farang95

Another Month !!!!

I DID IT !!!!!!!!!

i was in a very stressful situation !!!

The adrenaline is super intense !!!

Unfortunately i won't be able to do it no more !!!

Time for a new passport and a VISA ...will see what option i will chose when i return again !

 

So i did again and again a visa run by plane ... went to KL ...no trouble....came back ...trouble ... i think the computer notice that am doing it way too many time !!!!

Lucky me the Boss of the immiration at phuket airport was in a good mood !!!!!! checked the passport for 2 good minutes !!

No talking much ... no need to justify ....got my 30 days more !! Easy !!!!but not easy !!!!!

So am on a record without no VISA stamp from an outside thai embassy ......more than a year !!!! They are strict ..but here i am in the land of smile for another month !!!!!!!

 

My advice to you !!!! 

NO OVERSTAY !!!

Try to have one good visa on your passport ( i believe having a one year student visa is giving me some credit but hey i didn't ask if its ok or not to do it that way ) 

when i left the officer wanted to scare the hell out of me...she succeed .... she said you can't work ..even with your computer ....you can't stay without Visa too long ..Bla Bla .... khrap khrap .... No overstay why you talking? i respect the law why you talking ...they stamp and i was out ....one night in KL airport ..hey guys they have a new style of hotel ...." CAPSULE TRANSIT" 120 MYR for 11 hours ..slept well .... good shower .... easy easy .... no need to be an errand inside the airport for 16 long hours !!!!!!!

 

i thought per year we can do 2 visa run by land twice ...and also two visa run by plane twice .... in my position i did two by land and 4 by plane ..... can't say i suggest you to do it ...but hey ..that way it is way more cheap ...way better than a student visa that cost me 50000 bath for one year ..... that way i probably save 10000 bath compare to the previous year...10000 bath discount is cool .... 

 

what come next ..back home...new passport...new student visa....then it will be just fine ......

 

 

Morale of the story ..... be lucky .... don't do overstay ...dress well .... talk only when they want you to talk .......

and remember they are Budhist ???? this your advantage ....they have no reason to punish you ..this is bad karma to do bad to innocent people ???? use it ... respect the law .... when it say to leave the country ...leave the country .... and you will be just fine !!!!!

 

CHOK DEE 

AND VIVE LA THAILAND !!!!!!!!!!!

ok Guys !!!!!! back to thailand !!!!!!!!!!

went to siem reap - cambodia for three days !!! 

it was interesting ..... first trip there and yeah interesting !!!!!

 

So i did something different that what you suggest to me !!!!!!!!!

i did it easy i guess !!!!

visa run by plane !!!!!!!!!!

siem reap they are easy 30 dollars and you are good ???? 

easy !!!!!

 

so back to phuket airport i felt so stress lol intense adrenaline !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

first officer .. he checked my passport that probably give him some confusion !! i felt shittttttttt that the end of my trip .... he is taking me to jail ....oh noooooooo .... he just take me to the small office where his boss stay .... so the boss check quickly the passport ..... you speak thai ? yes. where you stay in phuket? lucky me i had the paper from my room owner + her id copy !! and ok stamp and done !!!!!!!!!!! intense intense !!!!!!!

 

time for a new passport i guess..... to avoid stress and maybe a good visa ..... will see how to deal with it ... 

 

 

thanks to you all for your multiple suggestion !!!!!!

will try to go penang ... the thai guy said it should be a problem so will give it a try if they decline my entry .... will have to improvise and deal with it .. wish me luck ????

so i asked last week to a visa run agency he said you never been to penang and he said that i can do it three times 

and i asked to the guy to who i bought a visa run transfer to ranong he just said the same thing that i can do it for three time without trouble ........ 

so question is : should i trust them ? 

two OK for PENANG !!!! 

maybe the fact that i never been there could be in my favor ????? 

 

 

 

 

 

Option that i been dreaming about lol .... 

What if i use my privilege as french passport holder to leave the country by plane ......Stay minimum two days and come back by land ? with the appropriate document in my possession for returning to thailand by land ???? 

 

 

option 3 another student visa ......

 

option 4 going back to france for minimum one month and make a visa to thai embassy in france? 

 

option 5 ? get a job and get a work permit ? 

 

option 6 ? marry my girlfriend and make her pregnant lol ? we been together for two year almost but yeah that option 6 at the moment lol 

 

 

 

 

PS: thanks guys for your replies ???? really appreciate it.

the problem about the visa student 6 months or 12 months ? is that i want to move from phuket to the north .... everything good in phuket but time to mmove to the north more traditional thailand that i miss a lot ...so if i do a visa student that will complicate the move to another place .....that why at first i didnt renew the visa student and we still didnt move and that why i want to prepare ourself to a departure to the north of thailand and if i do the student visa it will not help doing so ....

