TM30 residence notification
HOW
TM30 tells immigration where a foreigner is staying. Your host files it within 24 hours; you keep the receipt, because later immigration visits ask for it.
- HOURS
- 24
- HOST FINE
- ≤ ฿2,000
- IN FORCE
Hours from the Immigration Act, section 38; host fine from section 77.
Short answer
Checked against the official pages on 1 November 2026 · Last change: 14 August 2026
TM30 is not a form you file for yourself: section 38 of the Immigration Act puts the duty on the house master, owner or possessor of the home, or the hotel manager, who must notify immigration within 24 hours of a foreigner coming to stay. Hotels do it as routine; in a condo or rented house it is the owner, and in practice often the agent who manages the unit.
Ask for the receipt (the slip or a screenshot of the online notice) and keep it with your passport. A host who does not notify can be fined up to 2,000 baht, a hotel manager 2,000 to 10,000 baht (section 77).
Show the official wording
Quoted as published, with the source. Thai text is followed by our translation.
Immigration Act B.E. 2522, section 38
“เจ้าบ้าน เจ้าของหรือผู้ครอบครองเคหสถาน หรือผู้จัดการโรงแรมซึ่งรับคนต่างด้าวซึ่งได้รับอนุญาตให้อยู่ในราชอาณาจักรเป็นการชั่วคราวเข้าพักอาศัย จะต้องแจ้งต่อพนักงานเจ้าหน้าที่ ณ ที่ทำการตรวจคนเข้าเมืองซึ่งตั้งอยู่ในท้องที่ที่บ้าน เคหสถาน หรือโรงแรมนั้นตั้งอยู่ภายในยี่สิบสี่ชั่วโมงนับแต่เวลาที่คนต่างด้าวเข้าพักอาศัย”
The house master, owner or possessor of a residence, or hotel manager who takes in a foreigner permitted to stay temporarily must notify the immigration office of that area within 24 hours of the foreigner taking up residence.
Immigration Act B.E. 2522, section 77
“ผู้ใดไม่ปฏิบัติตามมาตรา ๓๘ ต้องระวางโทษปรับไม่เกินสองพันบาท แต่ถ้าผู้นั้นเป็นผู้จัดการโรงแรม ต้องระวางโทษปรับตั้งแต่สองพันบาทถึงหนึ่งหมื่นบาท”
Whoever does not comply with section 38 is liable to a fine of not more than 2,000 baht; if that person is a hotel manager, 2,000 to 10,000 baht.
Royal Thai Police regulation B.E. 2563 (in force 30 June 2020), clause 2.2
“เมื่อเจ้าบ้าน เจ้าของหรือผู้ครอบครองเคหสถาน หรือผู้จัดการโรงแรม ได้ดำเนินการแจ้งตาม 2.1 แล้ว ต่อมาคนต่างด้าวเดินทางไปพักแรมที่อื่นเป็นครั้งคราวและกลับเข้ามาพักอาศัยสถานที่เดิมภายใต้กรอบระยะเวลาการรับเข้าพักอาศัยที่ยังไม่สิ้นสุดลง เจ้าบ้าน เจ้าของหรือผู้ครอบครองเคหสถาน หรือผู้จัดการโรงแรม ไม่ต้องแจ้งซ้ำอีก คนต่างด้าวตามความในวรรคหนึ่ง ให้หมายความรวมถึงคนต่างด้าวที่ได้รับการตรวจลงตราชนิดใช้ได้หลายครั้งซึ่งเดินทางออกไปนอกราชอาณาจักรและกลับเข้ามาตามอายุการตรวจลงตรา และคนต่างด้าวที่ได้รับอนุญาตให้กลับเข้ามาอยู่ในราชอาณาจักรอีกตามสิทธิเดิม (Re-entry permit)”
Once the host has notified under 2.1, if the foreigner later stays elsewhere from time to time and returns to the same place within the accommodation period that has not yet ended, the host need not notify again. This includes a multiple-entry visa holder who leaves and re-enters within the visa’s validity, and a re-entry permit holder.
Royal Thai Police (Royal Gazette), 16 June 2020
Immigration Bureau, 14 August 2026
“A foreigner who leaves the Kingdom and returns (Re-entry) does not need to file a new notification of residence if they return to their previous accommodation, provided that the notification has already been made.”
Immigration Bureau, official Facebook page, 14 August 2026
Immigration Division 1, counters A and B
“The above services will be relocated from the 2nd Floor to the 3rd Floor of Immigration Division 1, starting from 14 July 2025 onwards.”
Immigration Division 1 (Bangkok), 7 July 2025
Who files it
- Hotel, guesthouse, serviced apartment
- The hotel manager. Usually done when you check in; you rarely see it.
- Condo or apartment you rent
- The owner or possessor of the unit. In practice the owner often has the agent or the building office file it for them; ask who did it and for the receipt.
- Staying with a friend or family
- The house master (the person on the house registration) or the owner. The same 24 hours apply.
- You own the condo
- Section 38 names the owner or possessor of the residence and does not exclude a foreign owner. so a foreign owner who lets someone stay should expect to file it.
