snoop1130 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Fee for visa on arrival doubled to 2,000 baht as of Sept 27 Starting as of September 27, foreign tourists from 18 countries and one economic zone will be charged 2,000 baht instead of 1,000 baht if they apply for visas on arrival (VoA) at any of the 42 designated immigration checkpoints. Tourists from the following countries are entitled to apply for VoA which will allow them to stay in the country up to 15 days. They include Andorra, Bulgaria, Bhutan, China, Cyprus, Ethiopia, India, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The 42 designated immigration checkpoints are: Suvarnabhumi airport, Don Mueang airport, Chiang Mai airport, Phuket airport, Hat Yai airport, U Tapao airport, Mae Sai immigration checkpoint, Chiang Saen checkpoint, Chiang Khong checkpoint, Betong checkpoint, Sadao checkpoint, Samui airport, Sukhothai airport, Bangkok harbor, Si Racha checkpoint, Mab Ta Put checkpoint, Nong Khai checkpoint, Samui checkpoint, Phuket checkpoint, Satun checkpoint, Krabi checkpoint, Songkhla harbor, Chiang Rai airport, Surat Thani airport, Sattahip harbor, Klong Yai checkpoint, Pong Nam Ron checkpoint, Aranyaprathet checkpoint, Muk Dahan checkpoint, Tak checkpoint, Padang Besar, Su-ngai Kolok, Nong Khai, Bueng Karn, Phibun Mangsaharn, Tha Li, Nakhon Phanom, Nan, Ban Prakob, Tak Bai and Bukit Tal. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/fee-visa-arrival-doubled-2000-baht-sept-27/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-08-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DavisH Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 The Chinese are gonna love this one! This is like when restaurants don't have enough customers....they increase the prices! 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezflip Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 Is it me or am I getting the impression that they simply don't want tourists anymore... 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 The article says 42 designated check points they only listed 40. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ronuk Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) 23 minutes ago, ezflip said: Is it me or am I getting the impression that they simply don't want tourists anymore... I doubt the cost of Visas has any bearing on the number of Tourists. imo, the cost of a visa isn't the make or break decision to visit a country or not. It appears that most government Departments in most countries in 2016 now seem to be responsible for there own budgets. If immigration need to improve there financial status, then the raising of prices for visas is probably an easy decision for them to take. I doubt the VOA will be the only visa to see an increase in price over the coming months. They tend to raise the price on one type of visa and eventually the price filters through to other categories. Take a look at the price of different types of visas to enter the UK now. The price increases have been incredible over the previous years. Edited August 18, 2016 by Ronuk spelling 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post willyumiii Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 This may reduce the cheap charlie and penniless backpackers who visit. That would improve the tourist experience for those who can afford it and do spend money here. Maybe not a bad idea. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 This adds $35us to their fare price......not too much, but some will balk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Healthy fee increase....immigration must have consulted the Thai Bankers Association. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 20 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said: This adds $35us to their fare price......not too much, but some will balk. about that yes, but if you read the post, the U.S. is not one of the countries with the increased fee, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, ezflip said: Is it me or am I getting the impression that they simply don't want tourists anymore... Fine with me. I have no use for tourists. Most are rude and disrespectful, and I find most from my home country very embarrassing. But I do not depend on tourists for my income, so I am biased. Edited August 18, 2016 by willyumiii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 2,000 baht for 15 days VOA. 1,900 baht for a 1 year extension of stay. Something has to change there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pib Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 1 minute ago, blackcab said: 2,000 baht for 15 days VOA. 1,900 baht for a 1 year extension of stay. Something has to change there. Don't give immigration any ideas....they'll might just double the extension of stay fee. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Thats better than pro rata based on the VOA rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkv Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) It's very simple to understand. Last time, they said an increase to 2,000 baht would be done to encourage people to apply for a visa at the embassy. The friendly Thai Embassy in Beijing requires copy of return/exit ticket, bank statement, and guarantee letter from the applicant's local guarantor. The letter must include official letterhead of the company/school and affix with official seal, or residence permit for people without regular work they say. For a tourist visa. So it does sound very encouraging for the Chinese. Now, it seems that in 2015, there were 7.9 million Chinese tourists, or 27% of all international tourist arrivals, and 8.8 million are expected in 2016. Let's conservatively assume 90% of them entered Thailand on a VOA. Call it 7 million. 7 million x 1,000 = 7 billion baht 7 million (or more this year) x 2,000 = 14 billion baht Increase in profit 7 billion baht. Just more milking, that's all. Edited August 18, 2016 by lkv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigBadGeordie Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 1 hour ago, willyumiii said: This may reduce the cheap charlie and penniless backpackers who visit. That would improve the tourist experience for those who can afford it and do spend money here. Maybe not a bad idea. Excellent post. I thought I was good a taking the piss. You have taken it to the next level. Unless of course you are serious, nah, nah, can't be. But then again. