Staying long term on Tourist Visa Only- Experiences?

[bbi1]

19 minutes ago, BritTim said:

Once immigration officials start improperly denying entry, it is unpredictable when it might happen, so yes.

At BKK airport, is it generally safer to join the queue of a male or female IO and a younger or older IO?

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

At BKK airport, is it generally safer to join the queue of a male or female IO and a younger or older IO?

Seriously you are asking weird questions.

In this forum folk just repeat what they read..eg "avoid female immigration officer" .

 

You have been given lot of advice in various threads.

Push the boundaries and accept refused entry.

It's not holdem poker. 

[Caldera]

6 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

At BKK airport, is it generally safer to join the queue of a male or female IO and a younger or older IO?

You'd be best off avoiding Bangkok's airports altogether. Assuming you can get consecutive METVs, entering by land should be fine, just fly to a neighboring country. 

[hydraides]

2 hours ago, Caldera said:

You'd be best off avoiding Bangkok's airports altogether. Assuming you can get consecutive METVs, entering by land should be fine, just fly to a neighboring country. 

Why is it better to enter by land? is it almost impossible to be denied entry at a land border?

[DrJack54]

6 minutes ago, hydraides said:

Why is it better to enter by land? is it almost impossible to be denied entry at a land border?

It's obvious

Refused entry at land border you have option.

If refused entry by Thai immigration via air upon arrival you are flown back to point of departure.

Can end in world of pain

[JoseThailand]

On 6/29/2023 at 8:26 PM, swerve said:

An AN poster (Russian?) recently posted that Russians can do unlimited visa exempt land border bounces.  Strangely, Russians can't do 30-day extensions on the visa exempt. A Russian couple told me this.  Unlimited border bounce / no extensions?

This is how it is. Russians CAN do unlimited land border bounces, but they CANNOT get 30-day extensions on visa exempt. It is a different bilateral agreement between Thailand and Russia, not like with other Western visa exempt countries.

Edited July 1, 2023 by JoseThailand

[mockingbird]

13 hours ago, bbi1 said:

At BKK airport, is it generally safer to join the queue of a male or female IO and a younger or older IO?

It's all a lottery. What I used to do while in the line was to gauge who 'appeared' to be the friendliest i.e. avoid the IO's who were stern faced when stamping people through.