It should work very simply, but TIT. Once you check in at immigration, they have all the information needed, tdac passport fingerprints and your photo. In Pattaya once you go to your hotel, they make a copy of your passport. I stay at the base, the owner showed my passport to the security office where I was registered. Thus all this should go to the immigration database and they get all the info of my wherabouts. Or did I mention something stupid?

5 hours ago, vangrop said:

It should work very simply, but TIT.

I remember having to do a 3 hour train ride each way to do a 90 day report at Nong Khai office. Now online. btw 35 baht.

Edited July 12Jul 12 by JerryM

6 hours ago, vangrop said:

Or did I mention something stupid?

No. You are smart. They are stupid.

19 hours ago, Davedub said:

Or to put it in simpler terms, foreigners are currently held responsible for something that is completely beyond their control and is not their responsibility.

This is grossly unfair and makes no sense at all. I'm happy to hear the authorities are finally addressing it.

Well it does make the ability to impose fines for failing to be reported!!!!

Just checked on Google that there are between 80,000 to 100,000 unregistered accommodation providers in Thailand. So, how do you know if your hotel/guesthouse is registered or not? Do you you ask the owner and take their word for it they are registered? You walk up the street and a cop asks for your passport - sorry you are an unregistered alien and liable to a fine/imprisonment/deportation. This is TIT!

1 hour ago, Trevor Collins said:

Just checked on Google that there are between 80,000 to 100,000 unregistered accommodation providers in Thailand.

If they are "unregistered" then how does Google even know that they excist?

9 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

If they are "unregistered" then how does Google even know that they excist?

Booking, Agoda, and Airbnb will list them without any mention or claim that they are in fact registered.

1 minute ago, JerryM said:

Booking, Agoda, and Airbnb will list them without any mention or claim that they are in fact registered.

Or unregistered or even need to be regestered.

In Thailand, there are no listings on platforms like Booking.com that are completely exempt from registration. Any property rented out for short-term stays (under 30 days) must legally have either a full Hotel License or a simplified Non-Hotel Accommodation Registration.

Even if a property qualifies under these small-scale thresholds, operators must still officially register the accommodation with local Thai authorities. Many popular listings in Thailand, particularly in condominium buildings, are often operating illegally if they lack this local registration or the proper zoning permits.

https://www.rentaltaxthailand.com/is-your-airbnb-legal-in-thailand-understand-licensing-rules-for-str-hosts/

On 7/11/2026 at 10:36 PM, snowgard said:

Why aren't inspection teams being sent to the hotels? For each unregistered foreigner, the hotel must pay a fine of 5,000 THB for the first offense, 10,000 THB for the second, and 20,000 THB for the third. A fourth offense results in the hotel's closure.

After six months, all hotels should comply with the regulations.

It would be easy to get around. Just tell them you have been closed for renovations and have had no guests. The ones in the room just arrived today and you are about to report them. Is hard for immigration to prove otherwise unless they went interviewing individual tourists.

3 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Or unregistered or even need to be regestered.

5 hours ago, Trevor Collins said:

Just checked on Google that there are between 80,000 to 100,000 unregistered accommodation providers in Thailand. So, how do you know if your hotel/guesthouse is registered or not? Do you you ask the owner and take their word for it they are registered? You walk up the street and a cop asks for your passport - sorry you are an unregistered alien and liable to a fine/imprisonment/deportation. This is TIT!

If you have 8 or less rooms you don't need to be registered

Basically a lot of Thais who own property are so lazy they can't be arsed to do it.

12 hours ago, Pompeygeezer said:

Basically a lot of Thais who own property are so lazy they can't be arsed to do it.

The system assumes people are computer literate. I'd say a lot of Thais don't know how to use a computer, let alone own one, or know that a smartphone can do more than show Line, Facebook or Tiktok videos. I know a woman who runs a transport company, owns several hotels and shops and she doesn't even have an email address.

14 hours ago, Chrisdoc123 said:

It would be easy to get around. Just tell them you have been closed for renovations and have had no guests. The ones in the room just arrived today and you are about to report them. Is hard for immigration to prove otherwise unless they went interviewing individual tourists.

Absolutely not!!! If they check, they'll do it properly, and any lame excuses will be invalid. They only need to check when the "guest" entered Thailand and where they lived previously. No immigration entry, and bam: "The lie detector goes off!!!" 😉

Furthermore, they simply need to question the neighbors and check some surveillance cameras.

Edited July 14Jul 14 by snowgard

11 hours ago, Chrisdoc123 said:

The system assumes people are computer literate. I'd say a lot of Thais don't know how to use a computer, let alone own one, or know that a smartphone can do more than show Line, Facebook or Tiktok videos. I know a woman who runs a transport company, owns several hotels and shops and she doesn't even have an email address.

I find it hard to believe that in this day and age that there will be a lot of people who aren't computer literate. Unless they're 80+. bar that, the people who don't know how to do the basics on a computer must be a very small minority.

19 hours ago, Pompeygeezer said:

I find it hard to believe that in this day and age that there will be a lot of people who aren't computer literate. Unless they're 80+. bar that, the people who don't know how to do the basics on a computer must be a very small minority.

Laws are meant to apply to and be fair to everybody. The woman I mentioned is 60. My Thai wife is 59 she couldn't open an email or do much except look at Tiktok. There are plenty of people working over 60 and I'm sure more than one own guesthouses.

On 7/14/2026 at 11:15 AM, snowgard said:

Absolutely not!!! If they check, they'll do it properly, and any lame excuses will be invalid. They only need to check when the "guest" entered Thailand and where they lived previously. No immigration entry, and bam: "The lie detector goes off!!!" 😉

Furthermore, they simply need to question the neighbors and check some surveillance cameras.

GeographicReference

Yes. Sure. Thai authorities are known for doing things properly. My immigration officer who visits likes talking about fishing. I know you probably live in a city but surveillance cameras are pretty rare in regional areas. I don't think questioning hotel guests on holiday in depth is a good advertisement for Thai tourism and you assume that Immigration officers are multilingual and tourists speak English