Lots of Koreans would "live" in Thailand back in the day because they have the 3 months visa exempt. 3 years ago it changed dramatically with the new border crossing rules and long term visas. About 5-10 joined our foundation because of the new rules. This lady is lucky to get 6 already.
at some point he will have to go to immigration, so why not just do it! The old passport is no longer valid. I transferred everything across to my new passport, it's a simple process.
what is considered Chiang Mai? Chiang Mai has around 500,000 within 5 minutes of the old city and probably over 1 million within 30 minutes of the old city.