@Matthew ********

who is blaming “legal long term retirement for all the problems”?

The immigration officer is the first line in that legal argument. You may convince them you are a tourist and they may let you in or you may not convince them and they determine not to grant the VE because they have formed a view that you aren’t a tourist.

This is literally how law works. “Legally in writing” and all.

@Psyde *******

It’s legally in writing you argumentative douche.

The 60 day exemption is for tourists. Which is a defined term. Someone who enters Thailand with the intention of not leaving and endlessly returning on similar back to back entries isn’t a tourist.

Feel free to challenge this in a Thailand court and prove that it’s not “legally in writing”.

@Jordan ****

20 years living/visiting/working in Thailand and never actually asked a single question on arrival including 5 times this year on exemptions.

Maybe there is a system or some basic parameters they look at and, as has been the case at different points over the 20 years, we are in a period of cracking down on excessive BS.

As an aside paid border runs have always been a risk as they are driven by the same system that sees one pay an on the spot fine to a copper.

The answer to “how long you can stay on a visa exempt” has always been the same. Almost everyone who has done back to back to back visa exempts, who isn’t a dribbling idiot, knows that they are not really tourists and from time to time they’ll be challenged.

@Jordan ****

if it’s only his second trip to Thailand then he’s super unlucky. It sounds like he’s flown back in after a brief trip outside, a border run, then presumably he hasn’t had forward flights. To immigration this might sound like a dude trying to game the system. If a genuine tourist just get a multiple entry tourist visa. If trying to game the system then maybe immigration has a point?

@Stewart *****

*whether

@Jeremy *******

god you’re a fuckwit.

@Jeremy *******

And again, it’s not a convenient tech solution. It’s a crap one. Instead if singing it’s praises and calling others tech Neanderthals you should probably engage with actual decent tech solutions.

@Jeremy *******

LOL. It’s hardly a peasant joke. But a guy as ignorant as you probably shouldn’t be talking down to others about tech.

@Alex ******

or Thailand could adopt modern tech 🤷🏻‍♂️