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Mr Earl

I think the enforcement is spotty.
I have a elderly friend here on the o-a visa for the past 5 years, has never reported.
No word is ever mentioned at renewal time.

When I start with the retirement visa I'm not reporting squat.

ChiangMai noon

i don't mind as it only takes 5 minutes and I take the opportunity to do stuff at the central airport plaza every 3 months which is right next door to the CM immigration.

but I do know people that don't bother and it doesn't appear to effect renewals.

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keda

I renewed my retirement visa a couple of weeks ago, and was told 90 dayers also have to bring along proof of residence in the form of tabian bahn, lease, or hotel bill...they'll be taking blood samples next!

ChiangMai noon

i believe that's true for some immigration spots.

CM have said they are not necessary 'yet'.

good job since i always sign under my old address because it's easier to remember than my new one.

rubbajohnny

Our local office hasalso askedfor the copies in the OP for first time,I guess as others opined they got shares in copy shops.
An old Thai Prof 20 years here gave me some excellent advice many years ago when I was anewbie amazed frustrated and dazed by the snakes and laddres of the bureaucracy.
If you ask WHY YOU WILL GET a headache!
Since then I dream of the million other reincarnations we will all have and whether I'll have same wife in same queue for same stamp.
Of course the true insult is your time has zero value,I must have been a lawyer in a previous life to be wading through this but then its happy hour at Uncle Tom's!
Just see all this nonsense as a tiny price to pay for joys of LOS have you ever dealt with OZ France not to mention Finnish paperwork Siam is smooth as a buttered bargirl

Nawty

I had not done it for a couple of years. Had a couple of renewals, 2 new passport re stamps, a single entry permit, 3 x 30 day come back stamps and other stuff and never got questioned for it.

Left the country last week for first time in 3 and a half years and can now restart the 90 thing if I decide to, think I will now.

chinthee

Big MISTAKE in Phuket Earl. I just dealt with those A-holes recently. Normally I only dealt with Bangkok because Phuket is so much their own fiefdom. And, to make it worse, they have a couple of idiot farang volunteers who immediately grab you when you enter. First place in Thailand for this and to make a long story short, they are about as effective as the farang tourist police.

Normally, I travel out of the country and actually never reported for years and years, but in the past year I've traveled a lot less, hence started reporting.

When I walked into Phuket office, I was a bit nervous because I was about 14 days overdue on the 90 day report. This idiot farang volunteer told me to take the reporting slip out of the passport and just tell them I lost it. MISTAKE. Long story, but eventually after getting the 3rd degree for a long time, I told the immigration officer, in Thai, what the farang had advised me, and then pulled out of my pocket the last 90 day paper.

He thanked me for being honest, let me skate on any fine, and that was that.

DrAndy

if you will call them farang, then you get what you deserve

MisterStretch

If in fact you do lose the paper you need to go the police and report it, so that you have another piece of paper to show to immigration.

Also if you leave the country at any time, your 90-day period starts anew from the time you re-enter. I didn't report at all my first year here because I was going to Malaysia every month or two.

ChiangMai noon

maybe true but lost mine last time out so I called immigration and asked them when I was supposed to be reporting next.

they have the other half of the paper as a record.

Nawty

I did not do it for last 18 months or more, forget now how long.

Just returned from first trip o/s in 3 and half years, so reset my 90 day reports....think I will do them this time.