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1st a crackdown on dark skinned foreigners without visas, now its a crackdown on the ones with visas.

Does this mean it’s mission completed in terms of the former, and there are no longer any dark skinned foreigners left in Bangkok without visas ?

This is another classic example of racist behaviour from the Thai police.

Had this been a young 20 year old white English boy on a similar holiday the girl probably would not have cried foul, if she did cry foul the police would not have taken any interest, they would have given her a couple of paracetamols and advised her to sleep off the hangover.

The only reason the police made the effort to track this guy down was because of his skin colour, because he is of the variety frowned upon by the top police man Big Joke.

If I was a young European/Black African male the last place I would be is holidaying in Thailand trying to pick up white chicks.

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

 

Thai mother doesn't win everytime

If they do not have a legally registered marriage in Thailand yes she will.

This is so simple to fix; if you are a Farang and live permanently in one place start spending the night out in different places and be sure to report these different places.
If a thousand of you spend 3 nights out a month, that's 9000 new pieces of paper generated. If ten thousand of you do this 3 times a month that's an additional 90,000 pieces of paper. My bet, is that in less than a month Farangs that believe this is ridiculous  could bring the entire system crashing down. Hell every time you leave the house and go to the grocery or to a restaurant report a change of location.

16 hours ago, alex8912 said:

I was right in everything you should be less negative and thank me Mr grumpy! 

The validity of the 6 month multiple entry visa is  for 6 months or 180 days from when you get it. A sixty day multiple entry visa ( which does not exist ) would only be good for sixty days. So YOU are wrong in that account or not understanding. If you want a METV to be good for 6 months then it would require just one border hop and in/ out on same day is ok. 

Your question was : There is a six month tourist visa? 

I told you there is a six month multiple entry tourist visa.  It can actually last 9 months as well 

If you want to travel a lot which MANY people do in and out of Thailand it is even more convenient with a METV. 

You are very welcome!!

Firstly I am not your typical TV member who scours posts looking to correct people. My question if there was a 6 month tourist visa was not out of sarcasm, I genuinely believed for a minute that there was a 6 months tourist visa, i.e. a visa that would allow you to enter and remain in the kingdom for 6 months without any hassle, which was indicated by michelsavage in his initial post.

Nothing negative about affirming that there is no such thing as a 6 month tourist visa, for anyone out there who may think there is.

A DSLR is is digital SLR camera, such as a Canon or Nikon etc.
They take your photo and print it out for you.


Enjoy life, whilst you can!

Yes there is a small office where you can apply for a re-entry permit. They have the application form, take your photo using a decent DSLR.
Just bear in mind you must allow enough time for them to complete all the paperwork.
I would suggest that you allow for 1 x hour.

Can anyone tell me if there is a photo shop inside Suvarnabhumi Airport in the departures area ? It’s for re-entry permit (I won’t have time to get them prior). Cheers

Yes a 6 month multiple entry tourist visa METV. It has been around about 3 years. If used correctly with your dates it can last for 9 months ( that would require 2 border hops or visa trips.  There is a very long thread on it in the visa section. Costs $200USD Approx.  No reporting. Sixty days each entry than can be extended for 30 more days at immigration. Petty much you have to get it in your home country. 

Same here. I lived in Thai for 5 years, based on marriage. Now, I will come as a tourist, with tourist visa up to 6 months. No reporting. Ni 90-day stuff. No visa hassle.

Or at least should legally not have been there for the past 59 days. None of this would have happened.

Does anyone have an update with regards to parking at the airport.

Is there still one main car park (the new building) servicing both the domestic and international terminals ? Or does the domestic terminal now have its own car park ?

I heard the old car park is now open again for servicing the domestic terminal, not sure if true.

Thanks Patrick, will check out the place near Bullys, I havent ventured this way, only upper Sukhumvit areas.

You are right Meljames, but as I said I dont want to order online, its not an option for me.

Could anyone recommend any health stores in BKK, particularly for means health, a place to buy testo boosters etc, natural herbal stuff.

Searched everywhere in BKK but cant seem to find anywhere. Boots, Watsons and GNC dont have what im looking for.

Dont want to order online. And please no jokes about cheap copy Viagra on the side walks of Sukhumvit.

Thanks in advance !

