What should expats know about the 90-day reporting requirement when border bouncing in Thailand?

@Fontaine *************

what happens if you don't do it? I envision alot of dtv holders are forgetting about this

@Jake *****

From what I’ve learned here nothing happens unless you have to go into Immigration for something and they find out? Apparently a lot of people aren’t doing it or they’re making a border run and coming back. According to some recent comments, that’s a lot more difficult than just doing the 90 day reporting. At the border they don’t care about your 90 day report. They’re not involved with that. This is based on what I’ve learned from the group here.

@Fontaine *************

I was planning to border run on day 179... and just not bother with the 90 day report :/

@Jake *****

As long as you don't need anything else from an immigration office, that might work. But not following the rules is never completely without risk.

@Fontaine *************

I agree with you it is a bit strange that when applying for a visa that let you stay over 90 days there is not a single instruction about the TM47 90 day reporting. I know there are some people telling everybody should know the law. In Hat Yai I could just walk in and tell I had to do 90 day reporting. 5 minutes later I was outside again. What I needed was TM30, copy passport entry stamp, copy passport personal details, copy visa and filmeditie in TM47 form. I got the filmeditie in TM47 form by applying online first, sometimes that seems to work even for the first time, but it also gives you filled in TM47.

@Hannah *********

Ah, so you used an agent! That's why it went smoothly. I'm not saying Ranong is problematic, but come on any sort of visa that isn't an extension of stay and they'll grill you first before letting you leave (if you don't use an agent).

This happened to me last time on a non-O multiple entry visa and they tried to ask for 20K (I had almost that much on me, but that was to pay for my expenses in Myanmar, not for Thailand). Besides, credit cards are not accepted in southern Myanmar anymore, it's cash only, thanks to the political situation.

I talked my way out of the 20K cash requirement and since they let me leave after I explained what I was going there for, I had zero issues or questions asked on re-entry.

I will probably use a pier specific for the islands next time. Although I went on an island tour last year, I used the Saphan Pla pier to depart and come back, as I was staying in Kawthaung and did the tour to/from Kawthaung, rather than beginning and ending in Ranong, like many Thais do.

However, I think if you're using the services of one of the two companies that run those tours (there may be others as well) you are entitled to use their pier and immigration facilities.

@Elías *******

dumbest comment ever. You can kill two birds with one stone. DTV holders can do a trip to see another country and renew the 180 days AND see a different country.

No need to be a white knight.

@Luit ****************

I guess that depends on what you call ridiculous and how good you are in keeping your papers together. I consider it ridiculous, because I would not easily be able to "procure" the papers again.

@Luit ****************

bringing literally everything you did to apply for the visa you got approved for, is ridiculous. You can defend their routines if you want, it doesn't change the fact that it's a silly requirement, when you literally just fly in and out and get the same extension without the paperwork.

@Steve ******

I do not see you litterally need to bring in everything. Proving you still comply is not that strange. And documents that are not time dependant you still have, so what is the difficulty? Showing your soft power is still going on, or your still work remote is not that difficult. Show online you still have 500K is also easy.

@Luit ****************

because you don't need to show anything flying in. Open your mind a little. Being right on Facebook comments doesn't award you any prizes.

@James *********

no, they make it difficult for no reason other than to push you towards border bounces to pad their visitor stats

@Steve ******

is this a conspiricy theory? Just checking you still comply is making it difficult for no reason? It is only difficult when you do not comply to requirements anymore...

@Andrew *******

Vietnam is more complicated for a lot of people because a visa is needed.

@Stuart ********

I’m not sure why you would need to correct. We’re saying based on the scenario OP asking. So, nobody really care about second 90 days report if you plan to do border bounce. It’s simple as that

@Thuu *********

No idea why you can’t get the gist that a second report may be needed. Sure no one will care at a border doing a bounce but they may catch the non report at the next report time.

@Tod ********

He stamps the 90 day report no ?? With your next date.

I thought when you did it online or postal it went from the end date rather than the date it is performed.

@Sefton *******

you are correct about the 90 day reporting online and by post "count down" it would go from the actual due date

BUT

That is just a bit of irrelevant data for these DTV holders

@Sefton *******

nope there is no stamping, it's all printed out on an A4 paper now

DTV holders cant do a 90 day report online until after the first one is done in person 😛 and most people will just bounce out around then so shouldn't even waste the time trying it 😛

@Tod ********

For sure stamps the TM47 when its a one year one.. But yeah ok so 'prints' not stamps.

I had thought when you did it online or postal it went from the end date rather than the date it is performed ? is that not a correct memory? Its been a while since I managed one of those due to travels and the first report in person.