News Forum - Phuket’s unlucky 13: Immigration crackdown reveals rule-breaking escapades

[Thaiger]

Immigration authorities in Phuket apprehended 13 individuals and charged them with violations of the Immigration Act. This information was disclosed yesterday in the Phuket Overstay Report, issued by the local Immigration department. Of the 13 arrested, seven were detained for overstaying their visas from September 1-30. Also noted in the report was the charging of … …

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[PhuketBloke]

This is an indirect question, I usually do my TM30 online via the government website.

I received an email stating the website has changed but I can't get the new website to work.

Do we have to register again on the new website and does the owner of the property have to submit all the legal documents again e.g. land-registry ownership documents?

[Guest1]

7 hours ago, Thaiger said:

The total number of foreigners who arrived in Phuket by air during the month was 242,780. Of these, 288,528 recorded their place of stay with immigration.

My calculator must have a misfunction! 

[23RD]

56 minutes ago, PhuketBloke said:

This is an indirect question, I usually do my TM30 online via the government website.

I received an email stating the website has changed but I can't get the new website to work.

Do we have to register again on the new website and does the owner of the property have to submit all the legal documents again e.g. land-registry ownership documents?

When I did my extension of stay a few months back they wouldn't except my online TM 30 but I was carrying my Condo paperwork with me so the girls done me a paper TM 30 and clipped it in my Passport. 

It you're an owner bring your Housebook if you're a renter bring your rental agreement PB.

[PhuketBloke]

11 minutes ago, Guest1 said:

My calculator must have a misfunction! 

Ah, but you have not taken into account those who had to register more than once as they moved hotels. I think I have registered three times this year due to a change of address due to my travels (TM30.)

The article must be referring to a TM30 as the 90-day reporting is as it states after 90 days, that period has not expired yet (September arrivals).

[PhuketBloke]

On 10/3/2023 at 9:50 PM, 23RD said:

When I did my extension of stay a few months back they wouldn't except my online TM 30 but I was carrying my Condo paperwork with me so the girls done me a paper TM 30 and clipped it in my Passport. 

It you're an owner bring your Housebook if you're a renter bring your rental agreement PB.

Thanks for the info, when I did my first one year extension in February this year they accepted my online TM30 printout.

I think it all depends which of the immigration officers you are dealing with, one checked my paperwork and then sent me on a wild goose chase to a different department to get a registration document, once there the guy working at that section said the TM30 printout is good enough.

So I had to have my documents checked again and a young bloke said all was OK, so it was all officially processed half and hour later and the passport with extension was collected the next day.

Next time I go I will hang back until the same young guy is available to check my documents again so it will be an even quicker process this time.