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Rayk
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In the case you refered to, it has been discovered that he was killed by his Thai neighbor because he slandered and insulted his Thai neighbor's family on a number of public occasions.
It could have happened anywhere in the world.
Again. But, in 'any other country in the world' the perpetrator would have been found and brought to justice. Name just ONE case where any farang murdered by a Thai has seen any justice here? Just ONE. Christ ..
Sure
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/349569/Expat-s-Thai-wife-used-his-cash-to-have-him-killed
I trust you'll stop whining like a pussy
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I see your other post.
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What like the flash car in your profile picture?Ridiculous topic.
Who cares which countries are cheaper than other countries.If a person can't afford to live in a certain country because they find it unaffordable,than move to a more affordable country.
It's that simple.
10 pages of people talking about things that are cheaper in other countries other than Thailand.
A hell of a lot of more important things to worry about on earth than how much something costs.
Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don’t want..to impress people that they don’t like.
What would you like to discuss then?
If I had any idea what my profile photo has to do with my comment I could probably answer you.
But as is with this topic, your question is just as ridiculous.
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Ridiculous topic.
Who cares which countries are cheaper than other countries.If a person can't afford to live in a certain country because they find it unaffordable,than move to a more affordable country.
It's that simple.
10 pages of people talking about things that are cheaper in other countries other than Thailand.
A hell of a lot of more important things to worry about on earth than how much something costs.
Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don’t want..to impress people that they don’t like.
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Just because immigration offices are closed on weekends and holidays is no excuse for not applying for one's extension early considering most, if not all offices allow you to do them up to 14 days in advance and do not penalize you for doing them early by way of deducting days.
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Oops. Just noticed IMA_FARANG basically said the same.
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Can you provide a link to the regulation/rule/law that states that "Thailand has an onward ticket requirement for tourists" and that entry can be denied without one? This is a genuine question as I have never seen it.
You can only say "will not" if every airline that brings tourists to Thailand denies boarding for everyone travelling without a visa. There are many reports from TV members that have travelled to Thailand without a visa and that don't an onward flight. I have only entered twice by air using visa exempt entry, both times without an onward flight, and had no problem boarding either time.
The advice given by the experienced TV members/moderators is that you might be denied boarding.
As requested.
Notice the word 'require'.
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I flew out of Heathow 1 week ago on a one way ticket to BKK with Eurowings (a subsidary of Lufthansa). Check in staff asked me how long i was staying in Thailand (to which i replied 29 days) and they accepted this without asking for proof.
However i was prepared and i had a ticket out of Thailand to KL ready. The small print clauses of the airline made it pretty clear that i could be refused boarding without documentation showing that i would comply with the immigration rules of the destination country.
If such was the case then it would appear that the staff worker for Eurowings was not performing her duties as required by her employer.
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From the Royal Thai Embassy in London
Tourist Visa Exemption
According to the Interior Ministerial Announcements dated 1 October B.E. 2545 (2002), 20 December B.E. 2545 (2002), 18 October B.E. 2547 (2004) and 6 May B.E. 2548 (2005), passport holders from 41 countries and 1 special administrative region - Hong Kong SAR - are not required to obtain a visa when entering Thailand for tourism purposes and will be permitted to stay in Thailand for a period not exceeding 30 days on each visit. If such foreigners enter Thailand at immigration checkpoints which border neighbouring countries (overland crossing), they will be allowed to stay for 15 days each time.
Since 20 December 2013,Nationals of (G7) the following countries who enter via a land crossing or enter via an airport will be entitled to a 30 day visa exemption , UK, U.S.A, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan, France
The exemption to this is Malaysian nationals crossing overland from Malaysia who are granted a period of stay not exceeding 30 days each time.
Foreigners who enter Thailand under the Tourist Visa Exemption category and would like to leave and re-enter may only stay for a cumulative duration which does not exceed 90 days and is within a 6-month period from the date of first entry. (Passport or travel document must be valid for at least 6 months after the date of first entry).
