Kap Choeng Immigration Suppression unit.

Yorky said:
Actually my home is Surin, but that's irrelevant. So is it an overseas thing? If I went to Singapore for a few days, she would have to report upon my return, but if I went to Bangkok, it would be OK if she didn't?
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No. Anytime WE leave our domicile for an over nighter in country or out of country the landlord needs to report us returning within 24 hours.. The first of October we shall go to Chiang Mai for maybe a week. When we return the wife by their laws needs to report me back into the KC cop shop. Will sheshrug1 Like F@$# she will.
 
How about my case where I spend most time in Pattaya, but travel to my wife's house in Surin for a week or so, each month. Then, I also travel to Australia a couple of times per year so I am seldom in one place for more than 3-4 weeks, all year.

Should my condo office report every time I return to the condo (they wouldn't know anyway) and should my wife report every time I arrive at her house?

There doesn't seem to be space on any official forms to report two or more addresses at the same time, a scenario that is quite feasible, obviously.

Usually, I put our "home" address in Surin on Arrival Cards at the airport or border, yet my address for visa purposes is always the Pattaya address. Doesn't seem to matter.

As I have written here before, when I moved to the condo, the office advised Immigration as required and, later, I advised on my 90-day check-in form, yet walked away with a new computer print-out that showed that I had not moved from my previous hotel.

It seems the system is not infallible!
 
Surin said:
For 2k baht from the landlord and 800 baht from the lodger...Oh yes they would.
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I understood that it was Bht 800.00 from the landlord/landlady and nowt from the lodger. Admittedly, if the landlady is your wife then it would be Bht 800.00 from the lodger.
 
Yes, indeed , as gotlost states : every foreigner has to report every change of address within 24 hours of relocation, even if it is for a visit to family or whatever. If you stay in a resort or hotel they normally do it automatically for you ... but if you stay with family or friends one should report it to the local BIB. It is also for foreigners in our own country but we never paid or pay attention to it as we are not foreigners in our own country but if we are in Thailand our landlord/our spouse has to report to the local BIB that we are staying at his/her premises. This is not a new law , it is a very old one that has never really been applied.
I've never done it personnally but on my return next month I will have my wive to go to the local BIB to report my staying at her house and ask for a written statement of this so that when I go to do my 90-day reporting I have it as back-up so I can stuff it in front of their noses.
 
Croc said:
It is also for foreigners in our own country but we never paid or pay attention to it as we are not foreigners in our own country.
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Which western country are you referring to? may I assume a western one?.

As I know of no such law like this in Australia, and I have studied Australian immigration law, I have also held an immigration agent licence in the past.
Once in Australia on a valid visa you may travel anywhere you want to without presenting to a police station to the whereabouts the hell you are at any given time. Like the Thai government has set in law. Maybe we should make our respective governments know about this, so they can make it retrospective for Thais citizens. Maybe then we can also charge them extra for national parks and the like as well.

Spleen now vented. Hair_Out1
 
I'm talking about Europe, we in Belgium have that law and to my knowledge all countries that have taken "over" the Code Napoleon, have that law.
Anyway, thai law is based on the Code Napoleon.
 
Croc said:
I'm talking about Europe, we in Belgium have that law and to my knowledge all countries that have taken "over" the Code Napoleon, have that law.
Anyway, thai law is based on the Code Napoleon.
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I lived in Portugal for 25 years and there too it was Napoleonic law. Some strange things, for me, were brushed away by quoting this fact. That is/was the way it is!
 
Croc said:
Yes, indeed , as gotlost states : every foreigner has to report every change of address within 24 hours of relocation, even if it is for a visit to family or whatever. If you stay in a resort or hotel they normally do it automatically for you ... but if you stay with family or friends one should report it to the local BIB. It is also for foreigners in our own country but we never paid or pay attention to it as we are not foreigners in our own country but if we are in Thailand our landlord/our spouse has to report to the local BIB that we are staying at his/her premises. This is not a new law , it is a very old one that has never really been applied.
I've never done it personnally but on my return next month I will have my wive to go to the local BIB to report my staying at her house and ask for a written statement of this so that when I go to do my 90-day reporting I have it as back-up so I can stuff it in front of their noses.
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It has always been my understanding that this was the law from way, way back, although not enforced. Like Croc has said, I have never bothered about reporting my return to my home in Surin after a few days away in Kingdom and neither has my landlady, my wife. However, it now seems that this law is being enforced and if we don't report we could both cop a fine. In future we may have to change our ways and start reporting our return.

P.S. That's one pretty good excuse for not overnighting in the village - love it!
 
Rice said:
Thank you Duke of Wellington. The hero of Waterloo, vanquisher of Napoleon.

Not quite Croc.

https://www.gov.uk/register-with-the-police

For instance: NM's family does not have to register, You don’t need to register with the police if you have permission to live permanently in the UK, or are a family member of an EEA citizen.
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And, I might add, that reference didn't say anything about the police visiting your residence at short or no notice, nor the need for the local mayor to be in attendance when they do so. Nor did it say that if you were not in when they visited your residence that you would be given immediate notice to leave the UK within 7 days.

Thank goodness for the Duke of Wellington that we kicked Napoleon's arse big time at the Battle of Waterloo. Otherwise we may now parle Francais and not English!
 
The little tit for tot on Napoleonic Brandy got me to thinking about the US requirements. They may not be as strong as other but yes a legal foreigner visitors must report an address change. http://www.uscis.gov/addresschange Illegal foreigners

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nomad97 said:
It has always been my understanding that this was the law from way, way back, although not enforced. Like Croc has said, I have never bothered about reporting my return to my home in Surin after a few days away in Kingdom and neither has my landlady, my wife. However, it now seems that this law is being enforced and if we don't report we could both cop a fine. In future we may have to change our ways and start reporting our return.

P.S. That's one pretty good excuse for not overnighting in the village - love it!
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But isn't your address reported on the TM 'whatever number' you fill out when returning from overseas or another country at Immigration? I'd think that qualifies as your reporting your address.
 
Cent said:
But isn't your address reported on the TM 'whatever number' you fill out when returning from overseas or another country at Immigration? I'd think that qualifies as your reporting your address.
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TM 6. If your on an O-Multi like Surin, in-n-out every 90 days probably yes. But if your on any extension my understanding is no. And its not you that is reporting your address its your landlord.
 
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