An Idiots Guide to the Retirement Extension process at Samui Immigration Office

[churchill]

3 hours ago, khunPer said:

And you are sure it's not somebody that had booked time in advance..?

Don't know 

 

RE TM30 

 

I filled mine out after my last trip overseas in May and I have been to BKK many times since  - TM30 was accepted without issue .

[TerraplaneGuy]

4 minutes ago, churchill said:

Don't know 

 

RE TM30 

 

I filled mine out after my last trip overseas in May and I have been to BKK many times since  - TM30 was accepted without issue .

Interesting.   Do you mean that after returning from BKK you used the TM30 you filed before you went to BKK?  Did you stay in a hotel there and do you know if they filed one?  If so I wonder why it didn’t eclipse your old filing.  

[churchill]

21 minutes ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

Interesting.   Do you mean that after returning from BKK you used the TM30 you filed before you went to BKK?  Did you stay in a hotel there and do you know if they filed one?  If so I wonder why it didn’t eclipse your old filing.  

 

Yes I use TM30 I filled in on my return from Europe last year - have stayed in a number of hotels in BKK since and I assume all hotels have a standard procedure .

[TerraplaneGuy]

18 minutes ago, churchill said:

 

Yes I use TM30 I filled in on my return from Europe last year - have stayed in a number of hotels in BKK since and I assume all hotels have a standard procedure .

So I guess when you went to Samui Imm they didn’t check your old TM30 that you brought in the system to see if it was still current.  Or maybe they did but realized that your BKK stats were temporary so didn’t matter.   Any idea how this works?

[churchill]

12 minutes ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

So I guess when you went to Samui Imm they didn’t check your old TM30 that you brought in the system to see if it was still current.  Or maybe they did but realized that your BKK stats were temporary so didn’t matter.   Any idea how this works?

I went for proof of address / the TM30 was required .

[TerraplaneGuy]

1 hour ago, churchill said:

I went for proof of address / the TM30 was required .

I see, well I still I wonder why the old one still worked given the more recent BKK filings 

[Tropicalevo]

12 hours ago, churchill said:

 

Yes I use TM30 I filled in on my return from Europe last year - have stayed in a number of hotels in BKK since and I assume all hotels have a standard procedure .

 

There are a number of thoughts on this subject.

All hotels are required by law to register all foreigners upon arrival.

But not all do.

 

I am a solo farang traveller and I have always been asked for my passport.

I give them a photocopy, crossed with 'for hotel use only' written on it.

My friend (farang) is married to a Chinese girl and when they see her at registration, they rarely ask for passports.

They assume that she is Thai.

So, inconsistency rules.

 

Then there is the interpretation of the law.

During Covid, for TM 30 reporting, there was an amendment for foreigners that live in Thailand - long stay.

The law was amended so that long stay foreigners did not have to re-submit a TM 30 when returning to their 'permanent' address.

Your experience would seem to indicate that the IO person that served you are accepts this version.

If you are using the Samui office then I am surprised, because I have always had to re-register my TM 30 when returning home here.

 

I was told that the amendment was only for during Covid, in order to lower the number of foreigners going to immigration.

 

 

[TerraplaneGuy]

Is the Samui Form TM7 the same now as it was last year? I have an extra from then that would save me having to pick up one now if there’s been no changes.