TM30, and whoactually files it.
It is an address notification, it belongs to the owner of the property, and it becomes your problem at the counter. This page explains the filing, the window, and the receipt that matters later.
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General information, not advice about your case. Procedures change, so where a detail matters to your application we confirm it with you rather than print a figure here that could be out of date.
A small filing, a long shadow
TM30 is your landlord's duty and your problem. The gap between those two facts is where the trouble lives.
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What it is
Jump to sectionAn address notification, not a visa, and nothing to do with your permission to stay.
Whose duty
Jump to sectionThe obligation sits with the owner of the property. In practice it is arranged by the tenant.
The window
Jump to sectionWhen the clock starts, and what re-entering the country does to it.
If it is missing
Jump to sectionHow a missing filing surfaces, usually at the worst possible counter.
An address, not a status
The commonest misunderstanding on this topic is that a TM30 has something to do with your visa. It does not.
What the filing is
A notification to immigration that a foreign national is staying at a given address. It records where you are, and nothing else. It is not a visa, it is not a permission, and it does not extend anything.
Whose duty it is, in law and in practice
The obligation sits with the owner of the property, not with you. That is a fine distinction to explain at a counter when your extension is being held up because nobody filed it. In practice, the tenant who arranges it is the tenant who does not have the argument.
In a condominium the duty usually sits with the owner or the building office. In a house it sits with an individual landlord, who may never have filed one.
Online, or in person
There is an online route and a counter route, and which one is open to a given property depends on how the owner is registered. We use whichever one the case allows rather than the one that is easier to describe.
Prefer this handled for you?
Send us your address and the date you last entered the country. We check the record before anything is filed.
Short filing, long consequences
The filing takes minutes. Missing it does not, and it usually surfaces at the worst possible counter.
When it is due
There is a window that starts on arrival, and the clock restarts every time you re-enter the country. That last part is what catches people who travel.
The number is published here only once it has been checked, because a stale window is worse than no window at all.
What the receipt is for
The notification receipt is the document that matters later. It is what your next extension or 90-day report will ask for, and it is the reason we keep a copy of every filing we make.
What happens when it is missing
It becomes visible at the next thing you apply for, which is a bad moment to discover it. There is a penalty, there is a delay, and there is a conversation at the counter that nobody enjoys. It is dealt with rather than argued about, and sooner is cheaper.
A note for Thai-speaking landlords
A Thai-language summary of this page is planned, written for owners rather than tenants. Until it exists, send your owner to us and we will explain the filing to them directly.
Hua Hin Visa Concierge is a private visa and immigration administration agency. We are not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice. All applications are decided by the Thai authorities, and no outcome can be guaranteed.
The page this guide feeds
One service page, and the two guides that sit either side of it.
TM30 filed for you
Read the guideFiled inside the window, for tenants and for landlords who would rather not.
90-day reporting
Read the guideOnline, by post or in person, and what to do when you have missed one.
Your first 90 days
Read the guideEverything a new arrival files, in the order it becomes due.