Staying compliant in Thailand: 90-day reporting, re-entry permits and the TM30

What compliance duties continue after you hold a long-stay Thai visa?

Once you hold a long-stay visa or an extension of stay, four duties run alongside it for as long as you remain in Thailand: 90-day address reporting, the TM30 notification of where you are staying, obtaining a re-entry permit before you leave the country, and never overstaying your permitted-until date. None of them is automatic, each is enforced by the Immigration Bureau, and a lapse in one can hold up the others — an out-of-date TM30, for example, can stall a 90-day report or a visa extension. This note sets out each duty, with the current figures and the Immigration Act sections they rest on.

What is 90-day reporting, and how do you do it?

90-day reporting is a notification of your current address that a foreigner staying in Thailand on a long-stay visa must file with Immigration every 90 days. It rests on Section 37 of the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979). It is not a visa extension and it does not renew your permission to stay — it simply keeps Immigration informed of where you live. You may file in the window from 15 days before to 7 days after the due date, in person at your local Immigration office, by an authorised representative, by registered post, or online through the Immigration Bureau's e-service. Each entry into Thailand resets the 90-day count, so after any trip abroad the clock starts again from your latest arrival. Filing late draws a fine under the Act — commonly applied as THB 2,000 for a late report you make yourself, and up to THB 5,000 where the lapse is picked up by an officer; keep the slip you receive on each filing, as the next report refers back to it.

What is the TM30, and whose duty is it when you let your condominium?

The TM30 is the notification to Immigration that a foreigner has taken up residence at an address — and the duty to file it falls on the owner or possessor of the property, not the foreign occupant. Section 38 of the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 requires the house-master, owner or possessor of a residence (or a hotel manager) to notify the local Immigration office within 24 hours of a foreigner arriving to stay. The fine for not filing is up to THB 2,000 for a residence (and up to THB 10,000 for a hotel). This matters directly if you let your condominium to a foreign tenant: as the owner you carry the TM30 duty for that tenant, so it is sensible to agree in the tenancy who will file and to keep the receipt. When you yourself are the foreigner in residence, the practical consequence lands on you — Immigration checks the TM30 record before it will process a 90-day report, an extension or a re-entry, so a missing or stale filing can block your own paperwork even though the legal duty sat with the property holder.

Why do you need a re-entry permit before you leave Thailand?

A re-entry permit preserves your existing visa or extension of stay when you leave Thailand — without one, a single-entry visa or extension is cancelled the moment you depart, and you would return as a fresh visitor with none of your long-stay status intact. You apply on form TM.8, at an Immigration office or at the airport before you fly, and pay the Immigration Bureau fee: THB 1,000 for a single re-entry or THB 3,800 for a multiple re-entry permit. A multiple permit is the usual choice if you expect to travel more than once before your visa expires. A re-entry permit does not extend your stay or change your permitted-until date — it only protects the status you already hold across a departure and return.

What happens if you overstay?

Overstaying your permitted-until date is an offence under the Immigration Act, carrying a fine of THB 500 per day up to a maximum of THB 20,000, payable on departure. Beyond the fine, an overstay can bar you from re-entering Thailand, and the ban lengthens with the overstay. For someone who leaves voluntarily, the Immigration Bureau's published bans are one year (for an overstay of more than 90 days), three years (more than one year), five years (more than three years) and ten years (more than five years). Where a person is arrested rather than leaving of their own accord the bans are harsher — five years for an overstay of up to a year and ten years beyond that. The safe course is simple: track your permitted-until date, file the 90-day report and any extension in good time, and never let the stamp lapse.

How do these duties relate to owning a condominium?

They are separate from ownership, and buying a condominium does not satisfy or replace any of them. The title to your unit makes you the owner; it does not grant a visa, does not lengthen the days on your entry stamp, and does not exempt you from 90-day reporting, the TM30 or a re-entry permit. Owning and residing are two systems — read Does buying a condominium give you the right to live in Thailand? for the underlying point, and Short stays in Thailand if you are relying on tourist entries. For the long-stay routes these duties attach to, and for help keeping compliant while you hold one, see Residency essentials and the Visa & Residency hub.

Notes

Immigration rules, fees, processing methods and penalty amounts change, and they are enforced at the discretion of the Immigration Bureau — confirm the current requirements with the Bureau or with us before you rely on anything here. No adviser can guarantee any immigration outcome; those decisions rest with the Thai authorities.

This article is general information, not legal or immigration advice on your situation, which depends on your facts and requires a separate engagement with Suwanvara Law Firm. It is published in multiple languages; where the versions differ, the English version prevails.

Sources

• Immigration Bureau — 90-day notification of address (Section 37, Immigration Act B.E. 2522; filing window 15 days before to 7 days after the due date; in person / authorised representative / registered post / online e-service), immigration.go.th — checked 25 July 2026.
• Immigration Bureau — TM30 notification of residence by the house-master, owner or possessor within 24 hours (Section 38, Immigration Act B.E. 2522; fine up to THB 2,000 for a residence, up to THB 10,000 for a hotel), immigration.go.th — checked 25 July 2026.
• Immigration Bureau — re-entry permit (form TM.8; fee THB 1,000 single, THB 3,800 multiple), immigration.go.th — checked 25 July 2026.
• Immigration Bureau — overstay penalty (THB 500 per day, capped at THB 20,000) and re-entry bans for voluntary departure (1 / 3 / 5 / 10 years) and after arrest (5 / 10 years), immigration.go.th — checked 25 July 2026.