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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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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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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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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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