Three ways to file
The regulation of 2020 allows all three. Bangkok goes to Immigration Division 1 at the Government Complex, Chaeng Watthana.
| Way | Who goes | What it takes |
|---|---|---|
| In person | The host, or someone with a letter of authorization | The TM30 form with copies of the host’s house registration and ID card, the foreigner’s passport, visa and entry card (TM.6) pages, and the lease. Bangkok: Building B, 3rd floor, counter B (from 14 July 2025). |
| Registered mail | The host | The same papers, with a 6.5 × 9 inch return envelope and a 15-baht stamp (Immigration Bureau guide). |
| Online | The host, after the account is approved | The host applies for a user account on the Immigration Bureau’s TM30 system, gets the user name and password by email, then files each guest online. It is the host’s system, not one you log in to as a guest. |
When it has to be filed again
The 2020 regulation ended the old practice of a new notice after every trip, with a condition.
- Back to the same place, within the stay it was filed for
- No new notice (clause 2.2, in force 30 June 2020). The Immigration Bureau repeated this on 14 August 2026 for people who leave Thailand and return to their previous accommodation.
- Back from abroad with a new permitted stay
- Clause 2.2 speaks of returning “within the accommodation period that has not yet ended”. A new entry stamp starts a new permitted stay, so many hosts and agents file again to be safe; it takes minutes online. This is a reading, not an official statement.
- You move house
- The new host files a new TM30 within 24 hours. Section 37 also asks you, the foreigner, to report a change of address within 24 hours.
- A trip to another province
- Staying more than 24 hours in another province, section 37 (4) asks you to report to the local police within 48 hours; a hotel there files its own TM30 for you.
Returning from abroad: the rule and what happened
Official rule
No new notice when you return to the same accommodation within the accommodation period that has not ended (regulation of 2020, clause 2.2; Immigration Bureau, 14 August 2026).
Law firms read the 2020 rule differently on who it covers: Tilleke & Gibbins says all visa types, The Thaiger says multiple-entry visa and re-entry permit holders.
Site owner’s experience (31 October 2026)
Living in a Bangkok condo on a DTV, the site owner had TM30 filed again after every trip abroad, each time by the property agent, online. Each return brought a new 180-day stamp, which is past the stay the earlier notice covered.
One person’s experience, not a rule.
If it was not filed
- The fine is on the host: up to 2,000 baht, or 2,000 to 10,000 baht for a hotel manager (section 77).
- Your own address duties are in section 37 (moving house, other provinces, the 90-day report); missing them is fined up to 5,000 baht plus up to 200 baht a day (section 76).
- Immigration lists TM30 among the documents for a visa extension (Immigration Division 1). Without a receipt, ask your host to file before you go.
STEP BY STEP
What to do as a tenant or guest
The duty is your host’s; these steps make sure it is done and that you can prove it.
Ask on the day you move in
Ask the owner or agent who will file TM30, and when. Send copies of your passport photo page, visa and entry stamp if they ask.
Get the receipt
A slip from the counter, or a screenshot of the online notice with your name. Keep it with your passport photos.
After a trip abroad, ask again
If you came back with a new entry stamp, ask the host whether a new notice is needed; many file again online.
Bring it to immigration
Take the receipt to the 90-day report and to an extension of stay.
What changed, and when
Rules, fees and counters that changed, oldest first. A row is added for every change; earlier rows are never rewritten.
| Date | Change | Basis | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Reports: Bangkok immigration asks for a new TM30 after a stay of more than 24 hours in another province (Richard Barrow). | Reports only | Richard Barrow |
| 30 June 2020 | Royal Thai Police regulation in force: no new notice on returning to the same place within the stay already notified (clause 2.2); replaces the rule of 1979. | Official | Royal Thai Police (Royal Gazette) · Tilleke & Gibbins · The Thaiger |
| 14 July 2025 | Bangkok: TM30 counter B moves from the 2nd to the 3rd floor of Immigration Division 1. | Official | Immigration Division 1 (Bangkok) |
| 14 August 2026 | Immigration Bureau repeats that a re-entry to the previous accommodation needs no new notice, once one has been made. | Official | Immigration Bureau, official Facebook page |
Questions
- What is TM30?
- The notice a host gives immigration within 24 hours of a foreigner coming to stay, under section 38 of the Immigration Act. The form is called TM.30.
- Do I have to file TM30 myself?
- No, unless you are the house owner or the house master. The host (hotel, owner, house master) files it; you keep the receipt.
- Does a hotel or Airbnb file it?
- A hotel manager must, and usually does at check-in. For a private rental the owner or possessor of the home has the duty; ask the host.
- Do I need a new TM30 after a trip abroad?
- Not if you return to the same place within the stay already notified (2020 regulation, clause 2.2). With a new permitted stay after re-entry, many hosts file again to be safe.
- What is the fine?
- Up to 2,000 baht for the host, 2,000–10,000 baht for a hotel manager (section 77 of the Immigration Act).
- I lost the receipt. What now?
- Ask the host for a copy or a screenshot from the online system, or to file again online and send you the screen.
- How is TM30 different from the 90-day report?
- TM30 is the host’s notice of where you stay. The 90-day report is your own notice every 90 days of continuous stay.