90 Day Reporting?

[surg]

I just got a 1 year catagory "o" visa. It says on the bottom "Estension is not permitted"

Do I have to go to immigration every 90 days and what do I do when this visa expires?

I would like to say in Thailand forever.

Any advise?

Thanks,

Surg

[thaihome]

We will need some more information:

Which "O" did you get? Retirement or Thai Wife

What is the issue date on your visa?

What is expiry date on your visa?

How many entries does your visa allow?

If you are in Thailand now, what does your entry stamp say?

[dr_Pat_Pong]

They don't give you a lot to work with do they ?

[astral]

Yes you should report every 90 days.

For the visa extension we need more info about you, as the others have indicated!!

[RDN]

I think you've all frightened him/her off! Oi! 'surg', we're only trying to help....honest!

[karenfraser18]

I don't think it matters what kind of visa you have, you still have to check in every 90 days. for sure if it is a retirement visa you do. You just go to Thai immigration @ Suan Plu ( I think that's how you spell it. ) and go to the 4th floor and fill out the address sheet. It takes all of 5 minutes and then they stamp it and put the date of the next time you are required to check in. If you have left the country for a trip it is 90 days from the day of your re-entry. I hope that helps.

[lopburi3]

I don't think it matters what kind of visa you have, you still have to check in every 90 days. for sure if it is a retirement visa you do. You just go to Thai immigration @ Suan Plu ( I think that's how you spell it. ) and go to the 4th floor and fill out the address sheet. It takes all of 5 minutes and then they stamp it and put the date of the next time you are required to check in. If you have left the country for a trip it is 90 days from the day of your re-entry. I hope that helps.

You never have to report address if you are in Thailand less than 90 days - so if you have a multi entry visa and travel you do not have to worry about it. Only if you extend your stay are you required to report your address at 90 day intervals. And that clock resets if you exit and starts again on your return.

As this poster is only talking about a visa believe he is not here more than 90 days but they should say "one year extension of stay" or "multi entry one year visa" for us to be sure.

[h5kaf]

The 90 day reporting issue is interesting. Lopburi's point is understood but there seems to be another category of people who have to report every month.

I applied for my annual extension in June (marriage to Thai). This has to be approved in BKK and can take up to 3/4 months. In the meantime they stamp the passport with monthly extensions whilst I wait for the 1 year approval. My 90 days was up in the middle of this process and I was informed that I cannot have a 90 day stamp but must report every month until I get the new 1 year visa. This is no problem as I have to go for the monthly visa extension anyway, but it does raise the interesting question as to the status of those waiting for extension approval.

As Lop says, if one is in the kingdom for less than 90 days no report is necessary. So are these monthly extensions literally 1 month visas or are they a continuation of the 1 year extension status? Either way if one has not been out of the Kingdom in the last 90 days I guess a report is necessary. In my case a monthly report.

Wont be long before we all need a full time lawyer just to be able to live here.

[lopburi3]

The 90 day reporting issue is interesting. Lopburi's point is understood but there seems to be another category of people who have to report every month.

I applied for my annual extension in June (marriage to Thai). This has to be approved in BKK and can take up to 3/4 months. In the meantime they stamp the passport with monthly extensions whilst I wait for the 1 year approval. My 90 days was up in the middle of this process and I was informed that I cannot have a 90 day stamp but must report every month until I get the new 1 year visa. This is no problem as I have to go for the monthly visa extension anyway, but it does raise the interesting question as to the status of those waiting for extension approval.

As Lop says, if one is in the kingdom for less than 90 days no report is necessary. So are these monthly extensions literally 1 month visas or are they a continuation of the 1 year extension status? Either way if one has not been out of the Kingdom in the last 90 days I guess a report is necessary. In my case a monthly report.

Wont be long before we all need a full time lawyer just to be able to live here.

Not sure I understand as the 90 day address is not a stamp. You fill out a form TM.47 and the bottom portion is then stamped and returned to you with the date you must report again. No stamp is made in your passport.

Expect you are doing your extension outside Bangkok - as Bangkok clearly informed me to register in room 401 on my first visit to obtain extension so as not to be in country longer than 90 days without reporting. It seems your local office is counting your visits as an address report. In Bangkok they are clearly not the same office (and will tell you so).

[Axel]

I think here are a few things mixed together.

The topic refers to reporting your address every 90 days. This refers to the rule shown under point 5 of your arrival card (TM 6) in your passport. IF you stay linger than 90 days in the Kingdom you must notify your place of residence to immigration and do so every 90 days. You do not get a stamp for this but a receipt that you reported and marked to do so again by date ..... (90 days). If you leave the country, even under re-entry permit, your 90 days-period start anew from new date of entry and the previous receipt is no longer valid, however, your original permit to stay will not be extented but kept to the previous date.

h5kaf, you refer to your annual extension of your permission to stay (non -imm O for marriage) Once you submit your application, you get a stamp saying, that such is under consideration and you should contact the temporary permit section on day so-and-so. (Usually 1 month later) This is de facto an extension of your 1 year permit by 1 month. When you come back, they tell you, still checking and you get another extension, 'still under consideration, must contact .....(date). Once your application is accepted, you get a new stamp "extension of stay permitted til ....(date), actually 1 year from your original expiry date.

