Doing TM30

[chessman]

I returned to Thailand 2 months ago and I was trying to download the TM30 proof PDF from the TM30 website for an upcoming visa renewel, but I couldn't find a way. Looking at previous posts, it seems that this is not possible and you need to download this document within 7 days of filing it.

 

It seems now that I must file again, even though I haven't left the country. Does anybody know if this is OK, or will immigration find it strange/suspicious that I filed without leaving the country?

[Will B Good]

34 minutes ago, chessman said:

I returned to Thailand 2 months ago and I was trying to download the TM30 proof PDF from the TM30 website for an upcoming visa renewel, but I couldn't find a way. Looking at previous posts, it seems that this is not possible and you need to download this document within 7 days of filing it.

 

It seems now that I must file again, even though I haven't left the country. Does anybody know if this is OK, or will immigration find it strange/suspicious that I filed without leaving the country?

 

 

Did not know about the 7 day thing!!!

 

Maybe you'll just have file the TM30 again and print it off there and then.

[BrandonJT]

18 hours ago, chessman said:

I returned to Thailand 2 months ago and I was trying to download the TM30 proof PDF from the TM30 website for an upcoming visa renewel, but I couldn't find a way. Looking at previous posts, it seems that this is not possible and you need to download this document within 7 days of filing it.

 

It seems now that I must file again, even though I haven't left the country. Does anybody know if this is OK, or will immigration find it strange/suspicious that I filed without leaving the country?

No problem at all filing a new one.  In many provinces you would have to file a new one if you stayed in a hotel and returned home.  The only way to get proof of TM30 is by filing a new one.

[bamnutsak]

I think I remember seeing a note in one of the new version release notes - these pop-up when logging in - where the search/retrieve/download (PDF) period was extended from seven days to fifteen days. (Could have been a senior moment).

 

The website still says

 

Important Note: -Data are shown within only 7 days of Check-in Date

 

But I think the video says "sip ha wan". (00:50) and the sample search is 8 or 9 days back.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_oU1OsOaY&t=3s&ab_channel=IMM-SD-Live

 

Agree that outside whatever window it is best to just file a new record.

 

 

[Tod Daniels]

you're far from the first foreigner (or thai) who didn't realize that once you submit the TM30 then you have to go back into the system, search for it, then "export" the file to get the PDF 
AND 
That you have to do that within SEVEN days from the date you saved the data 😉 

It's right on the landing page at the bottom after you log in 

just file another one, no problem at all 

[Briggsy]

How much is the fine for a late TM30?

[DrJack54]

13 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

How much is the fine for a late TM30?

800b sometimes stated however as usual can vary. 

 

[Tod Daniels]

32 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

How much is the fine for a late TM30?

The actual fine for failure to file a TM30 on time is 1600 baht 
BUT 
Most offices will only charge you 800baht (50% of the fine) when you file late, 

At least in Bangkok, they make you sign the fine log book, and put a stamp in the top corner of the TM30 showing you paid the fine too 

I was just out at the new TM30 office/90 day reporting room at Chaengwattana 3rd floor last Wed with someone filing a TM30 late and they were fined 800baht 

This is what they stamp on the corner of the TM30's (at least in Bangkok) sorry these are old examples I didn't take a photo of the stamp from Wed 

[proton]

Charged us 1600 in 2018, two weeks late. Samut Prakan

[Briggsy]

Jomthien stating 1600 Baht

[StayinThailand2much]

On 7/21/2025 at 1:47 PM, DrJack54 said:

800b sometimes stated however as usual can vary. 

 

Yes, I paid 800 baht in 2023 at Chaengwattana, even though my landlady was supposed to do it, which she didn't.

[asiacurious]

I've posted this info elsewhere, but here it goes....

 

If you previously filed a TM30 and are returning to the same address after a trip (inside OR outside of Thailand) you do NOT need to file a new TM30. You would only need a new TM30 if you change visa types ot get a new visa (as opposed to an extension of the same visa).  Note that if you travel somewhere in Thailand, the place you're temporarily staying will do a TM30 for that stay. But it doesn't replace the TM30 previously filed for your primary residence - that one is still valid.

 

In June 2020 this document was released (this is an unofficial English translation and I link to the official Thai document further down).... 

 

 

And the document reads in part.... 

 

 

The official document (in Thai) can be found on the Thai Parliament's website, the Legislative Institutional Repository of Thailand.  Here's the link: https://dl.parliament.go.th/handle/20.500.13072/563662  (The pdf also includes the official paper TM30 reporting form.) 

 

I suggest downloading it and bringing a highlighted copy with you whenever you visit immigration.  If you don't have the regulation on paper that you can hand to them, it'll be your word vs theirs, and they'll always go with their word. 

 

When I was told I needed a new TM30, I handed a copy of this document to the IO  (the official Thai version) and that settled the issue.  I'll never argue with them, but with the regulation in hand, there really isn't anything to argue about. 

 

The government is always free to change the law and it's possible they will.  But if they do, the IO will have something on paper that documents the new regulation which they can share with you.

 

There's an unofficial English translation somewhere online, but it can be difficult to locate.