TM30 /TM6

[ajnamoon]

Hi There   

I have a marriage extension   and multiple entry   permit    .I am planning a few trips abroad    ,so when i return to Chiang Mai   do i have to register with TM30   at immigration   ? if so how long after arrival  as ive seen different time limits from 24 to 48 hrs to 7 days  Anyone know ????

 

Also do i need original TM30   or will copy do ???            On another point    is the departure/arrival  card TM6    still in use ??? as i read that they were phasing it out in July ???      i have tried to call immigration office but no one answers   phone just rings out ,and no replies to E Mails

 

Many Thanks

[CMBob]

Under CM's current application of the rules, you need to have an original TM30 filed for your residence.  Presuming that has been done and you have the TM30 "Receipt of Notification" stapled in the back of your passport,  then you're required to go to Immigration to "update" your TM30 filing each time you re-enter Thailand to the same address (if to a different address, then a new original TM30 is required to be filed for that new address).  As for timing, more than one CM Immigration officer has told me that you can do the updating within "4-5" days of returning and I've done that several times without a problem.  With respect to what you need to update, simply yourself and your passport (with the TM30 Receipt of Notification).  Immigration will fill in a few details on their computer (likely the new departure card number, your entry date and/or filing date, etc.) and then place a new date stamp your Receipt of Notification (or if your form is filled up with date stamps or too raggedy, then they'll print out a new one for you). 

 

If the original TM30 filing for your current address was handled by somebody else (landlord, condo office, etc.), then you still have to update but perhaps they'll handle it for you. If, for example, a condo office has filed the original TM 30 for you, you won't have the Receipt of Notification mentioned but hopefully you have a copy of something from the condo office showing they filed the TM30 for you.  If they update for you, ask for a print out from them as to something showing they've taken care of that.

 

Yes, the TM6 is still in service (I got my latest one just last week when I re-entered the country).  Since about the beginning of this year, it's a slightly different form and the "Departure Card" part of it is much smaller than before.  Yours ought to be stapled in your passport.  I've heard no rumor (other than your comment) that there is any plan to stop using that form.  

Edited September 27, 2018 by CMBob

[scottiejohn]

On ‎9‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 11:21 AM, ajnamoon said:

is the departure/arrival  card TM6    still in use ??? as i read that they were phasing it out in July ??? 

You are correct that IMM wanted to stop the card but the TAT stepped in and said they required them for statistical reasons and the General sided with TAT.