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On 12/14/2019 at 10:05 AM, nev said:

They will be begging expats to come back soon its only a matter of time. 

 

You forget who is governing the country. They are loaded with beautiful watches and submarines. They have no empathy for those who rely on tourist jobs. 

11 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Go to Phillipines you be welcomed there for long term !

Philippines not for the cheapest of Charlies,  Thailand from 1500 a month for an apartment,  Philippines 6000 baht monthly. Without a doubt more fun in phil

On 12/12/2019 at 1:31 PM, panik said:

I would be going out of Thailand to Laos on the 16th (ED visa will expire on 17th) then I will be back around Wednesday night or Thursday early morning with a tourist visa

 

If I don't report for 90 days now, any problem I would encounter when I want to extend next time at Chaengwattana? Or when I apply for work permit? Let's say I renew my passport because it will expire on 2020 anyways

You are feeling lucky, no guarantee they'll let you back in. Make sure you don't use the airports.

Remember the 21 year old Norwegian ,  first night in Thailand,  had his throat cut by a pack of ladyboys with their high heel shoes. Welcome to Pattaya. I doubt they did much jail time.

1 hour ago, Humpy said:

I've been to many bars for ages and have yet to see Indians in them. The girls do not like them ...... ask any of the girls  !!!

that's Half the story. Like who pays the most. They like you obviously 555

Hardly  surprising,  with it being a crime to land by air, being duly incarcerated in a cockroach infested, pee stench cell. Not my words, the words of those who've been incarcerated for being a tourist. The land of smiles 555

8 hours ago, Deported said:

It will be fair if they warn the tourists before, if they inform the tourist before than they not allowed to stay more than 6 months with tourist visa, and if they not continue to sell tourist visa to the long stay tourist...
Not suddenly take the tourists like criminels with supposed things...

Being fair to farang, 555, that made me laugh

9 hours ago, SaamBaht said:

Been here 17 years. Still reporting every 90 days. How bout being nice to long term folks? 

You are asking the  citizens of a generally racist xenophobic nation to be nice to foreigners. Your post makes no logical sense. Can't you see it is you that is the problem. If you wanted salt of the Earth humanity and warm feelings you should have retired in Vietnam.

21 hours ago, keith101 said:

What and expats living here do nothing for the economy , maybe you should look at ways of helping us instead of making it harder .

The expat community brought it upon themselves by not having the leadership, solidarity and courage of somebody like Gandhi. You have reaped what you have sown, and that is choosing to be second class citizens unlike the Chinese and Japanese in Thailand. 

21 hours ago, keith101 said:

What and expats living here do nothing for the economy , maybe you should look at ways of helping us instead of making it harder .

You should know by now you are the unwelcome and unwanted guest 555. Accept it and bear it 555. 

On 12/8/2019 at 7:40 PM, sanemax said:

If you have a connecting flight , you wouldnt need to go through immigration 

Only if it is not a LCC, I was told. This is how Thailand may get an extra 10 million ghost tourists which would explain the empty hotels. 

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Never been asked where I'm staying in Vietnam, and I go there 4x a year on VISA waiver.

Perhaps Thailand is being so inquisitive because it thinks it's the only first world country. Couldn't blame them with the strength of the baht. 

The new e-visa scheme also requires applicants to submit bank details for the last three months as proof that they can cover their travel expenses, a measure that has angered some Taiwanese people.

KMT Legislator Apollo Chen said the requirement is tantamount to treating Taiwan as a Third World country.

14 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Is that total cost? I go Saigon every month. Obtain multi 3 month.

Even single entry one month is $25 + stamping fee online. So all up $50 USD.

What's the total you paid for e-visa one month single entry?

$25.96 including debit or credit card surcharge. No rubber glove treatment unlike Thailand, mini stamp in  passport, you are treated like a VVIP with this visa because issued by government. However  you must 

print letter or huge problems 

6 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

How to deal with this issue:

 

1. Add 100 Baht to each plane ticket.

 

OR

 

2. Make it difficult, bureaucratic, nonsensical, stupid and unintelligible in order to make every visitor angry.

 

Which do you think will be chosen?

 

 

They no longer need to worry, the tourists have all gone to Vietnam, compare HCMC, HANOI to Pattaya, a photo of these places says much more than TATS DIY statistics. Love to know the amount of LCC tourists using Bangkok as a hub and never leave airport. 