Foreigners entering Thailand under the Tourist Visa Exemption category must provide proof of adequate finances for the duration of stay in Thailand at the port of entry (i.e., traveller’s cheque or cash equivalent to 10,000 Baht per person and 20,000 Baht per family).
Foreigners entering Thailand by any means under the Tourist Visa Exemption category are required at the port of entry to have proof of onward travel (confirmed air, train, bus or boat tickets) to leave Thailand within 30 days of the arrival date (otherwise a tourist visa must be obtained).
It is a Thai immigration requirement but like elviajero said it appears immigration has put the onus on the airlines.
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Royal Thai Embassy
Singapore in regards to Transit Visa
Home » VISA MATTERS / CONSULAR » Visa Requirements
TRANSIT VISA
Transit Visa (TS) may be granted to passengers in transit in Thailand and non-professional juvenile sport players visiting Thailand for sport competition.
Please check your eligibility to apply for visa at the Royal Thai Embassy, Singapore, at http://www.thaiembassy.sg/visa-matters-/-consular/instructions-for-visa-application
Validity: Transit Visa is valid for 90 days after the date of application (30 days maximum per stay).
Required documents:
1. Visa Application form(s) and photograph(s): Completed and signed Visa Application form (click here to download) and recent photograph(s) (size 3.5x4.5 cm). Most applicants require to present 1 Visa Application form and 1 photograph, except nationals of the following countries:
- 2 application forms and 2 photographs:Chaina(for Tourist Visa/Transit Visa applicants Only), Nigeria
- 3 application forms and 3 photographs: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China (for Non-Immigrant Visa applicants Only), Central Africa Republic, Congo, Congo DRC, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, -Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
- 4 application forms and 4 photographs:Iran
2. Passport (valid for no less than 6 months)
3. Travel tickets in and out of Thailand
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As ubonjoe said probably no problems entering the country, but the airline may give him problems trying to board with only a one way ticket.
Their is no requirement for a return ticket, but the airline may want to see a ticket to travel outside of Thailand within 30 days of his arrival.
Also as you will learn, if he has any intention of returning home....airline tickets often cost more in Thailand than in Europe or the U.K.
So the idea of buying 2 one way tickets is usually more expensive in the long run than buying a return ticket in your home country at the start of your trip
From the Royal Thai Embassy in London
Tourist Visa Exemption
According to the Interior Ministerial Announcements dated 1 October B.E. 2545 (2002), 20 December B.E. 2545 (2002), 18 October B.E. 2547 (2004) and 6 May B.E. 2548 (2005), passport holders from 41 countries and 1 special administrative region - Hong Kong SAR - are not required to obtain a visa when entering Thailand for tourism purposes and will be permitted to stay in Thailand for a period not exceeding 30 days on each visit. If such foreigners enter Thailand at immigration checkpoints which border neighbouring countries (overland crossing), they will be allowed to stay for 15 days each time.
Since 20 December 2013,Nationals of (G7) the following countries who enter via a land crossing or enter via an airport will be entitled to a 30 day visa exemption , UK, U.S.A, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan, France
The exemption to this is Malaysian nationals crossing overland from Malaysia who are granted a period of stay not exceeding 30 days each time.
Foreigners who enter Thailand under the Tourist Visa Exemption category and would like to leave and re-enter may only stay for a cumulative duration which does not exceed 90 days and is within a 6-month period from the date of first entry. (Passport or travel document must be valid for at least 6 months after the date of first entry).
Foreigners entering Thailand under the Tourist Visa Exemption category must provide proof of adequate finances for the duration of stay in Thailand at the port of entry (i.e., traveller’s cheque or cash equivalent to 10,000 Baht per person and 20,000 Baht per family).
