Alan, unless you are over 50, don't do it. It's too complicated to stay long term.

@Kelly *******

Your son cannot legally be deported for overstaying until he's much older. He can overstay from 4 years old to almost 15 with 0 consequences.

@John *********

I already got denied in December last year (Nong Khai), and got in with an agent at BKK. I plan to use Thai Visa Center this time around. They guaranteed 100% entry. I plan to do Non O based on marriage after that. I'm tired of border run.

@John *********

Thank you! That's what I thought, but I went through search history here and found a few posts of people saying that it needed to be transfer although it was confusing between visa, visa exempt, or what.

@Pete ******

I meant this: "So what I got told: "Give both passports to the guy at the passport control Booth when you stamp out they will stamp you out on the new passport and make a note that you entered on the old one and then you use the new passport to enter Lao". So I'm not bouncing that border.

@Pete ******

I have never heard of someone getting denied VOA in Laos :)

@Lynnette ******

So what I got told: "Give both passports to the guy at the passport control Booth when you stamp out they will stamp you out on the new passport and make a note that you entered on the old one and then you use the new passport to enter Lao".

@Lynnette ******

Laos provide VOA, not Visa exempt entry.

I think you misunderstood what I'm asking.

I'm not doing a border run.

I just want to leave Thailand from Nong Khai and enter Laos on VOA.

But I've read previous posts where people said that you have to transfer visa exempt extension first to new passport before crossing. But a good source told me this was not true at all. To just show both passports upon leaving.

Bangkok Bank got slapped by China in the transfer scam scandal.

There is nothing else to analyze.

Bangkok Bank caved in to external pressure.

Why are some people still not getting it?

@Terry **********

So you had the proof of funds. You could have gotten the visa for 2k baht. I thought you didn't have the 400k in bank, but you did.