Does anyone have any recent experience in selling a car in Phuket ? Where is the best 2nd hand car place to go ?

I'm not interested in finding a private buyer and selling myself, dont have the time listing in the PG, Baht & sold etc,  just want to walk into a garage and do a quick cash deal. Also not looking to trade in, dont want to buy another car.

Any help is appreciated.

There is actually a very simple solution, ban larger tour buses from entering any heavily populated tourist areas, particularly areas that require entering via a hill (Patong, Kata/Karon).

There is absolutely no need for these tour buses, should 30 something Chinese need picking up and taking to the other side of the island, send 2 or 3 minivans.

OK minivan drivers are no better, but they do require less driver training and a real understanding of what they are actually driving, rather than a tour bus.

It will also eliminate the problems of the traffic build up the tour busses cause by crawling up the hills at 5kms an hour, doing 3 point turns (or 7 point turns as the case may be) in the middle of the road, etc..

Any coach or tour bus that enters Phuket from another province must go to a stop off point and have the passengers transferred to minivans, the check point just after coming off the Sarasin Bridge would be ideal, plenty of space around there to do this.

Problem solved !

25 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

From 30+ years of experience he is spot on. Permits and visas are nothing but a hassle. 

 

My last experience was having to pay a hefty bribe to Immigration for a visa extension and that was it for me. My paperwork was all in order and all done through an agent. This was just over six months ago.

 

That's because you were using an agent.

4 hours ago, marquess said:

Legitimately married foreigners ought to be given the right of residency and the right to work.

They have already been given this right, has been the case for many years now.

The most ridiculous part of this clampdown is the fine for engaging in work different from what is registered in the work permit, the fine being "upto" the same as not having a work permit at all.

19 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I have not seen a report for some time of them doing a single entry non-o for being 50 or over in a long time.

The one I can recall the person doing it had to wait a couple of hours after he submitted the application for them to confirm they would do it before they accepted the application.

Thanks Ubonjoe, I will be applying for the non O on the basis of having a Thai spouse (I'm under 50).

Can anyone clarify if Phnom Penh are issuing Non immigrant O visas ?

Yes I think the single entry non O immigrant visa would be a better option. Do they issue them in Phnom Penh ?

6 minutes ago, BritTim said:

If using a tourist entry (60-day entry with tourist visa or 30-day visa exempt tourist entry) then it is possible after completing a series of steps, to get a one-year extension. The first step, which must be started while you have at least 15 days left on your tourist entry, is to apply for a conversion to a non immigrant entry. (At one point, this needed to be done in Bangkok, requiring two visits to Chaeng Wattana immigration 15 days apart, but now many local immigration offices are allowed to handle it.) This then puts you in a similar situation to someone who entered Thailand on a single entry non immigrant visa (i.e. you have a fresh 90-day non immigrant entry). Towards the end of that 90-day entry, you apply for the one-year extension.

 

If you reveal where you will be living in Thailand, someone here may well be able to tell you if the local immigration office can handle the conversion, as well as any specific roadblocks they may erect to complicate the process. If you can apply for a single entry non immigrant visa before coming to Thailand, that is usually simpler.

Yes I think the single entry non O immigrant visa would be a better option.

Do they issue them in Phnom Penh ?

If I enter Thailand on a 60 day tourist visa am I able to apply for a 1 year extension of stay towards the end of the 60 day period ? Or does this only apply if entering on a non Immigrant visa ?

Can anyone confirm if it is still possible to get a 60 day Thailand tourist visa in Phnom Penh, and are they still free ?

Thought I would resurrect an older thread rather than start a new one.

44 minutes ago, jenifer d said:

i'm reading this at 10:30 p.m., only because i'm a bit lazy in getting down to

editing the current good book that i'm working on for my publisher 

 

that said, as far as the OP- what the hell has Pattaya got going for it without bars and prostitutes???

can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and if you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig...

 

are they really so stupid, shortsighted and deluded that they think they can transform Patts???

or is this just a temporary crackdown to increase the amounts in the brown envelopes?!?!?!? 

Its not all of Patts, just walking street. Read the OP.

Its only walking street so I can't see the big deal. Most people I know who go to Pattaya never go to walking street. In fact I don't know anyone that does (myself included).