amykat

They sell these things on Amazon now, many various kinds.  

4 hours ago, metempsychotic said:

she was certainly feminine, but female debatable.

she seems to have gone far off the thai visa radar, she used however to be quite prolific

Why do you think that, did you try to date her??

Oh there was a female vet in Chiang Mai who ran a vet question service for a while,  Bambina or something???

49 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

Name all the other ones (excluding you)

OMG!!!  What in the hell makes you think I am Thai??  Next, I can’t remember details that like over more than a decade but there have been some spouses of posters on here, some random women from time to time, a guy named Golf I believe who married some expat woman on here, and I am sure some I never read as I don’t read every post.  Okay??

Hey there is some amount of men here, who can’t cross the street without their Thai wife guiding them, even after ten years of living here.  Don’t know how to charge their mobile phone, are virtual prisoners, depending on her for everything.  I bet this kind of tourist is how that starts!!

Just don’t do it.  You will embarrass the woman.  Everyone will be talking about her nonstop.  What kind of idiot brings their boyfriend to work to sit like a little puppy all day??  Would you do that to your girlfriend in Los Angeles or Paris?  Are you a man or a puppy??  Go find some things to do that are enjoyable and valuable with your time while you are on vacation.  I imagine you are spending a lot of money to come here??  Don’t waste it like that!!

1 hour ago, Suradit69 said:

Much respect for an officer who obliviously knows that the person he's abetting is gaming the system and falsifying the funds requirement? 

 

 

 

 

Well what are the choices?  Do you want Geronimo thrown out?  Apparently he has a wife a child.  Normally in most countries he would not need a big bank account to stay.  Maybe you can help all three of them go live in your country on welfare because he doesn’t sound employable at this point, listening to his posts ....although before I had the impression he was a younger guy??  

Oh, well can you use agents there?  I thought people did things directly there and you said you did that last time.  I thought people use agents inside Thailand?  But whatever ...glad you are not in jail dude!! Lucky!!

You said you went to Laos did you not?

What??  So you were supposed to stay there for 30 days for consideration??  You keep changing the story ...making it hard to follow ...are you sure can remember 6 months ago??

I read in some newspapers that the rapist was sentenced to death recently, South China News and something else, I forgot what.

3 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Yes, and the facts was in 6000 votes on the petition out of 150 000 western foreigners. Not connected to the government. And if I was that, then I am considered to be a troll just for not living up to your filosophy. Fantastic. You get better and better.

If this was a free society and there would be no negative consequences I am sure every western expat who knew about it, would have signed the petition.  You seem to be totally forgetting we live in a place where you can be jailed for clicking like on FB.

1 hour ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Didnt they just use the landlord work permit thing because you did not play the game when offered the chance?

Yes, immigration finds excuses to make extra money.  They don’t have to be real.  He could have just paid 18k but he ended up paying 28k, and so an agent got 10k of that.

42 minutes ago, ukrules said:

This is why people are getting caught out - it's almost as if the system is designed to cause maximum destruction to people who've been living here for years.

 

Most people have literally no idea at all about the ever changing whims of immigration and what's being enforced / not being enforced.

I think this is true.  I have left Thailand now and my visa has lapsed.  If I were to visit for some reason, the appropriate visa for me to use would be a tourist visa, or VOA and I might risk getting kicked out?  That seems not to make sense, if you have followed all the past terms of your visas, which I did, and now am doing something else ...why would they want to reject me?

It makes sense that some person after many work permits would want to come in on a tourist visa because you have to get out immediately when those finish and maybe you want to vacation then go home?  Or just have time to clear out? 

You might go home to your country and take care of your sick parents for a few years and want to visit here on tourist visas during that time ....oh well, go to detention??  

You could just be having a year a year from hell, getting divorced, depressed, various problems going on and disorganized and need some slack for a year, after such a long time, who else would deserve some breaks?  Oh some newbie or this guy ....just give the a-hole $100 and watch your problems disappear.

Think of this like India now.

44 minutes ago, Andy25 said:

Agreed. He should have planned more carefully. But now it's all about making a challenge! Surely authority can be challenged sometimes? Has anyone tried?

Yes, the best way would have been to put $100 bill in his passport, to help the officer make a decision.  They can think better this way.

Forgot any other kind of challenge ...Thais all stick together and will reinforce the wrong decisions against us, same like the pack beating, and just enjoy it ...that is what I have seen, they don’t even have their ears open, their listening brain is closed ...you can tell that after some years here, they are only prepared to say no ...I just walk off when I see it happening.

1 hour ago, cyril sneer said:

the OP is about Brits but reads like it's been done by an American

Quelle horreur!!!  

8 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Buying duty free good for immig. officer when he/she has already passed the gate? What guarantee does officer has that the foreigner will return?

 

Wouldn't it be better just to slip some cash under the table?

 

More 'denied entry' stories please. This seems to be a daily event nowadays.

Well if they are at their booths in front of everyone and don’t take you to a back office or somewhere, and there are cameras, it might be too difficult and obvious to just ask for money.  One other poster had to go to a bathroom and put it in his passport.  So you can’t just openly hand it to them in the airport.  

This officer could show a photo on her phone, that looks like nothing over the camera ...then the tourist goes and buys a small gift and drops it off ...if she was questioned later she can say ...idk what happened he liked me and dropped off this small gift?  He was free to leave after? But even if you are free to leave you never know, if you are coming here again what will happen if you don’t pay up.  

Then the officer gets many many small gifts like this, returns them to the shop for cash ...good idea??  No cameras can take photos of her getting cash.

6 hours ago, racket said:

I'm on my 5th METV and stay in Thailand for 8-9 months per year, I have never been denied entry, questioned or interrogated with a passport full of stamps and visas. I have listened to advice to carry 20,000 baht "just in case" and never been pulled over so far. I just find it curious that people who've stayed here for so long never heard of Thaivisa.com. Besides, when applying for a tourist visa or a visa on arrival in Bali, you never have to show any bank statements, so I'm not sure where that is coming from. 

 

Stop trolling us dude, just like the other "denied entry post" earlier. 

No matter if people have heard of TV or not, you realize a large portion of people here do not post on TV right?  

The OP is saying he got a Tourist Visa from the Thai consulate in Bali, where he showed them bank statements, he is not talking about the tourist visa on arrival to get into Bali.

I guess immigration can’t hold up every single person, that would take a long time, immigration held me up when leaving and stole my wallet, I’m sure they don’t do that to every passenger every day, but maybe to one every now and then when a good opportunity arises???  They were pretty organized about how they went about it, like a pickpocket ring.

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Its been a while since I've been to DM, but isn't there a booze shop in the baggage hall?

 

While many are claiming 'troll'... Given the inherent and almost audacious openness of graft in Thailand I am not finding this experience to be too far fetched.

 

 

Yes, I haven’t flown in there on an international flight for a long time, but I remember that too.  While getting your luggage there is one last chance for some kind of duty free there, mostly consisting of alcohol that I saw.  But surely they sold a few other things.  Maybe immigration can go back and get a refund for anything purchased?  End up with cash.