Buddumber

tips or recommendations? go to thai embassy penang instead.

why call thailand a third world country?

would you prefer a third world septic tank?

pension income sent into thailand is taxed at 300 baht per remittance over and above bank fees.

oh and you dont need a work permit for this tax to be applied.LOL

_{Going back to the original post}

_{You spent around 9 Months last year in Thailand on a Tourist Visa, guessing multiple entry plus extensions?}

_{Then you left for 4 Months, 9+4 is 13 and you have just come back after being out for a 4 days?}

_{You must of had 4 extensions if you say you have one already this year.}

_{Immigration are only going on what the database brings up, in this case you have entered the Kingdom by chance and maybe refused re entry if you leave.}

_{Visa extensions are being abused and this is what is happening to people, new laws are now enforced from 15th November last year because of this sort of abuse.}

_{Advise is to get the correct Visa in future and don't abuse the system or piss off any Immigration officers, they have the last laugh.}

Could you please supply a link to those to new laws. I seen nothing to support your statement anywhere.

New Multiple Entry Visa requirements are solely down to Visa extension abuse.

You can now only stay 6 months at 60 day max a time http://www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk/?q=node/574

only says that UK'er and Irish are abusing the Immigration officers not anyone else

Absolute nonsense. the OP is the type of person Thailand needs . He has the income and wants to spend it in Thailand. If Immigration keeps up this charade all the money will flow to other countries. Thailand is a developing country and is attempting to invoke a developed countries immigration policy. A huge mistake. There is already a flow of former expats to other countries and it will continue until the authorities get the word as expats vote with their feet. Thailand's reputation is already suffering from a poor Immigration policy; police raids on senior citizens and an increase on crime against foreigners as well as the usual scams.

They don't need farangs anymore they have Chinese.

Chinese tour tourists don't drink; don't do drugs, don't patron brothels, don't overstay and don't commit crimes.

They just come, spend money and GO!

You really know nothing about Chinese tourists. Just go at night to Chinatown and see the hundreds of hookers and the underground bars and clubs. Was their this week and Nana Plaza is nothing compared to Chinatown. One KTV after another in the small Sois and a lot of Chinese pimps and KTV owners with their Thai managers. A lot of the girls for sale are under-aged but they are from China, Vietnam and Laos.

No indeed I did not know Chinese package holidays included brothels tours!

yeah mostly they come to thailand to play bridge

the valid date of reentry permit is equal to the valid date of stay extension ? What is the documents for reentry permit application and processing time?

valid date, yes

only document you need is your passport and fill in the form given from immigration. add cash. processing time while you wait. depends on queue. same day for sure within an hour of entry into the building if you are lucky.

at a different office than where you are down as residing? no-can-do. but there are a few offices in bkk. have to check if other than chaengwattana can do reentry permits.

how do you figure chaeng wattanna is hard to get to? where are you heading from. laksi train station is within walking distance. i walked there and back a few times. also buses from victory monument to the front door, done that a few times too. victory monument is on skytrain route. sure you might waste an hour getting there.

Too late. It died last month.

awe shucks. still a pleasant stroll there anyways

I don't go to Tesco or Tops very often but even with my infrequent visits I have been charged the wrong price and not in my favour either. Is it just honest mistakes made by the supermarket staff or a policy to boost the stores numbers to hit some target when the pressure is on?

It's a bit of a generalisation but a lot of locals are not very good at mental arithmatic. Do the supermarkets rely on this that some customers can't work out if they have been charged too much? This equally applies to the staff, they are not great at maths or the attention to detail required in store with thousands of products. Also it's possible that the wages paid do not encourage the staff to get the store running as slick as it could?

my local tesco express keeps its staff longer than all other service type businesses i frequent. years as opposed to months. oh and they still get the prices wrong frequently between the shelf and the checkout - always not in my favour.

current exchange rates at a good money changer will give (750myr/1.17)*10 is approximately Baht 6400

at a bad money changer 1.05 >> about 7140 baht

walk around the lake and see if you can spot the big turtle.

last was there one major difference is that you can indeed walk around without the constant pestering by sellers etc that happens in SAIGON.

how hard is it to switch. lift one of the tags, tag it home scan it. photo enhance it . print it out. take it back and put it in place on your favorite expensive item. buy a dozen or more. after paying complain youve been scammed

Thank you buddumber, do you know if you have to pay for the pickup to go into Cambodia and does my Thai partner need 2 photos

park on the thai side. walk across and back by yourself. you will then need photos of yourself. think it was one, could be two max.

rayong is not trat.

if you are in rayong and have transport this

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@12.9259595,102.492159,16.25z is the most user friendly border crossing for in/out stamps.

if you are in trat then this is the koh kong border

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@11.6507641,102.908143,16.25z

this border is BAD news on the cambodian side.

last i was at aranyaprathet/poi pet border:

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@13.6670303,102.5531846,13z

they said they dont do in/out at that border

cross a land border then there is no incentive to stop your entry