Rules for establishments on notification of foreigners’ residence

     Notification of foreigners’ residence shall be in accordance with the Immigration Act 1979, Section 38, stipulating the following: “The host, the house owner, or the possessor of the dwelling or the hotel accepting foreigners who are permitted to temporarily stay in the Kingdom must notify the competent official at the immigration office located in the dwelling area or hotel within 24 hours from the time of the foreigner’s stay. If any locality does not have an immigration office located nearby, notification must be made to the police officer at the local police station.”

     To report the residence of foreigners who reside in the dwelling place, which may be a hotel licensed under the Hotel Act, a guesthouse, a flat, an apartment, an establishment, or general rental house, the owner of such place, the landlord, or the entrepreneur must report with Form TM.30.

     If located in Bangkok, he or she must notify the Residential Notification Office, 2nd Floor, Muang Thong Thani Temporary Service Center, 6th Floor Building, Popular Road, Ban Mai Subdistrict, Pak Kret District, Nonthaburi (office hours).

     If located in a provincial area, he or she must notify the provincial immigration office which is responsible for recording the residence of foreigners under Section 38. 

The Immigration Office determines the forms and methods of providing services, so that applicants may select the appropriate methods for the following actions:

1. Provide documents in person or by an authorized person;

2. Notify via registered mail;

3. Notify via the internet network.

Source: Immigration Office

Tel. 1178 / +66 2572 8500