24 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

Not to the embassy, but to have on your person in case of being asked at the border or airport. Chances are very slim you'd be required to show the money, but if they're looking for a reason to deny entry, this is often top of the list. There's many threads on this topic, here's one example.

 

 

last time at ranong they asked and i said i dont have it with money too dangerous to travel with lot of cash..they almost deny my entry i had to persuade them and do a bit of drama to get the job done... i got super lucky they refuse the entry to 5 person before my turn .... so i got super super lucky !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

at the airport when i come back  using my privilege as a french citizen for the Visa exemption ... that one i really want to do it again but am scare it wont work ..... so when i did it that time the guys went away for 5 long minutes and come back and say ok no problem but still went away for 5 long mminutes ....... when i came back after one week from france even in germany the lady were suspiscious and check her computer for a long time and when i arrived in bangkok for the control i got super lucky it was 3 super sexy thaie lady officer and she compliment me and she look for a long time and say you dont have visa i said am french i left by plane and come back i got 30 days ..... and she compliment me more i respond with a WAI and deal done... but yeah ... am on a record i think the best would be to do a visa student again   ...... i think that visa student stamp allowed me to repeat for 16 months that kind of behavior with the visa run by plane and by land .... and for the extension they never ever ask for money and they never complain or tell me anything special ........... just having a bad feeling for this time for the right thing to do ........ 

45 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

Bear in mind you will need to have at least 20000 baht or equivalent in cash on re-entering the country.

to show to who ? thinking about going by bus and returning by plane or both way by plane depend not sure what is best option depend ion when i can have a meeting at the embassy........

44 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

One ticket out of Thailand and one from Malaysia to Thailand (perhaps a train ticket to the border).

Explain to her that Thailand will never know about the letter and thus no problem to supply a copy of her ID card with a diagonal line across it and stating the reason for the copy.

understood 

technically if i go by plane and return by plane it give me two ticket ? so i need one more out of thailand for the date who should be in two months? 

sorry for the questions......... a bit tenses at the moment .... 

 

 

38 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

Bear in mind you will need to have at least 20000 baht or equivalent in cash on re-entering the country.

this is crazy ...... not the embassy from kl will ask me to see the 20 K but at the airport on arrival they will ask me????  

 

19 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

No need to show 20k baht in a bank.

A ticket out and proof of accommodations is needed.

Click tourist visa on this page to see their checklist for them and a link for appointments at the bottom of the page.

http://www.thaiembassy.org/kualalumpur/th/services/99061-Visa-Requirements-II.html

only one ticket out ???? 

proof of accomodations my owner doesnt want to give me a copy of her ID card but she is writting a paper saying that i rent her place for a long time already.... hope it will be enough

so i will try to go KL ...... 

 

just for be sure !!! 

 

do you really need to have 20 000 bath is cash to show to them ? 

 

about the round trip visa ...is it really necessary ? if i go number 25 june do i make the roundtrip for 25 july something like this ?  

10 minutes ago, justin case said:

elite visa if you have the money, si tu a le fric...

not for the moment no!

technically i don't know if that detail can matter 

the visa stamps were on the first passport that got damaged 

The new one has zero visa Stamp on it .... 

 

2 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

Penang is not a good option now for a tourist visa. Neither is Phnom Penh.

 

KL, Vientiane, Savannakhet, Hong Kong, Yangon are possibilities. Hanoi or Saigon are good options, and if you're on a French passport you'll get 15 days visa free entry to Vietnam.

thanks for you reply

if you guys said visa tourist are a problem now .......and if they check my passport ..at the moment i don't have a " tourist profile " at all .....

2 minutes ago, buick said:

i stayed in thailand for long periods on visa exempt entries and tourist visas (now i'm over 50 so i don't have to use that method to live here).  i don't know anything about ed visas but that might be better for you.  as i recall, there is no limit to ed visas.  since you got one before, you know how to do it.  unless another member here disagrees, i'd say go with another ed visa.

 much more expensive than the visa run option but more safe......

6 minutes ago, buick said:

i don't know how you like to travel but you could fly to saigon, get a tourist visa there then travel by bus to phnom penh, stay a night or two, then then cross into thailand via land border.  but don't use poipet as an entry point.  if you enter near utapao airport, you could stay a night there and fly to phuket.

sound like a wonderful trip !!!!  sound risky .. thanks for your suggestion ... if you think that the best option at the moment will think about it !!! have 16 days to planify it ......

 

does there is another visa that could be better than the tourist visa? maybe another ed Visa?

feeling a bit worry ... 

i did a long run without visa lol ...so a bit scary .......

