Pattaya Immigration Police Enforce Reporting Procedures

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PATTAYA IMMIGRATION POLICE ENFORCE REPORTING PROCEDURES

As part of the latest initiative to find foreign criminals hiding out in Thailand, Pattaya Immigration Police have informed owners of local hotels and accommodation businesses about the strict rules for the registration of foreign visitors and the penalties for non-compliance.

500 business owners attended a meeting on 26th March 2009, at the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, where they were addressed by the Superintendent of the Pattaya Immigration Police, Pol. Col. Arnonnat Kamonrat and his officers.

They explained methods to prevent crime and made clear how important it is that the business owners work together with the authorities. The owners will have to file a report for every guest within 24 hours. If they fail to deliver in time they will be fined. The fine starts at 2000 baht and if the person who was in charge of the registration was the manager; the fine can be up to 10.000 Baht.

The report must contain data about the foreigner's name, arrival-date, passport no., visa, TM-card-no, 90-day-report and departure-date. In the event of the foreigner extending his/her stay beyond 90 days the report must be updated.

For the foreigners themselves, failure to report after 90 days will result in a 5000 baht fine and 200 baht per day overstay.

The officers made it clear that all of this data must be written correctly in capital letters. Spelling mistakes will not be tolerated. As a solution for very busy owners the immigration offered to accept the reports by mail or email.

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News Type : Community

Story : Jirawat

Photo : Jirawat

Translater : Sirithanon

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[Jingthing]

They sure have us on a short leash! Woof woof.

[grahamhc]

PATTAYA IMMIGRATION POLICE ENFORCE REPORTING PROCEDURES

The report must contain data about the foreigner's name, arrival-date, passport no., visa, TM-card-no, 90-day-report and departure-date. In the event of the foreigner extending his/her stay beyond 90 days the report must be updated.

For the foreigners themselves, failure to report after 90 days will result in a 5000 baht fine and 200 baht per day overstay.

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Anyone notice the increase from a flat rate of 2,000 Baht for not doing your 90 day report on time, increasing to 5,000 baht PLUS 200 baht a day, or don't they know their own pricelist, or is it JUST Pattaya???

[Mario2008]

It sure is surprising. The law states that the maximum fine is indeed 5,000 plus 200 per day. But that is more for when people go to court. Normaly you just pay 2,000, that was policy every where. Seems immigration wants to rattle the cage, hopefully only in Pattaya.

[MeetJohnDoe]

Feel for the put-upon business owners with more useless paperwork hassles from the authorities...but that is what bureaucracies produce...paperwork. So they have a back room (warehouse somewhere) filled with these useless hotel records and 90-day report forms!

So stupid for immigration asking from the hotels the same information that should already be in their computers of who has entered the Kingdom, where there are from, etc., from when they passed through immigration when entering the country.

[sbk]

Reporting guests is standard operating procedure for all hotels and guesthouses and has been for some time. Koh Phangan had the crackdown on this a few years ago and all hotels, resorts, bungalows and guesthouses can report their guests via a website.

[whatchamacallit]

Reporting guests is standard operating procedure for all hotels and guesthouses and has been for some time. Koh Phangan had the crackdown on this a few years ago and all hotels, resorts, bungalows and guesthouses can report their guests via a website.

Do you have the website address? Do they have an online form where we fill the guest's info?

Thanks

[PattayaParent]

There's been a notice up in my condo building for some time saying all owners / tenants have to fill in the necessary paperwork.

I'll be keeping them busy with visits every weekend!

But it's funny that Map Ta Phut Immigration don't seem concerned as they don't require me to register every Monday when I return there?

Edited March 31, 2009 by PattayaParent

[kimincm]

PATTAYA IMMIGRATION POLICE ENFORCE REPORTING PROCEDURES

As part of the latest initiative to find foreign criminals hiding out in Thailand, Pattaya Immigration Police have informed owners of local hotels and accommodation businesses about the strict rules for the registration of foreign visitors and the penalties for non-compliance.

500 business owners attended a meeting on 26th March 2009, at the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, where they were addressed by the Superintendent of the Pattaya Immigration Police, Pol. Col. Arnonnat Kamonrat and his officers.

They explained methods to prevent crime and made clear how important it is that the business owners work together with the authorities. The owners will have to file a report for every guest within 24 hours. If they fail to deliver in time they will be fined. The fine starts at 2000 baht and if the person who was in charge of the registration was the manager; the fine can be up to 10.000 Baht.

The report must contain data about the foreigner's name, arrival-date, passport no., visa, TM-card-no, 90-day-report and departure-date. In the event of the foreigner extending his/her stay beyond 90 days the report must be updated.

For the foreigners themselves, failure to report after 90 days will result in a 5000 baht fine and 200 baht per day overstay.

The officers made it clear that all of this data must be written correctly in capital letters. Spelling mistakes will not be tolerated. As a solution for very busy owners the immigration offered to accept the reports by mail or email.

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News Type : Community

Story : Jirawat

Photo : Jirawat

Translater : Sirithanon

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CLASSIC-"spelling mistakes will not be tolerated".Immigration would not know if you had spelling mistakes,careful, correct spelling might thought to be wrong.