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I am waiting for the day you get 39 pounds for 1 baht

Love that song from Green Day: american idiot

Now this poor foreigner will be charged with working in the country illegally

9 minutes ago, KarlosInBKK said:

Hi guys,

 

Just reporting back. I'm back in BKK with my new ED visa. One immigration officer seemed to be quite strict and was asking an ED visa applicant a lot of questions in Thai. I got the other officer. I spoke in Thai when I gave her my documents and she didn't ask me any questions. I went back at 4pm the next day to collect my passport and was out of there at 4.10pm. All in all, it was easy and straightforward. 

Thank you so much for your report. gives me some hope for my 2nd

of course it's safe. There is nobody here.

2 minutes ago, pookondee said:

Its possible the visa (or permission to stay or whatever your targeting) might be back-dated so you dont have an overstay.

(These agents can seemingly do anything if they have money).

 

 

NOT possible! it's always gonna be an overstay, the longer he waits the more he's gonna risk a ban.

"The PM said he'd bring peace and quiet to Thailand". 

Classic lol

16 minutes ago, Tayaout said:

If the police catch you on overstay you go straight to immigration detention center for couple days/weeks and get automatic 5 years ban. Getting out of Thailand and paying the fine at the airport is not the same procedure and doesn't involve detention with 150 peoples in a Thai jail. 

 

So if I was on overstay, I would avoid contact with police at all cost even if my passport is stolen. 

To fly out you need a passport. To get a new passport in the OP's case he needs a police report.

You need a police report to get a new passport.

So that's your first stop, then to your embassy to apply for your new passport. Once you got that you will have to pay for the overstay.

How much you give me?

4 minutes ago, The Farang said:

The problem is not the high baht.  If you come from a western country its still way cheaper then where you live.  It's a few main reasons why  (I have lived in Thailand and come back and forth since 2016):

1.)  They don't do enough to get big businesses to come to Thailand.   If you bring businesses that brings jobs and more farangs will come thus spend money. 

2.) The way foreigner's are treated here is not that great.  Starting from the moment you come to the border and deal with immigration, to when you get to your hotel,  drive down the street and get stopped by police daily being extorted for money.  They are aways gaming you when the conversation starts off with "where you from?  How long you on holiday?  What hotel you stay?"  Thats them qualifying you.  They want to know what country you come from to see if you have money, how long you stay so I know how much time i have to get money out of you, what hotel you stay will also tell me how much money you have

3.) Taxis overcharging and businesses overcharging foreigner's trying to get as much money out of us quickly before we leave from our holiday.  Short term thinking.

4.) It's just not safe there.  So many people die either on the road in a accident because the roads are lawless, or the tourist activities like jet skies.  Every week someone dies.  I remember the group of Chinese tourists about 40 people diednot to long ago because of poor safety.  I get it if people get drunk and dont follow the rules but they have to do a better job at enhancing safety.

I travel frequently and this is one of the only countries in southeast Asia that I have seen this level of greed.  If I am a tourist and come here and those 4 things happen to me, I wouldn't come back and tell everyone about my bad experience and then they won't come.

try the US and the risk of being shot by a trigger happy nation

they only have to 'push' one person out

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

I certainly don't believe this is a long term solution for the problems that Thai tourism has created for itself.

 

thai tourism? only 1 guy to blame...

Taxi from the border to udon airport is 45min

You got 4 hrs in total, plenty of time

good news

What would you like to drink?

2 milk...

Hopefully the police got their phone numbers