New immigration notice: 90 day reporting - nationwide?

[lopburi3]

But as said they stamped your arrival on the card as well as in your passport so those with the old cardstock type often will have such a stamp - I do.

[Brit_Doggie]

Doc1.docThe TM6 is a depature card not arrival, having made this correction i arrived in 2007 on the reverse side is as attachment,so maybe i was the lucky 1 to get an autograph from immo lol.

[hotsoup]

Can it be confirmed that there is a tightening up on the submission of TM28/30? Where?

[billd766]

"You also need to supply a copy of TM6 (arrival card), which must show both the front and back".

I'm not going to get my passport and look right now, but is there actually anything on the back?

Not on mine anyway.

[Evilbaz]

I just send the GF with my passport only and she signs for me.

The passport comes back with a new "Report by ...." slip affixed (this has to be personally signed and stamped by the Immi officer which would negate online reporting).

Phuket/Patong are computerised reporting these days.

Phuket - online reporting??? Can you please provide a link. Ta.

I did not say (above) reporting was "online" in Phuket - I thought I clearly showed it was computerised.

[hml367]

Doc1.docThe TM6 is a depature card not arrival, having made this correction i arrived in 2007 on the reverse side is as attachment,so maybe i was the lucky 1 to get an autograph from immo lol.

[Tywais]

Doc1.docThe TM6 is a depature card not arrival, having made this correction i arrived in 2007 on the reverse side is as attachment,so maybe i was the lucky 1 to get an autograph from immo lol.

Appears to be both as it is a single form but multiple sections.

[OJAS]

Buy envelopes, make copies, go to post office, buy stamp, send letter.

VS.

Go to immigration for 5 minutes.

Am I missing something?

1. You already surely have envelopes, they are sold in packs that will last you a few years. Are you really trying to tell us that you buy envelopes two at a time?

2. You have to make copies even if you visit immigration.

3. If you do not live inside the Immigration building it will take you a lot more than 5 minutes.

You're missing something.

I have envelopes

I have a photocopier.

I pass by the postoffice in Seacon Square every day. Total time using this method at 11.00 A.M. around 1 to 2 minutes in the postoffice.

If I were to buy envelopes and get photocopies in Office Mate next to the Post Office total time not more than 4 -5minutes. Also no travelling time or additional expenses whatsoever, a factor that you are missing.

Not to mention that, after a 1-hour trip to your local immigration office, you could then find yourself stuck for ages at the back of a lengthy queue of agents/couriers each submitting multiple reports on behalf of a whole army of local Cambodian/Laotian/Burmese workers, as was frequently my experience at Maptaput before I started mailing-in my 90-day reports.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Read thru the whole thread thus far...and haven't seen an answer to this issue.

For BKK folks, for the past year or more, CW Immigration has been fussy about requiring that MAILED IN 90 day reports be MAILED at least 15 days prior to the due date.

Now, we have this announcement that seems to talk about the report being required to ARRIVE 7 days before the due date.

So, will BKK still be enforcing the mail 15 days ahead rule or not?

PS - I don't believe I've ever received an airport departure card in recent years that was anything other than blank on the back side portion that you keep upon arrival.

[RBOP]

What a stupid waste of time, money and resources.

[ubonjoe]

Read thru the whole thread thus far...and haven't seen an answer to this issue.

For BKK folks, for the past year or more, CW Immigration has been fussy about requiring that MAILED IN 90 day reports be MAILED at least 15 days prior to the due date.

Now, we have this announcement that seems to talk about the report being required to ARRIVE 7 days before the due date.

So, will BKK still be enforcing the mail 15 days ahead rule or not?

PS - I don't believe I've ever received an airport departure card in recent years that was anything other than blank on the back side portion that you keep upon arrival.

This notice that is on the immigration website appears to do away with the 15 days early requirement.

As long as they get your report at least 7 days before your report date you will not have a problem.

