[Applying for a SETV from London by post]

Is it okay to send cash or must I only send a postal order. It mentions to pay via postal order on their site and says you cannot pay by cheque. They do not mention anything about cash,  I have used cash in the past but want to make sure before I send anything off.
 

[Telling Immigration officers you work online, if questioned at border]

@PinkPanther

Hey mate, no hard feelings, I understand, it's a good discussion and it's good to get things out in the open.

I don't see my website as work. It's just a valuable resource that provides free information. When I create blog topics, it is with the intention to provide value to readers.

I review apartments, tourist attractions and provide tips on how to have an amazing time in Thailand. I actually bring customers to Thai businesses, cities, clubs, restaurants and all the rest.

If this is classed as work then I guess someone should be paying me for bringing all these people to this amazing country? (Because nobody is paying me at the moment to write, I do it all for free). Also if this is work, then I guess every travel blog in the world needs to be shut down or people not allowed to enter any country if they have a blog as a hobby? (Rhetorical).

I get emails from tourists about travel advice from who are on their first trip to Thailand, many tell me that my website inspired them to visit this amazing country. I earn $0 from answering these emails nor do I make any fixed amount for every blog post I write. If I did, I would write 1,000 of blog posts a day.

I love to write, when you have a lot of free time, you want to express yourself, I do so with words.

As I said, I already run an online business which runs itself, I don't have to worry about anything. I'm simply here on a holiday, and it's been an amazing trip so far.

Thanks for reading my site and I hope to provide everyone with value.

[Telling Immigration officers you work online, if questioned at border]

Here is the link to the story in question. I think Thai Visa should allow this at it adds relevance to this topic: http://afarangabroad.com/2015/11/immigration-don-muang-airport/

At the end of the day this guy tells Immigration that he is in Thailand on holiday - which is a complete lie. He is entering Thailand to run his Thailand related website/business, effectively working on a tourist visa and obviously without a work permit.

I don't want to turn this into another argument on whether digital nomads/bloggers are legal when working in Thailand. My own view is that Thailand should offer some kind of real visa for these people as they contribute to the local economy.

However, let's get it right, the guy told a blatant lie to the immigration officer.

If he had said something along the lines of: "Hello officer, I'm on a tourist visa, but I'm not a tourist. I live in Thailand most of the year and run a website about Thailand, which accepts advertising from other businesses in Thailand and therefore allows me to earn a salary in Thailand. I do this without a work permit, because of my tourist visa status. Oh and I don't pay any tax on the income I earned in Thailand".... I don't think the Immigration officer would have been quite so friendly!

Hi there,

I did not lie to the immigration officer, I do not come to Thailand to work (I hate work in fact), I came here to have a very long holiday. Thankfully I am in a position where I earn an income without having to do anything.

For a lot of people this is something new, being able to generate an income without working 40 or more hours per week. I am in a lucky (and very grateful) position to be able to be on a permanent holiday. They call digital nomads the 'new rich', which means while they are not millionaires, they live simliar lives in terms of not having to work and life is just 100% lesiure.

I choose to spend most of my time in Thailand because it's such an amazing place and there are so many things to see. It's impossible to see the whole of Thailand is just 6 months.

You would need a good few years (at least) to fully understand this amazing country and its amazing people. I have been on a holiday in Bangkok for the last few years eating great food and talking to the locals, I still feel I've only scratched the surface of what this amazing country has to offer.

I'm not a backpacker who visits several places in a short space of time, I really want to experience a country and everything it has to offer. Thailand for me is an amazing place and I want to see everything. The people are so amazing!

Going by the "he's not on holiday he is here to work logic" means that everybody in the world who has a website, answers a work email or does anything work related is in volition of their visa anywhere in the world. Thankfully Thai immigration are smart and they use common sense. I told them the truth that I run an online business and they were happy with my answers.

Also, you can setup a bank account on a tourist visa at Bangkok Bank, I've written about it on my website.

Thailand actually likes bloggers as they bring in more toruism: http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism-and-transport/731868/bloggers-log-on-to-thai-tourism

So I don't think they care 1 little bit about digital nomads, as they recently held a huge blogging expo in Thailand that got major press.

If anyone has any appropriate questions, I will do my best to answer them.

Thanks for listening, I hope you all have a wonderful time in amazing Thailand,

Harvie

[Land Crossing as a UK Citizen, How Many Days?]

Do you get 30 days for crossing the border by land or is it back to 15? If true, can you extend the 30 day visa by another 30 days or not?