Do I need a 90-day report on a DTV visa?

Yes, whenever you stay in Thailand more than 90 days in a row. A DTV allows 180 days per entry, so a long stay crosses the 90-day line. The report is the address notification every foreigner on a long stay makes, on form TM.47. It does not extend your stay.

When is the 90-day report due?

Around day 90 of your stay, counted from your arrival. The Immigration Bureau gives a window from 15 days before to 7 days after that day; the Los Angeles consulate writes 7 days either side. Filing inside the 7 days before the due date satisfies both texts.

What is the fine for a late 90-day report?

2,000 THB if you report late of your own accord. If you are arrested without having reported, at least 4,000 THB, and the Los Angeles consulate adds up to 200 THB for each day that passes.

Does leaving Thailand reset the 90-day count?

Yes. When you leave and re-enter, the count starts again from your new arrival. A DTV holder who leaves before day 90 has no report to make for that stay.

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Field notes · Edition 07

DTV visa 90-day report: when, how, and what a late one costs.

By Martin Ferret8 October 20265 min readIndependent · France-based

A DTV lets you stay 180 days per entry, so a long stay crosses the 90-day line that applies to every foreigner in Thailand. Past it, you tell immigration where you live: the 90-day report, on form TM.47. It is short, it is not a visa application, and missing it costs a fine. No official page sets a separate rule for the DTV, so the general rule is the one to follow.

An address notification, not an extension

Any foreigner who stays in Thailand more than 90 consecutive days notifies the Immigration Bureau of their address. The Immigration Bureau’s page is plain about what it is not: the notification “is in no way equivalent to a visa extension”. It does not add a day to your stay and does not change your DTV.

None of the immigration pages we read names the DTV. They state the rule for everyone on a long stay, and a DTV holder on day 90 is in exactly that position. The fee schedule lists no charge for the notification itself.

When it is due

The count starts on the day you arrive. The Immigration Bureau asks for the notification “within 15 days before or after 7 days the period of 90 days expires” - that is, from 15 days before the due date to 7 days after it. The Consulate-General in Los Angeles writes the same rule as 7 days before or after. The two official texts differ on when the window opens; they agree on the 7 days before the due date, which is when we would file.

You leave before day 90No report for that stay. When you leave and re-enter, the count starts again from your new arrival.
You extend your stayThe Immigration Bureau counts the first application for an extension of stay as a notification in itself. The next report is due 90 days later.

After the first report, each new one is counted from the date on your last receipt, not from your arrival.

Four ways to file

In person, at the immigration office that covers the area where you live.
Through someone you authorise to file on your behalf.
By registered mail. The Immigration Bureau asks for it to be sent at least 15days before the due date, with copies of your passport’s photo page, visa, last entry stamp and last extension, a copy of your arrival card, any earlier notifications, the signed TM.47 and a stamped envelope addressed to yourself. Keep the postal receipt.
Online, on the Immigration Bureau’s TM.47 service. Its conditions - who may use it, and from which day - are not stated on the official pages we could read. Check them on the service itself before relying on it.

Whatever the channel, the officer returns the lower part of the form. Keep it with your passport: it is your proof, and the next notification is counted from it.

If you miss it

A late notification made of your own accord costs 2,000 THB. If you are arrested without having reported, the fine is at least 4,000 THB, and the Los Angeles consulate adds up to 200 THB for each day that passes. Once the window has closed, the Immigration Bureau asks you to come in person to pay.

None of this cancels your DTV. It is a fine for a missed formality, and the simplest way to avoid it is a reminder set the day you arrive.

Where we fit, and where we do not

We prepare DTV applications; our work ends when yours is submitted. We do not file 90-day reports, and we do not act as the person you authorise. Your local immigration office is the authority on its own counter, its hours and any document it adds - ask it when in doubt.

The short version

Stay past day 90 on a DTV and you file a TM.47, in person, through someone you authorise, by registered mail or online. File in the 7 days before the due date, keep the receipt, and count the next one from it. Leaving the country restarts the count.

Common questions

Do I need a 90-day report on a DTV visa?: Yes, whenever you stay in Thailand more than 90 days in a row. A DTV allows 180 days per entry, so a long stay crosses the 90-day line. The report is the address notification every foreigner on a long stay makes, on form TM.47. It does not extend your stay.
When is the 90-day report due?: Around day 90 of your stay, counted from your arrival. The Immigration Bureau gives a window from 15 days before to 7 days after that day; the Los Angeles consulate writes 7 days either side. Filing inside the 7 days before the due date satisfies both texts.
What is the fine for a late 90-day report?: 2,000 THB if you report late of your own accord. If you are arrested without having reported, at least 4,000 THB, and the Los Angeles consulate adds up to 200 THB for each day that passes.
Does leaving Thailand reset the 90-day count?: Yes. When you leave and re-enter, the count starts again from your new arrival. A DTV holder who leaves before day 90 has no report to make for that stay.

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