 5 upon my return. I start the clock ticking for my 90 day report from whe the day I arrive back in Thailand. When I report to Soi 5 they have never asked me why I did not report my return within 24 hrs....I own my own condo?

Me too but I rent.

[USPatriot]

9 hours ago, Master Jairam said:

Not married.

My wife is the home owner. So it's her responsibility to report my presence there?

 

so i thought he was married to a thai lady.

[Tanoshi]

18 hours ago, dotpoom said:

This particular one always confuses me. I have lived here 17 years and come and go many times during that time. I have never reported to Soi 5 upon my return. I start the clock ticking for my 90 day report from whe the day I arrive back in Thailand. When I report to Soi 5 they have never asked me why I did not report my return within 24 hrs....I own my own condo?

Different databases.

When you make a 90 day report, they just use their local database for your file.

 

Your entry/exit record is on a central database, which they can access if required, but rarely do unless they have cause to.

[Tanoshi]

I've filed a fair few TM30's in my time, even before the law was being enforced. That's just how I read and interpreted the law, so filed when I moved house, or every time I exited and re-entered the Country.

In earlier years at my IO, it became a standing joke because nobody filed a TM30 (hotels excepted). I was the exception to the rule and it amused them. Not so now!

 

I can't recall ever filing within 24 hours of returning to my residence though. (Jetlag, settling in)

I always put the same date on the form as the date I submitted it.........never questioned.

The entry stamp in my Passport, if they checked, would certainly show I entered days before, but where I resided in those missing days is never queried........they just appear happy I complied with the law (eventually).

[Tanoshi]

15 hours ago, Master Jairam said:

Not married.

 

5 hours ago, USPatriot said:

My wife is the home owner. So it's her responsibility to report my presence there?

 

so i thought he was married to a thai lady.

It was the OP (ftpjtm) that made that statement, not Master Jairam.

[Master Jairam]

3 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

 

It was the OP (ftpjtm) that made that statement, not Master Jairam.

Sorry gentlemen i meant i was not married.

[Mosha]

Last border run in Ranong, we went to report at the office in town and was told it wasn't necessary. That's after a previous fine. Confusing.

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[berybert]

Why bother about it. You've ignored it in the past with no problems. I would continue to ignore it if I were you. Best to get involved with immigration as little as possible, and not at all if you can. 

Rules are made to be broken. 

[Tanoshi]

31 minutes ago, berybert said:

Rules are made to be broken. 

You have to know the rules first.

[ftpjtm]

1 hour ago, berybert said:

 

Rules are made to be broken. 

I only break rules when Ubonjoe says it's okay!