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Could 90 Day Reporting Be Canceled in Thailand?
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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing the possibility of 90-day reporting being canceled. In a recent article from the Pattaya Mail, that is pattayamail.com came to my attention. I have done some other things and this may happen, this may not but I thought it was interesting and quoting directly from the Pattaya Mail, again: Overseas Thai Embassies Update Visa Guidance for Foreigners, pattayamail.com. Quoting directly: "The unpopular 3 months address reporting for expats and long-term visa holders is likely to be canceled. It might be replaced by a computer app which will record the relevant details and require updating only if the foreigner moves house. Such a system seems to work well in Cambodia."
Interesting that they bring it up. There does seem to be some discussion of this. However, I don't know if or when this will happen. My gut tells me yeah we probably could see some kind of revamping of the 90-day reporting but I wouldn't hold my breath that it is going to come anytime in the relatively near future. The Immigration System has a lot to deal with with respect to well they have got a million things to deal with. They have a lot of work going on and Bureaucracy doesn't move particularly fast. Is it possible? Yes. Is it likely immediately? Not really. I don't know where on the horizon between the immediately foreseeable future of a couple of months and out a couple of years that that kind of change is. I suspect we probably will see at least a revamping of the 90-day reporting requirements sometime in the next 2 to 3 years.