KIO

11 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You apply the morning of one day and pick up your passport the next afternoon.

Great, thanks!

KIO

16 minutes ago, BritTim said:

Both are good places to get tourist visas. They will likely want to see flight reservations in and out of Thailand, plus recent bank statements showing a balance of 20,000+ baht equivalent. They may waive one of these if you have the other. 

Many thanks for the update! Is it the same amount of time required for processing as many other places eg. leave on a Monday, pick up on a Tuesday?

KIO

Hi all,

Did read the "latest report" page but it was quite dated in regards to Hanoi and HCMC and if it is pretty straight forward getting a SETV at any of them... Does anyone have any recent experiences with any of them? In regards to how our passports "look", they are Swedish with a 30 day extention of the visa exempt stamp.

KIO

Two "hidden" gems in the HH vicinity are Tassanee Beach (run by a Dutch guy and his Swedish wife) and Chill Out (run by a nice Thai lady whom charges old school prices)... Enjoy and shhhhh, don't tell anybody!

KIO

Another neat place as you are travelling with your own car is a place with absolutly stunning views is this place https://goo.gl/maps/DrDzfCeQA8P2 located not as far as one would expect from the hustle and bustle of Hua Hin. Dirt cheap @ 990 thb per night and be sure arriving on a weekday as wekends the Bangkokians come and occupy the best rooms which obviously are the ones on the top.

KIO

An absolute gem is a little place called Huay Yang and a place called "Mumsa"! Roughly an hour and a half from Hua Hin (Location) this is the type of place people have in mind when talking about the "real" Thailand... Funny how 9/10 people somehow seem ending up in Patong, Chaweng or Phi Phi . A nice detour is the boarder town with Myanmar which is here.

KIO

On 2018-02-12 at 3:33 PM, JOC said:

That was expensive....!! Then have a look here:http://www.bahtsold.com/quicksearch2?co=Thailand-1&s=&ca=2&c=1007&pr_from=NULL&pr_to=NULL

Thanks for the link!

KIO

21 hours ago, JOC said:

Have a look here...Norwegian owned....http://www.busabapoolvillas.com/

As suspected, they focus on short term rentals making their ling term discounts veru small; 2.100 £ or around 90.000 THB per month was their offer for a 5 month stay. 

KIO

3 hours ago, JOC said:

Have a look here...Norwegian owned....http://www.busabapoolvillas.com/

Many thanks! Have a feeling this will be way over budget but I have enquired about their long term rates. Will update the thread when they return with them...

Cheers

KIO

Just now, tonray said:

January 2019 ?

Yes.

KIO

Hi all,

Last time around we arrived early October for our 6 month stay = well before peak season and plenty of inventory to scout around and choose from.

This time around the playing field is a little bit different as we are arriveing early (5-7) January -19 for a 5 month stay = well, you know!

Have plenty of estate agent connections but hoping stumbling on something here. Looking for a 2-3 bed pool villa within the Dusita 1 https://goo.gl/maps/kcNZF5cgg352 or Dusita 2 https://goo.gl/maps/bBjPtYfh5kB2 alternativly a pool/no pool 2-3 bed villa within the Emerald 1 https://goo.gl/maps/7Sbc1Hk8y6o or the Emerald 2 https://goo.gl/maps/4RKozsopeGQ2. Budget 30k and below.

We are the dream tennants from Sweden, living in SEA for the past 12 years, paying the entire stay upfront upon check in. If anyone has ANY info or lead, don't hesitate sending me a PM. Obviously, the lead has to be other than what is on the estate agents webpages as that wouldn't constitute as a "find" now would it 

Cheers

KIO

2 hours ago, Elkski said:

Can purchase and cancel air tickets in China air for first 24 hours and get full refund.   I think many airways have 24 hour refund rules.    I may try my first setv ony next visit.  Let us know how it goes. 

That's actually not a bad idea, thanks! Will update on the progress for sure.

