Immigration office

norm · Specialist Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 134

We have never done the 24 hour reporting and nothing has been said, it has always been friendly service. They did tell us to come after lunch and the lines would not be as long. We did that last time and no line at all.

Norm

lomuamart · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject:

This 24 hour reporting came up on the board some time ago. As Nereus says, it's nothing to do with the normal 90 day reporting. The clock on that is reset to day 1 when you complete a TM card on returning to Thailand.
If you're returning from abroad, there used to be a clause on the back of the old TM cards (they were phased out a good few years ago) and it was stated that you your presence here had to reported to your local Imm Office within 24 hours of arrival. That no longer appears on the current TM card, but is quite possibly a law that was never repealed. See here:
http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/base.php?page=alienstay
My reading of this is that it's the hotel/guesthouse/landlord who has to do the reporting, although quite what happens if you own your own home isn't clear.
As was said on the other topic, it's a daft regulation that now seems to have been dropped by HH Imm. I believe they were the only office in Thailand trying to enforce this last year. Don't count on HH having stopped enforcing it though. Maybe someone else can confirm?
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Chas · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: I get it

Ok Nereus. I understand.

I tend to think of it as every 90 days but now I realize what you are saying. I only need to report after I have been here 90 days ( with a 7 day grace period.)

I also know that the 90 day and 24 hour things are unrelated too, just that my next trip (had I done it the way I planned to do it) would have involved both. ( Just as my last trip out there involved my 90 day and my reentry permit. . .separate issues.

So anyway, that leaves the 24 hour thing.

Lomou, I do remember the big discussion here a month or so ago, but I dont remember any real conclusion to it.( Other than go in and hope for the best!) I believe some people who posted about their experiences were hassled and some were not.

The website link is interesting because that particular section (38) is clearly aimed at folks "who accommodate foreign nationals on a temporary basis."

Also interesting in that it allows reporting "Via Internet." I did not know that any such connection in English existed to Immigration!

There is a "post comment section" so I just used it to ask them about this. Its the Bangkok office (?) website. .lets see what happens.

Meanwhile, I would still like to hear from any others who did get called on it recently and what the penalty was. . . if any.

lomuamart · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject:

If I remember correctly from the other thread, people were getting fined 800 Baht (the 24 hour thing). My understanding is that it could have been to a maximum of 2,000 Baht - and that's not a typo or to be confused with a max 20,000 for overstay.
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dtaai-maai · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:55 am Post subject: Re: I get it