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47 minutes ago, asdfrules said:

OP here.  Nice to see one post about SE Asia on these past 2 page.  Haha

 

How long do I want to be outside of Thailand?

 

For the next year or so I want to stay in Thailand the whole time because it's the right combo of affordable and decent accomidation for me.  Seems harder to find nice short-term apartments in Vietnam/Philippines/Malaysia etc for around $400, which is what I pay in Bangkok.  When I look online, the rooms in those price ranges have weird deal-breakers like no kitchenette, curfews, 1 year contracts, or shower gets the whole bathroom wet type of nonsense.  Later on, when I have more money (hopefully), getting a $800 Airbnb in Vietnam or something won't be a problem.  Then I'd prefer to do 3 months stints in other countries, and maybe around 50% in Thailand.  That will be my ideal situation.  But for now, I don't think I can afford decent, short-term accommodation in other countries.  I'd be happy to be proven wrong tho.

 

ED Visa?

I've done this before and maxed it out.  Can I do it again?  I've spent about 12 years in Thailand.  Mostly conservatively.  Recently I spent a year outside, and since I came back I been here 10 months and got a new passport now with 1 SETV visa in it.  I think I had about 3 years on an ED Visa for Thai Language in the past (maybe more).  And maybe 1 more year for Russian.  Since I have a new passport now, does that mean I can do it again?  I suspect they'd have records on me so even with a new passport, the ministry of Education would be like "nope you can't do this again, nice try jerk".

I'm doing Ed visa again on a new passport, they were able to process my application. Then for the 3 month extensions, my school has a special contact at immigration, when I turn up I simply call her and get a guaranteed extension for a small extra fee. Seen lots of other thaivisa posts about extra fees for the extensions too. In the range of 3000-5000 instead of 1900. Mine is 3400.

You could also do Japanese instead of Thai. 

Yes I found it easy, got an SETV in SGN even with a 2 yr overstay stamp and 7 visa exemptions in current passport, and I didn't get asked to show any proof of funds. Had a fake onward flight ticket from one of those online rental sites, handed that in with the application form and $40 (they only accept USD) and that was it. I handed it in just before they finished for the day (11:15, they stop taking applications at 11:30 and go on their lunch break). That may have helped. Also I didn't dress like a backpacker. 

58 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

That's like being banned from driving for 2 years and starting to drive again after 1 and when caught using the excuse oh sorry I wasn't sure how long my ban was

 

Do you really think that is going to work?

OP won't have actually entered the country yet, only presented himself at the border. So the analogy would be a banned driver applying for a new license, not driving.

If he sneaked over a land border to get in then yeah sure, harsh consequences if caught. But at the border I think all that's going to happen is he gets sent back if caught. 

It wouldn't surprise me if there are actually no serious consequences if you get caught. Just entry denied stamp and flown back to where you came from. It can't be proven that you were intending to enter illegally, you may have just been unaware of how long your overstay ban was, and have changed your name for other reasons.

As someone suggested you could change your passport twice, as the second is still linked to your current one, but the third is linked to the second. And change your name too. So the first replacement is because you 'lost' it, the second because you changed your name. That's what I'd do. Or as someone suggested, buying citizenship in another country plus a name change.

P.S. If you google 'laos airlines refused entry' you can find some thaivisa threads from while back, that say Laos has been refusing people on overstay from entry / boarding a flight there. Don't know if that's still happening, but something to bear in mind. No problem entering other countries in the region though after clearing overstay.

You didnt mention how long you'd be ok with being outside Thailand between entries. I've had 10 entries in a row on current passport since clearing a long overstay, no issues but I was out almost as long as I was in. 2 months in, 2 months out, 2 months in, 1.5 months out, etc. extending every entry to the max. I made a thread if you search my profile, where I took pics of all the stamps, 7 visa exemptions in a row then an SETV, since that thread Ive had 2 more exemptions 

If youre trying to do as close as possible to 365 days a year in Thailand, do Ed visas, thats what Im doing now, as a break from all that travelling. Ive done a Thai language ed visa before but it was on my previous passport, so Ill do it again, then again with Japanese. 2 yrs. Then renew passport and do both again. 

So far I havent been denied, been living in Thailand nearly 10 years. 19 more until I turn 50 and am on easy street with retirement extensions

Many grammatical errors in the note

- 'Eveything' should be 'everything'

- 'taken an' should be 'taken and'

- 'now you have all' should be 'now you have'

- 'exactily' should be 'exactly'

- Too many words use capital letters 

- The question mark is messed up 

9 minutes ago, 12DrinkMore said:

TittieCoin is now at $0.002408 USD

 

That is not going to get you very far down Soi 6.

Up 16% in the past 24 hours that'd be good for an entire year on the stock market! 

With this kind of thing on CNBC I can understand why some people are skeptical :) 

Tittiecoin would've been the icing on the cake - https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tittiecoin/

On 23/01/2018 at 1:25 AM, janclaes47 said:

You said he bought in December, which day was it 11 cents in December or even in the 30 days prior to it?

 

And by the way, it isn't $9 now , it's $8.05

I meant that the ICO ended in December. They take some time, you have a presale, crowdsale, and at presale it was worth 11 cents, yes. 

Yes it was worth $8.05 when you posted that, and now $8.50 today, and if you post again tomorrow I'm sure it will be worth something else.... prices fluctuate. Likely $20 a month from now. Point is he made a ton of money. 

