30-day Extension of 60-day Tourist Stay at Jomtien

[Briggsy]

Just to let people know that this process has become a little more complicated.

 

It is now a 2-step process taking maybe 1 and a half hours and no longer a 30 to 45 minute process.

 

You are first sent to counter 10, the little room immediately on the left as you go in, with a yellow number. This is to obtain a TM30 receipt. You must have at least one supporting document. A rental contract, copy of owner's I.D. etc. If you don't have one of these, they will ask you to get them. One guy kicked up a fuss and he was told his condo manager would be fined and he was sent on his way. With no other applicants were fines mentioned and everyone else succeeded. The goal was to obtain the information through supporting evidence or a phone call to the condo. You will also need a full copy of passport details page, visa, entry stamp and TM6. So you'll need 2 sets, one for counter 10 and one for counter 1.

 

Once you have satisfied counter 10, you are given a TM30 receipt which is stapled to your passport. You then go out and get this photocopied for 5 Baht and add this photocopy to your TM7 extension application. You then return to the reception to get a number for counter 1, tourist stay extensions.

 

Then the process is the same as before at counter 1 but of course there is no longer any need to attach a TM30 as this is now done at counter 10.

 

Hope this is of use to people.

[Briggsy]

Just to update this 6 months later. The 2-step process detailed above is still in operation.

 

The change is that the fining process is now stricter and thus more frequent. The fines are being imposed on condo owners, condo managers, etc. rather than the foreigner but I expect in many cases the foreigner ends up paying it out of expedience. The fine is 1600 Baht.

 

So, if you expect to be extending a permission to stay, such as a 60-day permission to stay stemming from a tourist visa, it is now best to get that TM30 receipt by notifying immigration of your address during the first 3 days of your stay in Chonburi. Otherwise when you turn up approximately 50 days later at Jomtien Immigration, you or your landlord will be fined 1600 Baht if you wish to proceed and obtain the extension.

 

I hope this is of assistance to somebody and it may save somebody 1600 Baht unnecessary expenditure.

[Caldera]

In case of staying at a hotel, would it be sufficient to show the booking confirmation as evidence? Or do you need to check with the hotel if they've registered you and ask for some paperwork that confirms that?

[Briggsy]

45 minutes ago, Caldera said:

In case of staying at a hotel, would it be sufficient to show the booking confirmation as evidence? Or do you need to check with the hotel if they've registered you and ask for some paperwork that confirms that?

Any kind of hotel evidence seems fine.

 

Then there is the possibility they will go to their TM30 database and see if your details are on it and the hotel has done their proper job. Or they may not. It's a lottery. But the odds are much worse than 6 months ago.

 

If they don't bother checking the database (because it's a hotel) or your details are in the database, then you will get the TM30 receipt. (Mission accomplished!) If they discover you have not been registered, then they will say there is a fine of 1600 Baht for the hotel and they will try to phone the hotel. If you can't be arsed with it at this point, you offer to pay and say you will get the money back off the hotel/landlord.

 

All this can be circumvented by getting your TM30 receipt in the first 3 days of your arrival in Chonburi.

 

I hope this is of assistance.