My wife is reading Facebook posts saying farang visiting and staying with family in Thailand have to register otherwise a fine Is issued? 

So we go to our Thai home next week for a month. For the past 10 years this has never been an issue, if it’s now required, what’s the simplest way of doing it? 

Yes it’s been required by law for the last 40 years, but unless you’re planning contact with immigration they aren’t going to know you’re there.

 

Worst case is a 2,000 baht fine; typically the fine is 800/1,600 baht.

 

Basically someone, at any address you stay at in Thailand, is responsible for reporting your arrival.

It also depends where you are.
Do you do 90 day reports or visa extensions?
If you have no reason to go to an Immigration office you may as well not bother as no way to find out unless a nosy neighbor “grasses” to the authorities.

Reporting is easy. Download a TM 30 form and complete it. Send it to Immigration with a self addressed return envelope. They will return the receipt to the address on the envelope.

Breaking news on this very subject. Talk of increasing the fine to 10,000 Baht (not passed as a law yet):

It's not even April 1st either.

 

 

Edited March 26, 20197 yr by bluesofa
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6 minutes ago, asiaexpat said:

Reporting is easy. Download a TM 30 form and complete it. Send it to Immigration with a self addressed return envelope. They will return the receipt to the address on the envelope.

Good suggestion for people who live far away from Immigration office!

I know for a fact the Thai family I stay with in a village in Isaan never bother to report my presence.  My friend's brother is the deputy headman and just laughs whenever the topic is raised

We have to file and the wife and I have a Yellow House Registration Book, we travel quite a bit and I would think that the people at the local immigration office would get tired of us bothering them time after time. But we are here full time and when we have gone in for our 90 day report they have asked about it before.

16 minutes ago, ThaiBunny said:

I know for a fact the Thai family I stay with in a village in Isaan never bother to report my presence.  My friend's brother is the deputy headman and just laughs whenever the topic is raised

I don't think the village headmen are interested, it's pretty much only Immigration Officers who are interested from what I have seen. I'm not sure that it can even be reported to the village officers.

2 minutes ago, Lee4Life said:

I don't think the village headmen are interested, it's pretty much only Immigration Officers who are interested from what I have seen. I'm not sure that it can even be reported to the village officers.

I wasn't reporting TO him; I was expecting as the house's owner to report me TO Immigration

Had to fill one out when I arrived at my Wife's condo in 2016, and again for my first extension because we moved into our own townhouse. I keep that last TM30 receipt for our townhouse stapled in my passport, and a scanned copy on my computer. Other than that they don't seem to care much about it, and haven't requested a new one. Traveled many times within Thailand, but my wife and I check in under her name only, never had to worry about a TM30 in that situation, which probably made the hotels happy (never been asked for my name or passport).

Until two years ago we hadn't submitted, however following a request to visit the headman and finding an IO in attendance all the foreigners in the village (5) were told we had to register. By all accounts the headman got a bit of a rollicking as well. We are only 5km from the Immigration office so an easy target especially as there are a good number of foreigners passing through and staying over. It is a pain in the butt because I to and fro at least twice a month and have to go through the same rigmarole on returning to Pattaya. 

6 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Reporting is easy. Download a TM 30 form and complete it. Send it to Immigration with a self addressed return envelope. They will return the receipt to the address on the envelope.

Be very surprised if that works.

I live in my own condo, that I own and have a Chanote for.

 

Do I need to report myself to immigration?

Reporting is easy. Download a TM 30 form and complete it. Send it to Immigration with a self addressed return envelope. They will return the receipt to the address on the envelope.

What immigration office allows this?
Never heard of TM30by post/mail “in Chiang Mai”
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Like my experience at IO,

"I've been staying in Bangkok for a week and came back home yesterday, do I have to fill in a TM30"

"No"

"does my wife have to"

"No"

Edited March 26, 20197 yr by soalbundy

Just now, soalbundy said:

Like my experience at IO,

"I've been staying in Bangkok for a week and came back home yesterday, do I have to fill in a TM30"

"No"

Don't forget: There's an 'R' in the month.

 

I live in my own condo, that I own and have a Chanote for.
 
Do I need to report myself to immigration?

Yepp, You state yourself as both be person that are submitting THE report, on top, and alien staying in the condo, in the middle of the TM30 form.

Done it myself in Pattaya immigration. I hade THE house Book with me too.

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6 hours ago, Lee4Life said:

We have to file and the wife and I have a Yellow House Registration Book, we travel quite a bit and I would think that the people at the local immigration office would get tired of us bothering them time after time. But we are here full time and when we have gone in for our 90 day report they have asked about it before.

Depends on the office, the one I use says no need for new TM30 if you return to the same address. My TM30 is from 2014 and I have done several extensions since then.

1 hour ago, Happy Grumpy said:

I live in my own condo, that I own and have a Chanote for.

 

Do I need to report myself to immigration?

It depends on your local office. But as the owner, it is possible for you to report yourself.

2 hours ago, Thailand said:

Be very surprised if that works.

Maybe UbonJoe will be along, he'll know.

9 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Reporting is easy. Download a TM 30 form and complete it. Send it to Immigration with a self addressed return envelope. They will return the receipt to the address on the envelope.

Perhaps if staying in Bangkok. 

As far as I know they are the only office that accepts them by mail.

15 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Maybe UbonJoe will be along, he'll know.

Some offices allow postal TM30 reports providing your just reporting a return to the same address.

My office even sign up individuals to the online reporting system if their frequently in/out.

Sounds like a lot of Thai nonsense, I,m staying at our Thai home in Khemmerat for three weeks, is Ubon or Mukdahan where I will waste half a day on this? 

A report is due every time you spend the night somewhere different than your registered address with Marriage Extension in Mukdahan, but can do it online - easy as pie

10 hours ago, ThaiBunny said:

I know for a fact the Thai family I stay with in a village in Isaan never bother to report my presence.  My friend's brother is the deputy headman and just laughs whenever the topic is raised

They laugh because they are not Farang, but one day you will get caught, and who's to blame then?

21 minutes ago, Mukdahanman said:

A report is due every time you spend the night somewhere different than your registered address with Marriage Extension in Mukdahan, but can do it online - easy as pie

Thanks for the reply, I,m just visiting on a tourist visa, do you have the link to the online form? 

11 hours ago, ThaiBunny said:

I know for a fact the Thai family I stay with in a village in Isaan never bother to report my presence.  My friend's brother is the deputy headman and just laughs whenever the topic is raised

I am quite sure immigration view is somewhat different if a farang is liable to report rather than a Thai.

Edited March 26, 20197 yr by fisherd3
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57 minutes ago, Bkkbound said:

Thanks for the reply, I,m just visiting on a tourist visa, do you have the link to the online form? 

Immigration.co.th

6 hours ago, GordonP said:

Until two years ago we hadn't submitted, however following a request to visit the headman and finding an IO in attendance all the foreigners in the village (5) were told we had to register. By all accounts the headman got a bit of a rollicking as well. We are only 5km from the Immigration office so an easy target especially as there are a good number of foreigners passing through and staying over. It is a pain in the butt because I to and fro at least twice a month and have to go through the same rigmarole on returning to Pattaya. 

Jomtian IO told me no need to report when returning home from travel within Thailand.