All bullshit. Pattaya has hundreds African and Russian working girls without work permits. They are allowed in and not deported for breaking the rules. Also immigration officers at Suvarnabhumi have little in common with immigration officers at land borders. At land borders a new 60 day exemption granted without question. I've stayed 8 months. At Suvarnabhumi it's the Spanish inquisition power trip for the officers intimidating new arrivals. The education visa is 60k baht. Complete scam when retirement visa is one third of the price.

Passport floating in the English Channel i imagine ？

@Michael *******

and the African females working on Pattaya beach road on a tourist stamp? Are they messing it up for genuine tourists too? They're working illegally but a blind eye is turned. Tourists can get repeat stamps by border bouncing. Education visa is 55k baht a year. Superscam.

@Liam **********

wow Liam. Very impressed by your "reliable sauce" bollocks lol. Yes if it's an encounter at Suvarnabhumi I'd agree. But at the land crossing to Cambodia "no questions are asked". Please ask for clarification if you struggle to understand this super simple statement. Some people here find it hard to understand simple things so I try to help as far as I can.

@Craig *******

incorrect Craig. I know you mean well and I appreciate it but in reality you know very little but still take a bow trying to look important. It doesn't work for me but some may imagine u know what you're talking about. At the land border NO QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. I understand it's tough for you buddy. Would a diagram help you?

@Luit ****************

who said I'm paying an agent for something free to me? Read more carefully. The Thai agent pisses in the same pot as the official issuing the visa exemptions. We are purely customers paying fees to a local business which processes 100s of foreigners weekly. The agent facilitates the desired outcome. If they didn't they'd get no more customers. Not so complicated ?

@Jared *********

it's guaranteed if agent says it's guaranteed simple. I wouldn't leave my personal belongings in a hotel room and risk losing them by being denied access. So I'd take my bags if it wasn't guaranteed

@Jared *********

define “normal reasonable standards ”. We're in Thailand yes？ Thai agents market visa,services. If they're operating illegally it's the Thai authorities who are responsible to investigate not the passing tourist. If the agent tells me it's “guaranteed” I take it at face value. But maybe you know best？

@Roberto ********

i pay fees charged by regular Thai agents who must comply with the rules. I just do as the agent says and I receive a new visa waiver

@Roberto ********

i pay agent. I don't pay bribes. Maybe the agent pays his family member. Who knows ?