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11 hours ago, mstevens said:

 

No sweat, gives you a reason to get a divorce!

In fact, I have already divorced!

run farangs, run! Jokes aside, the smartest thing to do is to spend less than 180 days in thailand and end of the story, very easy, don't think too much! Like me for example, came with a 60 days tourist visa, extend it 30 days and then do a border run 30 days plus 30 days extension, another border run is optional if i want, so i would stay here less than 180 days, maybe 170 days haha, more than enough for me to live here. And repeat the process next time when i want to return to the country

So it's only 10k fee for 5 years or you have to pay every year ? Plus the extension at immigration if you want 

14 minutes ago, pomchop said:

..if you were planning to arrive in the next month or two and did not want to wait til last minute you go online and get and pay for tourist visa....then all  of a sudden they announce new no visa goes into effect in a matter of days...i looked on the thai embasy tourist visa website today  and so far not a word of warning that it was all going to change....no refunds so out of luck for those who just got e tourist visas....thanks thai tourism for the heads up....or not

This is ridiculous 

2 minutes ago, pomchop said:

u just wasted your time and money from what i can tell as 60 days + 30 day extension is escentially same thing without having to do the online stuff and pay the online fee...the 30 day extension is the same 1900 thb at immigration...

 

.not clear if you can leave after total of 90 days to neighbor country and come immediately back to thailand and get 60 more days plus 30 day extension....how many times is this permitted? obviously some restrictions on how many times in calendar year or you could leave every 90 days over and over for years?

How could someone know they would made this new visa announcement? Very funny. Looks like they like that someone wasted his money 

What happens for those who have already obtained an approved tourist e-visa in their country at the embassy and will go to Thailand after the new visas announcement?

1 hour ago, bigt3116 said:

 

How long after his divorce did he leave the country?

He told me after 16 days 

8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Assume he would apply for eVisa (tourist) 

That might be granted however on arrival in Thailand io should notice his reentry permit.

OP did not indicate his friend had a reentry permit. 

 

my friend has already obtained 60 days tourist evisa from his country. He didn't have a re-entry permit last time, he just left

8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Yes. 

The extension is simply a permission of stay with an expiry date.

If you exit Thailand without a reentry permit then the POS is gone.

The friend won't have an issue..

The other alternative is simply to return and enter visa exempt.

Depends on plans ongoing.

If he only left due to divorce he could consider obtaining METV that would provide almost 9 months and provide time to consider future options.

How old is the friend

Thanks for the answers. He is 42 years old

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Assume he exited Thailand without a reentry permit. 

In that case his permit ends.

He can return with tourist visa and yes can obtain a 30 day extension.

1900b

yeah... but was the marriage extension automatically cancelled the day he left the country?

3 minutes ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

A good reminder for the rest that in Thailand never buy...always rent !!

true words, i agree!

3 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

I did basically the same after my divorce in 2016, never had any issue then or since (and I'm still here).

great! Thanks for the answer

I am asking for a friend of mine, Switzerland passport. He is going to come back to thailand with a tourist visa but last time he forgot to go to the immigration office to cancel his marriage extension the day of divorce( he already exit the country some months ago by the way with no issues). Can he come back with no issues? And he won't have any problem to extend these 60 days tourist visa for another 30 days?

My friend didn't have any issues when he applied for a tourist e/visa. The embassy approved it within 7 days. Maybe the op made some mistakes with the online application

he can call the embassy  and they should answer him

31 minutes ago, purplesage said:

I haven't been able to find an answerable email.

Normally they can reject your application if you make some common mistake, wrong info ecc.

4 hours ago, Straight8 said:

Yeah, same thing happened to me, can't recall how I got around it, but this new e-Visa is a bit of a nightmare at the moment. Guess its teething stage, but its not as straight forward as it use to be when ou popped into your City's Thai Consulate office

Don't worry, they approved the visa to my friend anyway. If you put all the correct passport info into the online application you don't have to be worried!

On 5/5/2024 at 9:30 AM, popabear said:

When submitting a tourist e-visa online can I book just one night accommodation for the first night , as I want to travel to all over Thailand, it's just to hard to work it all out otherwise ,,,thanks for any help. Regards Popa

My friend booked 7 nights hotel accomodation just to avoid any issues with the application. They approved his tourist e-visa yesterday and he cancelled the booking for free after the visa approval. Everything ok with the requested documents! 

My friend has successfully uploaded all papers to the online application but he doesn't know what type of ticket out of thailand to buy. Do you think it is too expensive to buy a flexible ticket around 65 USD? At least he could cancel it later and take money back. He doesn't really trust on buying dummy ticket even is much cheaper

2 hours ago, Chivas said:

That photograph is "meant" to be a passport style image

On the two applications I did it came up on screen as I uploaded it "meets passport requirements" (or very simiilar words)

 

As regards accomodation I just copied and pasted airbnb address (translated from thai to English)

 

The embassy wont reject outright the visa application but doubtless can ask for clarity on something else uploaded or missed out completely

 

Several guys in the early days noted that if you write anything in a particular section the application at least gets uploaded anyway

I mean the biodata page of the passport, not the photo. When the system scans his passport info tells him that is unable to read data on middle name but my friend doesn't have any middle name

My friend uploaded a photo of the passport but the system tells him that is unable to read data on middle name but he doesn't have a middle name on his passport. Can he ignore it and just complete the application? He is afraid that the embassy could reject his paid visa

A friend of mine has booked a flight to Thailand for June and he is submitting an online visa application on the thai e-visa website. They are asking him an onward flight out of Thailand within 60 days, a photo not older than 6 months and a proof of accomodation. Can he just buy an onward ticket that is valid for 48 hours and upload the booking reservation to the online application? About the photo how can he upload it? It's fine to take a selfie with the phone? And about the proof of accomodation can he book an hotel for a week and after they approve his visa application just cancel the booking free of charge? Let me know thanks

They also ask him about the job but he prefers not to mention his company. Can he just choose any job that he doesn't do?

Does it works fine to upload an onward flight that is available only for 48 hours on the thai e-visa website to get a 60 days tourist visa? Can someone let me know? If yes how to do if also the airline could ask for this onward flight out of thailand when arrive at the airport? Because the onward ticket would not be valid anymore at that time

8 hours ago, john donson said:

 

pay rent in 2 countries?  or buy property in both for this purpose?  any agents wanting to rent out for only 6 months ?

I have my own house in my country, i don't pay rent