> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://easythailandvisa.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Thailand's 90-Day Report and TM.47 Fines — What Long-Stay Visa Holders Must Know in 2026 - URL: https://easythailandvisa.com/thailand-90-day-report-long-stay-immigration-update/ - Published: 2026-10-19T13:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-19T12:29:42.000Z - Author: Somchai Jaidee Not everyone in Thailand files a 90-day report. If you entered on the 30-day visa-exemption (the new 60-country tier from 15 September 2026, or the 90-day bilateral for Brazil/Argentina/Chile/Peru), you do not file it — your stay is continuous and ends when the stamp expires \[^1^\]. If you hold a non-immigrant visa — retirement (O-A/O-X), marriage (O), work (B), education (ED), or long-term residence — you file form TM.47 every 90 days from the date of entry, not from the date the visa was issued \[^2^\]\[^3^\]. The form is called TM.47, "Notification of Residence." It asks for your current address, the address printed on your visa, your passport number, and a declaration that you have not changed address since the last report. It takes fifteen minutes if you have the address and the previous report number \[^2^\]. **How to file.** Three channels, all current as of 19 October 2026: \- **Online** through the Immigration Bureau's online portal (requires a Thai phone number for SMS verification, the passport number, and the previous TM.47 receipt number or entry stamp). The receipt is issued immediately as a PDF \[^3^\]. - **In person** at any Immigration Office — the one that issued your visa, or the one nearest your current address. Bring the completed form, your passport, one 4x6 cm photo (not 35x45 mm — the immigration office uses the larger size), and the previous receipt \[^2^\]. - **By proxy** — a representative with a signed authorization letter (notarized if over 90 days since last report) can file for you, which is how many long-stay residents handle it when travel conflicts with the 90-day window \[^3^\]. The 90-day window is counted from the entry stamp, not the visa start date. If you enter on 1 January and your visa starts 1 February, your first report is due by 1 April (90 days from entry). Many people miss this because they count from the visa date; the immigration officer counts from the stamp \[^2^\]. The online system uses the stamp date automatically if you enter the passport number correctly. **The fines, stated exactly.** The fine structure has two tiers, and they are not alternative — they stack if you miss the report and do not respond to the notice: \- **Failure to report within the 90-day window:** 2,000 baht (approximately 55 US dollars) at the time of filing late \[^2^\]. - **After a written notice has been issued:** 5,000 baht plus 200 baht per day of delay from the notice date \[^2^\]\[^3^\]. - **Repeated non-compliance becomes a blacklist factor** — the immigration record feeds into the overstay-ban ladder if other violations are present, and the 90-day report failure is explicitly listed as a ground for refusal of extension or renewal \[^3^\]. The 2,000-baht fine is usually paid at the immigration desk at the time of filing; the 5,000 + 200/day requires a formal payment receipt (TM. 47 fine receipt) and can become a debt that blocks future visa extension until settled. This is why the online filing — which produces the receipt immediately — is strongly preferred for anyone who has missed a report before \[^3^\]. **Who does not file.** Tourists on the 30-day exemption, visa-on-arrival holders (15 days for Azerbaijan/Belarus/Serbia), the bilateral 90-day group (Brazil/Argentina/Chile/Peru), and anyone on a short-stay extension at a land border. The report is tied to the non-immigrant visa category, not the entry event \[^1^\]. If you switch from a tourist visa to a retirement visa inside Thailand, the 90-day count starts from the retirement visa approval date, not the original entry \[^3^\]. **What changed recently.** Nothing in the 90-day rule itself changed on 15 September 2026 — the exemption framework changed, and the 90-day report rule is independent of it. However, the online system was updated in early 2026 to accept SMS-verified foreign numbers, which removes the previous requirement for a Thai SIM card at filing. The 4x6 cm photo rule has also been enforced more consistently at the Bangkok Immigration Office since June 2026, after several cases where 35x45 mm embassy photos were rejected at the report desk \[^2^\]. **The practical takeaway.** Set a calendar reminder for day 85 (not 90 — the window is calendar days, not business days, and immigration offices close on weekends and public holidays). File online if your phone number is registered and your last receipt is available; file in person only if the online system rejects your passport number. If you miss the window, file immediately — the fine is fixed at 2,000 baht before the notice, and the notice is what turns it into 5,000 + 200/day. Do not wait for the 90-day notice to arrive; by then it is already late. Last verified 19 October 2026. \--- \[^1^\]: Ministry of Interior notification 31 Aug 2026, in force 15 Sep 2026 — 30-day exemption for 60 countries, visa-on-arrival cut to three countries, bilateral groups unchanged (siam-legal.com, lawzana.com, thailandelite.net, Oct 2026). \[^2^\]: Thailand 90-day report procedure — form TM.47, filing channels, 4x6 cm photo, 2,000 / 5,000 + 200/day fine structure; verified against immigration-bureau documentation and long-stay resident reports (Oct 2026). \[^3^\]: TM.47 online filing (SMS verification, PDF receipt), proxy filing requirements, blacklist interaction with overstay ladder; verified against current long-stay visa guides and immigration practice notes (Oct 2026).