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Don't that shiiit last until the 20th? I think it goes from 12th until 20th with 20th being the big huge day of Beach Rd being closed and water everywhere. That's what it was last year.

Can you please ask your wifey why Sydney consulate never bothers to answer people's emails? Why the hell put an email address on the site when they never answer emails?

Charge, ban and deport the motorbike rider. He's a loser with some serious anger and mental problems.

I'm pretty sure with my guess that all these prostitutes don't fill tax returns or pay tax, even though their income is definitely very, very high compared to the general working Thai person.

I'm still seeing an insane amount of people all over Pattaya/Jomtien, not to mention huge traffic jams yesterday. Anyway, hopefully it stays that way at immigration and we don't have tons of people like before.

There's a million of bald, old, fat, white guys in Pattaya. They all look like these 2 blokes too, they could all be from the same family with the other million walking around Pattaya.

What time did you go to line up in the queue at the information desk? I'm surprised that it's not busy. Every other time there's been an insanely amount of people, even if you arrive 90 minutes prior to the official opening time.

Another Swiss man again. I think this is the 3rd one this week. What's with the Swiss guys beating up women?

Not really, but I have always said everyone should follow the law and not do any dodgy dodgy, but the thing is, there are lots of dodgy farangs bribing and here without following the law who shouldn't be here if they can't follow the law. I found it funny/strange that just next door the the police station is there and they turn a blind eye. This thread immediately brought this to mind.

Do all Swiss guys like taking out their anger on women? But I've heard some Thai women say Swiss man have good heart 😄

They should do a crackdown in Jomtien. I've seen a number of Ruskies working in shopfronts, one of them being in the travel agent shop next to 7-Eleven, just right next to the Dongtan Police station by the beach.

No, we don't need people who should be on retirement visas wasting time of other younger folks & immigration officers by doing 30 day tourist visa extensions. The Thai government seriously need to crack down on these oldies who game the system on tourist visas & extensions when they should be on retirement visas. They are making queues worse at immigration for other younger folks who are applying for tourist extensions.

Spot on, he/she needs a retirement visa at his age for a long-stay. Leave the tourist visas to the under 50's who can't qualify for a retirement visa due to age discrimination.

You need a retirement visa as you are clearly over 50 years old and want to stay here for a long period of time.

Sorry, I meant to say 17th April for stamp expiry. It's actually a Wednesday. I was looking at the wrong calendar dates.

Dude looks like he's 65 years old, no way in hell he's 45 lol

I have to do a 30 day extension at Jomtien. I potentially could have my stamp expire on 17th April, being a Sunday. As we all know, Jomtien has this BS rule that you are not allowed to apply for an extension more than one (1) business day before your stamp expires in your passport. Does anyone know Jomtien Immigration closure dates over Songkran? I'm guessing with all these 5 public holidays they might be a bit more flexible in allowing you to come an extend it prior, or do you think they'll ask people to come on Monday 18th March, after your stamp has already expired and you are technically on overstay? 5 days of public holidays: https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/thailand/2024 12 Apr Friday Songkran Holiday National holiday 13 Apr Saturday Songkran National holiday 14 Apr Sunday Songkran Holiday National holiday 15 Apr Monday Songkran Holiday National holiday 16 Apr Tuesday Songkran Observed National holiday

If roads do in fact become one way, I will do what the Thais do and ride from Beach Rd to Immigration on soi 5 the wrong way. It's stupid to make that soi one way when there's plenty of room for a 2-way street.

Do you have a work permit? If not, you are working illegally. Either ask them to provide you a work permit or find another company who will provide you a work permit. You pay taxes here in Thailand.

There's no way in hell this dude is 45 years old!! He looks like he's 65 years old at least.

Of course he could enter Thailand on his British passport, as far as it has 6 month's validity left on it.

I'm also a tourist too, on a METV and spending money in Thailand. My tourist visa says the same from Sydney, except it's multiple entry. Is Sydney switching to the Evisa system in the coming years or will they still go with the physical visa sticker? That's the best method, the physical visa sticker imo as we've heard stories of people with the Evisa applications having some problems when applying online.

I thought you're not allowed to smile at the camera but just have a netural facial expression. Are smiles allowed?

Once I got a number of questions by the female IO at the fast track, on a business class ticket. This after being out of the country for 3 years during the Covid period and just when Thailand was starting to open up, in October 2022. I was on a visa exempt entry as that time they were giving 45 days, instead of 30 days. After a few questions, I was stamped in. Maybe the problems are if you use the Fast Track lane, more questions as it's completely empty with nobody using them so they're bored with time to chat and question people. The normal lanes they don't have any time to chat, as there are millions of people waiting to get stamped into the country, especially at this time of the year as there seems to be soooooo many foreigners here in Thailand.

Doesn't sound weird at all. It makes perfect sense. Yes, clearly the OP should be on a retirement visa as that's the correct visa for over 50's who with to spend significant time in Thailand. METV should be saved for younger folks who aren't allowed to be on a retirement visa due to age discrimination.