John MacomI never lived in Thailand longer than a year, but I have Thai family. First visit was in 2000

@Frangipani ******

totally true. They don’t care whether you have a tourist visa or not, The only people I met being denied entry had tourist visas. If you believe you will not be let in on visa exemptions, tourist visas won’t do you any good.

@Dirk ****************

I crossed Poipet border 10 times, last time last month. I never saw anyone pulled to the side in years other than some Indian citizens on tourist visas. I avoid flying like the plague as they have no proper rules and they arbitrarily force people to fly back home, go through the humiliating ritual of being placed in a cell like a common criminal, passport taken away, etc,

Unless you purchase a Thai phone number in your name and register it with the account at the bank, in person, you won’t get access to it again

@Armando ******

I said it is, read again

Harry Chapman 2 visa exempt entries a year is not tourism? Get a grip…. Most money spent in Thailand comes from people like him, meaning persons earning 50-100 k usd/euro/pounds a year visiting on visa exemptions. not from that imaginary unlimited supply of millionaires that Thai authorities tthink they will attract, but which always fail to appear.

@Bill *********

They should have figured out by now that most money comes from people visiting Thailand for the first time and returning for more holidays in the same year, or maybe to plan transitioning to a new visa, not from the rich person that only visits once and never returns again. There is only a limited ammount of extremelly rich people globally, so I find it funny that they are losing their minds over tourists who decide to return to the country.

@Dan ******

it’s not easy. If you stay long term in Thailand and your card gets swallowed by the atm, or the account gets compromised, you will be left without money. With a Thau bank account you can get cash without a card.

You just get it and that’s it. You don’t have to border bounce

They only accept in person applications since last year. You can just stop at their office and they will take care of the ED visa