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I have a flight to CNX (from BKK) coming up. Flight leaves at 6am so I want to be on the road at 2am from Pattaya. In the past I've scheduled with various taxi services. This time I'd like to practice using on demand options. It'll make the mental load of flight planning easier in the future, if it works out. My current list in order of priority 1. Bolt 2. Grab 3. Street car /van taxis. Will check if in front of Central Festival is active first (any other hotspots?) 4. Moto taxi (I imagine this will get tiring) PS: I'll only take a backpack

Thanks for the mulberries suggestion, I just read online they are sweet. Will check out Makro today. When I switched from strawberries to blueberries in my daily oatmeal I cheated less (on my food not a girl). So my barometer for a good fruit is taste based, with berries at the top of the pack for nutritional value

Right now I'm paying 300/kilo at Friendship. Anyone know a cheaper place? Fresh/frozen doesn't matter

Ok then. Are there any good embassys in Indonesia, or nearby countries? I may do a visa stopover if so. I see there's a Thai consulate in Denpasar

Would like to head there for my next trip. How easy or tough are they for Thai Tourist Visa for people with a long history in Thailand? Yes I know Laos is easier and safer.

I am considering doing a border run to stay in Vietnam for 60 days total. Here is what I understand so far: #1. Hire a border run service to go to a nearby the border from Ho Chi Minh City. I'm guessing one in Cambodia. #2. Get the exit stamp on the Vietnam visa, and then apply for a Cambodian Visa. After this I'm unclear on what to do next. As a American citizen I know that one of my few options to get into Vietnam is the eVisa. But I've also been told that the Evisa can only be applied for outside of Vietnam. Which means I think I would need to spend 3 days in Cambodia before approval. Or one day if I use an agency with rush service. Is this how it's being done? If you guys know a more efficient way, please help me understand, thank you.

@JayClay the train ticket would have only proved his travel from Chiang Mai to Pattaya where his hotel booking was

I imagine this doesn't happen too often but I was thinking of staying in Medellin for a couple months and applying for a Thai tourist visa at the Bogota consulate. I am an American citizen. In general are faraway consulates and embassies known to be harder or easier?

The immigration pass through at Chiang Mai Airport was perhaps the easiest I've ever gone through. I felt that the (28 to 32 year old male) immigration officer didn't really feel it was part of his job responsibility to do any questioning or vetting. He was also polite, saying Hi, and thank you towards the end. Even at the land borders in the past, they stopped to think a bit as they examined my history. This time, almost none of that. How much this would have changed if I were attempting to get a visa exempt status, I'm not sure. what I do know is that my plan to enter through Chiang Mai Airport was good. I'll keep using it for further trips. To make getting to Pattaya less painful I think I'll stay in Chiang Mai for a day in the future and maybe take a Fiwfan girl or two to hold me over.

Great advice, thank you. How do you discern the kindly old man from the angry old man?

Yeah I asked for 60 and got 90. I'm not complaining!

I missed my flight to CNX. Next one is scheduled for March 11. I am a US citizen and have a 90 day tourist visa. I also have a 9 year almost continuous history in Thailand from ED (majority), tourist and volunteer visas. Is there potential for Chiang Mai immigration to ask why I didn't arrive on the start day of my visa and start probing further? Or is this not a big deal?

@ThailandRyan Are you sure they can see the actual visa type, eg education, tourist, business, marriage, et cetera? Someone posted earlier that immigration can only see entry and exit date information, but not the type of visa attached to those entries.

@richard_smith237 But the visa type info is indeed wiped out from the switch, right? That is what I'm probing about.

Since 2018 I've been in Thailand on Edu visas, a tourist visa or two and a volunteer visa. 4 years prior to that was largely the same on other passports. I just got a tourist visa right now and think it's time to renew to a new passport. I've been told entries and exits are recorded at immigration but nothing more. Is this true? Will switching passports wipe out my ED/Vol/Tourist visa history?

Will do? Which airport gave you the grilling? Did you remember everything? I don't remember most of my visa excuses. If they start asking about my ED language visas I'll have an issue.

I am from the US, not sure if Americans can do eVisas? Sad to hear long stays are dying out. Edu visas have been my staple, I think they are still going strong, have you heard differently?

Even at Chiang Mai airport? I thought they were relatively easy compared to Phuket and both bangkok airports

The answer is yes, he was very specific that the start and end dates should align with the visa start and end. I just cancelled my 60 day hotel stay in Chiang Mai. Many hotels have free cancellation.

Sure thing: 1. $40 US 2. Printout of Agoda booking confirmation PDF attached to email (printout of booking page on website NOT acceptable. Booking.com also acceptable but I don't know what exactly) 2. Printout of ticket into Thailand 3. Printout of ticket out of Thailand. PNR not verified (mine listed no PNR, just a generic "reservation code" which itself was fake and no website was even referenced. Form itself: 4. Employer name (normally I leave this blank) 5. Thai guarantor: Hotel name and address (Put this under "Proposed address in thailand" and also "Local guarantor in Thailand") 6. Local guarantor in HCMC: Hotel name, address, phone As with everywhere else you hand over your passport. Fill out everything you can. They are not like Laos where some fields can be skipped. As of March 6, 2023 (the very day I applied) 2 working days are required for processing. A guy next to me had a hotel in Pattaya but a flight to Chiang Mai. The IO insisted on the train ticket number of the train he said he would use to travel down on. He did not have this since his plan was to book the train last minute. I did not run into this issue because I used a Chiang Mai hotel as guarantor and withheld my 2nd flight info from CNX to BKK.

Just found out now, I received a valid 90 day tourist visa ???? So they are picky upfront. But they do not validate the onward flight PNR. Next time I know what to do to be even safer.

No I had to order 1 day rush service from an agent to make it work. Don't count on visa on arrival!

I'm in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam and was told that my Thai tourist visa application at the local Thai consulate is likely to get denied because I was in Thailand during the entire COVID era, which they don't like to see. Should I even bother trying to fly into Chiang Mai airport (CNX) with a canceled visa in my passport from the rejection, to apply for visa exempt? Or should I just fly back to the US at this point?

Mental slip, yes you are correct ????

Questions about the "rejection case" 1. Is a rejection stamped into the passport? Is it logged into a computer? 2. If the answer to #1 is no for both, should I try for visa exempt at CNX (Chiang Mai, my flight is scheduled for March 9)? I hear it's 45 days at the moment. I'll gladly take that. I'm not sure if an HCMC consulate rejection would tar me for visa exempt though.