Land of smiles? Not at BKK Suvarnabhumi airport.

History;

2023- 1 x visit of 28 days and 1 visit on VISA for 56 days.

2024- 2 visits of 29 days

2025- decide to travel around Asia for 6 months. Arrive BKK 28/1. 2 months visa exempt and 1 month extension. Visited many cities and places. Then flew to Cambodia and Vietnam for 2 months as never been before.

25/6 - fly back to BKK. TDAC all completed, flight to Europe on 22 July, so less than 1 month.

Immigration woman told me I will not be allowed entry. I asked why not, she said you've just done a border bounce and you're not a tourist! ( border bounce for 2 months lol)

No. No entry. So she called a supervisor, who saw my visas etc for cambodia and Vietnam. Showed him a list of cities and places i had visited, and my return flight to Europe. He asked why i had extended before and i told him honestly, i was going to visit the south chumphon and Hat Yai. He agreed that I was a tourist, and told the woman immigration officer to let me in. He then left.

Her face was like thunder, you could see the anger in her face.

As she returned my passport she said, you're not allowed in Thailand again without a visa!

I know it's IO decision, but with my history and never a border bounce, I find her attitude and decision harsh? Any views welcomed , especially as the amount of people who abuse the V.E and border bounce regularly. Maybe it's these abusers, ruining it for genuine travellers

Hello,

I'm going through the process to get a DTV soft power medical visa.

It asks me this:

"Invoice of deposit paid for the care booked"

I have made appointments with Bangkok Hospital and I had sent them the emails of the appointments but apparently they want more.

Problem is that how can i pay in advance, i have to pay when i will be there, i don't even think that Bangkok Hospital have a possibility for paying in advance.

Thank you in advance for your help :)

Hi all! Is there any way an agent could help me to start working? I’m a pastry chef, just wondering if that is something they can do.

Received my approved non immigrant o visa this morning but when I looked at the email , it said it was valid from the 25 th June when I received the mail. It says it is valid for 3 months until the 23 rd September. My flight is on 4 th August. I am hoping that means that the application is valid for 3 months and I will get a 3 month visa stamp at immigration at Bangkok airport. Can anyone tell me if this is correct ? Thanks

Question for Non-Imm O-X holder (I am aware of the disadvantages of the O-X Visa)who hold Visa already for longer period:

The condition of holding funds on a bank account, according to the consulate’s web page, are:

“• The amount of money under (X3) and (X4) must rest in the bank account for at least 1 year before it can be withdrawn. Within the following year, at least 1.5 million THB must remain in the account. The amount may only be spent in Thailand.”

As it says “Within the following YEAR, at least 1.5 million THB must remain…. and not YEARS, does this mean that, after 2 years I could fall below THB 1.5 million?

Wouldn’t make sense but it mentions year and not years.

I have a little more than a year on my PE visa and am considering the extension (its grandfathered so I get the old prices)

But since I got this visa I have come down with a rare blood disease that requires lifelong medical attention and I am wondering what the deal is with a medical visa and would it apply to my situation.

What are the medical visa requirements?

e.g. criteria, money in the bank etc..

I also qualify for retirement visa and potentially marriage visa.

Good morning. I have a new job and will travel to Laos this weekend to get a new Non-B visa. My current visa extension expires this Monday, June 30th, which is the same day that I'll leave Thailand and enter Laos. My question is, should my old work cancel the visa before I travel? I understand there is a cancellation stamp that I might need to have, before applying for the new visa. Thanks.

I am just at the start of the process to apply for me and my wife's LTR visa under the "retiree over 50yrs with >= $80000 annual income" category and ran into a few challenges on the Thai embassy's website here in the US.

I filled out the online application but at the end it wanted me to upload an Authotizatioj letter from BOI (the Thailand Boatd of Investment).

So then I logged into their website and they want me to upload a bunch of documents some of which are mentioned as (To be requested on a case by case basis) e.g., the police clearance certificates.

My question is if i don't submit these in the first go, will they reject my application? Or shall I submit the FBI clearance asking with the rest of it?

Has anyone actually successful been through the LTR process?

I'm in Cakifornia and trying to do this all online before we fly in sometime in late October 2025.

Any advice will be appreciated

Just got my DTV approved from using Siam legal, it took only 3 days. I highly recommend Siam legal

Does anyone know if a person would need a visa traveling to THAILAND from the U.S. I’d like to go for a couple of months to see if and where I want to retire. I’m retired all ready just looking into HUA HIN so any advice will be appropriated