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On 4/25/2024 at 8:12 AM, TheFatOne said:

How to you feel about the Russian exodus to Thailand? For the sake of the topic, please don't amalgamate Russians and their gov. Why do you think they are doing it and would you do the same if you were in their shoes?

 

And if you're Russian of course feel free to share your personal reasons and experience.

 

Thanks for sharing your thoughts 👍

As long as they behave nice – and that goes for all nationalities – I don't mind which country the originates from...

16 hours ago, Gulfsailor said:

According to immigration there is no history to erase, so we all agree on that part. It’s just that according to them BOI will not forward the application for an extension of stay to immigration when they are aware there is an old uncancelled visa (although I’m guessing they’re actually referring to the subsequent extension of stay). So the proposed solution offered by immigration is for me to get a new passport in which case BOI wouldn’t be aware. 
That said it’s true that some extensions, for instance for reason of employment or education, do need to be officially cancelled by immigration before leaving the country.

A trip back to the homeland it likely is. 

Just get a new clean passport and make BOI happy; your single entry non-O visa was "cancelled" at the moment it was used for entry.

Over-tourism is a surging problem many places. Selling – the PM states that he is a seller – before the product is available is a critical issue; for tourism it's especially a question of infrastructure.

And of course, the Songkran water wars should have lasted the promised 21 days...

Some will not like this comment, but former PM Prayut Chan-o-cha was in a way on the right track with "quality tourism" – i.e. better off guests that can afford to spend some money instead of low budget mass tourism – however, how ro deal with it is difficult; entrance fee like in Venice or allowed number og visitors for various areas.

On 4/24/2024 at 3:58 AM, DrJack54 said:

On 4/24/2024 at 3:24 AM, LivingNThailand said:

But the 90 day reporting is independent of the extension date.

This is correct.

It's however depending on the local immigration office. For example Surat Thani, Koh Samui, resets the 90-days report upon approving extension of stay, as address is reported when applying for extension of stay.

19 hours ago, TheFatOne said:

Anyways. Your turn.

 

Biggest dream right now is winning the 100 million Euro in the EuroJackpot...

Makes really good sense to help the "around 15 million financially vulnerable individuals, instead of the planned 50 million in its proposal"...

In reality, if given to 50 million people, it's not a "gift" from the government, it's a loan that the population will need to pay back plus some level of interest...

23 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

Why don't they issue us with ankle tracker devices, that way they would know where we are all the time, doing away with the need for TM30 and TM47 (90 day) reports.

Please, don't give them any good ideas...

23 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Which immigration office 

My immigration office – i.e., the one I use – Surat Thani Province, Koh Samui, requires GPS coordinates and Google satellite map (item #7 in the menu card)...

On 4/20/2024 at 1:43 PM, malct said:

My Thai wife's son is dating a Thai lady and now she is talking marriage even though she has only known my wife's son for 3 months and my wife is saying that its going to cost half Million in total plus the dowry .

 

I know when i married my wife in Thailand it was really cheap, apparently you need to buy gold for the Thai Bride , The ceremony and a party plus other stuff.  They are both 30 years old and neither have been married or have children .

 

The family of the girlfriend have a business, So i guess they are up in the Thai status with both of their other daughters marrying businessmen 

 

Without really knowing the cost of a Thai Wedding , I just wonder if 500,000 Baht is about right . I believe that any dowry paid will be going back to the married Couple, That's if they do get married 

 

My wife is paying for wedding , So its nothing out of my pocket, But i don't want her getting ripped off , I question Why the GF hasn't been married before and why the rush, If it was me , I would run a mile  with talk of marriage so early on...   And no babies on the way yet LOL 

 

I guess if it was the UK , You would be talking a lot of money but Thailand is suppose to be cheap 

Sin sot and party costs usually reflects the status of the families – including the number of invited guest – so, you wife shall have good knowledge about it.

Average costs really depends on status; so, average cost in which level. A poor couple's wedding might be a very modest reception, where the money guests bring pays for it all and more (I've experienced that). Higher social level weddings might be with a guest list for hundreds – or even a thousand or more (I've also experienced that) – guests; so, we talk about several millions of baht. In that view, 500,000 baht is not out of range.

Dowry is a question of negotiation. Also, if part of the sin sot – or all of it – shall stay with the new married couple.

I'm not sure if "Thailand is cheap", especially not when it's higher social level weddings. I've been invited guest at four weddings in those levels, and they didn't appear cheap at all.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

This was the nature of the tourism sector that did not change for the past decade.

So, how can it then be a kind of surprise, worthy a news story...

A common problem that sometimes arise. Could be lots of things underway to Europe or US; higher than usual traffic, router down, or broken connection somewhere, so remaining open gates are overloaded. ASEAN NOW seems to have its server in Singapore.

15 hours ago, Liquorice said:

Already explained on page 1.
As usual, you jump in late without reading previous posts, repeat, then criticise.

It's not difficult to understand, but it would cause extensive inconvenience and unexpected extra expenses to go with option 2.

