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And that is, of course, the real scandal and story worth telling. Not Pattaya's tarnished image or any such nonsense.

Flying in visa exempt, he should be able to show the following if questioned: 10,000 baht or equivalent in another currency in cash. (20,000 baht is the amount required for those on a tourist visa). Address in Thailand (e.g. a hotel booking). Outbound ticket. This one will probably be enforced by the airline already, before allowing him to board his flight to Thailand.

Says it all. It's not the documentary that is damaging Thailand's reputation, it's what is going on in Thailand that they don't want anyone to know. Either own it or make changes, but don't shoot the messenger.

What's their average weight these days?

Except for Russians, all those you've mentioned currently get 30 days, not 90 days.

They don't know any better or just don't care; unfortunately that seems to be pretty much the norm with Thai embassy websites.

You'd ask an airport employee to get an immigration officer for you. I wouldn't recommend heading back to the airport though. Ask your local immigration office if they can correct the stamp.

I'd say this is well justified. With Pattaya's large selection of quality accommodation, restaurants, shopping and healthcare - all at affordable prices - it's an excellent place to retire all around.

The usual knee-jerk reaction. I have no doubt that there's nothing wrong with the reports but everything wrong with the corrupt Thai officials and criminal foreigners involved.

That hasn't changed, it would be best to go elsewhere.

What kind of accommodation? Hotel? I'm asking because your TM30 notification is the responsibility of the place where you stay. You'll need to check with them, and the TM30 notification needs to be made before you attend immigration to apply for an extension. You should take the receipt with you; whether or not it's required is hit and miss. At Laksi, you can probably apply for your extension right away. They don't usually send people away for being "too early", but if you want to play it safe, go there 1-2 weeks before your permission to stay expires.

Instead of holding their silly parades "to ensure tourist safety", the Thai police farce should step up their efforts to check the roadworthiness of busses and etc.

You scan a Hong Kong QR code with your Thai banking app. Easy.

Firstly, who cares if you disagree. You aren't a member of Congress. Secondly, this isn't a criminal trial. Good riddance.

No problem to apply for a new passport while on overstay. Plenty of reports about that over the years. Think about it. Why would a foreign embassy in Thailand refuse to issue a passport to an overstayer, considering that a valid passport is required to resolve the overstay with the Thai authorities?

I doubt it.

As per their website, they currently cannot assist with that in Bangkok.

Phrom Phong, as there's a skywalk connecting that BTS station to the mall.

It's not ambitious, it's ridiculous.

Envious?

What a ridiculous exercise. Instead of "explaining" that the movie "wrongly portrays" Thailand, they should just stop digging. Firstly, while other countries in the region are worse, there is a lot of human trafficking going on in Thailand, and they won't convince the Chinese that it isn't so. Secondly and arguably more importantly, the state of the economy in China and the Chinese policy to promote domestic tourism keep a lot more Chinese tourists away from Thailand than that scary movie.

Where's that and how is it relevant to this thread? Can people who need to do business at Jomtien just rock up at your local immigration office instead?

How many more tax threads running in parallel within the visa forum do we need? Keep it in the right place at least, it's mostly a combination of nonsensical speculation and fear mongering anyway at this point.

What does it say on your entry stamp? In the case of Ban Laem or Ban Pakkard, it would be "Pong Nam Ron".

A big Thank You for all the "fines" extracted from tourists at traffic checkpoints?