If I have no intention of renewing my visa extension this year, do I still need to do 90 day

[Cornish Pasty]

If I have no intention of renewing my visa extension this year, do I still need to do 90 day report?

 

Mark.

[DrJack54]

Planning on exiting Thailand and have no business with immigration?  means you could (if you opt to) just leave

[Olmate]

32 minutes ago, Cornish Pasty said:

If I have no intention of renewing my visa extension this year, do I still need to do 90 day report?

 

Mark.

You just got here after those long years away! Now.... woosh😭😭😭

[Cornish Pasty]

18 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Planning on exiting Thailand and have no business with immigration?  means you could (if you opt to) just leave

I am, Dr Jack.

 

But my 90 day is coming up shortly and I'm not sure when I will be leaving.

 

Shall I just bin the report receipt and leave it?

 

Mark.

[DrJack54]

Unless you can do it online, I would skip it. 

If you ever return it will be new visa or visa exempt either way  O consequences

[Briggsy]

I am on a DTV which allows for up to 180 days stay at a time.

 

I consider when I enter whether it is likely if I will have any reason to interact with an Immigration Office. If not, I skip the TM30 and the 90-day report. If it is likely, I do them. 

[Thingamabob]

Just do the 90 day report.

[Scouse123]

On 6/10/2025 at 8:55 AM, Briggsy said:

I am on a DTV which allows for up to 180 days stay at a time.

 

I consider when I enter whether it is likely if I will have any reason to interact with an Immigration Office. If not, I skip the TM30 and the 90-day report. If it is likely, I do them. 

 

 

I was wondering that, too, as next month I switch from retirement extension to an already granted DTV.

 

There hasn't been any mention of 90 day reporting.

 

I will leave for a few days every 178 days, I always do, sometimes more often, but do I need to do the 90-day report on the DTV?

 

It isn't difficult for me, I just would avoid it if I could, but I don't want to leave myself open to a fine.

 

If I do the report on the new DTV, is it a case of reporting in person the first time or every time?

[Ricky HKT]

Isn't there a fine of 2000-5000 for not doing the report?

And won't the Immigration computerized records "remember" you didn't do your 90 day?

If your dance card isn't full (if you have time) maybe better to do it?!?

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, Ricky HKT said:

And won't the Immigration computerized records "remember" you didn't do your 90 day?

If your dance card isn't full (if you have time) maybe better to do it?!?

No and the OP has no issue with just leaving Thailand. 

 

[Briggsy]

@Scouse123

 

Technically, if you stay 178 days per time or any other amount over 90 days, you should do it. However, when/if you do it, they will check for a TM30. If no TM30, then you receive a fine. 

 

So, you will need to make 2 trips to Immigration, one for a TM30 slip in your passport and one for a 90-day report. You will almost certainly not be able to do the 90-day online. That is a couple of days wasted as each of those (at Jomtien) involves coming back in 1 or 2 hours to pick up the passport.

 

Or you could simply not do either and there will be no repercussions provided you have no interaction with an Immigration Office.

[J Branche]

Easy to stay in compliance.  Don't burn any bridges for something that may take at most a couple hours of your day.

Are you capable of doing Online 90 day report?  Takes probably 3 minutes to complete.

[thpitsch]

51 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

I will leave for a few days every 178 days, I always do, sometimes more often, but do I need to do the 90-day report on the DTV?

Is this how you try to avoid your tax responsibilities? You can't. All stays in one year are combined.

[Scouse123]

18 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

@Scouse123

 

Technically, if you stay 178 days per time or any other amount over 90 days, you should do it. However, when/if you do it, they will check for a TM30. If no TM30, then you receive a fine. 

 

So, you will need to make 2 trips to Immigration, one for a TM30 slip in your passport and one for a 90-day report. You will almost certainly not be able to do the 90-day online. That is a couple of days wasted as each of those (at Jomtien) involves coming back in 1 or 2 hours to pick up the passport.

 

Or you could simply not do either and there will be no repercussions provided you have no interaction with an Immigration Office.

 

 

Thank you.

 

I have always skipped the TM30 as I was told if I was returning to my permanent address (20 plus years) then there was no need, unless I have been doing it wrong.

 

I have never been pulled up on extension renewals.

 

Likewise, I recently returned from the UK and just did the TDAC with my usual address and no questions were asked, but I am still on retirement extension until next month.

 

I have only ever interacted with immigration on one home visit in all that time, and then once a year on retirement renewals.

[Scouse123]

47 minutes ago, thpitsch said:

Is this how you try to avoid your tax responsibilities? You can't. All stays in one year are combined.

 

 

Not at all.

 

My tax has already been submitted by the due date, it has nothing to do with tax.

 

The DTV visa states you must leave the country before 180 days, for one or two days and when you re-enter the clock starts again for a further 180 days.

 

The alternative is to submit a great deal of additional papers to immigration to extend the 180 days.

 

I have no wish to extend, provide a load of documents to immigration or to see them unless necessary.

[jaywalker2]

On 6/9/2025 at 10:10 AM, Cornish Pasty said:

If I have no intention of renewing my visa extension this year, do I still need to do 90 day report?

 

Mark.

 

On 6/9/2025 at 10:10 AM, Cornish Pasty said:

If I have no intention of renewing my visa extension this year, do I still need to do 90 day report?

 

Mark.

The answer is no. The 90 day report is just a formality that nobody cares about. Even if you have to deal with immigration later, all you need to do is file a new report and pay the fine. When you leave the country, they don't check. When you return, it resets. In fact, there's no need to do it at all. Even if you're applying for an extension, you only need to file the report and pay the fine before apply for the extension. Lots of people do that.

[JAG]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

No and the OP has no issue with just leaving Thailand. 

 

After all, he has done it before, several times!

 

You may recall, his phone has the same mysterious electronic ailment which affects taxi meters at airports - so he has never been able to produce photographic evidence, but I for one have no reason not to believe him.

 

Until next year then "Bob"!