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Caldera

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  1. A same-day return never looks good to an overzealous immigration officer, so your idea to make this a genuine side trip is better. Nothing to worry about with your history.
  2. Shouldn't be a problem, be prepared to show them your ticket back to the UK in case you get questioned.
  3. As you'll return to the UK and plan to visit Thailand again in October, you won't have any issues with applying for a new multi-entry tourist visa in the UK.
  4. Let's hope it's true. Spain will be a lot more enjoyable without the lager louts.
  5. Might have something to do with the high rate of functional illiteracy in Thailand. People who don't properly understand what they are reading are easily tricked.
  6. It's a right PITA that being the most popular doesn't really matter in this country.
  7. That's a somewhat theoretical distinction in the case that is being discussed here, as Thai immigration doesn't give extensions that go beyond the expiration date of the applicant's passport. But remaining in Thailand on a passport that is no longer valid, in itself, does violate Thai immigration law. For example, if your home country revokes your passport, the Thai authorities don't need any additional reason to deport you - just the fact that the passport you entered with is no longer valid suffices.
  8. No, you cannot, because Thai immigration won't put the exit stamp you require into an expired passport. You might not need a valid travel document to enter your home country, but you do definitely need one to leave Thailand.
  9. Would you like to report a crime to go with your ham and cheese toasty? That'll be an extra 19 baht kha. Yep, I can see that work.
  10. So once again and for the umpteenth time, scientists realize that they know nothing.
  11. Go for it, I liked the occasional short break in Savannakhet as well. As for proving people wrong, well you wouldn't, you'd just prove that things are inconsistent and can change from one day to the next (or one counter clerk to the next, or one applicant to the next, ...). It is what it is, a gamble, but as you have nothing to lose, it's worth a shot.
  12. Ah, the Thai bureaucracy at work... one step forward, two steps back...
  13. With that history, Savannakhet might very well refuse to issue another tourist visa on grounds of having spent too much time in Thailand as a tourist already. Best to check with a visa run company that offers trips to Savannakhet what the current situation is there.
  14. Well he does look like a ghost doesn't he, so I'd guess "resurrection" is a real possibility.
  15. I'm guessing here, but could it be as simple as the time of the year? High season is over, the snowbirds depart. Tourist visa and visa exempt entries can be extended, so only people who want to stay longer than 90 or 60 days need to embark on a border run. Some prefer to make it a real holiday by air.
  16. Thai overstay stamps are usually blue, not red. What you might confuse them with are entry denial stamps.
  17. In the current climate, I wouldn't overstay deliberately (not even by just a few days), and as you said, in your case it can be avoided by applying for an extension before your permission to stay will expire. As you already have a previous short overstay, getting another overstay stamp in your passport wouldn't look good. So in case you ever need to rely on immigration's leniency or discretion in the future, that could well come back to bite you.
  18. You might get an answer, but it won't be an authoritative one, because the IO stamping you out won't be the same IO stamping you back in.
  19. At land borders, it's usually no problem to get those two visa exempt entries per calendar year that are permitted. I say "usually" because there's the infamous Poi Pet / Aranyaprathet border. If you go there, all bets are off.
  20. Strange, other Indian scammers tell me that I have a happy face.
  21. I'd fly to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in Vietnam. Great place for a change of scenery, you won't get bored. Many flights available throughout the day from both BKK and DMK. Depending on your nationality, you might qualify for visa exempt entry to Vietnam, which is 45 days nowadays. Otherwise you'd need an eVisa.
  22. Whenever an Indian-looking guy tells me that I have a happy face, I smirk at him and keep walking. Served me well, it used to be even more common in Malaysia than in Thailand. If I had rat poison with me... but no, a smirk will have to do.
  23. With that kind of educational and/or professional background, one wonders what kind of career he can reasonably expect in Thailand, as a foreigner. If any.
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