TM30 and Address Reporting in Phuket: Landlords, Tenants and Immigration

What the TM30 is

Under the Immigration Act, the owner or possessor of a dwelling, or a hotel manager, who lets a foreigner stay must notify immigration within 24 hours. Hotels and resorts normally do this for you. In a rented home, condo or guesthouse the landlord or property manager is the person responsible.

Guides say a new TM30 is technically due when you move to a new address, and many offices expect a new one each time you return to Thailand from abroad, even to the same address. Practice varies, and some officers accept the first TM30 while you stay at the same address.

How it is filed

• Online through the Immigration Bureau's notification system. The landlord registers an account, which may need an identity check the first time, then adds your passport and visa details and the property address. Some landlords share their login so tenants can file their own reports.
• In person at the immigration office.
• By a property manager or agent who handles it for the landlord.

Ask for the receipt or the slip. Immigration may ask for it, and the online system is sometimes unavailable, so do not leave it to the last day.

Fines and practical consequences

Law-firm and visa-agency guides give the landlord's fine for failing to report as up to 2,000 baht, and for hotels as 2,000 to 10,000 baht. In practice, some offices fine the foreigner at the counter instead, often quoted at about 1,600 baht, or refuse to process a 90-day report, extension or other service until a current TM30 is on file.

The 90-day report is a separate duty that confirms you are still at a reported address. Guides say online 90-day reporting is generally possible only if you have not left Thailand since the last report and you are at the same address, and that it must be filed within a window before the due date. Late reports usually have to be made in person and may attract a fine. Read the visa guide on extensions and 90-day reporting for the current rules.

What to do as a tenant

• Put the TM30 duty in your rental contract, and ask the landlord to confirm they will file it and give you the receipt. The renting guide covers contracts and deposits.
• Check each time you move, return from abroad or change address.
• If a landlord refuses or is unreachable, ask the immigration office what they will accept. Some tenants ask a visa agent to help, and some use a hotel stay for the TM30 while they resolve a landlord problem.
• Keep copies of the TM30 receipts together with your passport copies and visa documents.

If you are the owner of a condo or house and let it to foreigners, you have the same duty. Some owners file for themselves, and some hire a manager.

Related admin

• The first-week checklist lists the registrations to complete after arrival.
• The documents guide explains what to bring to an immigration office.
• If a deadline falls near a public holiday, see the 2027 holidays guide, because offices are closed.
• For visas and extensions, start from the visa hub.