Caldera

Now he's really lost his marbles.

28 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

till duterte is dead and gone you'll never see me there..

I'd tend to agree, but then again, if I applied that standard, I couldn't be in Thailand either.

11 minutes ago, evadgib said:

So 5.5M people get to ride rough shod over the 55M or more in the rest of the Kingdom?

No. Nothing will change for the rest of the kingdom. Unless Northern Ireland and/or Wales wish to break away as well, obviously.

Congratulations, well done!

I'm surprised that flying drones is even legal in China. Aren't they worried that someone might try to land one on Winnie the Pooh's head?

In reality, does anyone - in Thailand - care if it's legal or not? Being illegal (or unregulated) has stopped neither Airbnb nor Grab from becoming wildly successful.

Excellent, hopefully more Thais will awake from their slumber. May the government live in interesting times.

I went there just after they had opened and again some time later. It's about as impressive as one of those fake floating markets, but has the benefit that it's air-conditioned and clean.

So if I had to give it a label, I'd go with sanitized tourist trap. I don't recall if Disneyland has a Thai section, but if it has, it must look the same.

Well that's quite a twist!

I guess I'll take your endorsement of Nha Trang with a grain of salt. ????

By not distancing herself from her genocidal military, she's soiling whatever is still left of her once stellar reputation.

Shame on you, Lady.

2 hours ago, varun said:

This is mostly what Iglu does - https://iglu.net

Or did. Apparently they're not accepting new foreign employees at this point, and it's unclear if they will be willing and able to make those "changes to their business model" that the Thai authorities require them to make.

The voided tourist visa potentially looks bad, in case an immigration officer chooses to scrutinize your history.

Where did you attempt to apply for that voided visa, and where do you plan to enter Thailand?

I've nothing but good things to say about the Thai immigration officers at that border crossing. They've never hassled me at all, coming in both visa exempt and on tourist visas several times. I've also never heard or read of any reports to the contrary.

1 hour ago, 88stones said:

He was denied as he had entered Thailand 2x in the last 12 months. The immigration officer also told him that. The Thai embassy confirmed this. Just unclear when the ban would end.

He was denied entry - on that particular occasion - but he wasn't banned, so that point is moot.

8 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Did you even read the op?

He lost/stolen pp in Da Nang. Needs get back to Thailand. 

Brilliant

Speaking of reading, there's no mention of Da Nang in the OP. Nha Trang is being mentioned as their current location. Not that it makes much of a difference.

That's a very welcome change of attitude.

"He told his minions not to be overzealous."

I hope his overzealous minions who are infesting Bangkok's airports will get the message.

8 hours ago, EricTh said:

If he can really stay 330 days on a tourist visa, then we don't see any point in getting an education visa, retirement extension, elite visa, marriage visa etc.

There's no doubt whatsoever that someone could/can do that up until now. Personally, I think nowadays it's too much of an inconvenience and ultimately not worth it, because you need to avoid entering at most airports, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. Not yet, that is.

I think nobody will be able to give you a definite answer. Some people reported that they were interviewed due to their history. In case that happens, it all depends on convincing the consular officer that you are a genuine tourist - being able to show how you can support yourself seems to help in that case. In other words, funds well in excess of the minimum in a bank account back home, proof of money transfers to Thailand, etc.

They could also just reject your application based on the visas already in your passport, and if that happens, there's probably nothing you can do.

I retired at age 26, just after finishing university. I knew that I didn't need to work, but I wanted to have a good education just in case. Two years later, I discovered Thailand.

What baffles me is that there are so many people who are undecided. All the major issues at stake haven't changed for years. For God's sake, do have an opinion, whatever that may be.

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Some airport immigration crews are the ones making up non existent rules to deny entry and then put bogus reasons from section 12 of the immigration act as the reason for denial of entry.

Exactly. I've never had any issues when attempting to extend a visa exempt or tourist visa stay at an immigration office within Thailand, and I've used many different ones over the years. They simply didn't care how much time I had spent in the country previously.

If those 180 days max per year were indeed sanctioned by the very top of immigration, that simply wouldn't happen.

That's plenty. Nothing to worry about.