gejohesch

I'm aware these may be recurrent questions but as the rules and regulations tend to change rather often in Thailand, I prefer to open a fresh discussion to ask the 3 following questions: 1) I will get a TR visa that allows me to stay 60 days in Thailand, and will get a 30 days extension at my local immigration bureau. I've done that a few times before, so that's not the question. However, I plan to book return flights from Europe and back with 3 1/2 months between the dates of entry and exit to/from Thailand. Will that cause a problem when checking at the departure point in Europe? I know by experience that if going without a visa, therefore planning to enter Thailand with a visa exemption, the airlines may ask for the proof of an exit ticket from Thailand before the end of the visa exemption period. This has happened to me twice and by chance I could prove the "timely" exit. Otherwise, clearly the airlines would not have accepted me on the flights out of Europe. With a TR visa (60 days), my understanding is that the airlines will not ask for proof of "timely" exit. Can someone confirm this? 2) My second question is similar to question 1), but at the immigration control when entering Thailand (will be BKK). Is there any risk of immigration raising an issue with a TR visa of 60 days and the return flight 3 1/2 months later? 3) If not getting a 30 days extension at the local immigration bureau, I may just make a visa run to Laos for 1 day. As I understand it, that would give me a fresh 30 days stay (on the visa exemption basis) when re-entering Thailand. Is that still applicable, or may I get a full 45 days' stay on re-entry (since the 30 days visa exemption period has recently been extended to 45 days)? I hope I have laid out my questions clearly enough. To be honest, even with so many years of travel experience, I still get confused with all those rules and regs!

"99% of Thais ..... wear masks everywhere" Yeah, that's what we see in our local ampheu city. 99% of the people on motorcycles wear a mask, which is totally stupid : how on earth can you catch the virus in free open air, especially when going at speed? At the same time, 90% of the same people do not wear a helmet. Go figure!

My wife (Thai) is 48 years old. She is still very good looking and far from being in urgent need of rejuvenating her looks, but gradually the years start showing. Lots of wrinkles around the eyes; just a hint of double chin showing at times. I have promised her to pay for cosmetic surgery. I imagine it would be sthg like a face and chin lift. We are not interested at all in changing the shape of the eyes or nose (I cannot understand that craze so many Asians have to get western looking features). The problem is that one gets totally lost with the number of sites advertising on the web, and all of them claiming to be top of the notch etc. But I know from experience that the reality is often not as good as what is being claimed. Thailand is world-class when it comes to presenting a good face on whatever you want. So, I would be very grateful if some of you with direct, tangible experience, would share their views and recommendations. I would think of getting it done in Bangkok, a priori, but would not entirely rule out Khon Kaen. I appreciate that good surgery is likely to be expensive but better pay the price and get sthg good done!