For those having a non-imm B and work permit, you must extent the WP every time and it will be extented as long as the permit to stay, i.e. 30 days only until the 1 year is granted, when you go a last time and extent the WP.

...but it does raise the interesting question as to the status of those waiting for extension approval.

Your status is the same as per original permission (i.e. non imm O) but instead of 1 year, just 1 month each time.

So to cut it short, if you don't leave the country, you tell immigration in writing every 90 days where you live and get a receipt for this.

Before your annual visa expires, apply for an extension and read what it says, i.e. how long you are allowed to stay.

Last but not least, you do not have a visa anymore, you have a permission to stay, granted by the immigration police, who does not issue any visa.

[astral]

You never have to report address if you are in Thailand less than 90 days

Not quite true Lopburi.

You did report your address, on the TM card when you arrived.

The 90 day clock then started ticking.

If you are still in the country when it reaches zero you need to report.

All of which is quite unrelated to 1 month temporary extensions whilst waiting for the one year. Going to collect those is not considered reporting.

The guys at immigration have many hats and the extension guy is not necessarily the one who deals with 90 day reports.

[RDN]

You never have to report address if you are in Thailand less than 90 days

Not quite true Lopburi.

You did report your address, on the TM card when you arrived.

The 90 day clock then started ticking.

If you are still in the country when it reaches zero you need to report.

All of which is quite unrelated to 1 month temporary extensions whilst waiting for the one year. Going to collect those is not considered reporting.

The guys at immigration have many hats and the extension guy is not necessarily the one who deals with 90 day reports.

OK, as we're all being so pedantic here , how about this: If you stay here for less than 90 days but change your residence, you must report your change of address within 24 hours. AND if you travel to your g/f's province and stay there, you're supposed to report to the police there, too!! Look here at, paras. 3 and 4:

http://www.phuketimmigration.com/imm/eng/law_a04.html

Section 37 : An alien having received a temporary entry permit into the Kingdom must comply with the following :

1. Shall not engage in the occupation or temporary or employment unless authorized by the Director General. or competent official deputized by the Director General . If , in any case , there is a law concerning alien employment provided hereafter , the granting of work privileges must comply with the law concerned.

2. Shall stay at the place as indicated to the competent official. Where there is proper reason that he cannot stay at the place as indicated to the competent official, he shall notify the competent official of the change in residence , within 24 hours from the time of removing to said place.

3. Shall notify the police official of the local police station where such alien resides, within twenty – four hours from the time of arrival. In the case of change in residence in which new residence is not located the same area with the former police stations , such alien must notify the police official of the police station for that area within twenty – four hours from the time of arrival.

4. If the alien travels to any province and will stay there longer than twenty – four hours , such alien must notify the police official of the police station for that area within forty – eight hours from the time of arrival.

5. If the alien stays in the Kingdom longer than ninety days, such alien must notify the competent official at the Immigration Division , in writing , concerning his place of stay , as soon as possible upon expiration of ninety days. The alien is required to do so every ninety days. Where there is an Immigration Office , the alien may notify a competent Immigration Official of that office.

What? You haven't read the Immigration Act yet? Shame on you all

[Axel]

RDN, you are absolutely right. I was thinking this afternoon to get the 'change of address'-thing in, than decided not to.

But if you visit your g/f in here home-privince or somewhare else, this should be reported on a daily basis with all details. Perhaps start in Thai Visa with supporting pictural evidence, please.

[RDN]

RDN, you are absolutely right. I was thinking this afternoon to get the 'change of address'-thing in, than decided not to.

Ah well, there you go! You've got to quick on this forum or some smart Alec will get in quick with a post that you wanted to do! Never mind - we're all trying to help the newcomers!

But if you visit your g/f in here home-privince or somewhare else, this should be reported on a daily basis with all details. Perhaps start in Thai Visa with supporting pictural evidence, please. 

Oh! You want a picture of me and my my girlfriend in her village? Pity, but I don't know how to attach pictures to posts! If you can tell me how to do it, maybe I will

[dr_Pat_Pong]

RDN, you are absolutely right. I was thinking this afternoon to get the 'change of address'-thing in, than decided not to.

Ah well, there you go! You've got to quick on this forum or some smart Alec will get in quick with a post that you wanted to do! Never mind - we're all trying to help the newcomers!

But if you visit your g/f in here home-privince or somewhare else, this should be reported on a daily basis with all details. Perhaps start in Thai Visa with supporting pictural evidence, please.  

Oh! You want a picture of me and my my girlfriend in her village? Pity, but I don't know how to attach pictures to posts! If you can tell me how to do it, maybe I will

You know how to post pics RDN you are just being shy.

[RDN]

You know how to post pics RDN you are just being shy. 

Sorry, Doc, but I can't see the 'file attachment' button Don't I qualify (sob, sob)?