Foreigners entering Thailand by any means under the Tourist Visa Exemption category are required at the port of entry to have proof of onward travel (confirmed air, train, bus or boat tickets) to leave Thailand within 30 days of the arrival date (otherwise a tourist visa must be obtained).
Please note that Tourist Visa Exemption only applies to foreigners holding passports issued by the countries listed below. Travel documents for aliens issued by these countries are not acceptable.
Make special note of this requirement.
Foreigners entering Thailand by any means under the Tourist Visa Exemption category are required at the port of entry to have proof of onward travel (confirmed air, train, bus or boat tickets) to leave Thailand within 30 days of the arrival date (otherwise a tourist visa must be obtained).
So all you people saying there is no requirement to have an onward ticket are completely wrong.
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Thailand has an onward ticket requirement for tourists which the airlines enforce, as it is they that get saddled with the costs of flying you back if you do not satisfy Thai immigration's onward ticket requirement.
It is wrong for anyone to say the the airline "will not allow you to board". They might not. It is entirely up to the airline. The reason some airlines insist on an onward flight is because if the traveler is denied entry by Thai immigration the airline may be responsible for flying them back out.
If planning on booking a 1 way ticket the airline will not allow you to board the plane without a return flight to any country in the world.As you are flying in you shouldn't have a problem. Worst case scenario is you get pulled aside and questioned about what you are doing in Thailand.
It's always a good idea to have 20000baht in any currency and you will also need a return flight within 30 days to squash any doubt immigration may have.
If planning on booking a 1 way ticket the airline will not allow you to board the plane without a return flight to any country in the world.
I know immigration only requests 10000baht per person but I always find it better to double their financial requirement.
I have noticed this comment made by a number of members quite a few times. Yet when I came out here to retire in Sept 15, I bought one way tickets for myself and my Thai girlfriend who was with me. We flew with Thai Airways from Heathrow to Swampy and was never questioned about a one way ticket when it came to getting the tickets from the airline or when boarding. I know I booked online but you still have to see airline personnel when dropping off the bags and actually receiving the tickets. I am not sure if having my girlfriend with me made any difference or if I was just lucky.
Do you know of any airline that would want to take the chance of having the burden put on them to be resposible for flying the passenger back.
Like I said previously, when I first was planning on coming to Thailand on a Visa exempt my plan was for a one way ticket. The agent I was talking with told me that I would not be permitted to board the plane.
I thought to myself BS. So I took it upon myself to make some enquiries.
I'm sticking by my "will not" as I had asked this question directly to at least 20 different airlines in the past and not one of them would have allowed me to board a plane without an onward ticket using visa exempt but would have allowed if had a valid visa.
End result was a purchased an onward ticket.
This was back in 2012.
I can't have seen it getting any better since then.
If someone wants to risk it than that's their choice.
If you can come up with anything other than it's entirely up to the airline I will be happy to listen to it.
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If planning on booking a 1 way ticket the airline will not allow you to board the plane without a return flight to any country in the world.
I'm planning on travelling this September on a 1 way ticket ... do you think I would have a problem ??
I've done this 2 or 3 times before without any problem .. just wondering has any laws changed in this area ?
There are many threads on Thai Visa in regards to this question and contrary to what Gawker thinks as he himself says he hasn't done it in a very long time , which could mean any number of years.
If you are planning on coming to Thailand on a Visa exempt entry with only a 1 way ticket the airline WILL NOT allow you to board the plane as it becomes their responsibility to cover the cost of your return ticket should immigration request your return flight details and you do not have one.
It is not immigration that asks for this but the airlines covering their own asses.
When I was first planning on coming to Thailand I had also planned on getting a 1 way ticket and my travel agent informed me that it was not in my best interest as the airline would not allow me to board without a return ticket within 30 days.
When I arrived in Thailand and went through immigration I was asked for both my passport and return flight information.
Sometimes they don't ask, sometimes they do. It's totally up to the immigration officers discretion as to what questions to ask you.