I wasn't trolling I was just giving OP an example of a friend that made a boatload of money. I didn't participate personally, wish I did. 

1 hour ago, 12DrinkMore said:

 

Awesome.

 

How much has he cashed out?

 

However the lowest price in December was about USD 1.24 and now we're at USD 9.00

 

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/icon/

 

 

 

11 cents coming out of the ICO, as per the website you linked yourself earlier - https://icobench.com/ico/icon

Yeah $9 now, I said about $10. Ok so 90x returns. Pretty nice. 

He hasn't cashed out anything, Icon will easily hit $20 and beyond. 

Well my friend put $10k into Icon (ICX) in December, it was worth about 10 cents after ICO, now it's worth about $10, so he's up 100x, or a million dollars in a month... 

The uncensored post she made - https://instagram.com/p/BdymQXOhCLh/

It's not required but some people submit verification anyway so their profile says 'verified' that helps if later they post an ad themselves to sell their bitcoin, when they want to convert it to fiat. 

So it's weird that the seller is asking you. Don't send it, just pick one of the other dozens of sellers.

Err not a great idea to send some random seller your personal info, you should be submitting that to localbitcoins.com themselves, they'll then mark your profile as verified. That's what I did.

No they don't only deal in whole coins. You can buy less. They write the price per whole coin and then set limits in the next column. You can buy 1000 baht worth if you want. Or you use coins.co.th or bx.in.th. At a quick glance right now BX is cheapest today, but it varies.

30 minutes ago, Cranky said:

No evidence whatsoever to say the Boris was drunk or speeding.  Cars are designed to dent easily.  Who's to know if the Brit was hammered and stumbled in to the path of the car?  

The witness saw a speeding car and the Brit waiting to cross the road. 

While there aren't any limits for tourist visas defined in law, when people run into problems - questioning at border, denial of entry etc. - it's always been when they exceed 6 months per year in Thailand. One can confidently say spending under 6 months per year on tourist visas is 0% risk, you aren't even classed as a tax resident etc. 

Over 6 months no one really knows, it just becomes guesswork. But the 8-9 months per year that you plan doesn't push it too far, you plan long breaks in between each stay, and will return home each year, so I'd say it's very low risk. You don't fit the profile of someone working illegally in Thailand.

To make it even lower risk you could enter by land border wherever possible (e.g. train from Malaysia) as they are less strict than airports, with the possible exception of the Poipet Cambodia border. Plus carry 20k baht cash as proof of funds whenever you enter.

Or just study Thai and get an Ed visa, there are lots of language schools in Chiang Mai. 

14 hours ago, captpkapoor said:

Would much appreciate a link for this please.  I'm never in Thailand long enough at a stretch to attend classes, but if I could download a whole lot on my laptop that would be great. Many thanks. 

8 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

Link via PM if you feel you have the time or energy please jspill

Google utorrent and install that free software. 

Then Google piratebay (the domain keeps changing), on there search 'Thai learning pack', you'll see a 1GB one and an 8GB one, click the magnet by the name to start downloading in utorrent.

Nobody cares. I've been doing it since 2009 no issues. 

2 hours ago, The manic said:

I have asked this before but will ask again - Does it have to be Thai currency or will the equivalent in other currencies be OK?

There is an exchange booth before immigration (but no ATMs). So even if it wasn't ok you could say ok I'll go exchange it then queue up again. 

But the 'official rule' is that it can be any other major currency that is generally accepted for conversion to Baht. 

12 hours ago, SangSom77777 said:

and another question: Im from switzerland and if want to get a tourist visa here in switzerland i have to show them my return flight. Will there be any problem if i show them the return flight after 5 months?

Probably not they will see you're going home pretty soon after the tourist visa, haven't been there >6 months in year last year, and won't be this year... they should just take your money and give you the tourist visa. 

It's Thailand you never know they make up the rules as they go along but I'd say >90% chance you'll be fine. 

And Thai consulates in other countries don't ask to see the return flight, they're already being anal in Switzerland by requiring one, it'd be even more anal to require one dated within 90 days. 

12 hours ago, SangSom77777 said:

So when they ask if i have a return flight and when it is,, i should tell them after 5 months and show it? woulnt that get trouble? cause i can only stay 3 months with tourist visa

Doesn't really matter that much and is obviously better than saying no or not showing them anything.

It's still a return flight to your home country, yes you can only stay 3 months with tourist visa but you can leave and get a new tourist visa, and in total you will be there less than 6 months in a year, it's proof of that. 

As mentioned carry 20k baht too, and then there's even less chance you run into problems.

Pay for tuition at a language school to get the Ed visa paperwork, then when you actually go to get the visa (in Laos), go with an agency in a van. Often what these agencies do is present a van-load of passports at a time to one of their 'contacts' at immigration, who quickly stamps them all without really scrutinizing, while you all wait in the van, then you're back in the country and you have a year's stay on the Ed visa. 

Once you're towards the end of that year's stay, you can consider renewing your passport for a fresh one at that point, then doing another Ed visa after that. Or, just do a 2nd Ed visa on that passport and again, go with an agency. Then definitely renew once you're towards the end of the 2nd year.

This was the advice given to a friend of mine who is on his 2nd year of Ed visas, after 5 SETVs, so even more than you. He's currently in BKK he got questioned flying in on the 2nd Ed visa, but after a phonecall to his school they eventually let him in. A lady at his school recommended next time he go with an agency in a van. And at the airport one of the IOs even recommended he get a new passport, haha.