sandyf

You are right to a certain extent on the TM6 but only for entry by air, I had to fill one in at Nong Khai the week before last. You are mistaken about it being replaced, the TM7 is a different form entirely, used to apply for an extension.

You were pointing out something that was never a point in question. You are quite free to believe that time at the airport will never be reduced to the extent that the time for a re-entry permit would not be available. Hope you do not have to find out your mistaken the hard way.

Think she was back in the news not that long ago, didn't pay a lot of attention.

Not entirely true. The UK revoked the citizenship of Shamima Begum, the Court of appeal overturned the decision but Supreme Court ruled against her and she remains stateless.

The fact he said "I" would suggest the same name. But quite right, nearly a page of debate on 2 passports without any clarity on the actual offence.

Domestic abuse is defined as a pattern of behaviour, why would one form of abuse be different to another. There will always be those that refuse to acknowledge their pattern is abnormal. The global pattern is if you want to visit a country for any length of time, you get a visa.

The one from the clinic will be a solution, effectively an eywash. The VigaDexa is an antibiotic eye drop hence the restricted use. The other type is a steroidial antibiotic eye drop which has even more restricted use. I had to go through the spectrum following surgery.

I have been going to one on Klang for about 20 years, bit traditional and still the same boss. Don't know the name but if going down Klang towards the beach it is on left, just a few doors before 2nd Road lights, 120 baht.

Yes. The account can only be opened in certain countries and Thailand is not one of them. You would need an address and a bank account in the country you wish to register. https://wise.com/help/articles/2968915/can-i-get-the-wise-card-in-my-country

Neither have I, but more by good luck than judgement. I have left Thailand over 50 times and about 7 times time was tight for one reason or another. It is luck of the draw and you have obviously been lucky. Not long before the pandemic we were offloaded by BA and sent on Thai Airways which had already started boarding. Luggage was taken away at the check-in, never saw it again for 4 days, and we were hurried through immigration and security. Landed at T2 instead of T5 without enough time to catch the Manchester flight, overnight near Heathrow with 4am start back to airport. Hope your luck holds out.

Do you really think you can get a valid entry stamp without leaving the country? On the international database you will have entered visa exempt, there will be no visa entry, all a paperwork exercise.

If you want to believe you were given a valid visa, feel free. I think BBC has an opening for those that can arrive before leaving.

Apples and oranges. Since when did not having a re-entry permit stop you going through immigration.

Every country decides on how immigration laws will be implemented but there are common factors among most countries, entry being one of them. Visas are issued subject to conditions and provided the conditions are complied with there are no grounds for denial. When the tennis guy was refused entry to Australia he was held for a few days while they decided if he was compliant, not up to airport immigration. One of the big issues with Thailand is the ability to enter without a visa, many try to abuse the facility and then start complaining, hardly a valid argument.

I came across from Laos at Nong Khai on 26th Jan. Extremely quiet and very straightforward apart from the TM6. I used to have a spare but couldn't find it before going.

It is not semantics if the context is wrong. People need to be clear if the term "visa" is an adjective or a noun.

The post you referred to was referring to SE visas which were stamped "used", not a ME visa which will remain vailid until expiry.

Without dispute. There was a time when the terminology brigade were a bit pedantic but things have become a bit slack recently.

No further use is dependent on personal circumstances. Visas are global entity and how they are used is not determined by Thailand. My wife has visas for Burma, Korea, China and even Vietnam going back many years that had to be listed. As it happens Korea is not on the UK dropdown but it was for Canada but no requirement for the EU.

Quite. They have a simplistic approach when speaking which should be borne in mind and not take quite literally. Many of their own words have multiple meanings, which can be a bit embarrassing.

Quite right. However it is quite valid to refer to a "visa extension", effectively as an abreviation, as the extension of the permission to stay refers to a particular visa. Single entry visas become invalid on entry but they are not cancelled, they remain on your travel history. In order to obtain a visitor visa for the UK my wife has to list previous visas.

Good one - with keyboard brevity. Extending the permission to stay granted by a visa will reset the clock, extending the permission to stay granted on a previous extension will not.

Exactly, there are a multitude of reasons why there may not be time. Apart from flight changes we have also had delays due to flat tyre and accidents on the motorway. Catching a flight may not be the simple exercise that some would make out.

No you didn't, the visa could never be used, it was invalidated the moment you got it. It was a paperwork exercise to convert your visa status from "exempt" to "Non-O".

You are quite free to believe what you want but would advise against trying to enter the country with that stamp. Even immigration say you need a re-entry permit. Bottom line, it is a paperwork exercise, you are not issued a valid visa.