BillR

how many people do you know that are living in Thailand on back to back tourist visa's that are NOT working illegally? Rhetorical question of course.

So why did I pay 75 quid for a triple entry tourist visa in London?

I can not even use it!

Yes you can, if you are a legitimate tourist.

Can you clarify tourist?

So, can I stay here for 6 months using my back to back triple entry tourist visa that I paid for and was issued for the purpose of tourism?

If that is not the case, then why could I buy the visa in the first place?

Sure why not? Im not a IO but it would be pretty clear that if you leave Thailand for a reasonable ammount of time and come back again, you are not engaged in working illegally or living here perpetually on a tourist visa. It's pretty clear if you get into a death bus to the border and renew back to back you are not a tourist and have no money to even spend a few days by air in another country = You're not a tourist. Common sense prevails.

As the news of this spreads, more and more people will likely put of trips here as the confusion reigns.

WHY ????

Because people get nervous they cannot get into Thailand and may be deported even if arriving by air after 12 AUG.

I am worried because my passport is filled with 25 pages of thai visa exempt entries. Only for up to weeks at a time. But I travel a lot and have been a very frequent tourist to Thailand.

But when the immigration officer sees all these stamps they may think I am not a tourist. They probably wont use time looking thru 25 pages of stamps to get all details of visits.

They dont have to "use time" its all computerized now. As long is you are not an in-out-in tourist you will be fine.

Hello, sorry I have a tourist visa and I am scare to come back now, how stupid can they be to give me a visa and then deny entry !!! Whatever people who know everything here will say it is stupid to let the final decision in the hands of any employee at the border who knows nothing....

Well how many times have you been back to back?

i stop being suprised here years ago.... ..buy a legal visa from a THAI consul (WHO HAVE THE POWER TO REFUSE) and then be refused entry at teh border...idiotic to say the least

It's again worth remembering that possession of a visa doesn't guarantee the holder admission to a country, it's the Immigration Officer at the Border that has the final say, this applies to most countries in the World, including the likes of the UK, the Schengen Area and the United States of America.

I just wish the USA enforced their immigration laws like the Thais do.

The difference is, The USA needs migrant workers, much like thailand needs burmese. Thailand does not need budget farang pretending to be here as tourists and in most cases working illegally.

For the past years I've been living in Thailand during European winter months (November-March). My work is online and has nothing to do with Thailand, I can do it anywhere but I like living in Thailand. I travel around quite often when I'm here and rent a house for 5 or 6 months. I used to apply for a triple entry tourist visa as I can't get a non-o because I'm 34. Does anybody know what I should do for next winter?

Pay up 500k for elite visa, you are elite online worker

This will be a windfall for many Thai GF/Wives. Many businesses here set up with Farang in the background earning income thinking they are clever doing visa runs in death vans as "Tourists"

I stand by my statement, nearly all dive companies operate illegally, and employ desperate farangs. The police should should continue to extract as much money as possible from these companies.

You can look on job sites, dive companies paying like 1000THB per day for farang which does not even come close to the legal salary requirements. Bottom Barrel Farangs.

next step for the police, is soi Tae-ed, many illegal and poor as shit foreigners working for scraps:)

The dive industry is ripe with illegal farangs. Good for the police to extract as much money as possible. Play by the rules or get <removed>

Hi,

In 2013 I purchased a lot of industrial equipment with my own personal funds, and was issued receipts in my company name. I never gave this too much thought but apparently now I have an issue as the company income does not support those purchases.

My accountant has advised a few options, but I'd like to here from anyone with experience doing the same thing. ie: what is the proper way in the case of loaning your own personal funds to your own business.

Thank you

its available at villa market in bottles, and can be bought by the gallon from their Thai distributor:

Dejo Co., Ltd.
Dejo Grocery Ltd.
Part.
T: +66 (0) 2946-3377
F: +66 (0) 2946-3399

its a 2000THB fine if you don't report at all, so if its easier for you to pay 2000 baht a year, don't report.

If a foreigner staying in the kingdom over 90 days without notifying the Immigration Bureau or notifying the Immigration Bureau later than the set period, a fine of 2,000.- Baht will be collected. If a foreigner who did not make the notification of staying over 90 days is arrested, he will be fined 4,000.- Baht.

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/base.php?page=90days

you need a thai co. ltd. in order to purchase a .co.th domain.

http://www.camelbakthailand.com/

what do they want you to invest in? A lollipop?

Guess I better return my new outfit

both have issues here

I cant reach it from my PC or laptop, but can from my mobile. Can you reach http://www.google.co.th ?

Thank you

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