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I need to go to Ban Laem for a visa run. I want to do it solo this time (no visa run company). Does anyone know where I can catch a bus to Ban Laem? I was searching the forum and someone mentioned there is no bus to Ban Laem. I would have to go to Chanthaburi and catch a mini van from there.

Time to change passports. A passport full is visas and stamps will put you under scrutiny. I made this mistake and had to bribe my way in. Now I change passports every other year. 

For this amount you will be able to negotiate and get a better rate than the advertised ones.

This website gives you a list of most banks and exchange shops in one page. 

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1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Why don't you spend a little time in Vientiane and apply for a single entry tourist visa at the consular section of the embassy there.

 

I get 90 days on a visa exempt entry, if I get a simgle entry visa it would not only cost more I would also get only 60 days

Thank you all for your replies

Yes I will have the 20k and ticket out. I am thinking about just flying to Vietnanne and cross the border at Nong Khai and fly back to bkk from Udon Thani.

Is Nong Khai a good choice for visa exempt? 

I really want to avoid the mini van death rides so I prefer to fly and cross by land

I will not have a visa, just the visa exempt entry. I will look into the Ban Laem. Thank you all for the replies.

I haven't done a land border crossing in 3+ yrs. I have to fly to Phonn Phenn then I am planning to take a bus to poipet and do a visa stamp at the border.

What sort of things they might ask? 20k baht I will have w me already and a ticket out.

I got stopped at the airport in 2016 for too many visas.  I am kind of worried about doing the crossing at this border since I read it is not the best one but since I have to go to PP this is the closest to bkk.

Anyone has experience doing in/out at this border?

I am going to sign up with Pacific Cross. Does anyone have any experiences with this insurance company?

Thank you. I will go through those names. LUMA is also expensive, they quoted me 70,000 baht a year. 

Hello,

I am looking for a good health insurance plan, I used to have Bupa Platinum but they were sold to Aetna. I am back in Thailand now and I noticed the premiums went up dramatically.

Can anyone recommend a good company and policy?

4 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

Thanks...that's very interesting information.

 

Have you actually wired funds out of Cambodia?

Yes. You just go to the branch and request it. Now I have this card with codes on it from ABA bank so I just do from my computer.

I did a wire w Canadia, cheaper than ABA in terms of fees.

I do everyday banking w Canadia, and ABA I use for wire transfers when I am not in Cambodia. They both also have phone apps to check balances and do some transfers.

The OP asked for ANY in the country. Since he has a car he can just to go ANY.

Let him deal with distance issues.

I also would like to know which is the easiest least hassle border entry in the whole country. 

Ok great responses. So no name and no photo.

Can I put a link to an external site outside of thailand like YouTube or Facebook with the name and photo?

This women Chinese national who lives in Pattaya targets only foreigners and I am afraid there are quite a few.

So I was scammed by a foreigner living in Thailand and I would like to share my story and name the person so people are aware and dont fall victims.

Specific question is

Can I name him here at Thaivisa.com forum?

I do not mind getting sued in civil court for libel. 

Transferwise offers outbound transfers from Thailand now? As far as I know they only do inbound.

I got into this same problem once before. The supervisor told me once you get flagged I would always have a problem coming in.

U will get stuck outside thailand at some point if u keep doing visa runs.

I had to get an elite visa to stay, cost me a lot and I was upset I had to spend so much but now no worries.

Yes, u can do the extension and u can take another flight out.

Usually they ask u for 20k baht if something came up on their system when they entered your passport number.

Also making you purchase an outgoing ticket before they let u through is a first I hear about.

If they entered any information in the computer under your passport or it came up when u went thru immigration you will have problems again for sure.

Does sound like you had previous entries into the country for them to make you purchase a ticket and show money.

This doesn't usually happen  on a first time visit

I had a thai gf once and after me leaving to Europe she came up w the being pregnant lie. Boy did I have a hard time and after all it was a lie so I don't get away from her. 

I am pretty sure she is not prego if u always used condoms. U must be going crazy over there but I tell you just relax. She is most likely not prego

I am not sure the reason you decided to opt for a business visa when one can easily live there with tourist visas but I suggest you look for ho chi minh expats group on Facebook and ask this question there.

I was going to apply for a business visa but when I found out I could just do visa runs every 3 months for a lot less so I went w this option.

The business visa allows you to stay for 1 yr. You don't have a work permit so I doubt you would need to pay any kind of taxes.

You can go to Bali and get another tourist visa but getting a visa there and being allowed entry at the airport are 2 very different things. You got the red stamp so you are toast w any future entries.

Either get an Ed visa or go home for 6 months. Once you get the ed visa dont go out of the country for at least a yr.

Why would u want to take a risk? Of course change the passport.

I nearly got refused entry before and the supervisor in charge of immigration at the airport told me I should go back to my country at some point. 

He told me if I never go back they think I might have done something illegal and I am a fugitive. His words.

If u know the weight of the package u can go to the thai post website and get a price quote.

Make sure u always chose registered mail so u can a tracking number.