Phuket Immigration clarifies TM28, 24-hour reporting ‘exceptions’

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration Chief Col Kathathorn Kumthieng clarified to The Phuket News today (Sept 16) a notice posted by the Immigration Bureau announcing that certain visitors to Thailand no longer need to report their change of address.

 

The notice, posted on Friday (Sept 13), read, “During the visit to Thailand, for purposes of tourism sports, business, investments, education, practicing of skilled craftsmen or specialists, aliens are not required to notify the competent official in case of moving their residence.”

 

Col Kathathorn this morning admitted that the announcement may be confusing.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-immigration-clarifies-tm28-24-hour-reporting-exceptions-72888.php#0LOXvXIgLYtlAdV9.99 

 

 

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So Expats are getting the shaft and still under suspicion of possibly being an "international terrorist" as previously stated concerning alien visitors? Well what a steaming load...

And those who visit with the intention to commit terrorist activity, crime, fraud, have skipped bail or any other illegal activity must still submit details of their where abouts.....as they of couse would.

 

 

 

 

“The competent official” - i’m lost for words.

Does this apply for whole Thailand or only Phuket?

A troll post has been reported and removed. 

So what if you have an extension of stay based on a non-immigrant B visa? I don't any more but I used to have one.

Well that makes less sense!????

 

So expats or those well off enough just live here indefinitely on multi visas are more likely to be terrorists? Well perhaps if they are treated like this i guess thats a possibility down the road.

 

Example: my neighbour called the police and said i hit him, which aint true at all.

I waited for the police to arrive and beat him and his dum friend. Felt good!!

1 hour ago, POMRAKSIAM said:

So Expats are getting the shaft and still under suspicion of possibly being an "international terrorist" as previously stated concerning alien visitors? Well what a steaming load...

The steamiest!

Border runners are considered safe, but long termers with families, houses, etc. are a security risk!

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

Border runners are considered safe, but long termers with families, houses, etc. are a security risk!

this is what confuses me

 

i am on exempt but i do 30 days extention + family extention of 2months..

 

 

That looks like they have tossed a bone to those working with WPs but retired expats are still in limbo, for now at least. Guess this deflects the ire of business which was obviously strong but they don't appear to want to fully 180 it for everyone just yet. 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Col Kathathorn this morning admitted that the announcement may be confusing.

Well I suppose it's meant to be,if people knew exactly what is required,there

would be no opportunity to impose fines .

regards worgeordie

Been on multiple threads already but I'll just feed it here too: retirees and marriages were added after 1979 and nobody bothered to add them to the TM28 exemption list as per immigration act clause 37, that's why they are not on this poster. Which means, people here on non-imm O (O as in 'Other', the categories that were added after 1979, including marriage and retired) are supposed to go to BiB every time they travel to a province for over 24 hours or change residence to a new police precinct.

 

It's far more inane than the TM30 that's already utterly useless. Sections 37 (3) and (4) in the immigration act: http://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/thai-immigration-act-temporary-stay-in-the-kingdom-sections-34-39/

 

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(3) Shall notify the police official of the local police station where such alien resides, within twenty–four hours from the time of arrival. In the case of change in residence in which new residence is not located the same area with the former police stations, such alien must notify the police official of the police station for that area within twenty-four hours from the time of arrival.
(4) If the alien travels to any province and will stay there longer than twenty-four hours, such alien must notify the police official of the police station for that area within forty-eight hours from the time of arrival.

 

Good news, but I already had my local office confirm that on a business visa I don't have to report every time I travel between my home and office in Bangkok and my home in Phuket which I travel back to most weekends.

So this is the TM28 one. Is there even a form for reporting that? Notice Retirement and Marriage visa are not exempt. Pure 100% BS from Immigration Department and anotherway they can collect fines. They think it so clever. 

15 hours ago, inactiveposter said:

“The competent official” - i’m lost for words.

A rarity lol 

They have no idea , hopeless. And tomorrow it will be a different spin, no wonder  they are the joke of locals.

15 hours ago, bangkok12345 said:

Does this apply for whole Thailand or only Phuket?

I think any and all this just depends on the daily mood of “The competent official”.

I report to Sriracha, if I leave Thailand with reentry am I still required to report within 24 hours?, when I return. 

Why can't we report to airport immigration when we return? 

21 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

Why can't we report to airport immigration when we return? 

You do, when you fill out your entry card

7 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

Why can't we report to airport immigration when we return? 

You do report to airport immigration when you return, they just don't realize it and obviously don't understand it.

16 hours ago, Reigntax said:

And those who visit with the intention to commit terrorist activity, crime, fraud, have skipped bail or any other illegal activity must still submit details of their where abouts.....as they of couse would.

 

 

 

 

No, they should be exempt.

21 minutes ago, RBOP said:

So this is the TM28 one. Is there even a form for reporting that? Notice Retirement and Marriage visa are not exempt. Pure 100% BS from Immigration Department and anotherway they can collect fines. They think it so clever. 

there's a form for everything the form for tm 28 reports is form tm28, 

 

a lot of fuss and complaints over nothing who does a tm 28 form, answer only the few.

what's the difference between TM28 and TM30 ?

16 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

I report to Sriracha, if I leave Thailand with reentry am I still required to report within 24 hours?, when I return. 

Are you asking about TM28 (this topic) or TM30 ?

9 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

what's the difference between TM28 and TM30 ?

TM28 is you reporting your movement, TM30 is a property reporting your stay.

Just to clarify, What is the enfourcement of not doing a TM28 in Phuket.

Is a TM28 receipt required to do 90 day reports, Res Cert, extensions, etc?

 

It appears that in Phuket TM28 is required for marriage, retire etc BUT how and when do they check ? is there a fine or refusal of service etc.

What is the penalty, if any, for not doing a TM28 in Phuket ?????

8 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

TM28 is you reporting your movement, TM30 is a property repoting your stay.

TM 29 , coming soon, is reporting your bowel movement.! sorry couldn't resist????