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It's no problem with doing this. Just turn around in Nongkai or stay the nite. I know people who do this every month. You might-probably will get asked by Laos customs at some stage. Usually after a year anyway.

Whether every 3 months, or each one month to Nongkhai, from Vientiane, what kind of visa will the Thais issue, and............... how long wil they be willing to alowing such visits?

And "asked by "Laos customs at some stage"----asked what? To stop these crossings, or what?

A Laotian limit on 30 days (extended for another 60)?

A Laotian limit on continual 30 day runs?

Thanks.

30 day Lao tourist visa cannot be extended, (as i understand it),

which apparently means leaving the country and starting over again if one wants to stay in Lao without a work permit.

Any problem on the Thai side of the border run, for a farang poppng in 12 x a year?

Do the Thais allow that? And what kind of TH visa woud be involved?

Simple to do, or is there more to know?

Post 97 says the 30 day tourist visa cannot be extended,

which means leaving the country and starting over again.

Any problem on the Thai side of the border run, for a farang poppng in 12 x a year?

Do the Thais allow that?

Simple to do, or is there more to know?

Such a pity Laos doesn't have a retired ( O-A ) visa like Thailand

There are several unofficial ways to retire in Laos, each of which carries its own set of advantages and disadvantages. The first, most popular, and undoubtedly quickest method for remaining in Laos for the long term is to make use of successive thirty-day tourism visas, each extended to ninety days of validity from inside Laos.

These visas can be applied for back to back as you leave and return to Laos, with no formal limit on quantity of validity of the tourism visas. Thousands of foreigners in Laos reside in the country legally using this method, and an informal ‘visa run’ bus and tour industry has emerged for the sole purpose of serving foreign expatriates.

And the other unofficial ways to retire there? Care to expound on them? Thanks.

Such a fantastic country, usually stay in Luang Prabang

in a little guest house overlooking the Mighty Mekong

and all the riverside eateries, Just Heaven.

Care to name the guesthouse and cost? Thanks.

There is a point of view that the pursuit of happiness is the guarantee of sadness.

Therefore, why look for one's happiness in externals, when one's essential nature is actually happiness, joy, bliss, ananda, and ever has been, and is such, and will be, tho' we are free to ovelook it.

That internal joy can be allowed to overflow and to permeate one's experiences.

External experieces of themselves are ephemeral, transient, illusory, and less satisfying over time.

Soy reputed by many to be dangerous. I would not touch it. Of course, if this is true, commercial interests may fund their own repies, even indirectly, overridng the alternative view, so that the consumer finds his logical mind confused. The truth can be found by aksing the intuition, or being assisted by such a methodology as kenesiology to see just what tjis particular body nees to imbibe, or to stay away from..

Beet root and carrot juice very healthy, and very cleansing for the system.

The "Zapper" of Dr. Huda Clark has a frequency setting for DVT, (and so much else).

As far as I am concerned, I am not worried at all.

I visit lower Sukhumvit and Thonglor perhaps twice or thrice a year and only if I absolutely, absolutely must. But not even 10 horses would get me down to Khao San.

I avoid those tourist ghettos like the plague, and frankly, I've never really understood what is so compelling about them that makes every other traveler want to stay there.

Lemming mentality? TripAdvisor recommendations? Girly bars? Cheap banana pancakes (apparently some "globetrotters" cannot survive without those)?

As I understand it, the current "crackdown" is largely confined to those ghettos.

Is this for real? Any oter verification that this is going at Khaosan Rd. area?

There is a teaching from ancient Vedic India which says that the seasons come on time when human beings are virtuous; otherwise unaccustomed changes occur on the planet.

Refreshing thread. Neither the OP nor nayone else has started a rant, even tho' some might feel some upset. Delightful!

Perhaps a sign of more positive threads to come.

In addition to swimming, Nakorn Ping Condo has fitness area?

At the Chiang Mai airport, is it possible to get the multiple rentry permit. or onllly the single reentry permit? Thanks.

There is a good lady on Soi 6, Moon Muang (Big market, called Somphet, I think). Just a few yards into the soi, and there are many, many tables, including food, on the left. She is towards the end of that section, away from the soi.

My 2 cents: If somwhere along the lin, they ask for residence, they mean your real physicall address. Safer to be straight with them.

I have been told the games are available at British Pub, past Thanon Nimman-Himmann, on the left, as you come from the old city. Go KC, wearing Dodger Blue!

I am finding it dificult responding to to your questions, but do know a chiropractor who sometimes recommends massage work, Dr. Philip Parry, at Rajavej hospital. There is also aTha chiropractor (and practitioner of TTM) at (not sure of name of hosptital, something like "SiamRad". Not recommending anyone, just saying they are available, up to you. Dr. Parry---my experience--- is soft touch, but I am cautious about my neck in a strange country. Good luck!....(Dr. Parry wil not charge if he cannot do anything for you.)

Even if you cohabit, ie, no marriage, she willl still have rights.

Recently someone on a CM forum indicated 90 day reports shold be mailed to CM Immigration 20 days ahead of time. Is this correct? I had always thought it was15 days.

Also, on the non-O retirement extension, appontment 45 days ahead of expiration date OK, or still 30 days?

If 45, is there an official document we can print out and bring with us, just in case?

Can give you email address in BKK if you want (private individual, I think). Will mail to you, atl east last time I got one.

Would put address right here, but do not know if it would be OK with forum rules.

         The OP has broken from the herd, but the herd vibration, in the form of habits and memoriesm may try to pull him back..  What a blessing to be individualized!

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I will start learning Russian , they do offer different languages at some schools. Lets see how the immigration will handle that !

They will (maybe) delay your extension until they can arrange for an Immigration officer that speaks Russian to de-brief you.

From another thread on this topic, if you are learning a different language from Thai, then they will still test your Thai language skills!!

Woud this mean that if one is studying Spanish, for example, he would still be tested onThai---and even if he had not studied Thai?..........

So, according to the above, themailing option back on the table. True for all, or just for those in the boonies?

Very smooth-----my visit to local K-Bank branch today. I offered additional info if they needed for American Fatca, and was given a page, in Thai, from some Thai banker's association, and handed a telephone to converse with a higher-up, in English.

Upshot of my understanding, as interpreted from their understanding: existing account holders have to do nothing, but new account applicants, starting July 1, will need to provide more info than before.

Another item that Thais handle very efficiently, in my estimation: ------banking.

If this were my case, i would go back and report everything. Always best to be compliant.

In the end run, it is your responsibility to make the decision as you see fit.

If you want to consult with an American CPA here in TH, Joe Krebs at http://www.us-taxpayers.com. He is here only the first six months of the year.

Your data is simple, but maybe he would have his own subjective idea of what to do.