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20000 thb is large amount of cash ? Do you really live a poor farmer life ?! Or are you really scared to lose $600 ?!

21 hours ago, dennis123 said:

Lol just some minor issues from a long past, but I know how small things can blow out of proportions and become very costly all of a sudden. I go back sometimes but I fly to Germany instead and take a taxi across the border just to be on the safe side, all my friends tell me I'm worrying for nothing as it's too long ago but I just don't take the risk.

 

Yeah I do feel my time in Thailand is running out, seeing how people with ED visas still get refused entry, and with this stamp in my passport saying that visas can be refused, I don't want to hop from one embassy to the next to the next, while at the same time spending 25-30k baht in advance on an ED visa. Add to that all my belongings here and the car I bought a few years ago, plus I'm having some serious health issues so I could just as well be dead in a few years, and if not my car will be devalued enough in a few years to let it go without too much of a loss.

 

So I'm like is it still worth all the trouble, not so sure. The fact that Thailand is corrupt to its bone and access to a good lawyer with connections makes me think I would never end up being deported anyway, there's always a way to bribe yourself out of things.

 

Just a small example, I went to Cambodia a few years ago, drove my car to the border at Had Lek, then after passing both sides of immigration I realized I forgot my laptop in my car, not so clever, hooked up with a agent there, paid a few thousand baht, walked me straight through immigration at both sides without a single stamp, photo, fingerprint or whatever, left me alone to pick up my laptop and we went back just as easily, obviously he handed out some money left and right and it was all good. This is Thailand where a little bit of money does wonders.

When I forgot something in my car after both side stamps, I just walked back alone to get it without talking to anyone, so I wonder why you would need to pay for that...

23 hours ago, dennis123 said:

You both misunderstand me, poor enough to only afford a flight ticket with transit (those are usually a lot cheaper than direct flights with KLM).

Eva air direct flight to Amsterdam is one of the cheapest of any flights to EU, don't you know this ?

On 10/18/2018 at 6:28 AM, NanLaew said:

So they take your application and your money and place a visa sticker in your passport... and then cancel it before they hand the passport back?

 

Get an onward (departing Thailand) air ticket with a departure date within 28-days of your planned arrival in BKK/DMK. Your domestic Chiang Mai destination is of no importance to Immigration.

 

The 20k baht in cash OR EQUIVALENT IN OTHER CURRENCY is also a must.

 

Good luck!

 

 

This is what I didn't understand. How stupid is it to cancel a visa after putting it in passport ?!

Or it is just a way to keep your visa fee ?!

Just pay with them.

On 10/5/2018 at 9:40 AM, sjbrownderby said:

Sit back and see what happens. It would be naive to think that the Thai Visa site is not being monitored in some way by authorities. Even if you are not contacted directly, just by revealing your experience someone has been alerted to it. Every day I see people talking about things of an incriminatory nature and even though important facts like names are not revealed those things discussed do give an impression of what is happening amongst the ex-pat community. It is always best not to underestimate as that leads to complacency, and it is very easy to underestimate the capabilities of the authorities here. 

Yes champion ! Enough Thai in this country to be able to read an English forum...

Really, people never try to think before posting here ?!

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You are lucky enough to have a greedy rat in uniform to help you and you complain ? But actually it seems quite impossible that he asked only 1000 thb.

Warning to people visiting Koh Tao when coming from a place where cannabis is legal. Friends tested positive on Koh tao even when they didn't do anything wrong in Thailand, and they had to pay an expensive "fine" to go home...

Warning to people visiting Koh Tao when coming from a place where cannabis is legal. Friends tested positive on Koh tao even when they didn't do anything wrong in Thailand, and they had to pay an expensive "fine" to go home...

On 5/2/2014 at 10:12 AM, thepool said:

Try looking for Difflam Forte throat spray.

Or Kamillosan-M ( Which you will probably reject as being "useless" but is in fact very effective)

hello,

kamillosan is so useless really. Is difflam available ?

What else ?

Thank you.

Who eats beef anyway cannot be really normal, hum ?

13 hours ago, mogandave said:

What is amusing is that the OP keeps doing the same things, each time expecting different results.

I didn't read all but yes it seems to be a bit wrong to treat them like family...