Thread: 90-day residence reporting

they probably resell the paper by the ton, hence making a small profit from it

If you observe them closely, the Thai office worker / officer does need a few bits of A4 to sit and shuffle / fiddle with whilst they are dealing with you. If they dont have any papers to shuffle / fiddle with they feel less important. IMHO this is the reason for the myriad of photocopy requests.

Hi I am new to this B*** S***, I have a one year retirement Visa , do I have to go every three month or just yearly as I was told , ( or I think I was told )

Or they've all got shares in photocopy paper companies and/or the photocopy shop behind the office...

Originally Posted by fbh

Hi I am new to this B*** S***, I have a one year retirement Visa , do I have to go every three month or just yearly as I was told , ( or I think I was told )

If you've been in Thailand for a period of 90 days (regardless of the kind of visa you have), you have to report where you live to immigration. Then 90 days later you have to do it again, and so on for ever and ever. If you leave the country and return, the clock gets reset back to zero and you start counting again.

I should add that going to immigration to renew your visa once a year doesn't count - this 90-day residence reporting thing is entirely separate from your visa.

Originally Posted by fbh

Hi I am new to this B*** S***, I have a one year retirement Visa , do I have to go every three month or just yearly as I was told , ( or I think I was told )

Originally Posted by benbaaa

If you've been in Thailand for a period of 90 days (regardless of the kind of visa you have), you have to report where you live to immigration.

If it is more convenient for you, you can also mail in the reporting form along with copies of passport, entry card, and last reporting slip. Should mail within seven days of your reporting date.

I think it is a pain having to go to immigration.
Why can't you go to your local amphur police station and report?
When aliens had to report in the UK that is what they did.

^ Having loads of foreigners zooming around the country buying photocopies/bus tickets / gasoline / food / tuk tuks / taxis is good for the economy. Thems there the reasons

Originally Posted by benbaaa

What the fuck do they do with all these identical photocopies they must get month after month?

I guess it is needed to identify yourself.
The TM47 has been filled in with your handwriting so quite possibly they get a few where they cannot read the name.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

I guess it is needed to identify yourself.

I'm not sure if you've missed the point or I have. Once they have one copy of my passport, why do they need another one?

^
It gives some proof that the sender is genuine.
I could piss about and send in a form with your name on it

Originally Posted by Thetyim

It gives some proof that the sender is genuine.

Er, I'm talking about visits in person to Tor Mor with my actual passport.

If you fail to report, when you finally do go in, you will be fined 2,000 Baht and raked over the coals.... Just do it.

^^
Sorry. I was thinking about postal reporting.
Yes I agree, what the fok do they do with it all.

I will go int the immig office now I live in CM, But always before I have done it with EMS a week before I was due, not really a problem,, if they knew that then they would pobly drop the shit, it is mainly the Hassle factor..

^Hey, BG, you get a 10 day grace period. After that, it's under the discretion of the immigration officer to fine you 2000 baht or not.

Yes, there was a reported instance back in 1972 when an immigration officer decided not to fine the applicant who was waiting in front of the immigration office at 0500 hours on the morning of the 11th grace period day.

It made international news headlines.

He was fired that afternoon.

^^
7 days not 10

Immigration Bureau

^I think weekends were freebies. Anyway, I recently went through this exact thing. Luckily the guy gave me a break, but told me don't do it again.

Originally Posted by chinthee

If you fail to report, when you finally do go in, you will be fined 2,000 Baht and raked over the coals.... Just do it.

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.

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.

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!

Originally Posted by keda

also have to bring along proof of residence in the form of tabian bahn, lease, or hotel bill

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.

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