@Bent ************

how does showing an e mail to a officer make the process easier? Those booths are made so that you either have to hand your phone to them or put the screen to the window which is awkward and pointless especially since Cambodia made the same thing, but better. If anything this whole thing will just make queues longer, especially at land borders. There is no internet in the border areas anyway so it’s no guarantee you can open your e mail, or it can take ages until you get mobile internet connection.

@Dca ****

saw these things done at Vietnamese immigration, show e mail with the visa. It’s awkward and time consuming, sometimes people do not get internet, app does not load and I do not want to hand my phone for them to stare at it. Unless they give you a QR code to scan at air and land borders it’s a total waste of time.

So instead of the old form now I have to print out an e mail and show it at immigration. Makes absolutely no sense. Even Cambodia managed to make this process easier

I never understood why they would let you in by plane after being denied at the land border.

@Erik ******

I had my Thai family check all the appartments we rent and they said there is no visible damage and sent photos from places I requested

@James *******

that’s good to know

I never fly in because that’s where all my friends got into trouble. I only cross through Poipet at lunch hours and in 10 crossings I never saw a single person questioned. Either way, I think that if you try to stay more than 4-5 months a year without a long term visa you are risking being denied when you return. I could not get a long term visa anymore a few years ago so I limit my visits to 2 or 3. They questioned me a year ago as to what I do in Thailand, but since then no one has bothered and I got processed in less than 30 seconds. The immigration officers are very unpredictable.

@Bonnie ******

how bad is Bangkok? I left Thailand through Nong Khai by car during the earthquake, but my old building on Sukhumvit 4 survived without a crack, whereas many buildings seem to be badly affected and borderline unlivable.

How much are you disposed to pay?

@Dwayne *******

yeah, but you never tried learning it either whereas the person mentioned in the post took a one year course and apparently does not know any Thai. The fact that he just got of the plane after a long flight is no excuse.