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At the tax office, the worst that can happen is that they don't give you the TIN / send you to the "correct" tax office. Unless you can prove a change of residence and have documents for where you actually reside, they would almost certainly be of the opinion that you need to get your TIN in Trang, where your current extension was issued. If you'll run into trouble with your "visa" elsewhere is hard to tell, this being Thailand. The process and circumstances you describe sound dodgy and evoke memories of the now infamous "volunteer visa" that was once popular. Did you enter the country with a non-immigrant visa, or is there another stamp from Trang Immigration in your passport that is a non-immigrant visa issued locally? I'm surprised that you don't have a work permit, was it explained to you by the agent why you don't need one? You don't work, I get it, but for that kind of extension they must have come up with some kind of a relationship between you and a company.

I agree on the "zoo" aspect. As the OP seems to dislike using vans, getting a private car to the border would be an option in both cases, at similar cost. Ultimately, as you said, both would work.

Why don't you post your actual EXTENSION stamp, redacted as necessary? We all know what an re-entry permit looks like, but it doesn't help answer your question. If your agent got that in province A but you don't actually live there, you probably wouldn't have much luck rocking up at the revenue department of province B asking for a TIN. That's one potential issue I could see without seeing your stamp. Don't worry about the 6 months, you could tell them you paid withholding tax on interest that you want to claim back or something.

Why not go to Nong Khai as @DrJack54 suggested already? He can use the Lao eVisa on the Friendship Bridge 1, there are more flights from Don Mueang to Udon than to Ubon, and transport to the border is more frequent as well. Chong Mek is an obscure little border post, hardly on anyone's map who doesn't want to travel in Southern Laos

You can't use a Lao eVisa at the Chong Mek land border crossing. You can get a Lao visa on arrival there, it's a quick and easy process but costs you an entire visa page of your passport. Personally, I wouldn't go there for a border bounce coming from the Bangkok area, but if you're interested in spending some time in Pakse or on the Bolaven Plateau, you can consider it.

Yes, but of course Pita knew all that and saw what happened to those others. So it's quite mind-boggling that a bright mind like him didn't deal with it proactively. I sincerely wish him the best and hope he will become PM as is the Thai people's wish, but he has left himself vulnerable and I fear his impressive victory might end in tears. Can't say I'm not somewhat disappointed and expected more awareness.

On the bright side, no swastika to be seen, that's always a relief around here.

I'll be dead and that's it, I don't buy into any religious fantasies.

He's right, of course, but is it really wise to say this out loud right now?

It's still closed.

Yes, still closed.

Good move (forward 555). It's really time that the Thai government treats its citizens as adults who can make those choices for themselves, by themselves.

Neither Vientiane nor Savannakhet will issue you a tourist visa if you fail to provide them with the 3-month bank statement they require. You seem to be in Laos already. To apply in Vientiane, you need to book an appointment, usually a couple of weeks in advance. You appear to be a bit underprepared. How long do you plan to stay in Laos? Edited to add: Regarding visa exempt entries by land, the limit of two per calendar year is strictly enforced, but doesn't apply to nationals of some countries that have a bilateral agreement with Thailand. What's your nationality?

Are there actually any countries that allow same-sex marriage, but only if both spouses are nationals of that very country? Genuine question. At face value, that looks like a very unlikely scenario to me. If and when same-sex marriage arrives in Thailand, they will probably just extend the existing framework. What they might NOT want to allow is letting foreigners who aren't allowed to marry at home marry in Thailand instead. But there's already a framework for that in place, too, as any foreigner who wants to marry in Thailand needs to produce "freedom to marry" documents.

That's a shocking number any way you look at it. Shows you how much the military government really cared about national security - not very much as long as they could fill their pockets.

A shop owner who buys a locked iPhone surely knows that it was stolen and buys stolen property routinely, so I'd be cautious when dealing with him.

Did Swedes and Norwegians really travel to faraway countries with cash in their exotic local currencies, hoping to exchange it? I'd have assumed they had the good sense to take along cash in a major currency or use cards.

Sums it up nicely.

If it does happen and the election will be nullified, hopefully that will convince even more Thais that the dinosaurs and their cronies need to go, so that the country can move forward. What a farce.

First those idiots ("the majority of voters") voted for Brexit and now they complain that they cannot afford to buy food anymore? Oh the irony, that's what happens when you listen to a fraudster like Boris.

Just like a traitor in uniform, when the commander-in-chief becomes a traitor like this oxygen thief, he should be dealt with by a military court. Swiftly.

You're not going on overstay while an application is under consideration by immigration. You really just have to wait.

Let's not confuse issues here. There isn't a single immigration office in Thailand that doesn't require a certain amount of time left from your current permission to stay when applying for a non-immigrant visa. You failed to check their requirements, with a predictable outcome. That's completely different from the issues reported by the OP, where instead of telling an applicant what the requirements are, an IO flat out told them that it cannot be done.

If Indians knew what Thais think about them, they would spend their money elsewhere anyway. ????

But that applies to ALL services they provide (or refuse to provide, as it were). Singling out the "conversion" to a non-immigrant visa is nonsensical.