Gaybutton wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:38 am
Unfortunately, that still doesn't mean much or help much. The fact that he was not asked doesn't mean
you won't be asked, but to me the significant thing is supposedly people have to file the TM30 or TM28 or whatever when they return from a trip - and he was not asked for either of them.
As Undaunted mentioned, the TM30 form is required to be completed by landlords (hotels) not by individual travelers/residents. The TM28 is the form that residents are required to complete when traveling outside their home province in excess of 24 hours.
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, this provision in the law has never been enforced in 40 years, no one is following it, and it couldn't be enforced even if they wanted to. Why this provision hasn't been removed from the law remains a mystery (that's their problem), but it's becoming increasingly clear that Immigration is focused on using this law to get the hotels to start reporting their guests, and not focused on the expat community.
As long as expat retiree's are doing their 90 day reporting, as well as notifying immigration in the event of a change of residence, that is all that the expat community should be concerned with in my opinion. What I just said is technically wrong according to how this law was written, but correct in reality.