16 Months  without a visa since the VISA ED ended .....

 

so for 16 months did two out of thailand by plane + come back 

+ ranong to myanmar by both twice !!!! 

 

3 months visa tourist ( including the extension )

Visa Ed 1 year 

 

all extension at phuket went normal ..never had anny issues 

 

what is my best option ? 

3 minutes ago, buick said:

take a look at this recent thread.  it appears penang may not be the best choice.

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105578-currently-where-is-the-best-place-to-get-a-setv/?tab=comments#comment-14232337

thanks .... i said Penang cause it close from phuket ....

I need some help from you guys !!!

 

A bit worry .... 

 

i will do it simple .....

 

i went to an agency recently and the guy not a Thai ..Said that after looking for my passport that i can go to Penang consulate easy without trouble !!!!

 

but easy with immigration is never too easy !!!!

 

visa tourist one entry 

 

he say only need 2 pictures 

copy passport 

1900 bath 

proof that i earn more than 20000 bath 

 

the owner of my room will write a letter attesting that i rented the place for more than 20 months 

but she dont want to give a copy of her ID card so i worry that the embassy ask for it !!! 

 

and the guy from the agency said that near the embassy can find some guy to make a round trip ticket  that is needed ? am confuse about what date to give cause i can definitely do it by myself but the exact date may be different from the visa stamp that they will give me ...

 

So right now am just worry about this ... round trip ticket ... for where for when ????

 

 

So the first year i did it easy : 

 

tourist visa one entry 

extension 

then visa student one year 

extension 

went back to france for 4 days lol come back 30 days more 

extension 

went by plane and come back to kl 

extension again

then visa run to ranon twice and twice extension 

 

so i guess it is time to make a visa .....

 

So i hope you will give me some good idea not to stress too much and to be good for the next months to come ????

 

Thanks in advance !!

 

rapidevisa.fr ... if you french...this website is good for you to get a visa quickly especially if you live far from the thai embassy ......

 

It went really well... very quick .... and i got the visa....single entry tourist .... got two months to find what to do next .... 

 

but i have one question for you ............... as a french i can go thailand without visa for a month .... but when i will arrive just like the previous time they will make the visa start right at that time of the arrival ...so it mean that one free month of stay without visa i can't enjoy it .... it would have been cool to have 30 days free of visa.... thinking of asking this to the guys at immigration check in at the airport...but they look very strict ..so maybe better not try yo do so........ 

 

thai embassy approval for a single tourist visa is the good new of the days.... thanks ya all for your motivation to do so ..... 

The departure is real soon.....patience patience........ 

 

Anyway am waiting for the approval of the visa.... i had option ...multiple entry and or single entry.... 

But i felt not so cool about showing a paper from the bank proving that i got some cash..... and the simple entry is simpler.... they just want to see you having more than 1000 euros.... so i did it ..i got lucky ...i could find a recipe... without giving much information .... so am waiting ...will know this thursday ... Hopefully i will have it .... will see !!!!!

2 hours ago, BritTim said:

You cannot get a multiple entry tourist visa in Laos, or anywhere else except France.

 

If you really want to travel without visa, I suggest the following:

• Book a return flight to Ho Chi Minh City before you leave, leaving about 29 days after your arrival in Thailand. That will satisfy the requirement for an onward flight when using a visa exempt entry for Thailand.
• Enter Thailand visa exempt : first ~30 day stay
• Just before going to Ho Chi Minh City, book a return flight to Hong Kong, leaving about 89 days after your return from Vietnam. Get a single entry tourist visa in Ho Chi Minh City. Return to Thailand.
• Enter Thailand on tourist visa 60 day stay, and near the end of that period get an extension of stay (an extra 30 days)
  At this point, it is about 4 months after your initial entry into Thailand
• Go to Hong Kong for a single entry tourist visa
• Enter Thailand 60-day stay plus 30 day extension. Near the start of that period, research further options.
  Note that you have avoided so far consulates allowing you to reenter Thailand by land (Vientiane, Savannakhet, Penang, possibly Phnom Penh and Yangon). That is deliberate as you will be using them next. Your visa runs from this point on should be planned with land reentry in mind, as being denied entry will be unofficial and capable of being circumvented by using other entry points.

This probably seems onerous to you. The fact is that staying long periods in Thailand on tourist entries is nowadays fraught with risks, and needs to be carefully planned if you are to get away with it.

 

If you can find a job (done properly with work permit) it will make your life a lot easier.

thanks a lot

they want copy of reservation of place where i will be ... lol ... i have no idea where i will be the entire trip ....just travelling around ..... this is so crazy omg