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Nowadays most landlords probably want the rent to be paid by bank transfer. The initial payment is often in cash when moving in, but with instant bank transfers using an app, that's been shifting towards that option, too. I don't think many landlords would be willing and able to accept credit card payments.
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Visa Agents for Thailand in Pnom Penh
Caldera replied to zaZa9's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
The money doesn't need to be in a Thai bank when you apply for a visa outside Thailand. In Phnom Penh, they will accept bank statements from banks in Cambodia, too. There's no way around the financials when you apply there, no matter if you use an agent or not. -
I think you give the police farce WAY too much credit.
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If I don't have a reentry permit ...
Caldera replied to Chicksaw's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Strangely enough, I've never missed a flight, and I've been on many. More often than not, my "problem" was having too much time to kill - sometimes because of flight delays, sometimes because things just moved faster than usual. -
Which part of "immediately used" did you not understand? The immigration office issues you a non-immigrant visa, immediately stamps it "used" and stamps a non-immigrant visa entry stamp into your passport. If you need to leave and re-enter, you need a re-entry permit, and they actually put another stamp in to advise you of that.
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Visa run Udon Thani to Nong Khai
Caldera replied to thairat's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
There are two different international buses, one to Nong Khai and another one to Udon Thani. The one to Udon Thani uses the bus terminal nearby Central, yes -
Visa run Udon Thani to Nong Khai
Caldera replied to thairat's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Good luck with this! Report them and report back here how it goes. Rumor has it that this school has army connections, and they've been around for many years in any case. -
Arrest Warrant Out For Ex-Interior Minister Over Graft Charges
Caldera replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It took them more than 10 years to finalize what looks like a straightforward case? Really? -
Overstay and expiring passaport
Caldera replied to Tayida's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Different countries might have different procedures, but I think in most cases an embassy doesn't want an overstayer to become their burden. If they refused to renew an overstayer's passport to enable them to leave Thailand on their own, guess what, eventually one of their consular officials would need to visit that overstayer at the IDC - and that would just complicate matters. I've seen many reports of overstayers obtaining a new passport, but not a single actual report of an overstayer who was refused a new passport just because of being on overstay. -
You don't need a round-trip ticket, but you do usually need to show travel to Thailand and an outbound ticket. In your case, you might well have a problem, as the consulate in HCMC might advise you to apply for the Thai tourist visa in Malaysia instead, seeing that you'll travel there before traveling to Thailand. Or maybe your ticket to Malaysia will just confuse them. It's usually a good idea to keep things simple. When I applied for a tourist visa in HCMC before, I bought a throwaway round-trip ticket to Bangkok, although my plan was to travel back overland via Cambodia.
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110 Thai immigration police officers charged in visa scandal
Caldera replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
My biggest concern is what the immigration police will come up with next, now that they've lost all this extra income. It will need to be replaced, one way or another. -
I don't really see the wisdom in forging a passport in Thailand and using it to exit Thailand. Even with high-quality forgery, the fact that the passport holder's entry to Thailand wasn't recorded in the immigration database surely is bound to sound the alarm, so what are the chances that they just stamp such a person out? Using a passport forged in Thailand to enter another country would be a different story, I guess it could work.
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QR Jacking - potential issue here......
Caldera replied to topt's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Many Thai temples have had PromptPay QR codes for donations on display for several years, often on an actual donation box to provide an alternative way to a cash donation. Sure, someone could post their own sticker there instead, but then the recipient shown in the bank app would be "Somchai Whatever" instead of "Wat Whatever", which should look suspicious enough to at least the more alert people.