KIO

2 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

That should be OK, I would think, if they did ask for it. But they did not ask for my 'initial return ticket' ( I come for 6 winter mths with an SETV like u), or any other ticket, when I applied for an SETV there in early January after my 1st 60+30 days. I say it should be OK because even Savannahket, where they r much stricter,  2 years ago asked for and  accepted my 'initial return ticket' when applying for a SETV even though it was 4 mths away.

Thanks for the input!

KIO

34 minutes ago, Henricus said:

Ore leave 1 week for the family thing and come back 

Sorry, didn't understand your reply. We ARE leaving after the initial 60+30 days... but via land; thus will not have a exit flight ticket to show during the different stages (first SETV application, departure, immigration etc.) of the trip.

KIO

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Following IATA rules, with a tourist visa a return ticket is not required.

 

The issue could be at visa issuance, where will you be applying for the first tourist visa?

Oh, OK, I see... Then I will contact the embassy where I initially will make the SETV application an get there take on this. Thanks for the tip!

KIO

47 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

This was a little different but one time I had a ticket booked about 9 mths in adv

 

Got to Thai check in Perth Auss & she queried my ticket (I was entering on Visa exempt ) when arriving in Thailand

 

I just said I will go to Lao ( but she did know I was married due to previous Visas in my passport )

 

 

Yeah, I mean, there ought to be heaps of backpackers travelling around SEA and only travelling by road... impossible the majority of them not getting in. But heck, I'll probably just end up getting a cheap (we are 3 people) AA or Nok Air ticket to anywhere just to be on the safe side. But it is a little bit frustrating when I can prove housing, schooling, car rent etc. for the 6 month stay.

KIO

7 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

Helpful advice but not 100% correct,

 

If he is going to Nong Khai and exiting via there it stands to reason he will be applying for a new SETV at Vientianne where they don't ask for a onward ticket 

 

 

Thanks. When in Vietiene and applying for the SETV we will be able producing an onward ticket as that will be the initial return ticket 6 months onward from the first entry.

KIO

11 minutes ago, elviajero said:

The only time you, usually, get asked to produce an onward ticket is when applying for the visa. Immigration don’t, as a rule, ask for them on entry to the country.

 

If you need a ticket to get the visa you can buy a cheap (real) ticket to anywhere and simply not use it.

Many thanks for the input!

On two occasions, both when flying with Qatar, they have asked both me and my wife upon check in (in Stockholm) why our return date is so far in the future... and on both occasions hesitant checking us in BEFORE showing them our work permits. Do you recon this might be an issue at the airport when saying "we are leaving by land" after the SETV expires?

KIO

Hi all,

Usually when staying 6 months in Thailand (on SETV's) we fly out after the first 60+30, thus never a problem showing an exit ticket as our route allways looks like this: 60+30 - exit by air to Penang, new SETV, 60+30 - exit back to home country.

This time around we are having a family reunion thingy and meeting up in Nong Khai and exiting after the first 60+30 via land to Laos... this will mean no exit ticket to show either when departing to Thailand initially or when landing Swampy. Will this be an issue and if so, where will the issue most likely occur? And what options other than buying a "fake" cheap Air Asia ticket do I have?

The METV is not an option as we do do not clear the document criteria.

Thanks in advance

KIO

On 2017-12-09 at 8:04 PM, merijn said:

It depends where you go but they can ask for proof why you need the extra 7 days.

Phuket immigration for example will require a flight ticket to show that you need the 7 days and there is no option to change it.

That's exactly what will be the reason for the extention request, so proof of flight will be avaliable.

KIO

8 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

No not at all

Many thanks.

9 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

1900 Baht

Cheers!

4 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

Your wording is not correct but yes you can get  a total of 97 days, 60 plus 30 plus 7 days to leave the country, 

Thanks. Will the "7 day to leave the country" be something that will haunt me in the future eg. blacklisted for a specific time frame?

KIO

23 minutes ago, Lite Beer said:

You can apply but will be refused and given 7 days to leave the country. 

Understand, thanks! How much is the 7 day extention application fee?

KIO

Hi all,

Having the current regulation framework in mind (as we all know whom can change in a heartbeat ey), is it possible extending a SETV an extra 7 days on top of the 30 day (1900b) extention thus giving a total of 97 days? 

Cheers

KIO