On 1/24/2025 at 9:45 AM, DrJack54 said:

I would do zero TM30 and TM47 and cop annual fine

This is the solution for those of us who travel around Thailand often. 👍

 

6 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

This is the solution for those of us who travel around Thailand often. 👍

 

The deal breaker for me was the need to do TM47 in person after travel abroad. 

This is rather recent due to some brain fade idea to sync online reporting with TM30.

 

For some it's not an issue, however I travel abroad regularly and also dealing with the monster CW is no treat. 

Fortunately for me inter provience travel not an issue

10 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

The deal breaker for me was the need to do TM47 in person after travel abroad. 

This is rather recent due to some brain fade idea to sync online reporting with TM30.

 

For some it's not an issue, however I travel abroad regularly and also dealing with the monster CW is no treat. 

Fortunately for me inter provience travel not an issue

It's also a pain travelling domestically.

 

When staying in a Thai hotel I try to get my girlfriend to register, avoiding entering my details. If I'm forced to show my credentials it's back to Pattaya immigration to let them know I've returned. 

 

I reckon it's worthwhile coping the fine than visiting immigration after every trip. 

 

 

On 1/25/2025 at 1:20 PM, TigerandDog said:

how long ago did I post that? Since that post the hotels I've stayed at have not been accepting either my pink ID card (on the basis that technically it's only valid for use within the province of issue) or my Thai driver's license. They will now ONLY accept my passport, even when my wife makes the hotel reservation in her name. So that old post may have been the situation when that comment was posted, but now it is as I posted today. You also conveniently choose to ignore the fact that a driver's license has your passport # on it and TM30's are submitted by hotels on that basis if the driver's license is used at check in.

Again your comment re CM ignoring the TM30 changes in June 2020 is incorrect. Regardless of whether I used my drivers license or passport at a hotel check in, as previously stated CM have NEVER required me to submit a new TM30 upon return to my permanent address so as to approve my 90 day report. I can assure you that all the farangs I know in CM have NEVER had to resubmit a TM30 after returning from an inter province trip prior to submitting their 90 report, and that applies to before the 2020 changes too. Other provinces may require that, but our experience with CM is as stated, we've NEVER had to do it.

Well, I live in Chiang Mai, and that is what the IO told me...flip flop rules. is like lucky draw then....this time happened to me, maybe if I travel next time and I do it online again it will be granted.

Keep in mind that passport nation is a required field in the TM30 system.  If the hotel clerk accepts your Thai DL with passport number on it, but doesn't ask you what country you are from, they are either not doing a TM30 for you, or are taking a guess at the country.

On 1/25/2025 at 7:07 AM, SooKee said:

 

Indeed.  Still waiting for any reply to my postal application that was sent to Chaeng Wattana on 21 December following my online application being rejected (first report after re-entering Thailand needs to be in person so the rejection email said).  Only 25 January so there's still time.  I will go to renew my extension on 7 February.  If it comes back approved before then, fine.  If it comes back rejected, so be it.  If there's still no reply by 7 February I'll just take my EMS receipt for the postal application and see if that saves a fine.  No way will I go to CW just for a 90 day though unless I have something else to do there, appointment or not.

 

 

Quick update on this.  Received my 90 day receipt approved today 3 Feb from CW following a postal application sent on 21 Dec, (first report after re-entering Thailand, the online report having been rejected) having been approved 3 Jan.

So in this case at least, doing a first report after entering Thailand online will be rejected (saying you need to attend in person) but a postal application WILL be accepted.  Of course, saying that will apply in every case at every office is a different matter entirely!