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There is no official/published maximum number of visa exempt entries by air per year.
After six visa exempt entries by air - total, over your lifetime - you are 'red flagged' by the computer system. Thai Immigration officers (may) use this 'convenient' fact (and their discretion) to extort money from the unknowing by at first denying entry to those on their seventh entry. Then, they will "do you a favour" and allow entry when they are satisfied you are really a tourist i.e. have resort/hotel booking(s), enough money and a return/onward journey ticket... and the required amount of baht is proffered. You will not receive a receipt.
In Thailand the criminals wear uniforms.
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9 hours ago, klauskunkel said:
brake failure?
Only Thai ship captains can claim brake failure.
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1 hour ago, ToS2014 said:
Much more to come but I would be concerned about my future career if I were the CO.
At this point everything is speculation. However, it's a safe bet to say either a Filipino master mariner or a U.S. commander will be sailing a desk from now on.
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It sounds like they could all teach Trump a lesson.
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A corrupt turd 'polished' for the Chinese. Special indeed.
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1 hour ago, SOUTHERNSTAR said:
...but outside we drink unbottled water at restaurants and most of the times we have no problem.
But what about the not most of the times?
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10 hours ago, ubonjoe said:
You can get a 30 day visa exempt entry at a border crossing. You can get two of them per calendar year at a land border crossing by air there is no limit.
At HKT I was denied entry for having previously entered visa exempt twice a year - in January and July - for the previous four years... that is, until the Immigration supervisor said he would "do me a favor" and let me in for 2000 baht (no receipt). Extortion pure and simple.
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As an (ex) tourist who has been extorted by the Immigration supervisor at HKT, do what I do... don't go to Thailand.
Right now I'm in Cambodia at the end of almost two months spending the money I would have in Khao Lak. I should have done this a few years ago. Resorts are a comparable price for the quality. The big thing is Cambodians seem to actually want foreigners; plus, beer is 50 cents (330 ml) and smokes are 80 cents a pack - Winston Lights (better than the 'shit' Winstons made in Malaysia that are sold in Thailand).
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42 minutes ago, muzmurray said:
A drop in a very large ocean, don't think you are anything special or that anyone cares - you are not and they do not.
I know... but Thailand is cutting it's own throat (one tiny little nick at a time).
41 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:
Does Cambodia have resorts like Khao Lak? Why not just get a 60 day tourist visa for Thailand or fly into BKK? The 2 visa exempt entries per year doesn't apply to entries by air.There is no Thai embassy or consulate where I live and I would have to go to Beijing to get a visa... that means two days of travel and two days in Beijing. I'll go to Cambodia and get VOA.
Thailand says it wants "quality tourists" and has a policy of "good guys in, bad guys out" ... but treats someone (who comes, spends money and obeys all the rules), like shit. The Thieves all already there and can't be kicked out - they're Immigration officers.
I'm not coming back. Simple. I'll send all the Chinese...
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I'm a Canadian living and working in China. For the past four years I came to Thailand twice a year (for eight weeks each time - 30 days, plus 30 day extension) on visa exempt entries staying at resorts in Khao Lak. That is, until last summer when Immigration at HKT denied me entry... until they extorted 2000 baht from me (no receipt).
I won't be coming to Thailand this winter and will spend several thousand dollars in Cambodia.
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Everyday carnage, New Year's carnage... what's the difference?
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4 hours ago, chiang mai said:
I've only just twigged what you're barking on about.
That's great, but someone should get to the root of the problem.
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2 hours ago, dbrenn said:
All the recent changes seem to be making it harder for those trying to stay here for extended periods on a tight budget. This change only applies to land crossings, multi entry visas are only available from home country, consulates in the region cracking down, people getting grilled, etc.
The well off, conversely, are being given additional visa options - new Thai Elite 20 year visa, new 10 year retirement visas and the like.
'Poor guys out, rich guys in.'
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6 hours ago, moe666 said:
Know the visa rules of the country you want to visit.
The trouble with Thailand is the 'rules' for a maximum number of visa exempt entries do not exist - they are not stated or published.
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32 minutes ago, JackThompson said:
The "limit" on Visa Exempt entries is deliberately left unknown, so there is no way to know when/if you have crossed the line.
It's deliberately left unknown so you will show up in Thailand and be refused entry until the Immigration officer extorts several thousand baht from you.
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My resort booking confirmation and plane ticket to Kep, Cambodia (instead of Khao Lak) for my winter vacation.
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I'm surprised the officer didn't just extort 2000 baht from the OP - as the Immigration supervisor at Phuket (HKT) did to me recently.
I'm not coming back to Thailand. The idiots are 'cutting their own throats'.
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Ask any imm office to point out which LAW requires this. If there isn't one (rhetorical question), simply hand it back. Or roll over and let them scratch your tummy.
I'm sure you could do that. I'm also sure you would get your passport back with no extension of stay; and your wallet would be 1900 baht lighter (read the 'fine print' on the T.M.7).
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I visited the Phang Nga Immigration office this morning for a 30-day extension of stay. As well as the 'usual':
- passport
- T.M.7 Application For Extension Of Temporary Stay In The Kingdom (with 4x6 cm photo)
- photocopies of applicable passport pages (varies by one's nationality and residency circumstances - in my case, 4 pages)
- photocopy of Departure Card
- 1900 baht
they now require completion of the 2-page Foreign National Information Form (FNIF). See attachments.
I was the only person there. I had everything done and filled out in advance (or so I thought). I would have been 'in & out' in five minutes had it not been for the FNIF. As it was, it took well over 30 minutes. Be prepared... you may want to bring a tent if your Immigration office is busy.
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That sounds like the bus ride from Hell to me. Twenty-four hours could easily turn into seventy-two... or more when the monsoon really hits.
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I can't offer advice about Thai table-top ovens, but I can tell you a roast or cookies baked in my cheap, Chinese table-top oven taste EXACTLY the same as those done in a very expensive 'real' oven.
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You must stamp out through Thai immigration, have US$35 in good notes (or 1500 Baht, which equates to more) ready to buy a Lao visa on arrival on the Lao side of the Friendship Bridge (counter on the left before immigration booths).
Through buses from Mukdahan bus station leave every 30 mins from 8.30am to evening, they will take you to the Thai checkpoint, across the bridge after the checkpoint, and into Savannakhet too after Lao immigration, if you so wish, but you may need to wait for the next bus if you are delayed at any point. Cost 50 Baht for all or part of the whole journey.
There is nothing to stop you turning around once in Lao, stamping straight out again, paying 50 Baht again and taking the next bus back to the Thai side, through Thai immigration, and back to Mukdahan bus station.
reminder that different nationalities pay different Lao visa fees. Canadians pay $42 for example.
Plus a dollar in the evening for "overtime". Not sure what time they start that racket - 6:00 PM?
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Figure on at least 3 hrs. to get from UTH to downtown Vientiane (and vice versa) depending on how busy Immigration is at Nong Khai. I've done it several times. Your constraints are: flight times and embassy opening/closing times.
I know this is the 'Internet' and some idiot will say they did it in 90 minutes. Pay no attention... as to someone who finds Vientiane boring with nothing going on.
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Different levels of incompetence.
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It's all very simple -
Don't go to Thailand.