15 hours ago, aspenbkk said:

they want us to pay for visas now as they dont get money otherwise from farangs on 30 days or less never happy but tell you otherwise .

But they make it so difficult to get 60 day visa. Why not an option for evisa for visa exempt nationalities (it's not rocket science) or pay 1000 bath at land border or airport. Thailand's tourist visa system is not modern, so old hat and backwards, because country is run by old men with no forward thinking, we must wait for the new generation to rule for positive modern changes. 

On 11/19/2019 at 1:06 AM, BuckBee said:

Yes, it getting silly, be far better if let him in even if only for 7 days but stamped a remark in passport so can't do it again with a time lapse or requiring a visa from home country .
 

That would be the humane thing to do, and would stem but not stop the social media destruction of Thai tourism to Vietnam's advantage. Horrific how the 41 year American was murdered by suspected terrorists in immigration jail. There should be a grace period of a week before you end up in a cell of 150 people where there's a chance you can be beaten to death. After all it is 2019, not 1819, nor the middle ages. 

20 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

So that's about 14000baht/month? On top of that has zero savings.

He has zero options. 

Can't even afford an agent.

A real cheap Charlie can get a 1500 baht apartment and only needs a further 3000 baht to survive. More people are suffering and dying from over indulgence than poverty. less is more 555

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

If your friend purchased a reentry permit then the O-A visa is expired. He currently has permission of stay. That stamp will have an until date. That will not change when he enters in march. 

Sorry. He's made a blunder. He told me he absolutely had an OA. I've just asked him to check his passport, and he found it was an O, not O A. He certainly is getting more forgetful. Previously I was referring to re-entry that he has obtained in Thailand for the purpose of returning in March 2020. O good till August 2020. So he'll just renew with no insurance assuming .....

16 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

An O-A visa is valid for 1 year. Its a multi entry visa so for one year he can exit and reenter. Every time he reenters he is given one yr permission of stay. If he exits and reenters just prior to August 2020 he will obtain 12 months.After Aug 2020 he will need to buy a reentry permit (single or multi) if he wishes to exit and reenter.

After that permission of stay ends ~ Aug 2021 he would move to extensions based on retirement.

Is an O-A always multiple entry? From my understanding he's told me he's bought a re-entry permit to return to Thailand in March. Why would this be necessary if an O-A is always a multiple entry. How would he pay for this at Don Muang Airport when he returns? And how much. Thanks very much for this. 

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

If his visa is valid until August of 2020 he can get an entry from it up to that day and get another one year permit to stay. Then he can get a re-entry permit to keep the remainder of that permit to stay valid when he enters the country.

No need to worry about applying for an extension until 2021 that way.

How does he get another one year permit to stay, process? Perhaps I used wrong terminology. Perhaps I should have said extension of stay instead of visa? Is it automatic at airport? To reiterate he currently has OA staying in Bangkok on this, valid until August 2020, already in Thailand, using it, no insurance, he'll go to Vietnam in December 2019 return in March 2020. At this time he'll have approximately 5 months remaining on his OA. He already has his re-entry permit before he departs to Vietnam in December 2019, he is departing to Vietnam soon. You're saying his OA will be extended to March 2021 when he arrives at Cheap Charlie's Don Muang Airport in March 2020? If so what is the process to do this? He has no insurance. Apologies if have made wrong use of terminology that has turned the answer upside down. Many thanks. 

He lives in Bangkok. In August 2020 where can he go to change to an O visa so he does not need to pay insurance?. He has no wife,  no dependents,  single male. Been living in Thailand for over a decade. 74 years old if this is pertinent. His only option is in basis of over 50. His pension is only 8000 canadian dollars a year, no savings. 

Will he be forced to buy insurance when he returns to Don Muang in March 2020. He will be 74 in March 2020. UBON JOE. Thanks in advance. 

On 11/6/2019 at 10:35 AM, Max69xl said:

An immigration officer at the largest airport in Thailand is supposed to be able to read a police order in thai and understand it. And if they don't understand, why not ask someone who should know? The police order was released in April,over 6 months ago. 

Who knows, maybe he wanted a gift of donuts. Or perverse pleasure in stressing the OP.