Caldera
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If you don't have any other issues besides an inclination to post incoherent rants, consider yourself blessed.
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Can renew a passport while in overstay?
Caldera replied to Adrian78's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Don't post nonsense. Any overstay in Thailand cannot be resolved without having a valid passport, so there you have your "why". Many reports over the years of people on overstay getting a new passport first, before being able to leave. I don't recall even a single report of anyone being refused a new passport by their home country for being on overstay in Thailand. -
Wrong visa stamp on arrival
Caldera replied to miaclarkson03's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Which part of "it depends on the immigration office" do you fail to understand? Whatever you think "the act makes clear" might or might not be interpreted differently by your IO. The OP has no other option than (1) to establish if Ko Samui immigration is willing to fix the stamp, and if so, (2) requires a TM30 receipt to do that. If that's the case and the Airbnb host hasn't filed a TM30 notification, checking into a hotel for a night might be a lot easier than trying to get the TM30 sorted with the Airbnb host. -
Wrong visa stamp on arrival
Caldera replied to miaclarkson03's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Again, it depends on the immigration office. It's first and foremost the landlord's responsibility to notify immigration about foreigners staying at their property. When it becomes the tenant's responsibility and what documentation is required isn't consistently handled. Maybe someone can help with specific information for Ko Samui? -
Wrong visa stamp on arrival
Caldera replied to miaclarkson03's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
That depends on the immigration office. While most would probably agree that a longterm tenant with a lease can file as the possessor of the property, that's a bit of a stretch with a hotel guest. -
Wrong visa stamp on arrival
Caldera replied to miaclarkson03's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Will you go back to Bangkok at any point within the 30 days you've been stamped in for? There's no need to get this fixed immediately / next week. I'd try to get it fixed at immigration on Ko Samui first. If they say they can't (or won't) do it, you can still make other plans. A visa exempt entry by air doesn't count against your land border run quota, so you can still re-enter twice overland. -
Xi Jinping’s bullet train gift sparks China-Thailand railway reality
Caldera replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
All hail the Emperor. -
Of course. But what took him so long? Big Joke should have been suspended when he was charged.
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Female police save woman from drunk foreigner during Songkran
Caldera replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
The fact that it's big news in Thailand when a few individual members of the police farce could be seen actually doing their job... -
Thailand launches eco, astro, and digital nomad visas for 2024 travellers
Caldera replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
That might well be the dumbest article on Thai visas I've ever skimmed. -
2 foreign men caught performing oral sex at Bangkok Songkran
Caldera replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
Naughty. Thankfully, no dirty farang this time around. -
Intoxicated man causes uproar in Udon Thani village
Caldera replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
The fact that he drove there on his motorcycle in that state - clearly a case of DUI - didn't seem to matter one bit. Not only did the guy's sister consider the cops to be a taxi service of sorts - the cops mind-bogglingly obliged. -
2nd visa exempt by air. Denial?
Caldera replied to Captain Monday's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
I think you're confused. Before the 30-day extension for visa exempt entries was introduced, all you could get was an extra 7 days "denied extension but grace period given to leave the country". There has never been a change "from a discretionary time to a standard 30 days". All extensions are at the discretion of immigration, but assuming that your paperwork is in order, the 30-day extension is routinely given. At IT Square Laksi alone, to hundreds of applicants per day. -
Even when your Thai card does work, it's unnecessarily painful with AirAsia. They will send an OTP for verification even if you've used the same card with their app before and told them to save it for future use. I tried to book a flight with them while traveling and it took too much time to receive the SMS with the OTP from Thailand. So I had to waste quite a bit of time going through their convoluted booking process again later. No such problems with other apps like Agoda.
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What To Do Please.
Caldera replied to hughrection's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Nonsense, they will just process the extension. What's with this silly and completely unnecessary scare-mongering?