Phillip9

3 hours ago, still kicking said:

8 hours ago, Phillip9 said:

None of us needs to eat any animals.  We can get plenty of protein from plants.  

Says the vegan 

Nope, I eat meat.  I'm just not a hypocrite.  I don't think I'm morally superior to the Japanese just because I only eat farm animals.  

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Quite right too.

Japan doesn't even need to eat them. They get plenty of protein from the same farm animals as most of us.

None of us needs to eat any animals.  We can get plenty of protein from plants.  

1 hour ago, NorthernRyland said:

Pretty sure people get denied entry or they get pulled aside at the airport and intimidated. 

I doubt it.  No one here has been able to site a single case of anyone with a tourist visa who has ever been denied entry.

It seems like just a myth you guys made up because you are jealous of the hassle free DTV.

7 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

isn't this like a tourist visa though? they'll issue tourist visas but if they think you're in the country "too long" they won't admit you and warn you etc... I don't see any reason why this isn't like a tourist  visa where they'll decide if you've been in the country too long on said visa.

When was the last time we had a report here of someone denied entry with a tourist visa???  I can't ever remember reading such a report.  

Likely to comply with a regulation in some country.

It's a food storage product and some country probably has a law that the manufacturer has to give it some expiration date and test that it works for that long.

41 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

As I understand the department responsible for creating  the DTV visa is not technically the same department as immigration and there has been no public statement on how re-entries are going to work and if they will even allow them. Maybe someone else can clarify this.

Immigration is not resposible for issuing any visas outside of Thailand.  The embassys and consulates issue all visas outside of Thailand.  So there is no difference in who issues a DTV, retirement visa, tourist visa, etc.

It's a multiple entry visa.    

17 minutes ago, Lolothai said:

Finally it's 1500 to move stamp and they ask 2500 on top of the 4000 because apparently they need to cut my visa to be able to cross the border. They talked about tourist visa, they will check Monday with their guy at the immigration. I don't have much choice now, damn.

Ridiculous.  Who is they?  Did you go to immigration yourself?  It should be free to transfer your stamps. 

King Trump will certainly not leave in 4 years.  He will stay until he dies, and then King Barron will be our dear leader.

1 hour ago, Virtualrecluse said:

Looking to do a border run via mini bus (or ferry to Langkawi) from Koh Lanta in mid Feb. Any info appreciated. TIA

There are speedboats available from Koh Lanta to Koh Lipe.  From Lipe there is a ferry to Langkawi.  You can find various options for booking with a google search.

23 minutes ago, Phillip9 said:

You could fly to Vientiane, cross the border back into Thailand at the friendship bridge, and then fly back from Udon Thani to BKK.  That's an easy safe way to do it.

17 minutes ago, Lolothai said:

but 1st class visa said that I can't by land because I have a new passport and no letter from embassy

With my suggestion you will leave by air and re-enter by land.  That won't be a problem.  

Or just get those stamps transferred at immigration.  As someone else mentioned, you don't need an embassy letter to do that.

2 minutes ago, Lolothai said:

found this answer on a thread about flight price, so is it actually risky to travel by air if I have a long history of stay in Thailand?

You could fly to Vientiane, cross the border back into Thailand at the friendship bridge, and then fly back from Udon Thani to BKK.  That's an easy safe way to do it.

11 minutes ago, James105 said:

If you go to https://www.whatismyip.com/ on that phone does it show your location as UK without a VPN?  

yes, I check every time.

16 minutes ago, James105 said:

I doubt it as many people are getting declined for this in the UK as well who happen to have lots of cash in their Starling bank accounts. 

Banks these days don't want expat clients for regulatory reasons, and they are required by law to verify where you live when you open a new account.  How much money you have in another account isn't going to make them circumvent their normal verification procedures and possibly break the law.

21 minutes ago, James105 said:

I've never been convinced of the use of VPNs just to trick an app into thinking you are in a location you are not as there are ways to detect if someone is using a VPN (e.g high numbers of uses coming from the same IP address) which could cause a red flag to financial orgs so not something I plan to start doing.  

Good point.  I actually use a cellphone with a SIM card from my home country when doing online banking.  It provides an IP address from my home country without the possible suspicion of a VPN address.

18 hours ago, James105 said:

I received a notification that it had been declined... for a savings account!  Not a mortgage, not a loan, not an overdraft, not a request to sleep with the bank managers wife/daughter... I have actually been declined for a savings account... this is a first for me.   

Unless you used a VPN, they know from your IP address that you were in Thailand when you applied.  That is very likely why you were declined.  

Best to always use a VPN with an IP address of your home country when using any online banking there.

3 hours ago, treetops said:

Thailand has no such requirement for Canadian (and many other) passport holders.  They only require it to be valid for the period of intended stay.

OK, but that still doesn't help him unless he can find another country to bounce out to.   I doubt any of the neighboring countrys will allow him enter with less than 6 months remaining.

7 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

Nothing to do with the agent.

 

I had a hole in mine - the BOI girl pointed out it might impact approval.

Just to summarize: 

You paid 50k to an agent.  You had a hole in your passport, but got your visa approved.  

The guy without an agent didn't get his approved.  

1 minute ago, jerrymahoney said:

Well maybe the Dept of State is more concerned with nefarious uses of a non-invalidated passport ex-US than domestic.

Yah, I think you're right.  The US gov is paranoid of everyone and everything abroad.

5 minutes ago, oldcpu said:

  I wonder if this was also one of the last few unfilled pages in the passport?

That is the special endorsements page, so they couldn't have actually used that page for the visa anyway.  They were definitely just pushing him to use an agent.

4 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

For USofA, I presume one reason for that is so they can make sure the old passport is invalidated.

But they allow people living in the USA to renew online without sending in their old passport.  So invalidation of the old passport is not the reason.

But people living abroad have to mail in their passport.  Seems like it should be the opposite--People abroad should be able to keep their passport while waiting for renewal.