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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?

At BKK airport, is it generally safer to join the queue of a male or female IO and a younger or older IO?

Ok thanks for the agent suggestions. Will keep them in mind.

Ok thanks. Will keep that in mind. If someone were to have already activated their first entry into Thailand for their METV and the METV is still valid, can they get denied entry into BKK airport for the 2nd or 3rd or 4th entry if the METV 6 month period is still valid?

Laos is not really a place I'd want to spend more then a week in and the gf also wants to stay in Thailand too. I guess that could be a last resort option to keep in mind.

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