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Any ideas as to how many years back it show up in their computer system when you arrive at an airport?

Need to organise travel insurance for the gf for us to come to Oz for a couple of weeks as part of her Oz tourist visa. Any recommendations on any decent companies to look at? It should have good cover for public hospital and any emergency treatments, if it's ever needed.

Why would you not have corrected it in the first place when then Thai ID card was first issued with the incorrect spelling? Would've seemed like the smartest and logical thing to do immediately so no future issues would come up, like they are coming up right now.

Not just Chiang Mai but also Chonburi immigration requires it too, at least for international re-entries.

A few days ago I saw two young Arab males with no helmets already stopped by a cop on the intersection of South Pattaya Rd and 2nd Road intersection, the section where you jump on a Songtaew if you want to go to Jomtien. This was in the evening. The cop took out his phone and the Arab on the back of the motorbike took out his phone. Wondering what it could've been. Some sort of "gratuity" going on?

Tourists don't work at all? Then how do they afford to fly and travel? How do families with kids afford to be tourists and travel for 2 weeks a year to a foreign country without working at all?

Talking about immigration lawyers, are there any recommended ones based in BKK just "in case"? Could be useful for some people in the future to know a few good ones.

Divorce her asap

Is there usually much difference in price between 1 baht as a gold bar and 1 baht as a gold necklace?

Interesting to know this is possible, especially since others have been saying it isn't possible to be on a METV as a long-term solution. Was this done by flying back in to BKK airport each time or most times over the past 5 and a half years?

This is opposite from what one of the ladies doing TM30 told me last week when I asked her after I reported my TM30 with her, and this is for a METV just like yourself. Her words were "Yes, every time you come back into Thaiand"

It may say that, but when you turn up at Jomtien Immigration to do an extension and the front desk girl looks at your passport stamp and TM30 at the end and it doesn't match up with a new TM30 being submitted, she will tell you that you have to report your address again before you can get a queue ticket for an extension of stay. Then you go to the TM30 desk and the two ladies working there fines you 1,900 baht for not submitting the same address on your entry into Thailand with the same METV.

Yes, each and every time you need to report TM30 with your same Multiple Entry Tourist Visa you enter on.

Absolutely wrong info here. Each and every time you need to do TM30 at Jomtien immigration.

This is incorrect. When I did my TM30 at Jomtien Immigration last week I specifically asked them for my METV Multiple Entry Tourist Visa do I need to report my address each and every time I enter on my current visa and she said "yes, every time"

Any recommendations for cheap & reputable gold shops to buy Thai baht gold in the Pattaya area?

Any ideas on the rough price of a taxi or Grab from the airport to Nong Khai border? I'd prefer to just sit in a car then get in a van.

If arriving at Udon Thani Airport and wanting to get to Nong Khai border quickly by a car taxi service or Bolt, is this available from the airport and roughly how much does this cost?

I'll always be doing 30 day extensions each time I arrive back on the current METV. Yes, owners responsibility but it's the tenant who gets the 1,900 baht fine!!

Are they back to queuing outside again? Only a few months ago it all changed, no more queuing outside. You went straight inside to the counter, they gave you a queue number for the next day and told you to come back tomorrow. You came back tomorrow, your queue number was called then you went and handed over your extension documents, waited for maybe 20 mins then got your extension in your passport back.

What is this "new structure" at Jomtien Immigration? Is this a new building somewhere? I can't imagine where they could fit a new building on that small parcel of land.

What are the current rules for doing a TM30 while holding a METV at Jomtien Immigration? Do you only do it one time (within 72 hours of arrival) and every time you enter Thailand again you don't have to do it, or do you have to do a TM30 each and every time you come back to Thailand with the same METV?

Which international destinations can one now fly to from U-Tapao airport these days?

Crossing via the Friendship Bridge to Nong Khai by land, if you have a valid METV are there any risks of them not stamping you in for 60 days and only giving you the same as a 30 day visa exempt stamp?

On that note, does anyone know if it's possible to get another ED visa to study Thai again if you've already done option about 8-9 years ago and already studied it for about 1.5 years the last time?