@Todd ********

not a lie. I was playing tennis tournaments here in the early 2000’s. Their rules change so often that caution is your best option, especially if like me you have family here and can’t afford to get into trouble with immigration when visiting

@Todd ********

why did they roll out DTV visa if you could just stay 6 months without a visa?

I give this advise, because I know people less cautious than me who thought they were being smart doing this bs and they got denied. The fact thay you managed to stay 5 months means nothing. The risk is not worth it, unless of course some sgency could do that pre clearence thing and guarantee that they won’t bother him at immigration

@Pascal *******

it was legal, because you could go to Laos and come back, which you can still do today. Once you stayed 4 months you can fly all the way to Mars and come back, it won’t do you any good, unless you are lucky.

Not to mention that you can fly to Vietnam and Cambodia, get no stamp in the passport and they will never know you were not actually home

@Pascal *******

tell this to the guy who visited Thailand for 4 months, went back to Dublin, Ireland. flew back to Thailand and they sent him back home on his own expense

@Todd ********

if you already spent 4 months this year without a long term visa, you do have something to worry about. I would say chances to be allowed to enter, but saying everything is fine, is bad advice if we consider the fact that in case of denial he will be put in a stinky cell at the airport

@Tony *********

4 months this year already in Thailand….

I have 25 years experience visiting Thailand with many types of visas, crossed through all land borders, met all kinds of people and I think that telling someone who has spent almost half a year in Thailand that they have nothing to worry about when returning without a visa is very bad advice.

Even if they send him back to Vietnam he will have to endure the humiliation of having his passport taken away and being placed in a fetid cell until they can put him back on a plane

@Faron ************

what you are saying implies that you can stay 4 months visa exempt at least and extra 2-3 months on a tourist visa which removes any incentive to get a long term visa.

I happened to travel with people who thought they were smart doing this. but the immigration officials are no fools and this cheap trick got them a big, fat, denied stamp.

If you have spent months already this year in Thailand you have no business going back with anything less then a long term visa.

From what I understand you spent 4 months already visa exempt this year. Since you are already in Vietnam, if you really need to travel to Thailand you could do it, worst case scenario is they detain you and send you back to Vietnam. At this point you can only get a single entry tourist visa which is useless, since they are not impressed when people who stayed almost half a year visa exempt try to come back with tourist visas (looks like a cheap trick).

I am also in Vietnam now, stayed 4 months this year in Thailand, 58 days in winter, 58 days in summer. I plan on going back in March, because I think flying now is too risky with all these new rules

@Tom *******

I am in the south now. no floods.

@โทบี้ ******

useless