Bangkok

Hotel did not file TM.30. What now?

Reception shrugged. I asked for a slip because some offices want address evidence at extension. I do not have an appointment.

The duty is on the house, the receipt is yours

Place	Who the Immigration Act points at	What you do
Licensed hotel / hostel	Manager / hotel files, often at check-in	Ask for the receipt before you leave the desk
They “forgot”	Still their filing	Go back. Get paper or a PDF. Do not invent a self-file as a right
Extension window	Some offices ask for TM.30 / address evidence	Bring the booking and the receipt. Extension
Fine folklore	Host-side penalties get quoted in a range	Not a price list. This is not legal advice

Official portal people name: tm30.immigration.go.th. Airbnb is the other thread (host, not the hotel machine).

Hotel name and whether you already have a slip.

Visas and entry

11 comments

Ploy

Go back to reception. The slip is the product. I would not invent a guest self-file because a clerk was busy.

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Kit Rattana

Chiang Mai offices have asked for it. Booking plus receipt. Last-day discovery is how you lose the morning.

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Freya Holm

I already said this on the CM vs Bangkok extension post. Bring the paper. Do not discover it at the window.

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Mint Saelim

Licensed hotel should have a machine for this. If they are “not a real hotel,” that is a bigger stay problem than TM.30.

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James Collingwood

I got the PDF at check-in without asking, once. I still asked the next hotel. I would not assume.

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Ian Crowe

Phuket guesthouse: I asked at check-in. If they look confused, that is data. Airbnb is the other post.

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Rob Ellison

DTV / long stay: you will meet this again. Get the habit. Holiday one-nighter is still a host duty.

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Jordan Blake

Is the fine on me or on the hotel if they never filed and I already checked out.

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Sophie Bataille

The Act points at the house-master. Guest-fine captions circulate; they are not a tariff. Keep a photo of the receipt. Paper tears. The extension window will not care that you “definitely had it.”

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Dan Okafor

This is not the 1,900 cash. Different counter, different paper. Do not mix them into one bag of panic.

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Nora Blake

Condo hotel vs Airbnb: if there is a lobby that takes passports, treat it as a hotel until they prove otherwise. Then get the slip.

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