If you are mailing in your report by registered mail you might still need to mail it a couple of weeks early be sure it got there in time.

[easybullet3]

is this the SAME 90 days reporting that i will be doing on my upcoming Education Visa ?

if yes,, then why does it say on the notice that there is NO FEE ???
I thought it was 1900 baht ???

[Tywais]

is this the SAME 90 days reporting that i will be doing on my upcoming Education Visa ?

if yes,, then why does it say on the notice that there is NO FEE ???

I thought it was 1900 baht ???

1900 baht is for an extension of permission to stay. 90 day reporting there is no charge.

[easybullet3]

is this the SAME 90 days reporting that i will be doing on my upcoming Education Visa ?

if yes,, then why does it say on the notice that there is NO FEE ???

I thought it was 1900 baht ???

1900 baht is for an extension of permission to stay. 90 day reporting there is no charge.

ah ok.

so,, my education will be EXTENSION OF PERMISSION TO STAY.

so the 90 day FREE reporting is for people who actually have a 1 year visa, right? (and not 90 day incremented visa with a maximum of 1 year)

[SunsetT]

For ages I have been saying that the 10 baht stamp isn't necessary, a 5 baht is fine. If for no other reason that there is no postal rate of 10 baht. The rates are 3 baht up to 20 gms, 5 baht up to 100 gms, 9 baht up to 250 gms and then 15 baht. There is no 10 baht rate. (There are 10 baht stamps though)

Thai logic at its best!

[ubonjoe]

ah ok.

so,, my education will be EXTENSION OF PERMISSION TO STAY.

so the 90 day FREE reporting is for people who actually have a 1 year visa, right? (and not 90 day incremented visa with a maximum of 1 year)

You still have to do the 90 day reports because you will be staying longer than 90 days in the country.

[wabothai]

90 day reports.... where? Unclear as usual.

There is no mentioning of what kind of visa allows for the 90 day reporting.90 day reporting by mail or a trip to the border and back.

Please be clear !!!!!!!

[easybullet3]

so,, in ONE visit to immigration.. I would BOTH extend my stay 1900 baht.. AND report 90 days ???

so there is TWO things that I would need to do (with my ED VISA)..

is this TWO separate queues? or all done with ONE queue ticket ?

[ubonjoe]

90 day reports.... where? Unclear as usual.

There is no mentioning of what kind of visa allows for the 90 day reporting.90 day reporting by mail or a trip to the border and back.

Please be clear !!!!!!!

If you have a multiple entry non immigrant visa from an embassy or consulate that only gives a 90 day entry you have to do border runs.

It is a report of staying longer than 90 days in the country.

A non immigrant OA. BA or LA visa that gives a one year entry requires 90 day reports.

Any extension of stay that is for 90 days or more means you will need to do the 90 day reports.

[ubonjoe]

so,, in ONE visit to immigration.. I would BOTH extend my stay 1900 baht.. AND report 90 days ???

so there is TWO things that I would need to do (with my ED VISA)..

is this TWO separate queues? or all done with ONE queue ticket ?

You can do them both at the same time as long as you within the 15 days before or 7 days after your report date when you go to immigration.

At the larger offices it will be two queue tickets.

[Don Aleman]

SHURE and use the never fail, always on time, Thai Postal Service. Then, whenit doesn't get there you are fined for overstay and maybe deported cuz no way to prove you mailed it !

[ubonjoe]

SHURE and use the never fail, always on time, Thai Postal Service. Then, whenit doesn't get there you are fined for overstay and maybe deported cuz no way to prove you mailed it !

You would not be fined for overstay nor be deported.

You would have proof that you mailed it. The is why you do it by registered mail or EMS.

[Estrada]

Read thru the whole thread thus far...and haven't seen an answer to this issue.

For BKK folks, for the past year or more, CW Immigration has been fussy about requiring that MAILED IN 90 day reports be MAILED at least 15 days prior to the due date.

Now, we have this announcement that seems to talk about the report being required to ARRIVE 7 days before the due date.

