I took a guest to IM and filled in a TM30 which was filed. Then she applied for a 30 day extension. They denied it as it wasn’t in the system despite the fact that they had just given it to her and she had it in her hand.

@Clarissa ****

I don’t know about Emirates but you could tell him, if he is asked, to say that he will depart to Laos by bus over the 4th Friendship bridge at Chieng Kong and take the boat to Luang Prabang. Many people do that. Once arriving in Bangkok immigration never ask for an onward ticket. In fact I once asked the head man at the airport (4 rings) and he told me that an onward ticket was not required.

Which Airline are you flying with? A recent guest just flew in from Melbourne with Thai Airways and they didn’t require an onward ticket.

Don’t use Now Compare. I think they have quit scamming people now but they were fraudulent.

@Brandon ***********

My Airbnb guest arrived on 9th September expecting to get a visa on arrival. They asked her to go through Fast track and pay an extra $500 to get her 30 days but she decided that was a scam. Hence she only got 15 days. I realise that is all irrelevant now. Thanks for your input which is a great help as I have guests asking me these questions almost every day now that is the “High season”.

@Nongnuch *******

Thank you. That will be a help to my Airbnb guests.

I live near Mae Sai, the most northern point in Thailand and the Burma border is closed to foreigners. Only Burmese can cross from Shan state into Thailand and Thais can cross into Tachilek for one day.

I had an Indian guest staying last month. She refused to pay to go through the Fast Track lane at Suwarnaphum (the correct spelling) so she only got 15 days. She had to enter Laos and return in Chieng Khong to get another 15 days. The she left and went to Vienam.

@Sonia *****

Yes. I filed a ™ 30 for an Airbnb guest the other day so that she could get a 30 day extension. One immigration officer said she could have it with the ™ 30 that we had just obtained and a copy of my house book and ID card but another imm off said no. So we went to another immigration office and got what she wanted.

@George ************

Mae Sai had never heard of it and said it didn’t exist, so I tried in Chiang Rai. They said the same, so I went to Vientiane and have now extended it (at Mae Sai) for one year for retirement.