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Bold and ambitious, hopefully they can make it happen. ????

In most countries, that would go without saying. It says a lot about the Thai legal system that the fact he's denied bail is newsworthy.

I think those senators should first be given the chance to do the right thing. Maybe - just maybe - a sufficient number of them will see the light and vote with the elected representatives of the people. It takes less than 70 out of 250 to vote for the PM along with coalition MPs, and once that has been done, the senate becomes pretty much irrelevant. That failing, yes, they would make themselves enemies of the people.

For the next 1-2 weeks anyway.

I think that's the least of your problems, just take the pictures of your passport pages at the right time, after being stamped out of Thailand but before getting stamped in elsewhere. When I recently flew to a nearby country, I could have easily taken those pictures after passing Thai immigration and before boarding my flight. I don't recommend filing a misleading visa application at a consulate that doesn't actually have jurisdiction to issue one, just saying.

He's not wrong about that. Why people believed that the likes of Boris would be able to make Brexit a success is anyone's guess. They're nothing more than entitled brats from a select few inbred families, completely useless. In Brussels, you have at least a good mix of various flavors of incompetence and corruption, not this inbred Tory monoculture. ????

It's the same database and has been since at least 2018, when I switched to a new passport at a land border and could watch the IO's screen while he was processing that. Exactly the same system and terminal as at the airports. As there's a hard limit of 2 visa exempt entries per calendar year by land, most land borders simply stick to that official rule instead of making up their own.

He's so yesteryear, how can they believe he can resurrect this dying party?

Mind-boggling and beyond bizarre, but then again, so are many of the Thai translations that Google Translate produces.

On a train full of Austrians, there must be at least a few admirers of Herr Hitler, considering how strong the support for the right-wing "Freedom Party of Austria" is.

I have my doubts.

It's an official procedure with official requirements and an officially numbered form (TM86, TM87). There really isn't anything extraordinary about it that makes it much different from applying for an extension.

You will need to explain why issuing a non-immigrant visa is MORE at the discretion of the officer than issuing an extension. In both cases, there's an official set of requirements that need to be met. And in both cases, there can be extra requirements imposed by the immigration office you use. I don't see any difference really.

Realistically, people affected by this rogue interpretation of the rules have two options. Either use an agent, or do a border bounce to gain extra time to season the money. I don't think reporting them will go anywhere, as each Thai government office is basically being run like a fiefdom. They get away with it and they know it.

With your recent immigration history, anything could happen when you attempt to enter visa exempt by air another time in the near future. Staying out for a week and having a ticket to the UK within 30 days from entering Thailand would greatly improve your chances in case of being questioned. If I were you, I'd consider a border bounce by land instead. For your future plans, as others have said, getting a METV in the UK would be the best solution to stay longer.

Time for the dinosaurs to ride into the sunset.

Booking an onward ticket and downloading the confirmation literally takes a few minutes. As for being prepared, you need to have internet connectivity and credit card details ready, that's it. It's not quite clear where they asked you. At the gate? That would be stressful, but still doable. It's more likely to be asked when checking in though.

There's no hard limit, but repeatedly flying out and back in without much time spent outside of Thailand certainly increases the risk of attracting scrutiny. Can't you at least make a holiday out of it instead of flying back in on the same day? You're pretty much begging for an IO to take an interest in you.

Maybe it's time that the Chinese are granted visa exempt entry, instead of milking them for visa fees.

Very saddening. RIP Joe. Both the quality of the help he's provided to so many over the years and his patience will be sadly missed.

Yes, same as with any other visa exempt entry.

Today and tomorrow are public holidays in Thailand. Try on Monday.

I was just offered a free trial for six months and signed up for it. Afterwards it will be 19 baht per month. For my first food delivery order after signing up, I saved 20 baht in delivery fees. That in itself would already have paid for the monthly subscription fee. For the time being, it seems to be well worth it for regular users. Only time will tell what will happen once they've persuaded enough people to subscribe though.

The noose is tightening. His New York trial will soon be the least of his worries.

Phuket Police investigating Phuket Police, what could possibly go wrong! ????