There is no ATM before immigration and they do not let you go go to one and you can't show them a bank balance, it must be cash. A ''stupid rule" can still get you put on a plane back home. Always be prepared. By profile, I mean it is 100% up to the IO as to who they want to admit.

Let's hope you are never asked then....There is no profile. If they are having a bad day they might ask. It is their right to do so at any time and they don't need a reason.....

Vientiane. Too easy.

Thanks. :)

Thanks everyone. Sounds like I need the originals to make it easy and also the original child ;) I will sort something else out for now and get it done when they are both back. Many thanks.

Oh sorry. Yes the blue book for the house where the baby is registered is in Sakon Nahkon as missus and baby are there for a while. So I was wondering if she can take a copy and send it to me in Pattaya...as I don't want to send the original in the mail. So can copies of all the required docs be used without showing the originals..? and do they need official verifications....or can she just sign them..? Or do all original documents need to be shown. ie at present I do not have her ID, the blue book, the birth cert, etc....as all with her....she won't be back for a while and I need to extend soon.

That is incorrect information Mark.

Why let your passport get to this late stage and then blame the IO for being unfair. Take responsibility for your own actions and when you are down to the last 2 pages or page, order a new passport. Asking them to squeeze stamps in between other ones is not a reasonable request.

What mistake did they make 2 years ago?? If you got banned for 5 years, did they consider you as overstay or an illegal stamp..? or what..? Sounds like a strange situation. I hope it all works out.

David there is not a lot of hassle IF you qualify for a long term visa or extension of stay. If you are not 50, not married, no thai children, not a condo owner, not a business owner.....maybe an option. Most people pay visa fees, flight tickets, taxi fares, extension fees, get hassled at the airport, have to leave the country when they don't want to, ie every 90 days....If you are not in the right visa categories....or you want a semi normal life in Thailand without feeling like an illegal alien....I think the TE would be very useful....