90 Report Before I Leave?

[griser]

Going to be leaving Thailand for good on the 7th of may and I have a 90 report that is due by the 22nd of this month.

Do I need to do it or can I just blow it off since I won't be in the country any longer? Seem to remember them checking for 90 cards when I went to America on a trip once.

Greg

[OJAS]

Although there is a 7-day period of grace after the due reporting date, this clearly won`t take you up to 7th May - only to 29th April. Particularly given your final sentence, I think that you should still report when due. Otherwise, should you have the misfortune to encounter a particularly eagle-eyed IO at BKK Departures on 7th May, you could potentially be in for a rough time.

[griser]

thanks for the help mate. Even though the report will be useless to them. I still have to report my location for the next three months and I won't ever be coming back?

Stupid Thai immigration regulations is one of the reasons i'm leaving this xenophobic country!.

Greg

[whybother]

When you're leaving, they don't check your last report date. So unless you're going to be going to immigration before you leave, you shouldn't have a problem if you don't report.

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[NancyL]

I've seen them check 90-day report forms at the Chiang Mai airport.

Better safe than sorry -- do a report before you leave if you plan to leave 90 days after the previous report.

[ThaidDown]

thanks for the help mate. Even though the report will be useless to them. I still have to report my location for the next three months and I won't ever be coming back?

Stupid Thai immigration regulations is one of the reasons i'm leaving this xenophobic country!.

Greg

You are not reporting where you will be staying for the next 90 days , you are reporting where you have been staying , and more importantly, where you are staying on the day of reporting. Yes, I find it annoying . If you do not report probably worst that could happen 2000 THB fine and delay at airport.

Xenophobic country ?? Most countries could be viewed that way , depends who you meet.

Have good trip.

[merijn]

Although there is a 7-day period of grace after the due reporting date, this clearly won`t take you up to 7th May - only to 29th April. Particularly given your final sentence, I think that you should still report when due. Otherwise, should you have the misfortune to encounter a particularly eagle-eyed IO at BKK Departures on 7th May, you could potentially be in for a rough time.

The 7 days grace period does not count when leaving the country within those 7 days.

When leaving the country you should be within those 90 days.

The grace period is only for the reporting period at the immigration offices.

And yes, they check sometimes those reporting dates when leaving but i don't know exactly what they would do in case you are over those 90 days.

As for the Xenophobic country i think that it still much easier for the foreigners to live here then compared to the Thai people who wants to live in the "western" world.

[brewsterbudgen]

I know plenty of expats who never report and have never been pulled up about it at the airport, or anywhere else, including when getting a new extension of stay, for that matter.

[merijn]

I know plenty of expats who never report and have never been pulled up about it at the airport, or anywhere else, including when getting a new extension of stay, for that matter.

Everything is possible but that doesn't mean it is correct or allowed and without going into a argument they will have problems and/or have to pay the fine when they renew their extension.

I also drive sometimes to fast in my car but it is still not allowed.

[whybother]

There is nothing in your passport about 90-day reporting. How does airport immigration know if/when you have reported?

[brewsterbudgen]

I know plenty of expats who never report and have never been pulled up about it at the airport, or anywhere else, including when getting a new extension of stay, for that matter.

Everything is possible but that doesn't mean it is correct or allowed and without going into a argument they will have problems and/or have to pay the fine when they renew their extension.

I also drive sometimes to fast in my car but it is still not allowed.

I'm not saying it's correct, but it is a fact that they have repeatedy renewed their extension of stays at Chaengwattana and before then at Suan Phlu without ever being fined. Maybe they've just been lucky. The only time one of them was fined, was when I persuaded him that he should start doing 90-day reports and so he did, and was promptly (and rightly) fined for not doing them before.

[GuyDow]

There is nothing in your passport about 90-day reporting. How does airport immigration know if/when you have reported?

The only record is the slip immigration staple in when you make your 90 day report.

I always take this slip out when I am leaving the country because the act of departure effectively cancels it. When I return I am on a new 90 day cycle. I keep the slip, just in case, but I have never been asked for it by immigration at the point of departure.

[whybother]

There is nothing in your passport about 90-day reporting. How does airport immigration know if/when you have reported?

The only record is the slip immigration staple in when you make your 90 day report.

I always take this slip out when I am leaving the country because the act of departure effectively cancels it. When I return I am on a new 90 day cycle. I keep the slip, just in case, but I have never been asked for it by immigration at the point of departure.

I've never had mine stapled in, and don't hand it to immigration when I'm leaving. The only time I use it is when I do the next report.