Been home for 3 weeks. Got an email reminding me that my 90 day report is due soon. Is it likely to cause a problem when I return? Perhaps the bugs haven't been worked out of the automated system.

Edited May 15May 15 by flaming dragon
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It's an automated system that sends out an email based on your last 90-day report online.

Ignore it, your next 90-day report is due 89 days from the day you stamped in to the country

3 hours ago, flaming dragon said:

Been home for 3 weeks. Got an email reminding me that my 90 day report is due soon. Is it likely to cause a problem when I return?

Yes they know you have been out of the country. If you try and do online report re due date as though you had not exited Thailand the report would be rejected.

Ignore the reminder email.

When you reenter google "enter date plus 89 days"

The result will spit out new due date.

Note first report after trip out of Thailand must be done in person or via mail.

Cannot be done online.

Big flaw in the system

5 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Yes they know you have been out of the country. If you try and do online report re due date as though you had not exited Thailand the report would be rejected.

Ignore the reminder email.

When you reenter google "enter date plus 89 days"

The result will spit out new due date.

Note first report after trip out of Thailand must be done in person or via mail.

Cannot be done online.

Big flaw in the system

Ah, I tried doing mine online a week ago after re entry in February, I was declined...all sorted now but yes not good especially for those that have difficulty or a fair distance to travel

3 minutes ago, baansgr said:

.all sorted now but yes not good especially for those that have difficulty or a fair distance to travel

I returned to Thailand from trip to Saigon on March 1.

My report window opened yesterday.

Due to bad fall I am unable to get to CW or even do report via mail.

Yes an agent can do it however have decided to skip it and pay fine at my annual extension in Nov.

Rant time: IMO the 90 report serves no purpose whatsoever.

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

IMO the 90 report serves no purpose whatsoever.

It has: Kind reminder to foreigners holding a non-immigrant visa/extension that they are only temporary guests.

8 minutes ago, Yumthai said:

It has: Kind reminder to foreigners holding a non-immigrant visa/extension that they are only temporary guests.

Say what.

Expats living in Thailand on annual extensions are Very aware they have a temporary permission of stay.

That's why they need to obtain annual extensions.

So back to TM47.

It does nothing.

16 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Expats living in Thailand on annual extensions are Very aware they have a temporary permission of stay.

That's why they need to obtain annual extensions.

Interpreting beyond: Foreigners are unreliable and potential harm to the country may possibly be illegally in overstay, consequently need to be closely monitored every 90 days. TM30 being another complementary tracking tool.

4 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

I returned to Thailand from trip to Saigon on March 1.

My report window opened yesterday.

Due to bad fall I am unable to get to CW or even do report via mail.

Yes an agent can do it however have decided to skip it and pay fine at my annual extension in Nov.

Rant time: IMO the 90 report serves no purpose whatsoever.

You won't get any argument from AN members. IF they really want to know we are still where we said we were, then biometric online submissions should be the way to go. It is BS anyway, I report to Jomtien but live mainly in Buriram.

If we are having a rant then the extension system should be something like; after 2 consecutive extensions you get 2 years, after 2 consecutive 2 year extensions you get 5 years..... then 5 years after that.

Edited May 16May 16 by hotandsticky

4 minutes ago, Yumthai said:

Interpreting beyond: Foreigners are unreliable and potential harm to the country may possibly be illegally in overstay, consequently need to be closely monitored every 90 days. TM30 being another complementary tracking tool.

If you think that 90 reports and TM30 track foreigners that are involved in illegal activities you are more naive even than the above posts would suggest.

3 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

IF they really want to know we are still where we said we were, then biometric online submissions should be the way to go.

By way of example. I once stayed on Koh Samed for 8 months continuous while still paying rent on Bangkok place.

At that time I did my 90 reports via mail with my Bangkok rented apartment address.

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

If you think that 90 reports and TM30 track foreigners that are involved in illegal activities you are more naive even than the above posts would suggest.

As proved with the Erewan bombing.

It was after that when I got my only home visit (on a retirement extension). Immigration offices were told to check on all the Farangs in their locale.

Just now, DrJack54 said:

If you think that 90 reports and TM30 track foreigners that are involved in illegal activities you are more naive even than the above posts would suggest.

Read between lines, I'm sarcastic. Thailand treats foreigners with discrimination on many aspects, starting with Immigration rules.

That's why I liked to have stamps in my passport.

Once upon landing in Sao Paulo immigration told me I was in their computer as not having left Brazil for the past 2 years. I was glad the exit stamp in my passport showed this not to have been the case.

7 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Yes they know you have been out of the country. If you try and do online report re due date as though you had not exited Thailand the report would be rejected.

Ignore the reminder email.

The 90 day online database and the exit/entry database are completely separate, and the local IO would have no idea you are out of Country, unless they manually check.

It was previously proven in another thread that you could still submit online 90 day reports when overseas within the window, and they were approved.

Immigration Act (1979) Section 37

(5) Staying in the Kingdom longer than ninety days, an alien shall notify the

competent official at the Immigration Division, of his or her residence, in writing, without

delay, upon the completion of a ninety day period.