So, will BKK still be enforcing the mail 15 days ahead rule or not?

PS - I don't believe I've ever received an airport departure card in recent years that was anything other than blank on the back side portion that you keep upon arrival.

They explained this rule to me a couple of years ago. What they are saying is that you should mail the 90day report 15days before and then it should at the most arrive 7 days before. There is no problem if it arrives 1 day before. It is just that if it arrives late you will be in trouble. 7 days gives them time to process the forms in to piles according to date so that on the due date they get stamped all together usually by students getting job experience.

[connda]

"You also need to supply a copy of TM6 (arrival card), which must show both the front and back".

I'm not going to get my passport and look right now, but is there actually anything on the back?

You took the words right out of my mouth. I guess if they ask, I'd just tell them that the blank back-view of the TM6 is on the blank back-side of the sheet of paper with the my TM6 on the front.

You know that a bureaucracy has lost it's marbles when they start down this road. lmao

[connda]

I've never quite understood, why some people consider the 90 day, in-person reporting, a hassle??? Perhaps someone will enlighten me?

I did my 90 day report a week or so ago. 10-15 minute drive to the office, around 8-10 minutes inside the office. EZPZ.

Before Udon had it's own Immigration Office, I would regularly drive to the Nong Khai office for my renewals and my 90 day reporting.

I looked at as an opportunity to get out of Udon for a day.

Drive up to Nong Khai/Friendship Bridge in the morning with another couple, drop off our wives at the Friendship Bridge, so they could go across the bridge, and shop Duty Free for my malt whisky, and other assorted items at the open market on the Lao side.

Meanwhile my friend and I would go to Immigration, then drive somewhere for coffee. Then we'd head back to bridge, pick our wives up, and go have a relaxing lunch at a riverside restaurant. A nice day.

Guess for those of you who reside in Bkk, going to Immigration might be a hassle.

But, I don't know if I'd want to trust the Thai Post. They've "lost" letters of mine before. Why chance it with something so important?

Perhaps, one day Immigration will have online reporting, where you will get instant confirmation, and you can print the confirmation page out for verification later, if needed.

Until then, I will be returning in-person to the Immigration Office, for my 90 day reports.

Did mine at Chiang Mai a few weeks ago. Why is it a hassle?

• 65 kilometer drive from Lamphun province to CM Immigration
• 3 hour wait at immigration with 70 people in the queue
• 65 kilometer drive back home

That is my definition of a hassle. Perhaps you'd agree? Pretty much a waste of a full day for a 90 day.

Chiang Mai also stopped allowing mail-in 90 day reports which is why I was making the 90 day pilgrimage every three months. I just found out that they are again taking mail-in. Thank God! Back to sanity.

[mojaco]

Read thru the whole thread thus far...and haven't seen an answer to this issue.

For BKK folks, for the past year or more, CW Immigration has been fussy about requiring that MAILED IN 90 day reports be MAILED at least 15 days prior to the due date.

Now, we have this announcement that seems to talk about the report being required to ARRIVE 7 days before the due date.

So, will BKK still be enforcing the mail 15 days ahead rule or not?

PS - I don't believe I've ever received an airport departure card in recent years that was anything other than blank on the back side portion that you keep upon arrival.

This notice that is on the immigration website appears to do away with the 15 days early requirement.

As long as they get your report at least 7 days before your report date you will not have a problem.

If you are mailing in your report by registered mail you might still need to mail it a couple of weeks early be sure it got there in time.

The Thai version of the new 90 Day reporting says (per my understanding):

"take the documents according to steps 1-4, put them in an envelope, and send via registered mail post BEFORE the required time of notification (according to the stamped slip) 7 days"

I take this to mean that the report must be MAILED at least 7 days ahead of time, not that it must be RECEIVED by Immigration 7 days ahead of time.

Do I misunderstand the Thai version?

[Maestro]

Removed an off-topic post.