Hi all,
Just a quick question. When going to Immigration in Jomtien in person to renew a 90-day notification (TM47), do I need to go to the general enquiry desk first to get a queue number, or can I go directly to the 90-day TM47 desk in the building opposite?

Thanks in advance 🙂

No just go to the first 90 day desk on the right side. They will check your documents and give you a queue number. When your number is called the next desk gives you the new 90 day slip, usually fairly quickly.

4 hours ago, henryford1958 said:

No just go to the first 90 day desk on the right side. They will check your documents and give you a queue number. When your number is called the next desk gives you the new 90 day slip, usually fairly quickly.

Nice response, thank you. Every office is a little different.

7 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Nice response, thank you. Every office is a little different.

That's true. Here is Phitsanulok, no need for form. Passport into their reader, out comes the paper slip, full A4 sheet, torn into two, and half thrown away.

On 2/2/2026 at 7:39 AM, henryford1958 said:

usually fairly quickly.

If you're lucky. I usually do the 90-day report online, but the first one when you return needs to be done 'manually' for some arcane reason. The last time I did a 90-day myself was in January last year and it was packed. I got there before 1:00 to get in the queue and, although it only took 20 or 25 minutes to do the paperwork bit and give them the passport, it took almost 90 minutes to get the passport back. Two hours of my life lost for a pointless but unavoidable Thai bureaucratic exercise. Last month I used an agent instead, much better and cheap too, just a few hundred Baht.

5 hours ago, Guderian said:

If you're lucky. I usually do the 90-day report online, but the first one when you return needs to be done 'manually' for some arcane reason. The last time I did a 90-day myself was in January last year and it was packed. I got there before 1:00 to get in the queue and, although it only took 20 or 25 minutes to do the paperwork bit and give them the passport, it took almost 90 minutes to get the passport back. Two hours of my life lost for a pointless but unavoidable Thai bureaucratic exercise. Last month I used an agent instead, much better and cheap too, just a few hundred Baht.

I was there last week and impressed how fast it was doing my 90-day report. It’s been 5 years since I’ve done one in person previously, and back then it was quite slow as you mention.

Made passport copies to the left, where you pick up tickets for all other counters. Walked over to the right where one girl check my documents and gave me a queue number. Sat down, my number was called within 10 minutes, walked up to the desk and received my 90-day slip. All in all, I was there for about 20 minutes.

BTW, you don’t have to do your first 90-day report in person, it’s only required when you have a new passport.

14 hours ago, MTH said:

BTW, you don’t have to do your first 90-day report in person, it’s only required when you have a new passport.

I do not believe that is an accurate statement. My first report after having been out of the country specifically required me to attend. I was even told that by the online system.

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

My first report after having been out of the country specifically required me to attend.

I'm going to have to do this in 3 months. It outrages me that expats buy an annual 'Visa' (in my case by keeping 800K in a Thai bank at pathetic interest rates!) I buy a multi-re-entry permit; I fill in the ludicrously unnecessary TDAC form using the SAME information I have been photocopying 2 or 3 times a year at the same office for over 20 YEARS!!!

YES the system is much more streamlined now (I can remember queuing at 7.15 before Immigration opened.) Few of the above posters, praising the system in minutes rather than hours, do not include the extra cost of travel and time. I'm 83 and can foresee much more difficult journeys ahead.

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I do not believe that is an accurate statement. My first report after having been out of the country specifically required me to attend. I was even told that by the online system.

You are correct!

I’ve looked into it a bit more. When arriving from abroad in November 2023, I did my first online report in February 2024, and it was approved. I therefore assumed that was de facto.

Recently I arrived with a new passport and even though I knew a 90-day report wouldn’t work online, I still tried.

Didn’t really pay attention to why it was denied as I’d already expected that. Looked again at my rejection email and as you pointed out, there it states clearly:

“For first-time requests of a 90-day notification in each country visit, in-person presentation at the immigration office is required.”

Not sure if they’ve changed the rules once again, or if I was just lucky back in 2024.

22 hours ago, MTH said:

BTW, you don’t have to do your first 90-day report in person, it’s only required when you have a new passport.

Oh yes you do!

I just did it online this morning and it was surprisingly easy. The last time I also did it online and it went very smooth.

I will do absolutely everything in my power to avoid wandering into an immigration office. I have enough aggravations in life, so that's the last one I need, if I can avoid it.

UPDATE TO MY POST

Listen up, legends. I braved the Jomtien Immigration gauntlet yesterday (04/02/25) and I’m convinced I slipped into a glitch in the Matrix.

I rolled up to the 90-day counter at 13:55, bracing for the usual soul-crushing wait and the inevitable hunt for a missing photocopy. Instead, I got my docs checked and a ticket handed to me before I could even break a sweat. By 14:01, I was back on the street with my passport and a shiny new slip.

Total time: 7 minutes. I’ve had longer waits for a 7-Eleven toastie. It was so painless I almost felt guilty—almost.

Now, all I need is for the Official Thai Immigration Online Portal to actually play nice and accept my next report so I don't have to leave the sofa. If that happens, this bunny will be officially over the moon. If not, see you all in line in May!