So it will require an amendment to the Immigration Act -- not just a ministerial order -- to change regardless of what anyone on here thinks are the merits.

17 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

It was previously proven in another thread that you could still submit online 90 day reports when overseas within the window, and they were approved.

I have tried that twice.

April 2025 and March 2026.

Both times my online report was rejected with the usual "report to your immigration office"

Thanks for the responses. I ran into the 'first report in person' issue last year.

9 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Yes they know you have been out of the country. If you try and do online report re due date as though you had not exited Thailand the report would be rejected.

Ignore the reminder email.

When you reenter google "enter date plus 89 days"

The result will spit out new due date.

Note first report after trip out of Thailand must be done in person or via mail.

Cannot be done online.

Big flaw in the system

Maybe not so much a flaw as possibly a necessary face-to-face identity check at local immigration level?

Unless one has an agent do it for you, but that's off-topic.

33 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Maybe not so much a flaw as possibly a necessary face-to-face identity check at local immigration level?

Necessary why.

Get some IT experts to design an online report system that does not require in person reporting after trip abroad.

Ain't rocket science.

8 hours ago, JerryM said:

Immigration Act (1979) Section 37

(5) Staying in the Kingdom longer than ninety days, an alien shall notify the

competent official at the Immigration Division, of his or her residence, in writing, without

delay, upon the completion of a ninety day period.

So it will require an amendment to the Immigration Act -- not just a ministerial order -- to change regardless of what anyone on here thinks are the merits.

They managed to get around it for the LTR 1-year reporting somehow.

5 hours ago, BrandonJT said:

They managed to get around it for the LTR 1-year reporting somehow.

The LTR is issued under BOI which is its own organic act:

INVESTMENT PROMOTION ACT (NO. 3) B.E. 2544

The Act references for such period of time to stay in the Kingdom as the Board may deem appropriate which allows the LTR holder to report annually instead of 90 days

Note Contact: Email : ltr <at> boi.go.th

Edited May 16May 16 by JerryM

12 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Necessary why.

Get some IT experts to design an online report system that does not require in person reporting after trip abroad.

Ain't rocket science.

No IT experts available for several months. School semester has started.

15 hours ago, Liquorice said:

The 90 day online database and the exit/entry database are completely separate, and the local IO would have no idea you are out of Country, unless they manually check.

Which makes maintaIning such databases rather pointless...

22 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Necessary why.

Get some IT experts to design an online report system that does not require in person reporting after trip abroad.

Ain't rocket science.

And...... Who do they think has entered Thailand on your passport and has been biometrically identified as you (in a face to face situation). Totally ridiculous that the next report cannot be done online.

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

And...... Who do they think has entered Thailand on your passport and has been biometrically identified as you (in a face to face situation). Totally ridiculous that the next report cannot be done online.

In addition they now have the TDAC

So after returning to my Bangkok joint from trip abroad March 1.

My window opened Friday for report.

For a joke I tried to do it online and Sunday (today) received rejection (as expected)

So track off to CW for report?Hell No

I will cop the 2k fine when do next annual extension.

Ridiculous system designed to make things as difficult as possible for expats living here.

15 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

In addition they now have the TDAC

So after returning to my Bangkok joint from trip abroad March 1.

My window opened Friday for report.

For a joke I tried to do it online and Sunday (today) received rejection (as expected)

So track off to CW for report?Hell No

I will cop the 2k fine when do next annual extension.

Ridiculous system designed to make things as difficult as possible for expats living here.

15 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

In addition they now have the TDAC

So after returning to my Bangkok joint from trip abroad March 1.

My window opened Friday for report.

For a joke I tried to do it online and Sunday (today) received rejection (as expected)

So track off to CW for report?Hell No

I will cop the 2k fine when do next annual extension.

Ridiculous system designed to make things as difficult as possible for expats living here.

15 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Ridiculous system designed to make things as difficult as possible for expats living here.

C'mon, if they wanted to make it difficult for us they wouldn't have given us online reporting.

15 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Ridiculous system designed to make things as difficult as possible for expats living here.

I agree. The issue is the legislation which dates from a period in which inter-provincial travel in Thailand was by train (if a line had been built), boat and then buffalo if necessary.

Immigration will slavishly adhere to the legislation, no matter how pointless it is, as the legislature is their ultimate master.

Arguably the TM30 legislation is even more ridiculous often to the point of being unworkable.

36 minutes ago, IsaanT said:

C'mon, if they wanted to make it difficult for us they wouldn't have given us online reporting.

Which cannot be used after trip abroad and requires in person report.

Ridiculous

On 5/16/2026 at 2:42 PM, Liquorice said:

The 90 day online database and the exit/entry database are completely separate, and the local IO would have no idea you are out of Country, unless they manually check.

It was previously proven in another thread that you could still submit online 90 day reports when overseas within the window, and they were approved.

Can confirm. Submitted a 90 day online report from UK which was accepted and approved.