popabear

Just to let others know,,my SETV E VISA was approved today ,, it took 19 days and was pending approval for 13 days ,,this info might be helpful to others,, This is my 45 year of coming to the country I love ,,so I should be use to it by now ,,with out ranting about it,,, Thanks for all those that helped with info Regards POPA

I reallly do not want to live in Thailnd , just would like to come and go as a tourist,, why does the Thai gov make it so hard for people like my self and others, to come and go,,because we are at the end of reretirment and have the time and money to spend,, are to old yo work,, nothing has changed it was even difficult 40 years , but in those days always short of money , but now a lot of us have time and money and they don't to want us, the innigration offcer as me what are you doing here at your age,, I said to her I still enjoy at my age, as for Thai's they don't have older men enjoying life ,( AS THE SAYING GOES USE IT OR YOU LOSE IT ) ha ha REGARDS POPA

Yes , just one other thing, what happens if they reject / cancel on reply,, is it still possible to come in VE,,,THANKS FOR YOUR HELP ,,, POPA

Thanks foe the quick reply.. I am in Perth AUSTRALIA ,,, Yes I do know that visa exempt could be used as I am going for 50 days , I take it is still 60 days, it's just that that in the previous 2 years I have had 6 VE'S , so i just though maybe a good to get a SETV ,as it IS so touchy with VE entry these days,, it's my first trip this year , 6 months since my last VE..I leave on the 24 of June maybe visa will turn up, still 2 weeks to go, but in the many years of dealing with Thais , I won't hold my breath ,,,,Thanks POPA

Been waiting a 11 days now since a e visa went to pending approval ,,,after asking for more documents , which I sent. i see on the internet that I am not the only one waiting a long time, with quite a few not getting visa on time .Any one on here had long periods of waiting pending approval , thanks for any help,, Regards Popa

Yes I thought about taking the VE entry lottery risk on another trip to Thailand at the end of June,, but I think with the number visa excepts stamps I have in my passport , I might give it a miss, just have that feeling ,that it might not go very smooth I have 3 VE last year and 3 the year before, also a few in previous years, none so far this year, this trip will be my first for this year with about a 6 month gap , of course I have had no warnings so far, buT on my last entry in November last year, I had the feeling that if I had not been 81 and in a wheel chair, I think the situation may have been very different , the lady IO was very abrupt in her tone wtth me. So i am thinking of trying to apply for a single entry online e Visa tourist Visa , as with my very old age of 81 years , I am not that good with doing this sought thing online, is it that hard to do, i rang a Thai travel agent here in Perth today and he seemed to think I would nave no problem Visa Excempt, but when I disagreed with him ,, he said why not , my reply was the experience I have had and lots on line having problems,, his reply was take no notice of all that, he also said they will be changing back to 30 days soon , they are all That"s there, matbe just gossip. REGARDS POPA

stop saying you come to much, they want more to and they come out with this crap

Thanks Rob,, HA HA I never thought of calling it a entry lottery, but that"s about what it is, NO I not falling for another one of their scams and paying to get through immigration just on principal , as this is no better than it was 40 odd years ago, although I have never been refused, but many times I have talked my way in ,, enough is enough thanks, after coming there for the past 45 years, I am not going to risk it any more at my old age, sad it"s the Thai people that suffer. I will find another Malaysia,, Philippines or Vietnam, been to all 3 ,they let you in with a smile on their face.. Redards POPA

THIAILAND IS TALKING OF HAVING A REESSION ( in BKK post today ) they complain no tourist coming , maybe if they let them in easy, more would come, one does not want to arrive ,refused entry, put in detention and sent back home .because you come to many times. I am in my eighty years odd and the trip is hard enought with out having go through another long flight back home. But this can happen, I always come 3 times a year and usually i am in Thailand this time of the year, but because I come 3 times visa excempt last year and year before 3 times with many trips in the previous 20 years most times staying 3 times a year, between 30/40 days each time, so i should be there now spending money . I am not new to Thailand been coming neally every year since 1980 and even going back 40 years ago ,it was no better , even with visa sometimes found it in the to hard basket , you sought of be thinking on the trip up, am I going to have another problem at border check in. Why has it go to be like this, I been retired many years and come to Thailand as a tourist never been a problem with over stay or any other problems .Regards Popa

Please close the thread i have no more to say on this matter thanks , Kind Regards .Popa

Not true, I was asked who are you staying with; that to me is my private life and in a tone as if was dirty old man, come on is this a really nice way to welcome some one into your country and you say the thread is a chit chat about nothing ,,, come on. Kind regards Popa

I was wheeled from plane door right through to my taxi ,what other way do I describe it.. Kind Regards Popa.

Come on , I spend 3 or 4 months in Thailand as tourist with big gaps between these trips, that's not living in Thailand . Kind Regards Popa

Poor assumption you are wrong on this one , like Andre0720 says just wait some years and you will understand...Kind Regards Popa.

Come on mate , I only said a few words to her softly, do think i am silly I been coming here a long time .i know not to stir them up, The way you talk on here as it was me giving her a hard time , that is incorrect . Kind Regards Popa

When visiting Thailand and coming through IO I am always well dressed.. kind Regards POPA

I suggest you all have a look at the article in Bangkok Post in new Thai Visas arrivals , you will see a video called dive deeper , there is a Thai government minister on there stating back to back Visa are okay and quite openly has endorsers long stay VE , why don't these people get it right , I would be happier they said only 3 VE' and you can only stay up to 4 months total then we would know what to do. Regards POPA

I not live in Thailand i come as a tourist don't need long term O Visa and oh i would not be touching Elite visa at 81 years your joking every day is a bonus at my age. Kind Regards POPA

I have spent 44 years coming to Thailand and have always picked a male immigration officers were i can ,this time i was in a wheelchair and did not chose this one , there was only 2 wheelchair booths working, there was one male who had a long queue who were all avoiding the lady, with no one queued with the lady,I won't get caught next time . There is the right and the wrong way to go through immigration. kind Regards Popa

Yes all in all I properly got this immigration officer on her bad day , I have had plenty other pleasant lady immigration officers. Kind Regards Popa .

I never said i had never been asked , sure i been asked many times , but in a polite voice ,even one time joking with 2 immigration officers. Kind Regards Popa

Come on mate , what attitude , I hardly said a word and what I said was polite . Kind Regards Popa.

No problem, Icame 3 VE the year before and the year before that, be doing it consistent for more than 20 years except for Covid, first time this has happen . Kind Regards Popa

Been to Vietnam many times ,, they hardly said word and treated me in a polite manner. Kind Regards Popa

Sorry, you don't get the meaning of my post ,why be spoken to like I am a piece of Sh,,,t Kind Regards Popa.