Hotels and guest house visitor reporting

[MM 6,562]

Tourists to face closer monitoring

 

* Published: 1/08/2010 at 12:00 AM

 

The Immigration Bureau will start a new campaign next month to keep track of the whereabouts of all tourists by enforcing reporting requirements of hotels, resorts and guesthouses.

 

Bureau chief Wuthi Liptapallop said managers failing to comply will face arrest and fines of up to 10,000 baht per tourist if they do not fulfil their obligations.

 

Under Section 38 of the Immigration Act, managers of residences, hotels, guesthouses, condominiums and resorts have to notify the Immigration Office about guests within 24 hours of their arrival.

 

Pol Lt Gen Wuthi said the provision had long existed but had not been fully enforced. The opening of the Immigration Control System Centre next month and an improved computer system at the bureau now made this possible.

 

"We will now request from the managers of those places information on each guest, by computer, every day," he said. "We are now receiving information from about 60% of them. This should rise to 70% next month, and more in the following weeks."

 

Lt Gen Wuthi said about 80,000 people arrive in Thailand daily through several entry points, "but we don't know exactly where these foreign tourists stay, how long they will stay, for example, in Bangkok, Chiang Mai or in other places".

 

"This might sound like an ambitious project, but in fact we can actually accomplish it quite easily," he said.

 

Under Section 77 of the Immigration Act, managers who don't comply face arrest and a fine of 2,000-10,000 baht per day for each unreported guest.

 

Lt Gen Wuthi said the data collected would be reported to every ambassador, which would give them confidence "that we are trying to serve and protect their nationals".

 

"We have to identify who the people are, and where they are staying," he said. "If you remember when the tsunami struck Thailand in December 2004, we had some problems with the identification of victims. We had no information or any data on them. With this method, we will have information on almost every tourist, making it easier to identify them if something happens."

 

Information about the 1,000 foreign fugitives believed to be living here would also be put into the system. "It should be easier to locate them," he said.

 

from http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/touris...oser-monitoring

[farman 11]

Bang there goes Gravity and back to Reality for some people(Cons)

 

Interesting read MM

[Bazle 1,500]

The arms of Big Brother get ever longer

[captcraig2 120]

Next step will be to report the name and ID numbers of any guests.....To control disease of course!

[jacko 8,822]

Theoretically, if you have your drunk farang friend stay over at your house rather than drive home, you are supposed to report the fact on a TM30...

If you do not, fines are applicable....

If you have relatives staying, same applies. This is further to the requirement to state address on the arrivals card. It applies to the residence owner.

Edited August 1, 2010 by jacko

[aras 4]

Theoretically, if you have your drunk farang friend stay over at your house rather than drive home, you are supposed to report the fact on a TM30...

If you do not, fines are applicable....

If you have relatives staying, same applies. This is further to the requirement to state address on the arrivals card. It applies to the residence owner.

 

 

Plzzz tell me you are joking?? never heard such a thing in my whole life in any country, ok maybe north korea lol

[jacko 8,822]

Plzzz tell me you are joking?? never heard such a thing in my whole life in any country, ok maybe north korea lol

1. MUST NOTIFY WITHIN 24 HOURS FROM THE TIME OF ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE

2. MUST NOTIFY THE IMMIGRATION DIVISION IF LOCATED WITNIN BANGKOK AREA

3. MUST NOTIFY THE LOCAL IMMIGRATION OFFICE IF THERE IS NO IMMIGRATION

OFFICE LICATED IN THAT AREA THE LOCAL POLICE OFFICIAN MUST BE NOTIFIED

Look up the TM30 on the Immigration website.

[gentlemangeoff 16]

Most laws in Thailand are randomly applied and many are totally ignored. And even where they are applied a little "tea-money" is likely to smooth over any difficulty.

[nutosf 49]

Galaxy Suites has been reporting to Immigration for a few years now. It is a very easy process. Immigration has a web site that loads up an excel spreadsheet. Name, nationality, passport number, and date of check-in are required. Takes about 15 minutes at most to fill out form. Never had any issues with Immigration. This law has been on the books for some time.

 

PS: We do not report short time stays.

Edited August 9, 2010 by nutosf

[MM 6,562]

PS: We do not report short time stays.

 

THANK YOU!

[Tarl 1]

Sounds simple to report and doesn't seem a big deal to me. I always let people back home know where I am staying anyway and with your passport and ticket they know when you leave, where you are going and when you coem back.