90 Days Online Notification. Richard Barrow



This morning, I attended a press conference at Chaengwattana regarding the 90 Days Online Notification. Although this has been around for a number of years now, it has been fraught with technical problems. But recently, they have revamped the system to make it more reliable and efficient so you can use a computer, tablet, or smartphone to notify your address every 90 days.

✅ Visit the website: immigration.go.th

The purpose of the press conference today was to encourage more foreigners to use the online system in the future for 90-day reporting, in order to cut down on the number of people visiting immigration offices. They are also pushing other online services such as booking appointments online which is now nationwide, and a way to submit documents for extension of stay, which is still being tested. 

There have been a number of issues with 90-day online reporting which I did ask about. However, I think most people want to know first when the whole process will be abolished. I'm afraid there is not going to be a change in the law any time soon. We will just have to live with it for the foreseeable future.

I asked them about the problem when some people went to stay in a hotel and were then unable to submit the 90-day notification online due to a change of address. This is a known issue that will be sorted soon by marking the hotel stay as temporary.

I asked them about the issue for people who went abroad briefly and then some immigration offices wanted them to file a TM30 on return and others didn't. I was told that it should be standardised nationwide soon so you don't need to keep filing a TM30. 

Several people told me that when they returned from abroad, they were informed that they cannot do the notification online and had to go to the office in person. Immigration informed me that they can indeed do the online notification 90 days after their return. The only time an in-person 90-day notification is required is for the very first time.

I know it is not a perfect system but it is getting better compared to what we had before. I will post separately on how to do 90-day online notification of address.