I'm replying OP on OP's OP; I do't need to read all comments to do that, which is why I quote the opening post, so it's clear what I'm commenting. And you are very welcome not to read my comments, which will save you for of spending time complaining about my posts. And it would be more expensive to fly up to BKK to get entry stamp corrected – money seemed to be a important for OP...😉

7 hours ago, Liquorice said:

Not entirely, you also suggested a 30-day extension, which would cause a lot of inconvenience and added expense to their plans.

I gave OP two options: 1) if she can get her entry stamp corrected; and 2) an extension, if she cannot get her entry stamp corrected. Not that difficult to understand...

5 hours ago, TheFatOne said:

Just wondering.

Went to a bar the other day.

My beer was 80THB and the girl's one was 150THB.

Are lady drinks always double the regular price ? (almost)

Probably: 80 baht for the beer, 35 baht for the lady and 35 baht for the bar = 150...

Seems like a common problem at the moment, it also happened to me; so, I needed to report my address it in person, which I commented in the other thread about the subject.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Interestingly, Western European countries have 4 countries on the list.

I can count five, or half of Top-10: Luxembourg, Ireland, Switzerland, Norway and San Marino....

Thailand is already dependant of migrant workers from neighbouring countries; so, what happens when 20 million new jobs appear...

2 hours ago, soisanuk said:

 

Here are two Thai Embassy/Consulate sources showing 6 month validity required for obtaining a Visa:

 

https://cgchicago.thaiembassy.org/en/page/tourist-visa-requirements

 

Single Entry Tourist Visa

• Your actual Passport or Travel Document.
(Passport or Travel Document must not expire within 6 months and contain at least ONE completely empty visa page) - include a copy of "picture-page" of the passport.

http://www.thaiembassyjakarta.com/en/consular-services/important-information-on-visa-application/

 

Passport with at least two blank pages left, valid for at least six months from the expected date of arrival in Thailand.

 

Here is a link to an Aseannow.com thread that comments on less than 6 months is okay for entry into Thailand (it also has several comments saying 6 months required along with comments that that information is incorrect.   
- https://aseannow.com/topic/1294708-passport-validity-requirements/

 

IMO the references to the  IATA website requirements, which is used by most airlines to determine eligibility for entry shows that if you have a passport that expires in less than 6 months but later than the period of stay in Thailand, then entry will be permitted, e.g.

 

The talk/question was about domestic possibilities. When doing so-called visa run, you leave Thailand and re-enters. I believe we all know that, that is a possibility...

18 hours ago, Liquorice said:

Exactly what she is trying to do, get the entry stamp date corrected.

Which is what I suggested...

On 4/20/2024 at 8:39 AM, soisanuk said:

I believe the rules changed some time ago. Now, upon entry, your passport only needs to be valid for the length of stay (30, 60, & 90 days for Visa Exempt, Tourist, & Non-Immigrant). 

 

However, if you are applying for a Visa at a Thai Embassy or Consulate, I believe the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still requires you to have 6 months validity.

Haven't heard that – interesting – do you have a quote-link to the change?

On 4/20/2024 at 7:21 AM, Liquorice said:

The point being, the OP doesn't want a 30-day extension at this point.
They have planned a stay of 150 days, and a 30-day extension at this point would mean extra costs.

So, please tell us what other options OP has...

18 hours ago, graeme72 said:

Is it necessary to have 6 months of passport validity (before expiry) to get a new permission to stay? 

  Thanks.

No – if you are talking about extension of stay; upon entry you need 6 months – but your extension of stay will not be longer than your passport is valid.

22 hours ago, zenobit said:

I have been using the option to file the "90-day report" online for over two years and it has always worked perfectly... until now.

 

When I sent the report at the end of last week, everything initially looked good. As usual, shortly after sending it, I received a confirmation that my report had been received, including a PDF file of my report.

 

The next day I received a nasty surprise via email with the following content: "Your application for "STAYING LONGER THAN 90 DAYS" has been rejected. Incorrect entry date upon entry into the kingdom/ Incorrect visa expiration date." 😱
 

A check of the report I received as a PDF file the day before showed that the information on my report was correct and all the data exactly matched that of the last 25 successful reports.

 

I then tried a second time to send the "90-day report" at the beginning of this week, with the same result. Since the time until the deadline was now running short, I drove to immigration in Jomtien on Wednesday to clarify the problem on site. However, at the "90-day desk" I was only informed that they couldn't help me and that I would probably have to come back for every report. 🤯

 

Does anyone have an idea how to solve the problem with the obviously incorrect processing of the data so that I can continue to process "90 days" online?

 

My first idea was to delete my registration and then register again, but there is no way to delete the entry. I doubt whether a new registration would automatically overwrite the old one. In the worst case scenario, I would be reported there twice and receive duplicate emails. The chaos would then be complete.

 

I'm grateful for any advice... except the recommendation to go back to reporting to immigration on site from now on. 🙏

Me too – so, I went to the immigration office and they didn't even wish to se my print of TM47, just my passport, took a few minutes to get a new slip stapled into it with another 90-days...