FridgeMagnet1

Just booked a fast track departure today. Hope it’s honored 

I was taken into a room at BKK last year and questioned about multiple entries over the years and the long stay during Covid. They were fine when i showed them my onward ticket. You never know but I wouldn’t try it without a valid return or onwards 

Took a bout 75 mins to get processed but they were great. No questions and did the photocopies I forgot to do for free and she corrected a couple of mistakes I made on the form.

could not have been nicer 

8 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

Did you go to a male IO or female IO at BKK? Lots of people advise avoiding female IOs.

Young Male guy at the desk and an older male who pulled me to the questioning area, and I was using fast track 

Had some grief last year at BKK while entering on Visa exempt. Pulled aside and asked questions. It was disconcerting but probably overdue. Had a lot of covid extensions and an expired B visa from a brief period of employment here. Also a handful of visa exempt entries from that year. 
 

Flown in twice to Phuket this year with “minimal” questioning on Visa exempt and plan to take a 2 month break From Thailand to get a tourist Visa from UK (will then not visit Thailand again until 2025) Hope I don’t get any problems next time around. 
 

Would recommend avoiding BKK

There is no “proper Visa” I can get, before anyone starts. 

 Had this issue recently at BKK. Had previously entered on a tourist visa then went home for a month and came back on 30 day exemption. (Had previously had B visa and WP and loads of COVID extensions l) 

got pulled aside and asked a bunch of questions, showed them my onward ticket to China in 30 days and they were fine with it. Have avoided entering through BKK since then tho. 

Thanks for the replies, guys!

Anyone done a 30 day visa exemption extension in Udon Thani? TM30 completed by hotel in Udon. 2 entries to Thailand this year and this will be my first extension. 
 

Is it a reasonable Immigration office, or should I expect some BS?

thanks 

You can’t “hack” someone’s bank account just by giving someone your account number. Account numbers aren’t sensitive information like a PAN on a credit card. You can’t do anything with it except to send someone money.

Example here:  https://www.thepattayaorphanage.org/or/?page_id=44

they publish their account number online so people can donate.

On 10/26/2023 at 4:27 PM, Pattaya57 said:

 

 

Surely the main focus is trying to catch people living in Thailand doing back to back entries without the proper visa. OP is not anywhere near that situation. 

 

No, they are only allowed to refuse entry of someone is strongly suspected of working in Thailand without a work permit.

there is no rule whatsoever about someone living in TH using visa exemptions. They are not breaking any law whatsoever 

After 2 years of coming and going on tourist exempt and covid extensions I finally got pulled out of the queue a while ago. The guy was nice enough and I explained I had money and no longer worked and travelled a lot in Thailand.

he pointed out I had previously had business visas and work permit and I told him i stopped work 2 years ago. 
 

He let me through after a few mins. 
not a pleasant experience, but not a grilling either 

Never get a follow up, do you?

they come here, have a meltdown and never come back 

How are these places with re-entry permits? Do you get questions at the airport when coming and going?

23 hours ago, BritTim said:

He has not been on AseanNow for over two weeks.

Did he ever even apply for a visa or was it just another troll post?

You never get an update on these cases, do you? 

No update? Still on the phone to the embassy, no doubt 

On 8/18/2023 at 6:24 PM, shdmn said:

 

 

I already submitted it but then they emailed me saying they need a confirmation letter from my hotel as well as their "Thai ID" whatever that means.  I think they maybe mean't "Tax ID".  The hotel won't give me any of that and the confirmation email I submitted wasn't good enough.  What should I do?

 

 

It means exactly what they said it means. Thai ID is a scan of someone’s ID card 

6 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

Are you calling me a liar?

 

 

 

Yes I am calling you a liar. 

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

You seem very certain - it must have been at least 10 years ago, in a bar on Sukhumvit Soi 7.

 

They came in, sat down, one ordered a coke. They started to take alternate sips. The boss woman came over and told them to leave.

Mate, we both know this never happened. 

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

I did once see two Indians try to share a can of coke in a bar off Sukhumvit Road. They were turfed out after a few minutes.

No you didn’t 

If you log into the Evisa website, what does it say the status of your application is?

4 minutes ago, The Patriat said:

This is regarding all visa programs Retirement Visa, Business Visa and Marriage Visa so you know if they get there way in October 2023 retirement visa's could go to 900,000 baht  the case involves LTR Visa's as well LTR Visa's are all cancelled for applying for new as of August 15, 2023 and Yes att Categories regarding Thai all Long Stay Visa's are Going to a Crimminal Trial us Foriegnors need a less Corruption process to getting a Visa not just a process to throw money 800,000 Retirement Visa ( in October it could raise 100,000 Thai Baht to 900,000 ),or 600,000 in Bank local Thai  Bank  Account plus 80k Thai baht monthly income for a Business Visa or 400,000 Thai wife Marriage in to a local bank account un-invested account pays interest out no more then 1.9 % do the math the money could be invested some where more legit to prove Real Legit Income if Invested Correctly plus your daily work job 

Ah I see! You don’t like the current rules so are taking the government to court. 

on behalf of everyone.

thanks for that, let us know how you get on 

14 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

NO!

I think it’s someone trying out a Chatbot?