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As long as I can get back in, early January on a Tourist Visa, and get a 30 day extension (it could be a bit shorter), that will be "safe" enough for me for the moment! The rest of the year can look after itself! I'm not about to speculate on the direction the roller coaster that is the Thailand "Tourist " entry system is going when it gets round the next blind corner! 😄

I am going to do that on the 15th

No telling what things are going to be like in a month........or by next October! For now I will be getting a Tourist Visa in Laos, for return overland in early January, in the hope that it will be a "safe" option 😄.

Thankyou for your responses.

I am planning to get a Tourist Visa in Laos (staying for 3 weeks) and return in early Jan in anticipation of getting an extension that will take me to my departure to UK date of 31st March. I will get a Tourist Visa for my return in October. It will just be back to normal and not really a problem.......I hope. In the meantime of course anything could happen.........the current system is a contradictory mess! I have already commented earlier that I could get a 3 month VE to Colombia, extend for another 3 months @ about $50 and then not be able to return there for 6 months. Were it not for my Thai GF I would be doing that without hesitation.

Good news...... I usually go to SK.

I had already modified my application, so that it read 7 days (originally 22), after the form filling adviser told me that the new regs compelled it. I had the feeling the IO went to check, with a Captain at another counter, if it could be made longer

Nakhon Ratchasima. They were were very helpful and poilte about it.....they always are (nearly 10 years of visits there). The Senior Sgt Major explained to my GF that it would be OK for me to go out for 1 week and then return. I was relieved as I had anticipated the possibility of getting no extension. However I have now become concerned, due to secondhand reports, about the possibility of not being allowed to leave at overland border. That would spoil the plans I had already made, a couple of weeks ago, for the 7 day contingency.

That is the assumption I am making.

Please supply the name of the group. I could then read the whole of the post that you posted and also the other posts. That would give me, and anyone else who is interested, a much clearer picture. Thankyou.

My experience is that I got 7 days on the basis of one overland entry this year. I entered VE overland on January 15th and got a subsequent 30 day extension 60 days later. My next entry was VE by air on October 10th. Today I went for an extension and was told I could only have 7 days.

What website name/page/group is that? It looks like a Facebook one.

I used to get METVs when they were originally introduced and before they made them more complex. 10000 baht would be peanuts to avoid the pantomime of METV fake itinerary and the faff of still having to get two extensions and one bounce (which also bump up the overall cost) in order to stay 179 days. My OP was not a plea for helpful suggestions.......it was "fantasy visa" time.

I expect that what arrived at the police checkpoint and reported the accident was the ghost of the man who had already died in the accident.

It's plainly spoken.......lower costs because less product and lower quality. Your ****head messiah and you are clutching at straws. There is nothing more needs to be said.

"......repeated by ignorant stupid people." It is one of the core identifiers of the SET (Standard English Thicko)

Because there isn't enough room in the world for several Clans,Tribes,Kingdoms,Nations,Empires or Confederations. There never has been........it's the way of the world. Current situation has demonstrated how relatively weak Russia is.......its thrown everything "conventional" in, but been fought to near standstill by "little" Ukraine. It would not take much more to throw Russia right back on its heels. Too good an opportunity to miss for the West.

"Real" tourists take note: "Officers would also examine those who had stayed at least 45 days during previous visits" Thailand offering you 60 day Visa Exempt visits..........but if you actually use more than 45 days of your 60 day entitlement they will treat you as a possible crim the next time you visit, Lovely Thai "reasoning".

Even more "quality tourists" on their way. "Pile it high and sell it cheap" Jack Cohen, Tesco founder

Most of sexual offences against children by foreigners in SE Asia are carried out by nationals of other Asian countries. I believe Japan supplies the greatest % of offenders. In Thailand UK is top Western offender with 30% of cases. In Cambodia US is top Western offender with, I believe, 15% of cases. Did research a month or so ago and can't be a5sed to do it again.

I'd happily pay 10000 baht for a 179 day Snowbird Visa .......only one allowed per year. I'd do that every year with no worries. They'd be getting that 10k every year.....not like the absurdly cheap one-off 10k for the 5 year, all year, DTV (bung that one up to at least 50k). Anyone care to pass my suggestion on to the relevant authority?

So a guy sleeps with 3000 LBs and 1 woman he's hetero?

I don't like them one bit. Oreos are **** as well.

Thales awarded contract for systems upgrade a few days ago. Minimum cost likely over $20 million. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/thai-carrier-to-receive-thales-integrated-management-upgrade/

Get your popcorn ready for when he starts dropping his trousers/pants and grabbing ***** (again)........but in public. https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/stages-and-symptoms/dementia-symptoms/losing-inhibitions It'll be fun reading the AN MAGAists trying to talk that away.