Question regarding 90 days report

[Jingthing]

10 hours ago, Andyfez said:

I had a similar situation recently, and I went to my Nonthaburi immigration office to ask. They told me I had to do the 90-day reporting.

They would say that!

[Jingthing]

On 7/20/2025 at 7:51 PM, Tod Daniels said:

Said no one ever. 

I have not read a single report of anyone having an issue filing for an extension after getting a 2000 baht failure to file a 90 day report stamp. 

 

In fact I know several long stay foreigners here who never do 90-day reporting throughout the whole year, only pay a 2,000 fine and file one 90 day report just before they do their next yearly extension. 

 

I saw a passport that had page after page of failure to file 90 report fine stamps and immediately under it a new yearly extension stamp (at least 8 yearly extensions along with failure to file 2000 baht fine stamps) 

 

I stand by my statement: there are no negative implications for failing to file a 90-day report on time and paying the 2000 baht fine.. 

Bizarre reply.

I was talking about OTHER countries.

Other countries when applying for visas or trying to enter obviously look at your passport.

Have red stamp violations in your passport even though not serious in Thailand (how would they know?) certainly wouldn't be painting a good picture of your character and chances that you will be compliant in THEIR country.

When applying for visas, they can always reject.

They can also even reject people that have visas at borders.

Bottom line -- it's better to comply with the 90 day reporting rules if you can in Thailand, and in case of the question, it's technically required if you're in the country at the time of report date, grace period or not. 

[DrJack54]

16 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Have red stamp violations in your passport even though not serious in Thailand (how would they know?) certainly wouldn't be painting a good picture of your character and chances that you will be compliant in THEIR country.

Bizarre reply. 

[Jingthing]

16 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Bizarre reply. 

Sorry.

I don't agree.

Other nation's immigration officials would rather see a clean passport with no record of any violations in another country.

Minor as we see it, a violation stamp and an indiction of a fine imposed MIGHT sometimes be seen as a red flag in other countries.

If the person didn't follow the rules of Thailand, it's logical to think they are a higher risk of not following the rules in other countries.

When looking at a visa application, the more rule and law compliant you appear on paper, the better.

I find it bizarre that anyone doesn't get that.

 

I will go so far as to give an example that I know about. 

Applying for temporary residence permits for Mexico in the U.S. is very common and you can find hundreds of reports of rejections for arbitrary reasons (they don't need to tell you) even when the applicant felt they met the official requirements.  People can be rejected if they don't like your haircut. If it's a grey area case, ideally you don't want any evidence that you were any kind of a scofflaw whatsoever in any other country. Don't kid yourself. In such situations, every page of the passport is looked at, and there is zero chance they won't see a stamp about a violation causing a fine.

 

 

[asiacurious]

1 hour ago, BrandonJT said:

Or option 4: Fine you for failing to report as legally required before leaving Thailand.

Why would they fine you? You're not legally required to do a 90 day report before you leave Thailand.  And it's still within the 7 day grace period. 

 

I kind of forgot what my reasons were for not participating much in this site a couple of years back, but I think I'm starting to remember why.

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, asiacurious said:

Why would they fine you? You're not legally required to do a 90 day report before you leave Thailand.  And it's still within the 7 day grace period. 

 

I kind of forgot what my reasons were for not participating much in this site a couple of years back, but I think I'm starting to remember why.

They MIGHT fine you after you return and do your next 90 day report from the reset on reentering Thailand. Why? Because the grace period is for reporting. If you were in Thailand on the actual due date and never filed for that due date grace period or not, you are technically in violation. The question is whether they would catch that or not later. They might. They might not.

[DrJack54]

8 minutes ago, asiacurious said:

I kind of forgot what my reasons were for not participating much in this site a couple of years back, but I think I'm starting to remember why

Possibly because you are not reading correct advice. 

The 7 day "grace period" is only relevant to reporting in person.. 

If you exit Thailand after 90 days without doing 90 report then you can be fined for next report after return. 

Mind you unlikely

[DrJack54]

8 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Minor as we see it, a violation stamp and an indiction of a fine imposed MIGHT sometimes be seen as a red flag in other countries.

Stop scaremongering. 

 

[SamSpade]

40 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Minor as we see it, a violation stamp and an indiction of a fine imposed MIGHT sometimes be seen as a red flag in other countries.

Does Thailand actually stamp anything in your passport for missing a 90Day Report or do you just get a fine?
 

I’ve never missed one & don’t know anybody who’s ever been fined when they have missed one so be interested to hear from anybody who has been fined whether they got a “Red Stamp” in their passport. 
 

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, SamSpade said:

Does Thailand actually stamp anything in your passport for missing a 90Day Report or do you just get a fine?
 

I’ve never missed one & don’t know anybody who’s ever been fined when they have missed one so be interested to hear from anybody who has been fined whether they got a “Red Stamp” in their passport. 
 

Yes they stamp it.

[DrJack54]

7 minutes ago, SamSpade said:

Does Thailand actually stamp anything in your passport for missing a 90Day Report or do you just get a fine?

[Jingthing]

9 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Stop scaremongering nonsense. 

 

Nothing more to say on the matter so I will gladly stop posting about it.

I respectfully disagree that it was nonsense.

[SamSpade]

Edit: @DrJack54shared already 🙂 

[Jingthing]

Just now, SamSpade said:

Hmm... After my last post I did a bit of Googling and AI suggests your Passport won't be stamped (though repeated offences could be taken more seriously)... 

https://www.google.com/search?q=does+thailand+stamp+my+passport+if+I+miss+a+90+day+report&oq=does+thailand+stamp+my+passport+if+I+miss+a+90+day+report&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigAdIBCTExMzAyajBqN6gCCLACAfEFW6oFouFN5onxBVuqBaLhTeaJ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

 

Be interesting if somebody could share an example of the stamp (I believe they don't stamp anything if you've missed your TM30 which feels much more serious than the 90 day)... 

 

 

In my experience the need for a TM30 comes up if you need any other Immigration service. If you don't have it you are denied the service until you get it.

 

[Captain Flack]

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[PHJones]

8 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Stop scaremongering. 

 

 

Just out of curiosity, is this the member speaking or the moderator?

[DrJack54]

3 minutes ago, PHJones said:

 

Just out of curiosity, is this the member speaking or the moderator?

Just an opinion.