cubism001

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Does Thai Immig have a quota of visa extensions for the day -- just in case. Only in that case would it be better to get there are 7 am or so.

Thank you.

A border hop into Mae Sai is only good for 14 days? Or would they give me a 30 day stamp for $10?

Thanks.

Thank you! Cubism

How early should I get there to get a tourist visa renewal? Would 7 am be OK? We're going on July 21. Thanks.

Steveni, which statement is not correct? That 90 day reporting requires a bank statement?

Or I can get stamps and visas out of Thailand?

Please clarify. Thanks

Thank you Ubonjoe. That sounds pretty wonderful. My last run to VTN by plane wasn't much more than the bus, which takes all night & is pretty dreadful. I like Myanmar; that would be fun.

Mumbai: I recently checked into Cambo, more because their housing options are similar to here. This book has just been accepted & it has tons of red tape. (I worked on it for a solid year! It really is top notch...) So I don't want to go live in Cambo. Plenty of reasons not to want to roam. And their visa rules are a bit more complicated now than they were. Do your homework on that subject.

And I was a teacher at Chiang mai University, and go try and apply there yourself: the cut off age is 60. I know one exception at Payap, a pianist who's in his 70's & has taught there for 15 years & his wife's Thai. I'm utterly uninterested in chasing around teaching kids. I'm uninterested in teaching university now, too. And I'm telling you: the cut off age is 60. I've applied. Try it yourself.

Many thanks to you all!

Is it a new regulation which has just been enforced in the last days? I asked the same question yesterday on this forum and got the same reply. I am a bit confused now. Because, on my last (and first ) visit to the Vientiane embassy (last april 21), i clearly remember that the choice was given either for a single entry, 1000 thb (if my memory is good) or for a double one, 2000. Furthermore, the visa form from the Vientiane embassy still have a line asking how many entries are wished.

Any clarification would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

Hello, I went to VTN on April 24; there were possibly 'choices' on the visa form but when I asked the clerk if I could get a double entry, he laughed at me, said, 'no, no.' I kept asking people & they acted like it was old news, no more double entries.

Re: the offensive caps. It's automatic; you know this system better than I do; so you also know that I don't continue to scream. Just once.

But thanks anyway for all your help. I won't apologize, any more than shops apologize for their marketing tactics. I had a job to do and you helped me do it.

Vientiane for a single TV, 90 days total, Visa exempt at a land crossing, 30 days plus 30 days extension, total approx 5 months, repeat again so close to 10 months then a final TV from Vientiane

That's perfect... thanks so much!

Hi,

Ubonjoe, thanks. But a guy with this visa said now the govt. wants to see bank statements during the 90 day reporting! They'd be shocked if they saw mine...Respectable, solvent, and safely below the poverty line.

Too bad the double entries don't exist any more. I can go to various places though to get the single entries & the stamp.

Thank you!

I have been working in Thailand past 65 years of age and my books are available on three of the worlds largest websites, I can write them anywhere, I only need the internet to upload them.

Thailand gave you a work permit for writing your books? Hmmm. Please tell me more.

Last week an editor wrote that I should evaporate. Today an editor wrote that she loved my work, she'd work with me, etc.

Ubonjoe, this is just a hop; do I need to take a plane? Rayong, no idea.

Colabamumbai, I am shocked at the white line statement. . .. I can't get work here any more; past the legal age. B' the way. I have a 10 yr visa for India but the inflation was horrible up north a few months ago. Rooms that were 50 IC were 800 now.

Think I'll go back when my book's in print, but it's real hard to write when I'm moving around, dodging price increases. That year's better here, by far.

WOW

I'm saved.

Many thanks.

Hello,

That's such good information, and makes my life a lot easier.

Myran, I don't think my capitalizing four words is enough to even cause a ripple of sadness in this world. It's not like it's a stack of 8th grade grammar tests you have to read before tomorrow at 7 am.

I'm probably as desperate as the guy down there raking the leaves. I wanted to get immediate help and I thank you & everybody else for helping me so much & so fast.

Jacksam, what does that mean? Like in the olden days, going to Myanmar fo a visa exempt stamp? I'm from the US.

Cube

Hello and thanks!

But: it used to be possible (or I'd heard it was) for a Yank to go to the US Embassy & give a sworn statement they had enough income for a 'retirement' visa. Taking that statement to Thai Immigration, you'd get a 'retirement' visa.

Is that still possible?

And the bottom line for me: can I get tourist visas to stay here for a year? (I'd need to go on four visa runs. One expires, I'd get a different one. Not always to Vientiane.)

Thanks!

Hi, I want to be able to use the Internet within Chiang Mai, not just at the condo where I live & have wifi.

Where I stayed in India, people used a dongel to have portable internet. D-Tech (spelling is wrong; sorry) has this, but I need other opinions, not just the company's (I'm in Chiang Mai). Also, the clerk didn't speak very good English & my Thai is very limited. What do you think?

Advice? Thank you.

Hello, that's really it: I need to stay in Thailand for a year & finish up a project. How can I do this, using ONLY tourist visas? Keep going to Vientiane? Or should I also use Savanah Ket? (I just got a new passport; the old one was full of Thai stamps & visas.)

Thank you.

Hi, I was gone for a year & was shocked to get a single entry visa at Vientiane last week. This looked like the normal thing now.

But is there anywhere I can go to get a normal double entry tourist visa? No way I can afford to tie things up with a 'retirement' visa. I'm in the middle of a project & would like to stick around Thailand for a year & finish it.

Advice much appreciated.

Hi,

"I WANT TO COME INTO BKK/CH MAI USING THE FREE 30 DAY STAMP UPON ENTRY.

WHEN IT EXPIRES, I WANT TO GO TO LAO AND GET A DOUBLE ENTRY TOURIST VISA."

IS THAT GONNA WORK?

THANKS MUCH. TIME'S SHORT, DON'T WANT TO DO THIS VISA STUFF FROM THE STATES. JUST WANT TO BE BACK IN THAILAND!