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I really wouldn’t be too worried about being separated. It’s not that big of an area. My wife is a dual US Thai citizen but always travels on her Thai passport going in. So she uses the Thai kiosk and gets thru quick. She then just waits behind the counter of the line I’m in. We come in late when it’s not that busy so separating isn’t a big issue for us.


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Noticed that also when we left the other night! Quite uncomfortable in terminal F


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Took us less than 10 minutes to clear security and immigration 2 nights ago. We had a 2:30 am flight that was only half full. We always take these later flights to avoid the huge lines I’m always hearing about. Same on the way in. About 40 flights in and out under our belt in the last 10 years.


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My wife and I always try to stay to the red eye flights out and 1:00 am or so arrival times. Just flew out to the States 2 nights ago and we were through security and immigration in less than 10
minutes. Our flight was only half full as well! Lots of room to stretch out without paying or using miles for biz class!


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Walked right through as usual when we arrived a couple weeks back.


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I guess I must live a charmed life. I’ve never had any bad experiences coming in or out of Thailand. Probably 40 + times thru in the last 10 years. The Mrs and I just flew back to the States this week. Literally no wait at security going out and less than 5 minutes through immigration. We do tend to book flights that arrive and leave late at night so that may have something to do with it. I’ll stick with that given some of the horror stories I read about on here!


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Get in line kid.


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I’ll bet he doesn’t come. Nobody in the US cares what’s happening in Thailand and I can’t imagine Trump appreciates the whole coupe thing and is in no hurry to give him legitimacy.


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I’m just posting this for informational purposes as I have seen this issue arise and just want to post our recent experience. My wife is a US and Thai dual

Citizen. We came in through Swampy a few weeks ago for a vacation stay. She easily and without issue used her Thai passport which still has her maiden name through the scanners and will exit the same way. Once home she will show US immigration both passports so they can see the stamps in the Thai passport similar to what a green card holder would do. No issues to be expected but I’ll update if we encounter any. Always easier for the wife to travel within Thailand under her Thai passport. There have been reports I have seen from others who used their other passports of hassles from immigration. Just make sure the name on her ticket matches her Thai passport exactly and do not flash her other passport except at the airline counter when leaving if they even request it to make sure she can re-enter the destination country. I’m sure a lot of you already know this but I’m sure there will be some like me who didn’t really know what to expect the first time.

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Just went through last weekend on a Saturday. No additional fee. Just the 500 THB.


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Unless they include double standard pricing and the occasional jet ski scam I really don’t see how Thailand is very high on that list. In your face crimes like muggings, assault etc against foreign tourists seems quite rare and when it does happen makes national news! I can completely understand my country, the USA being on it because of our high urban crime rates in places like Chicago and DC especially.


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I noticed that when we flew out to Chiang Rai two weeks ago! The international queue was a mile long with mostly Chinese tourists! Even in Chiang Rai during an off time the tourist spots were over run with them! Good for the Thai economy I guess and probably why they don’t really care about us western tourists all that much.


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Just flew out of there to Chiang Rai on Air Asia a few weeks ago. No issues at all. You do need to precheck and pay for any bags or seat selections before getting to the airport to avoid that additional nightmare but it only took us 10 minutes and we were thru. Sounds like you caught it on a bad day!


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Your question assumes they are operating under the same system that Thai women and their families apply to foreigners. They do not!


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Wow! You really can’t see what’s happening? Seriously? I’d learn the word No in Thai and use it early and often!


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That sounds a bit absurd to me. My Thai wife is an American citizen as are both her Thai parents. He is a retired engineer and mom was a school teacher. They returned to Thailand after working some time in the US after being educated there and my wife was born and raised in Chiang Mai but is a US citizen as well and came back to the US for university. My wife has a bus degree in marketing from UCLA. I am a business lawyer. We live in the US full time with no intention of making Thailand our home. In other words everyone is doing ok. Not once was this subject ever broached when we got engaged 11 years ago. I asked my wife about this and her thoughts were that it’s more of a countryside tradition that she hasn’t seen much of in the urban areas. She just gasped when she read this post! You may want to seriously rethink this relationship!


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Just went through up at Mae Sai last week while visiting Chiang Rai as our vacation takes me 5 days over my 30 days. No issues at all. Took less than 20 minutes. 500 baht to the Myanmar official, a walk across the street to get my passport and about a 15 minute wait at Thai immigration. Back on the road to sightsee!

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My wife and I got married in the US where we met and where we live. It never came up!

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Been happily married to my Thai wife for 10 years. She’s an American citizen, university educated in the US where we met at school and is quite a bit more Americanized than most Thais living in the US. She also speaks English at a native level but she still retains her Thai roots and character. Very loyal, loving and caring. Would do anything for me as I would for her. Hard worker as she runs her own retail store and does quite well. Can be a bit on the jealous side as I think most Asian girls are. I’ve heard of Thai women with very violent tempers when they go off but my wife just tends to get quiet when something bothers her. In 10 years of marriage I’ve never seen any explosion from her though others have had differing experiences I’m sure. You do need to understand their universal love of cooking and eatingThai food and you need to live somewhere she has access to Asian markets. We live in a large US metro area so it’s not an issue. Thai women are quite family oriented though mine seems happy with just an occasional Skype call from time to time mainly to talk to her younger siblings. Her family has flown over to the US once before for a stay and we will go over every three years or so as we are doing right now and spend some time seeing the sites and visiting her family in Chiang Mai where she is originally from. I am somewhat spared from the Thai tv shows as she prefers American movies when we watch tv at all. Though we will watch a Thai horror movie on Netflix from time to time. In my opinion
You can’t go wrong!


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Thais seem to be very into processes and procedures. Certainly more so than in the US. The food cards are an example. Not that it’s a bad thing. We are on vacation here and I had a flare up
of an allergy and had to go to the hospital. The hospital was very busy but they moved me through their various processes and regimented quite quickly and I saw a doc within an hour. As I knew the cause he prescribed me the appropriate medicine and I was in and out for under $10 US with my prescription that costs me over $50 in the US with insurance!


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It seems much easier to get a small business going in Thailand than in our home country (US). My wife owns a retail store in the US and it’s quite a process to get all the proper state business filings, licenses, tax permits and insurance. Then you have all the sales and income tax reporting at both the state and federal level. Then all the space leasing issues and costs. Much more difficult if you are a restaurant. Here it seems you can just set up shop pretty much anywhere and you’re good to go! Not sure this survey really means anything though as most polls don’t anymore.


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I’m new to this site though I’ve been married to a Thai lady for 10 years who is also a US citizen. We spend occasional vacations over here as we are now, but we live in the US. I haven’t posted before but have recently found this forum useful on various Thai visa questions as I have considered spending a few months of the year here in the next few years. I enjoy the people, the food, the culture, the beautiful scenery and the climate in the winter season. Glad to have a resource like this. I haven’t really spent much time in the other forums but I’ll check them out as my need for local information arises. So for me it’s positive.


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