This article was published in the Bangkok Post on June 24, 2019. The most important point is that every incoming foreigner must report to the Immigration Office within 24 hours. This rule has been around for a long time. In the past, this report could also be made to the local police if there was no immigration office nearby. The reports are made by hotels and resorts themselves. However, if you visit family or if you go to your own home in Thailand, you must immediately go to the Immigration Office within 24 hours. Are there already experiences with this? And is it really no longer possible through the local police?
Where should the main occupant (Pa, Ma or partner) report if I (farang) stay there for a longer period of time? Can this be done at the town hall (Tetsabaan) or does it have to be done at immigration? For example, I am staying with relatives in Sikhio, can they register me there or do you have to go to Nakhon Ratchasima Immigration?
Reader question: Is there a possibility to circumvent the 90-day reporting obligation in Thailand?
I would like to hear some reactions from people who are already staying in Thailand on a retirement visa or are planning to go and then have to report to an immigration office every 90 days.
The new year is off to a good start for some of us. The, in my view, humiliating notification obligation for a Short Stay Visa has been abolished as of 1 January 2014.
