Rob Browder

He was talking about the DTV - not Visa-Exempt entries. Whether it will actually work like that is not known for sure, as no one on a DTV has made a border-run for another 180 days yet. In any case, this sounds like what the Aranyaprathet/Poipet Thai IOs would make those with Multiple-Entry visas do - as reported in the past - stay out one night.

Found here also - if you don't have an apple account: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-deeper-dive-thailand-105187259/episode/thailands-new-visas-199042247/

I would provide HR with a copy of your Pink-ID Card, and ask them to include it with the SSO paperwork they will file. If SSO people refuse to use it, not much you can do beyond this.

I agree - but the solution will most-likely be the same as now for Visa-Exempts, Tourist-Visas, METVs, etc - use known safe entry-points to avoid this problem, or entry-points with "agent service."

Have you considered getting a DTV 5-year Visa in Vientiane? Read the threads in this forum on this - just need the 500K in the bank (stamped letter from the bank as proof) + some sort of "soft power" event - even just a doctor's appointment. That would solve your problem for a long time.

Last report, the guy used a contact known to one of the border-run vans. I would keep calling those, until I found one who had a contact. In the past, IOs in the airport provided the Line contact directly, but that was a couple years back.

... i.e. - Pay the agent who arranges unlimited visa-exempt entries to the BKK Airports without issues, "next time."

Not that I have heard. Savannakhet is the best option (in the region) - with bank-statement showing 400K in the account for 2 months. The consulate(s) in Vietnam used to do it, but not sure if they still do.

Have you ever known IOs to go by "obsolete" rules? We know telling them the "facts" does no good - even when printed in Thai by their own govt. Are they still requiring the "medical" for retirement-based extensions at the Saumi office - a rule repealed decades ago? I was forced to file a TM-28 years after it was phased-out. This stuff happens. Stick with the MOST RESTRICTIVE rule, and you are more likely to be OK.

It seems to me, one would need to be applying using funds in a Thai or Laos bank if applying in Laos. If in Malaysia, Cambodia, etc- same, same. This may not be the rule now, but I suspect it will be soon. Yes, those bank-letters could be faked, but Immigration accepts them in-country, and they are as tough as it gets. Even the "agent" generated bank-letters ones are real - hence needing to put funds in the account (briefly) to get one generated. As to the fake-app - a day or two of work from a basic-template, including working links - all just pulling up static-files/images. I predict that will not be accepted for long either.

You can get a KR-22 for a marriage between two non-Thais?

If you are on a Non-Immigrant extension for retirement or marriage, then this should not be a problem with at least 1 night out of Thailand. O-A Visas would also work. Just don't try it for a Tourist-type entry - TR-Visa or Visa-Exempt - or with an Ed visa or extension. Edit: I would not try it with a Non-O-ME Visa based on marriage, either - though you'd probably get back in.

Whatever it is "supposed" to be, I'm sticking with this, and no problems so far ...

Yes, of course you would need to bring a Bank-Statement showing the 500K, which seems to be the primary thing they are concerned with - stamped by your bank. I am surprised if others were able to show something on a phone - will be guys making fake-bank-website clones, if that is allowed.

A medical appointment is listed under the "soft power" options for the DTV. We do not yet have detail on what sort of medical service is "good enough" to qualify. I assume getting a set of dental implants or hip-transplant would be more than enough - a "wellness check" might not - but that is just me guessing.

Yes, in the same way that an armed robber would disagree you don't have to hand over your wallet. You aren't going to win against with them, given there is no system of accountability when they violate the rules. But, like I said above - once one realizes this is the type of system it is at its core - but also knowing there is also a pretense of "officialdom" they must maintain, given what they have captured is an "official" govt-agency - then you can operate within certain parameters. Unfortunately, it is a moving target, so one can never be completely comfortable - like when Big-Joke put up the "no tips" signs, then got embassy-letters canceled and changed the retirement money-rules, to recover that lost revenue (and more) by increasing the number of agent-assisted extensions. "Stop Corruption" and "Bad Guys Out" - LOL!!!

Yes 14-7 days before online. Yes, bring a printout from the Hotel. That should get your TM-30 - they may fill out a form to put in your passport, and it may be a separate step before filing your 90-day (depending on the office).

Unlike in many countries, in Thailand, IOs have only a limited set of reasons they can deny entry - those restrictions intended to prevent corruption - "pay me to let you in" - which has long been a problem in poorer nation's immigration systems. "Discretion" would only apply to whether the IO thought you were not eligible to enter, based on those legal reasons. They CAN ask to "see the money," and deny for that legally, if someone doesn't have it. But, that tactic quit working, because folks started carrying the cash to show (20K Baht with a tourist-visa). At that point, all rules went out the window. It remains to be seen if Immigration begin undermining these new MFA/TAT schemes (60-day exemptions, DTV) to increase revenue into Thailand, as they did with Tourist-Visas and even the METV, before. I hope some sort of back-room deal was made, to prevent this - possibly explaining the delay in rolling them out - and that any deal does not undermine folks on other permitted stays.

Medical appointment + 500K Baht proof? Unfortunately, we don't have any "success reports" on using soft-power or at Vientiane yet.

Trump wants to attack Iran immediately - started saying this with their response to the attack on their embassy months ago - tag team with his neo-con buddies. He escalated with Russia the entire time he was POTUS. The Ds aren't any better - just different "who to start a war with first" priorities - at most.

Biden, Harris, whatever D will get the Anti-Trump vote, is why the polls didn't change much. They are voting against Trump, who is hated by 1/2 the country, and even most Republicans - though most Rs who hate Trump will vote for him "against the Democrat." That's all this election is - two HATED parties, with HATED leaders, and folks voting for who they HATE LESS than the OTHER one - if they bother to vote at all.

Yes, it is terrible with the Gas-Price increase, thanks to Trump's "deal" with OPEC in 2020 to slash production - and the massive inflation the Uniparty created with the Covid spending. Trump now says he wants unlimited Green-Cards, so no help there with the invasion - and he didn't mass-deport like he promised the LAST TIME - only "talked" about it to get votes.

There are twice as many INDEPENDENTS as either Rs or Ds in the USA right now - first time in history more Independents than Party people. No, I won't vote for THE SAME UNIPARTY POLICIES with different "spin" on them, shilled by a pair of shallow actors, who have no depth of understanding of any significant issue. What would be the point? With either of THOSE "choices" (sic) we get Pharma, MIC, etc running the show, working against our interests / making us poorer sicker, and World-War-3.

That depends on location / proximity to public-transit and whether it has air-con or not +/- furnishings and appliances. The 2K rooms tend to be cheap apartment tiny-rooms, with a bath you can barely turn-around in. The older condos are often larger than newer ones.

You use an agent to list it, to avoid "work permit" rules - if you are smart - many to choose from. They generally take 1-mo-rent as payment for a successful rental. The deposit takes care of "runners" and minor-damage. Major damage is criminal, and unusual.