Moving to Pak Chong - Where to do TM. 28?

hkt83100 · March 24, 2018

Next week I am going to move after more than 22 years in Phuket to Pak Chong. Where am I supposed to do then TM. 28 (Notification of Address Change)? Will the Police Station/Tesaban be good for it or do I have to go to the next Immigration Office, which would be Nakhon Ratchasima. :-(

ubonjoe · March 24, 2018

You will need to do at the immigration office in Korat.

They will also a want a TM30 form from your landlord.

Edit: Location info can be fournd here.

hkt83100 · March 24, 2018

Thanks for your quick reply, Joe. I will try to hunt down a PDF Version of TM32, since the Word document I pulled from the net, is usable on a Windows machine only...

In the times of GPS on (almost) every phone, it would be good if they offered coordinates for their location, but I am afraid that's asking too much.

ubonjoe · March 24, 2018

33 minutes ago, hkt83100 said:

Thanks for your quick reply, Joe. I will try to hunt down a PDF Version of TM32, since the Word document I pulled from the net, is usable on a Windows machine only...

In the times of GPS on (almost) every phone, it would be good if they offered coordinates for their location, but I am afraid that's asking too much.

PDf version of both forms.

TM30 Form Notification of aliens staying at a residence

TM28 Change of Address

GPS from a post in the topic I posted. GPS: 14°54'27.1"N 102°08'58.9"E or 14.907538, 102.149691

KhunBENQ · March 25, 2018

And so it's about a 100km ride from Amphoe Pak Chong.

hkt83100 · March 25, 2018

47 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

And so it's about a 100km ride from Amphoe Pak Chong.

My biggest hope is that the 90-days-online-report will work some day...

KhunBENQ · March 25, 2018

26 minutes ago, hkt83100 said:

My biggest hope is that the 90-days-online-report will work some day...

Do they accept report by postal mail?

I don't know.

Ken · March 28, 2018

On 3/25/2018 at 12:26 PM, hkt83100 said:

My biggest hope is that the 90-days-online-report will work some day...

90 day report online to this office (Korat) works for me. Just did it a few weeks ago.

jackdd · March 28, 2018

The TM28 should also be possible at a police station, but as mentioned before by others, you (your Landlord) also has to do the TM30 which is only possible at immigration.

triffid · March 30, 2018

Am making a similar move.

"as mentioned before by others, you (your Landlord) also has to do the TM30 which is only possible at immigration."

Does the landlord have to go in person or can I take along the TM30 completed & signed by the landlord?

jackdd · March 30, 2018

25 minutes ago, triffid said:

Am making a similar move.

"as mentioned before by others, you (your Landlord) also has to do the TM30 which is only possible at immigration."

Does the landlord have to go in person or can I take along the TM30 completed & signed by the landlord?

You can do it, you just need a power of attorney from him (plus the TM30 form, plus singed copy of his id card and house book and the rental contract)

https://perfecthomes.co.th/tm030-registration-thailand/

hkt83100 · April 4, 2018

Thanks to the details given by Allmighty Ubonjoe everything went smoothly and I am now registered at Pak Chong. (I should change my nickname?) The whole procedure took about 10 minutes with a lot of story-telling about Immigration differences in several locations. The best is, I was told after traveling within the country the I don't need to re-register when returning to the "home", whereas Phuket requires you to do so after any trip, even just a weekend on another island or even a overnight stay out of house, where a hotel might have you registered as staying there!

I tried the online 90 days report in Phuket to no avail, the website just kept crashing at me. Later I was told at the Immigration Office Phuket, the problem might be, that I am staying too long already, and my computer data are not ready for the task. My last entry was in September 2007. So I would be very grateful if Ken could give me some more details about the procedure.

In the meantime, I am looking forward to the next task, get a Yellow House Book and the pink ID...

N.B. For the TM30 I brought with me a copy of the Tabien Baan, (first entry of the house and the entry of the house master), copy of the ID of the house master, a pro-forma rental contract, and some pictures of me in front of the house with the house number. Only item 1 and 2 were needed. Just make sure all copies are signed.

ubonjoe · April 4, 2018

12 minutes ago, hkt83100 said:

My last entry was in September 2007.

With an entry that old you will not be able to do online reporting. The database only has records of entries done in 2013 and later.

It is the same if you have gotten a new passport since your last entry.

I was advised by immigration to do a border hop for a new entry if I wanted to do online reporting. Last entry in 2008 and a new passport since then.

hkt83100 · April 4, 2018

So it seems to be a no-go for me. I got a new passport as well...

Ken · April 5, 2018

Yep. As Joe said, All who I have talked to that can't do the on line report, hadn't left the country in many years, so the data base apparently never gets updated. The people who I have talked to that were successful have left the country much more recent than your 2007, including myself, so it has been no problem for "us".