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Double the price and it is still cheap and easy to get into Thailand. It cost me a few thousand dollars ( not baht ) to get my Thai wife into the U.S. and we had to wait almost three years for approval. Again, Thailand is cheap and easy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cletus Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Thailand has so many tourists that Government really don't care, number of tourists (or at least the total amount of money they are making from) won't go down. They're actually going to make more money. Same with visa restrictions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post puukao Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 when you wish bad on others (the cheap smelly backpacker hippies, still humans) your KARMA gets worse and worse....when you wish bad for no reason but to just be negative, you will not have as good as a life as you can.......i pity those....they usually have some bad insecurities..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american12bthai Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 4 hours ago, DavisH said: The Chinese are gonna love this one! This is like when restaurants don't have enough customers....they increase the prices! NOW you understand the housing market. Crime will soon spike at an alarming rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 3 hours ago, willyumiii said: about that yes, but if you read the post, the U.S. is not one of the countries with the increased fee, yes, the fee increase is for the people that at the airport actually have to apply for the visa on arrival, which is different than the visa exemption on arrival that USA and dozens of other countries can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JayBeeee Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 3 hours ago, willyumiii said: This may reduce the cheap charlie and penniless backpackers who visit. That would improve the tourist experience for those who can afford it and do spend money here. Maybe not a bad idea. So, you're saying that people on a low budget don't have as much right go see the world as old people on pensions. How will it improve anybody's "tourist experience", other than those who think that having more money tban the next person makes them something special, when they are clearly not. Since opening my bar in 2014, I've got to meet many people, and I certainly know which of the above I'd rather talk to and welcome in, irrespective of how much money is in their pocket, and which I'd definitely rather didn't even walk through the door. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA_FARANG Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 While this information is correct, and it has ben posted on this forum before, it is about visas on arrival. Most European tourists and Americans or Canaduans do not enter on a visa on arrival. Those who are G-7 nationals enter on a visa exempt entry (non visa entries) or they have tourist visas from Thai consulates or Thai embassies when they enter. The majority of what yoi call the cheap-charkie back packers from the EU do nor enter on visa on arrival visas. Visa exempt entries, tourist visas, and visas on entry are 3 different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 7 hours ago, willyumiii said: This may reduce the cheap charlie and penniless backpackers who visit. That would improve the tourist experience for those who can afford it and do spend money here. Maybe not a bad idea. So you want to get the backpackers and budget tourists out, is it so the ' quality ' ones can have Kao San Road and the likes to to themselves ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thechook Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 7 hours ago, willyumiii said: This may reduce the cheap charlie and penniless backpackers who visit. That would improve the tourist experience for those who can afford it and do spend money here. Maybe not a bad idea. Oh yes a wonderful idea so we don't have to see and heaven forbid walk on the same streets as the lower classes. It always spoils my day when I see someone who isn't of the same social standing as my good self. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thechook Posted August 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2016 6 hours ago, willyumiii said: Double the price and it is still cheap and easy to get into Thailand. It cost me a few thousand dollars ( not baht ) to get my Thai wife into the U.S. and we had to wait almost three years for approval. Again, Thailand is cheap and easy! That's a one time fee compared to Thailand where it is ongoing and your wife will be entitled to the benefits afforded a citizen. Same in Australia. Also I bet your wife won't have to report on bail every 90 days or have to have a tracking device. What does Thailand give the farang husband for the fees he pays and the money he transfers to Thailand banks as part of the requirement 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Not to many back packers in this group. The list of countries eligible to obtain Visa on Arrival Andorra Bhutan Bulgaria China Taiwa Cyprus Ethiopia India Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Maldives Malta Mauritius Romania San marino Saudi Arabia Ukraine Uzbekistan http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com/en/907-visa-on-arrival 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggo Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 11 hours ago, blackcab said: 2,000 baht for 15 days VOA. 1,900 baht for a 1 year extension of stay. Something has to change there. Shussssshhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 THIS is how they want to make up for the drop in tourism since the attacks?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseldave1951 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 11 hours ago, blackcab said: 2,000 baht for 15 days VOA. 1,900 baht for a 1 year extension of stay. Something has to change there. shush you give them ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 5 hours ago, Thechook said: Oh yes a wonderful idea so we don't have to see and heaven forbid walk on the same streets as the lower classes. It always spoils my day when I see someone who isn't of the same social standing as my good self. how dare you? blasphemy. thou shalt not walk on or share the same hallowed ground that the select few tv forum elites walk on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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