Best to either get a tourist visa in which a return flight booking is not required or to buy a cheap throw away ticket out of Thailand to a neighboring country for between 1-2 baht.
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As you are flying in you shouldn't have a problem. Worst case scenario is you get pulled aside and questioned about what you are doing in Thailand.
It's always a good idea to have 20000baht in any currency and you will also need a return flight within 30 days to squash any doubt immigration may have.
If planning on booking a 1 way ticket the airline will not allow you to board the plane without a return flight to any country in the world.
I know immigration only requests 10000baht per person but I always find it better to double their financial requirement.
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http://www.thaivisa.comThanks Rayk, your answers are really helpful. I'll now be able to decide between an in-and-out border run at Ban Laem, or fly to KL. Do you by chance know which company offers visa run services to Ban Laem?
Goes to Ban Baem everyday. Meeting place is Tesco Lotus by the On Nut BTS.
Departures between 4 and 5 am.
Very reliable. Have used this service many times.
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I would not under any circumstances try and do a visa exempt at Aranyaprathet if you already have visa exempts. I was planning to go this route and had purchased an E visa for Cambodia, but after hearing some reports on TV I had my girlfriend phone immigration in Aranyaprathet and they stated they would not issue me a visa exempt after only having 2 prior.Thanks ubonjoe, I actually don't need more than 15 days since I'm going to Europe on August 10th. I'm French and I could get 30 days, but I don't need so many days.
bangkokbuddy can apparently do the border run for 2500, but it worries me to do it at Aranyaprathet/ Poi Pet. I already got in trouble with the Aranyaprathet immigration back in April 2015. The officer wouldn't let me in on a visa-exempt, unless I showed him a plane ticket (which I had to buy!). I don't know if the agencies offer some sort of guarantees that I will be granted my 14 days visa exempt...
I also talked with Tanya at Bangkok buddy and her reply was best to get a tourist visa.
If you go with the other company thaivisaservice to Ban Laem immigration there will allow 3 visa exempts per calender year.
I'm going on Tuesday with TVS and they have already confirmed for me that I will be allowed 1 more visa exempt at this border this year.
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Where are you located, what kind of TV are you looking for? Tube, plasma, LCD. What size?
Your question is very vague.
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I've heard it so many times from many different people that I now say it myself, just to piss people off.
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They were probably reporting on the article that Pattaya one mistakenly put on their rrs feed yesterday from 2 years ago which was quickly taken down and FM 103 wasn't smart enough to pick up on the error.
I heard on the Radio FM 103 today that the government was stopping ALL Re-Entry visa so maybe METV is not a good ideaProbably a lot less hassle to just get 2 METVs. The requirements when applying in Western countries are actually not that stict.
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?/topic/932652-More-bad-news-for-Visa-runners
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Thanks.If you wish to fly under the radar it may be best to just go to Savannakhet, Lao and obtain a non O based on marriage without the need to show financial proof.
If I do this I can then apply for extension and show 400,000 that is seasoned and then not need to leave for a year?
I will leave that question to the members that have more knowledge in that particular area to answer.
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If you wish to fly under the radar it may be best to just go to Savannakhet, Lao and obtain a non O based on marriage without the need to show financial proof.
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I'm not very interested in the OP'S post, but extremely interested to know who the babe is wearing the Superman shirt.
OP?
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3 weeks ago I went to Pathumthani immigration to get a Letter of residence for my driving license.
I was told that it was 500baht (no receipt), which I had no problem paying and received the letter 15 minutes later.
I now have a Thai driving license.
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You really shouldn't post before getting your morning coffee as you come across as a grumpy old git (of course, that might be the personality you're born with).According to him (taxi driver) .....I will stop there.
Oh wait. ....I heard someone say that they heard from a friends friend....who thinks ...
Geezus
You beat me to it.
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Thread can now be closed. Thanks for all your responses.
Farang Deaths in Thailand........
in General Topics
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