@Simão ***************

so is it every 30 days or every 90 days ? As that's quite a difference in effort and days spent boarder bouncing. And "since 2022', that could be as shorter time period as 14 months. Not reasoning I would use when planning my retirement or relocation.

@Kenny *****************

2nd largest economy in SE Asia behind Indonesia. 10th largest economy in all Asia, (50x countries, including Middle East and Turkey/Cyprus). 29th largest economy in the world. But don't have a knife in the cutlery on the dinner table. Use hand signals to becon you towards or away in the complete opposite to the rest of the world. That still blows my mind everytime I see it. And they pull out turning left onto any type of road including motorways, without looking right, ever. But depending on what you read, Thailand is a 'developing' country, an 'advanced developing' country, a 'Middle income' country, an 'upper middle income' country, or an 'industrialised' country, amongst other titles.

I think this is the third post recently about demands for cash being made at immigration at BKK (Suvarnaphumi Airport). I thought it would be the last place that IO's would be blatently asking for cash bungs, but it appears some officers are. Maybe rogue IO's trying to make a quick buck under the noses of their superiors, or maybe with their blessing. And I think if you pay as requested, and you're not a total dick, they haven't got much reason to put a marker on your file, and they wont want to draw attention to your file either, as they certainly won't be recording the transaction of 2000 baht cash payment. So maybe you were just unlucky, got the bastard IO, and the next IO will be more forgiving. I would recommend strictly a land crossing. Infact I'd speak to a visa run agent, and they want to pre-screen you anyway, they'll send copy of passport ahead to be ok'd. This will tell you if you are able to visarun/border bounce. You can use a visarun agent also to arrange to do more than the yearly 2 land crossings limit, you just have to ask and get a confirmed yes. And many can accommodate a little overstay too. But a few don't.

@Blade *******

speak to an agent, all can fix it for you. I'm sure there are different ways to structure it, but I was told a start up of 80k, and 70k a year, so 150k year 1, then 70k a year after that. Others may say differently.

@Jay ****

if the company is not trading genuinely, then that too, is abuse of the system. And all the old boys that use an agent to get past the retirement visa requirememt for 800,000 baht bank deposit, is also abuse of the system.

Even if there is no written law specific to how long you can stay in Thailand on the various tourist visas in any calendar year, it will be covered by a generic law regarding abuse of the system, or using a visa not suitable for the purpose of the visit etc. And they Hello everybody 🙂

My Girl just arrived in Bangkok this Morning with her TR Visa, she visited Thailand for about 8 Months from 2022 to April 2023, now the Guys at the Immigration at the Airport pulled her out and told her she has to Book a flight back Home cause she did Border Runs on her Last visit.. they ve discussed a little and then told her to pay 2000 Baht, have her the Extension so she now can stay 90 days but told her she has to leave Thailand After 90 days and she Not allowed to do a Border Run!

Does somebody here can Tell me what happened there? Will she get Problems if she ll do a Border run in 90 days? Cause she would like to stay longer in Thailand…

Best of wishes,

Valentin not making false claims about people, they are using the lesser known obscure rules/laws as reason for rejection. Ultimately any 'entry is at the sole discretion of the immigration officer'. They have more power than the police. They don't need to write down their laws where you can see it, and they don't need to tell you.

Although there maybe no written rule for how long you can stay in a calendar year on the various tourist visas, it will be covered under some generic laws about abusing the system in anyway or using visas not suitable for the purpose of the visit. And they are not ma terryking false claims, they are using their obscure rules/laws as reason to reject who they feel might not be such valued guest. Ultimately 'entry is at the sole discretion of the immigration officer involved'. They don't need a reason, they dont need to tell you a reason.

@Anthony ********

no she won't be banned, don't be rediculous, scaremongering the poor girl and guy. Banned for what ? Worst case is she'll be turned away, so its much recommended if she did try, then make a land crossing.

@Brandon ***********

ah, I see. That makes sense. I remember also, just before COVID extensions introduced, I think maybe just 2-3 days before, Samui immigration told me at the front desk they would reject my unofficial COVID extension request (I think some countries were getting them, others not) and they would instead give me the 7 day exit stamp, but they did allow me to walk back out knowing I was on overstay. And I subsequently accepted the 7 day exit stamp, which was a bum move as they announced COVID visa data later .., and nobody can override that exit stamp, but any amount of overstay is workable. I can't remember how I got out of that ? As I definitely didn't bounce out and back in ..days before COVID .

@Michael *******

handy to know, and handy to have. Not as handy as two passports in two different names though. 😜