Pattaya57

A third person has been reported as dying from this incident. This one a man from US The US State Department on Thursday confirmed the death of one of its citizens in Vang Vieng, a tourist town where at least 10 people became seriously ill last week from drinking spirits believed to be laced with methanol

Wow, OP has found 30 baht/kilo salad on the street and now a 25 baht tea strainer. Looking forward to the next big expense thread 😉

Meanwhile, I just renewed my 7 month special time deposit with Krungsri at 1.8% on the 800k. (Done well having my 800k in Thailand last 7 months as $A has dropped 8.1% since July)

No, immigration did their job like they do in every country and found someone using tourist entries when they have actually lived in Thailand for a long time.

It's two young ladies from Denmark that died from same drinking 😞 "A statement from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can confirm that two Danish citizens have passed away in Laos."

Giving troll oxygen post deleted. Sorry.

Every thread you post the same "immigration is corrupt" rubbish that has nothing to do with the thread topic. OP admits that he's been living in Thailand continuously for a long time so not surprising he got told he's not a tourist eligible for visa exempt. He's 53, get a non-imm O like most other 50+ people that live in Thailand

I didn't have to do the whole process again (that would be filling out TM30 form and attaching copies of passport, entry stamps and condo docs). I just handed over my TM30 form and they swapped it for the small TM30 slip of paper (took about 2 minutes)

I don't have a lease agreement and my blue housebook doesn't have my name in it so it's a TM30 for me

My experience at Jomtien is that every application required a copy of my TM30. Some examples: I'm about to do a residence certificate and the document list asks for a TM30 I did a 90 day report last month and a copy of TM30 was required and is on the 90 day required document list on the counter I did a non-imm O 12 month extension in July. I had a print out of the online TM30 I did myself. I was asked to go replace that print-out with the small TM30 slip of paper they staple into the back of passport. Luckily I didn't have to apply again, just swapped my TM30 page for the small slip of paper. Countless 30 day extensions at Jomtien since 2018. All required a copy of TM30.

To go at 4pm is pretty bad advice imo. As immigration closes at 4:30 I'm pretty sure the info desk issuing the tickets closes around 3:30ish (would depend how busy as to exact time they finish). Even if the info desk is still open, going at 4pm has huge risk if everything doesn't work perfectly.

So you think it might be dumb luck rather than believe the many of us that told you it was more efficient now and should take less than an hour (which it did) 😆

Of course the nationality matters in a story like this. I read every story I could find on these two because they were fellow Aussies. Sadly I also read 2 other tourists apparently died from same incident Either Danish? It is understood at least two Danish women in their 20s have died, and at least 10 have fallen ill after drinking the tainted alcohol. Or Swedish?

That's from some random law firm and I've never heard a category of "if caught leaving Thailand" as IO's don't check 90 day status on exit (that's more of an overstay issue) I'd rather go by the actual TM47 reporting site which says the following

Geez, it's to give the reader an idea of who the victims are to add more feeling/sympathy for them. In this case two 19 year old girls just out of high school are now on life support after a Laos bar was giving out free 'vodka' shots