Does landlord look at your visa when renting out?

[Goodboybkk]

Dear all,

 

Does your landlord ( apartment/house/condowner) look at your visa when renting out?

Thanks

[Crossy]

Probably not, but he is supposed to send a copy of your passport details to immigration who will know what sort of permission you are on.

 

Whether they would ever make the connection and come a-looking is unknown.

[ezzra]

He looks at your wallet rather than you visa.

[scubascuba3]

Landlord is meant to do TM30, so will get passport number, but probably won't work out if visa or extension is valid

[federicoP]

To fll the TM 30, your landlord has to write down your visa type and the expiring date of your permission to stay in Thailand.

 

 

[bkk6060]

Of course.  If you were a landlord wouldn't you?

[mockingbird]

Copy of passport pages will be sent to immigration for TM30 purposes, so immigration will know exactly where you are.

 

I assume you don't have any long term visa, hence the question. It would be up the individual landlord as to whether they would rent to you. Most probably would, as they'll just keep your deposit if you leave early.

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

He looks at your wallet rather than you visa.

Yup. In nearly 10 years here, just a copy of the first passport page, but never the visa stamp.

 

With vacancies at well over 50%, they want renters, and would prefer foreign renters they know have cash, will be on time, and not trash the place.

[Callmeishmael]

My Landlord wouldn't know a visa from a hole in the ground.  I did the TM30 for her, just had her sign on the correct line.

 

[DrJack54]

OP, familiar with TM30.

Of course owner needs your pp.

We have few joints.

In one there is a farang.

The agent that did the lease would file a TM30. 

The tenant would need that for immigration. 

[federicoP]

1 hour ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

In nearly 10 years here, just a copy of the first passport page, but never the visa stamp.

But if the landlord files the TM30, he needs your visa type and expiring date too.

[Caldera]

10 hours ago, Goodboybkk said:

Does your landlord ( apartment/house/condowner) look at your visa when renting out?

They might, depending on their past experience with foreign tenants and their understanding of immigration procedures. My last two landlords did take an interest, to fill in the TM30 form.

[Shop mak]

Apartment take photocopy id page and visa page, police collect nightly / semi nightly if not sent them directly.

Condo agent same.

[CANSIAM]

10 hours ago, ezzra said:

He looks at your wallet rather than you visa.

What the Russians are hoping for anyway............ 

[worgeordie]

Yes , at least I do , need copies photo page passport ,visa page ,and arrival card .

two copies each, one for me , one lot for immigration. 

 

regards Worgeordie

[Highlandman]

9 hours ago, federicoP said:

To fll the TM 30, your landlord has to write down your visa type and the expiring date of your permission to stay in Thailand.

 

 

Can't really do that anymore as Singaporean and Hong Kong nationals get to use the e-gates, so no stamps will appear in their passports. Eventually, this will be the case for other nationals too. Front page should be enough, immigration should be able to pull up the information just from that. 

[SbuxPlease]

A lot of landlords don't even know (or care) to do TM30. It's very likely they'll take your signature and your money and that's it.