What paperwork do you need after moving to Thailand in 2026?

Confirm your entry stamp and permission-to-stay dates before you unpack. If a landlord or hotel is hosting you, make sure the TM30 (host-filed foreign-resident address report) is filed within 24 hours and keep the receipt: TM30 address report. Without that record, Immigration may refuse later address certificates that banks and the Department of Land Transport ask for.

If you remain more than 90 consecutive days, file the separate 90-day report on time and save the next due date: ninety-day report. Leaving Thailand resets the continuous-stay count; a domestic trip does not. Put visa extension deadlines on the same calendar so TM.7 or LTR follow-up does not collide with reporting week.

Get a Thai taxpayer identification number when Revenue Department rules for your status require it, especially for employment, business, or tax filing: get a tax number. Open a bank account with original passport, stay evidence, address proof, and a Thai phone number: open a bank account. Branches vary, so call a branch used to your visa type before you queue.

For driving a car or motorbike beyond short International Driving Permit windows, plan a Thai licence through the Department of Land Transport Smart Queue system after you hold a Certificate of Residence or other accepted address proof: convert a driving licence. Housing paperwork belongs in the same week as TM30: how to rent a home. Health cover and hospital networks should sit in the budget before the first clinic visit: healthcare costs.

Keep photocopies and digital scans of every Immigration receipt. Many later appointments fail because the landlord never filed TM30, the 90-day receipt is missing, or the address on the bank form does not match Immigration.