canuckamuck Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I have a hotel booking in Chiang Mai. But my passport is in Chiang Rai. But I have my Thai Drivers licence. Do I need the passport. Due to the new rules. Or can I just use the DL like I used to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChaiyaTH Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 The hotel will tell you. Not every hotel is the same. Why make a topic about it before asking them directly with a phone call? Anyway, usually not any issue. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said: The hotel will tell you. Not every hotel is the same. Why make a topic about it before asking them directly with a phone call? Anyway, usually not any issue. I can't find their phone number on the web. Their own site doesn't have a phone number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post asiaexpat Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 Hotels are required to complete a report to Immigration on all guests. That report includes data that is in the passport such as TM6 information that is not on DL. Some non compliant hotels accept less than the requirement. Some let Thai wife/person check in to avoid the report. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jip99 Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, asiaexpat said: Hotels are required to complete a report to Immigration on all guests. That report includes data that is in the passport such as TM6 information that is not on DL. Some non compliant hotels accept less than the requirement. Some let Thai wife/person check in to avoid the report. Every hotel I have stayed at must be non-compliant then, because they always accept my DL. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 If hotel doesn't like it find a hotel that does 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post asiaexpat Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jip99 said: Every hotel I have stayed at must be non-compliant then, because they always accept my DL. Lucky u, but that does not change the Immigration rules. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couchpotato Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, canuckamuck said: I can't find their phone number on the web. Their own site doesn't have a phone number If you are in Chiangmai ready to check in to the hotel..why would you need their telephone number? Strange. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ubonjoe Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 17 minutes ago, canuckamuck said: But I have my Thai Drivers licence. Do you have copies for your passport and TM6 departure card. Some hotels might accept them with your driver's license. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Anyone at you place that can take a pic and send it to you? Go quickly get some gal that will use her id and then give her a tip to get lost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK68 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) Most hotels will take a copy via email. They'll need a copy of the visa/exemption stamp as well...and, I think, the TM6 form. Can anyone make a copy for you? If so, ask them to do so and email it to you. You SHOULD be fine. If one hotels says no, others will bend that rule. I've done it before when my passport was not available for various reasons (passport renewal or pages, etc). Edited January 21, 2020 by DaveK68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Yeah just any copy is good enough for most hotels, certainly if you also have a TH driving license showing the same name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK68 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I've had them accept my passport card as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, canuckamuck said: I can't find their phone number on the web. Their own site doesn't have a phone number which site did you use to book, once your booking is confirmed the site gives (it's suppose to give) you all the hotel contact info including phone #.... but it appears that you are already in CM thus better go to the hotel and ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Show them a copy of you passport on your smart phone. They use their smart phone to take a photo of your copy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangUSA Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) It appears that my passport number is my id number at the bottom of the license. Maybe that will help. Edited January 21, 2020 by farangUSA correction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vascoda Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 9 hours ago, canuckamuck said: I can't find their phone number on the web. Their own site doesn't have a phone number Hmm. The hotel that does not publish their phone number most probably won't care. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 9 hours ago, Jip99 said: Every hotel I have stayed at must be non-compliant then, because they always accept my DL. That was my experience when I lived in Thailand through 2018. When I came back last October for a week, the hotels I stayed at had signs saying they needed a passport, and could not accept a DL. Your mileage may, of course, vary. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagged Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 9 hours ago, asiaexpat said: Hotels are required to complete a report to Immigration on all guests. That report includes data that is in the passport such as TM6 information that is not on DL. Some non compliant hotels accept less than the requirement. Some let Thai wife/person check in to avoid the report. Thats why you always keep a pic of your passport with lates arrival stamp or visa. I usealle travel with out passport, and if they do not accept driver license, I can e-mail them my passport information for their print and copy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 15 hours ago, Jip99 said: Every hotel I have stayed at must be non-compliant then, because they always accept my DL. Not sure that helps the OP without a list of every hotel you have stayed in. In my experience they have mostly asked for my passport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couchpotato Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 So its many hours since this thread started, the OP got lots of advice, and unless he is sleeping on the street, he must be enconsced in his hotel by now, so he needs to answer his thread helpers on how he checked in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseBronson Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Last month I stayed a week at Holiday Inn Bangkok Soi 22 with just my Thai drivers license. I asked the check in girl about TM 30 etc, immigration slip etc, she said all they need is a valid ID. She said hotel staff can ask for the immigration docs/ passport, but the guest doesn't have to provide them. Maybe her colleagues would have a different opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonkid Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 If you hve stayed there before they may have your info on their computer I did the same thing and showed them my id and told them when I had been there before that worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 20 hours ago, DaveK68 said: Most hotels will take a copy via email. They'll need a copy of the visa/exemption stamp as well...and, I think, the TM6 form. Can anyone make a copy for you? If so, ask them to do so and email it to you. You SHOULD be fine. If one hotels says no, others will bend that rule. I've done it before when my passport was not available for various reasons (passport renewal or pages, etc). Emphasises the wisdom of always quickly taking an up to date smartphone picture of passport, new stamps, attachements etc. Totally easy to take the photos and totally easy to e-mail them to yourself, and if needed later forward the same mail to your hotel or whatever, and you can e-mail them using your standard telephone provider or on LINE, free. I'm elderly, I quickly take photos of all my documents, as above, and e-mail to myself and also to my Thai adult son, my NOK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavel Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 21 hours ago, Jip99 said: Every hotel I have stayed at must be non-compliant then, because they always accept my DL. I stay at 15 different hotels a year for the past 18 years and never showed my passport once. Just use my DL even back when the license was a piece of paper lamented. So don’t worry & don’t offer excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokat Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 When going to an hotel I always let my gf hand her ID and only hand mine if they ask. IIRC about half of them don't ask for it. If they try to do a tm30 the ID page is not enough, they want a tm6 number and the last day of your permission of stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Krabi King Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 I never use a passport domesticly. A driving license has all the necessary information, including your passport number. We report guest for our business with the TM30 app and only passport number, name, gender and nationality are required. The rest is optional. I never fill out any visa or TM6 info and all the info gets successfully submitted. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggg88 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 23 hours ago, ubonjoe said: Do you have copies for your passport and TM6 departure card. Some hotels might accept them with your driver's license. I always have a photo of my passport and TM6 etc on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomtienisgood Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 23 hours ago, DaveK68 said: I've had them accept my passport card as well. What would be a passport card? New item ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 So what was the outcome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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