RabCNesbitt

I recently had 2 guys (not Thais) come in to my bar in Chiang Mai asking for beers at 3:00pm. I told them that we are not allowed to serve alcoholic beverages between 2:00pm and 5:00pm - they laughed, then said that they live in Phuket and have never heard of such a law! My point is that if it is going to come down to the 'local authorities empowerment' then this ridiculous law will continue to be enforced in some places and not in others.

I too fly in on June 25th....it's been booked for months. Why can't they just drop the Thai Pass now? Why does it have to wait until July 1st? What difference does it make? Bonkers.

On the Government website it says about 'evidence of funds of at least 20k Baht' and I have a Thai bank account with more than 400k in it.... so to have a print out of this is not sufficient evidence? Hard to believe that in this day and age of the use of cards and apps instead of cash I actually need to have a wad of cash equivalent to 20k Baht on me when I arrive at the immigration desk.

Just a quick question, I noticed that to turn up 'visa exempt' I need to show proof of at least 20k Baht. Does that mean I actually have to have cash on me, or can I just show my Bualuang i-banking app balance in my Thai Bkk Bank account? A friend of mine was actually locked in a small cell and deported the next day because he didn't have 20k Baht on him, and the ATM machine is the other side of the immigration desks so he couldn't withdraw cash from his Portuguese account! Cheers.