Right on time: Phuket Immigration explain TM30 and TM28 requirements for reporting foreigners

[Destiny1990 6,488]

So what’s the good news?

And How will landlords know 24/7 the whereabouts of their tenants?

 

[Vacuum 14,702]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

all this has done is add more confusion

I guess you've stayed here long enough to understand that, confusion, is the thing that going on in their brains. Immi is not the only institution regarding this.

[4MyEgo 12,785]

I would imagine this officer could be joining Big Joke this week...............

[atyclb 6,534]

On 8/31/2019 at 12:50 PM, smedly said:

yes that about sums it up, it is the most ridiculous cluster <deleted> I have ever experienced - you want to enjoy a weekend away from your permanent residence you will spend most of that time filling in forms, so you go to Bangkok for one night, you spend all day in traffic trying to find immigration stand in a queue for hours and file a TM28 - then do it all again if you go somewhere else, next you'll need a (deleted)ing work permit for the time you spent completing all of this

during my postgraduate training i worked with people having "downs syndrome" yes, mental retardation but they functioned at a higher level than you know who

[lkv 3,450]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration this week made it very clear

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration this week made it very clear........ ........ ..... ...

 

One should stop reading past that.

[losername 401]

44 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Has it ever worked? I use the reliable post office. 

It worked for me 4 or 5 times then died a death.  It scored over the post office because I could do it "couch potato style" without even the effort of licking a stamp.

[Wiggy 5,251]

1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

 

Only the TM 30 is required by owner.

 

If the owner not available to do that then the guest can do alone with TM28.

 

Only one required. NOT both.

 

  

 

Phew, that's a relief. Thanks for replying.

[Burma Bill 2,903]

Hypothetical situation:-

If I get into my car and make an inter-provincial journey from my house to stay with friends in their house for the weekend and return back home without any of us even informing Immigration, they will never know - no problem, unless Immigration set up random road checkpoints for farangs throughout LOS but I do not think so!!! 

[ThaiFelix 1,775]

The biggest problem is the phrase "up to the discretion of each imm. officer".  It is fine to say this is the way it is in Phuket but what about Nakhon Nowhere or Chang Pie??  Every office and officer has his own ideas.  We rang our IMM Office a few weeks ago and were told mai pen rai about completing the TM30 form.  As I had nothing to that effect in writing to protect ourselves we made the long trip to our office only to find it was half full of people also lodging the TM30 who also didnt believe the officer.

[4MyEgo 12,785]

2 hours ago, losername said:

According to the full article the TM28 only has to be done on returning to your home location and the TM30 is done by the person (hotel in my case) where you stay while away.

This is a revival of comedy Kappers, try even thinking to translate this into plain English and your lost.

 

Section 37 of the Immigration Act: 

 

(3) Notify the police officer at the police station of the locality jurisdiction in which the alien resides within twenty four hours from the time of moving in. In case of change of residence, if the new residence is not in the same locality jurisdiction as the locality of the former police station, the alien shall notify the police officer of the police station of the new locality jurisdiction within twenty four hours from the time of arrival.

 

FORM FOR ALIENS TO NOTIFY THEIR CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR THEIR STAY IN THE PROVINCE FOR OVER 24 HOURS

 

http://www.immigrationbangkok.com/files/visa_forms/tm28.pdf

 

NOTIFICATION FROM FOR HOUSE-MASTER, OWNER OR THE POSSESSOR OF THE RESIDENCE WHERE ALIEN HAS STAYED

 

http://www.immigrationbangkok.com/files/visa_forms/tm30.pdf

 

I give up !!!

[Jaxxper 528]

3 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said:

So as I understand this, I did a 90 day report yesterday (TM47), and I have gone to stay at my friends for the weekend I have to complete a TM28 and my friend has to complete a TM30 within 24 hours. 

On returning home on Monday I have to complete another TM28 and my wife has to complete another TM30 within 24 hours to say I have returned?

 

Madness!!

Jomtien immigration told me yesterday they are not interested in trips within Thailand. They did say if you leave Thailand and return they expect a new TM 30. Just for info. Not sure which office you do your immigration stuff at.

[sfokevin 3,790]

I thought they had mooted the idea of issuing us all wristbands or ankle bracelets then all they need is a Find My Bad Guy App?... Seems like that would be a simpler less confusing way to get where they want to go... 

Edited August 31, 2019 by sfokevin

[DUNROAMIN 686]

4 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Is there another app for TM28?

Of course there is, its been on Immigrations next to do list somewhere in Na Na land.

[tandor 986]

3 hours ago, paulbrow said:

I just got the TM30 squared away after 2 months. Now <deleted> is a TM28?

..we've got a whole lot of TMs just waiting for you.

[RocketDog 1,106]

3 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

In local Imm Office yesterday...wife asked about this issue....IO simply said Mai Pen Rai....so now we won't bother..not that we ever have.

That's been my strategy too. Always worked for me.