Pattaya57

So you're very successful and a proud experienced Monger but can't figure out a monthly budget that gets you your daily prostitute. Here's some hints You're starting with 116,000 after rent and let's say 2,000 for utilities and 30,000 for water and food to remain living. That leaves you 2800 a night for: Booze: what's your drink cost x how many per night x 30 Lady Drinks: how many a night x average cost x 30 Bar Fine: how many gogo vs bar vs beach x average cost x 30 Girl: how much do you pay for "up to you" x 30 In other words, no point posting on the forum as only you would know how long "is a piece of string" Oh I forgot to add in cost of condoms and long distance taxi to get you on to the hunt every night

This is interesting as by not presenting your e-visa Immigration did not make a mistake, so what should they be correcting? I have read here people wanting to enter Thailand for a short trip, exit and then come back for a longer stay on their e-visa. Most answers were no you can't but your experience suggests maybe you can

The only countries that can get 90 day visa exempt are Argentina, Brazil, Chili, South Korea and Peru ...and Russia has a special exemption 😞

How can you correct it at the Airport as you need a boarding pass to get through security and into the immigration area.

I'm assuming you entered Thailand and immigration missed your 60 day tourist visa and only gave you a 30 day visa exempt entry stamp?

This happened over 18 months ago and you're still ranting like a crazy person? You may need to move before you push your "innocent until proven guilty" neighbour down the stairs.... ...and Duracell batteries are everywhere?

Find out if your airline does self check-in. My last flight to Bangkok on Singapore Airlines I checked myself in by an electronic kiosk and checked my own bag. My onward flight was 90 days later but I never spoke to a single airline staff for them to ask me a question about do I have a visa or onward flight

OP hasn't logged on the forum since he started the thread and his other thread said his entry stamp expires today so he's run out of time Why do people start a thread to ask a question and then don't re-visit the thread after people take the time to help?

Who are you to ask why someone has a big bike? Do you go up to 4WD drivers asking why they have such a big car? Lucky he let you off with a F you Maybe learn to cross the roads better by not crossing at a junction where traffic is turning onto 2nd road

So your expert knowledge of Pattaya is from random TripAdvisor reviews. Hilarious 😂 Btw, I haven't been in Walking Street in over 10 years. One street doesn't make a city

Truth is how could you possibly know what it's like to live in Pattaya when you have spent a total of 1 night here. Means your comments can easily be called trolling

METV gives 60 days + 30 days extension, then a border run required to get another 60 days + extension to make 6 months and another border run + extension to go to nine months Fees: METV 6900 Baht (A$300), 3 extensions 5700, 2 border runs 7000 = 19,600 To then get the other visa exempt border run + extension to make 11 months is 5400, so 25,000 total for 11 months This means getting 16 months through visa exempt + agent is the same cost, without having to do 3 border runs and 3 extensions at immigration (or do it yourself non-imm O + 12 month extension only 3900 baht)

Here is probably the cheapest option to stay for a year 1. Visa exempt - gives 30 days, just get on a plane 2. Apply Non-imm O - Gives 90 days, need 800,000 baht in Thai Bank on day of application, costs 2000 baht (Note Jomtien office is rogue and requires 800k seeded for 2 months) 3. Apply 12 month extension - need 800,000 baht in Thai bank for 2 months prior to application, costs 1900 baht Another option for (2) and (3) above is apply for both through an Agent, which will cost you about 25,000 baht without needing to put 800,000 baht in bank

It's also a pic from nearly 5 years ago so don't know what was his point. But then again he's had 1 whole night in Pattaya so thinks he knows all about how it is lol

Well one idea is that they want to see where you're coming from. Maybe a boarding pass from far away Australia, Europe or USA will have less questions than someone maybe doing a border hop from Cambodia or Laos for long term back to back stays?

I've got a friend who just retired and he's travelling around Thailand to decide where to live. He's so far stayed in Bangkok, Hua Hin, Chang Mai, Phuket and last month I showed him Pattaya. I showed him the beach scene, shopping malls, markets, nice restaurants and "no hassle" bars. He stated to me that Pattaya was now top of his list due to the significant infrastructure of the place compared to others He then went to Da Nang for a week trip and fell in love with a local so a month later he doesn't know when he'll be back 😞

You know you can go to Koh Larn for 30 baht ferry right? Who knows, you may even choose to live there

What is it with people who don't like Pattaya always coming on the Pattaya forum to trash talk Pattaya. Maybe us Pattaya people should visit the Chang Mai and Issan forums to constantly highlight all the negatives about where these people choose to live?

Haha you think 186k is a lot of money. You also show your ignorance by stereotyping thinking that's the standard behaviour of Pattaya expats

Jomtien told me no problem if within 72 hours when doing my own TM30. I usually arrive on a Friday so I can relax before doing my TM30 on Monday morning, which is the earliest opportunity that immigration is open. Never had an issue and my last TM30 was done last Monday after arriving Sat 25 Nov

If you say 58 days to the airline then what was the point of buying the fake onward ticket 😆 I personally think you wouldn't have had an issue as you have a return flight on same airline so no risk/cost to them to fly you back. Plus a 30 day extension is a valid tourist approach as it's stated on every Thai embassy site that a visa exempt can get a 30 day extension in country

Well since all posts on this forum must be in English, pretty much everyone here can read the huge signs saying show boarding pass Despite the huge signs I was behind 2 guys together in line recently. 1st one goes to IO without boarding pass, spends ages searching his bag for it with his mate watching on. 2nd guy then goes to IO without boarding pass and also spends ages searching for it in front of IO. Some people just can't be bothered and seem put out when IO is just doing their job.

Thread seems mainly about how to best budget for prostitutes every night. I thought this was a family friendly forum 😉

It is in mine. I pretty much need it to fill in the arrival card of so many countries as I can never remember the flight number. Lucky it's on the boarding pass so it never leaves my passport

They have huge signs above the immigration desks asking to show Passport and Boarding Pass (they even show a picture of it)