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37 minutes ago, Tracyb said:

Chiang Mai immigration requires, as of yesterday anyway, copies of your tm30 receipt that resides in your passport, for extensions of stay and re entry permits.

So how does that work for a tourist wanting an extension !

On 9/5/2019 at 5:03 AM, Matzzon said:

No they do not, if everything is as it should and above board. There must be something more that has not been revealed yet, to this story.

exactly this .

Nationality plays a big role and currently westerners facing more hassles than ever before .

7 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

But immigration will refuse his extension if he doesnt have one, it soon becomes his problem.

exactly this ...

not your problem until you deal with immigration then they won't submit your request and will want fine you too and have no interest in chasing the property owner lol .

all much the same now, even myanmar much same as savanakhet if got previous history from my experience .

funnily enough if you ask most thai embassies what visa visit your wife for few weeks they say tourist .

I use tourist for most things, it's states leisure use and that could be some time with family, going to a gym for few months, doing photography, bird spotting (including bar birds perhaps !) going to the dentist, watching a movie or going to the dentist (medical tourism)
Current play at BKK airports is getting ridiculous and more incompetence from high ranks controlling BKK IO's than well planned effect of pollicy changes ...

I would love revive that brit comedian character harry enfield Loadsa Money for a sketch at swampy airport 555

See if his wad thick enough 555

swampy and dmk currently pretty rough going for big national airports, they need precise rules and educated trained staff, current debacle p1551ng everyone off including the chinese.

chinese spent big on property and now tenant contract rules, tm30 and lack of ease entering country even annoying them and if they do get in they scared to death of boats mini vans and toilet attendants ????

23 hours ago, Hal65 said:

 

My school also told me 2 people from Chiang Mai were denied for 2nd year ED visas. The issue seems to be the 2nd year part.

 

Any idea why the tourist visa applicants were denied?

I could only here one and that because had previous setv and done full stay on it .
Previous person was german lady and was surprised at her refusal as looked pretty genuine with a rucksack etc, not a poor hippy bum and was in late 40's at a guess, was setv but couldn't catch full details.

They getting fussy, don't make effort and expense come yangon and expect it be a breeze, information suggesting that well out of date .

1 hour ago, madmen said:

Just quoting stats. So many trolls reporting IO screaming.
.. You go we not want you here..what total complete nonsense!

it not nonsense, i heard similar and worse more than once ...
It been going on for years but only just got constantly bad at bkk airports over last 18 months .

don't expect yangon be a breeze on visas, i saw 2 in front of me refused tourist . like everywhere they tightening up

vietnam currently best all round visa destination .

What country the OP from .

He still likely get a tourist if visited a consulate over and embassy perhaps .

savan and hanoi both do type O based on marriage no proof of funds .

1 hour ago, timendres said:

I assure you that he is getting visa exempts, because I specifically inquired about that (I did not believe it when he told me, but he showed me the passport stamps). He truly believes it is his "charming demeanor" (direct quote) that is allowing him to pull it off. I have warned him he is one IO away from denial. The point is that CNX does appear to be a little more "forgiving" than DMK or BKK.

You friend possibly doing visa exempt then getting 60 day extension based on having a wife .

2 land border crossing rule relates to visa exempt only ...

No hassle option is elite, everything else is messy hassle with varying success rate pending on luck and due diligence applied ...

12 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

I also had a bad experience with a Tom in the Samsung service centre in Pattaya

Maybe a relative 555 , but on serious note the higher ranking tom at don muang is quite a nasty character.

I work for company doing IT equipment and spent a few days in that airport and it quite a drastic change to what was even 18 months ago .
I think a jew would of had better treatment with fake documents trying exit germany in 1942 .

Savan consulate 1yr multi be your best bet I expect,

60 day extension on your 30 day visa exempt and repeat that not bad easy option but if likely stay well over 6 months the type o multi entry be safest bet .

was this don muang airport ? have a seriously bad higher ranking tom IO at that airport .
Can be very unpleasant as they hard to deal with due to poor mental attitude and no sensible reasoning or deduction .

Worth a try but the current trend is if you got recent stay of 90+ it no go and they offer you 30 day transit visa.

They pretty unfriendly at the counter, especially the guy, not much chance of mitigating your case but never try never know .

seems you in savan it worth a try as maybe more lenient on a quiet non visa van run day as it because of van volume and increased troublesome van service users that caused the changes .

3 hours ago, MrKFC said:

Coming from the US, I'll be using an METV, plan to stay at least six months.

 

This time I don't want to commit to a return date or airport.

 

Booked a one way Delta flight to Chiang Mai through Expedia ($565 BZN to CNX) last leg is Korean Air ... is that where I might encounter a problem for no proof of onward travel or would that happen at the first flight?

 

This will be 4 years in a row that I've done 6 months in Thailand (always with a round trip ticket)  and the passport will show that. Would that history be sufficient to prevent any hassles? 

 

Have thought about buying a throw-away ticket, but having trouble finding any cheap flights six months from my scheduled entry.

 

Wondering whether date shown on the 'proof of travel ticket' has to be somewhere in the range of 6 months from entry? 

 

Thanks,

 

DS

you will have a METV visa so won't be required to have an onward flight .

you could do cambodia visa online and they email you visa acceptance document you print out then you simply got a evisa stamp at any evisa entry point, was simple and smart and been in use around 10 years, why thailand didn't do similar is beyond logic ????

As for flights I wondering if airlines requesting onward booking these days for those with setv as it was never required before by airlines if you had a valid visa as thailand only requested onward flights for visa exempt entry ...

From main bangkok airport I never had issue and had this happen 3 times, last time they more fussy and supervisor got called but he just gave me shirty remark on overstay and be thankful to officer at desk for requesting it be overlooked.

Just had hand written note next exist stamp stating 1 day overstay, was in reality 6hrs .

Few years back I not give it econd thought, these days I would not worry too much but is potential for ballache as they getting more fussy ...

On 8/9/2019 at 5:49 PM, UKresonant said:

The O-X is 2x5years but have to have £83000 in a Thai bank, insurance attached is not cheap, and you would need to read the small print to see if it would provide any cover at all! Also the amount that has to remain in the bank.

The O-A Visa is about £22k (in your UK bank), available from London, 1 year Multi then enter, extend and get a multi re-entry permit, for another year, then repeat. Rumored that in may have insurance attached in future, perhaps not the best value & check the small print type of concept. Ok at the moment it would seem.

Then there is the get a Non-O SE marriage visa, go to Thailand extend stay permission (multi-entry permit option) married to Thai National. 40k+THB monthly or equivalent, SWIFT transferred to a Thai bank, (even if you are not there) obviously from The last calendar years earnings or from savings, or keep 400K (~£11k) in the bank in Thailand

Elite Visa £14k 5 years 

Elite Visa £58k 20 years 4x5years ME....

elite 20yr can be about half your suggested cost .