Anonymous participant That PDF is your visa, so yes.

There was a person here who discussed digging a paper copy out of her bag after an officer requested it upon reentry. Might not be bad to have one on you just in case.

Much appreciated everyone! I wish I had known about the paperless option before. Of course it makes sense with Thailand’s broad adoption of payment apps. I have no idea how I got set up on paper billing and thought that was standard!

@David *******

This was only a few years ago.

@Ned ******

The gent appears quite angry. I’m always surprised by the number of people who confuse their guesthouse for a home, getting angry every time a fellow traveler rings the bell on the desk.

@Daniel ********

I was only using unsold condos as a metric. There are also hundreds of thousands of vacant condo units that have gone unrented for years. And I very much believe the structure of Thailand’s economy, and how the DTV is being used as a stopgap, is very much relevant to the discussion.

@Daniel ********

For starters, Bangkok alone has 210,000 unsold condo units which Thais cannot buy to begin with because of extremely high household debt (nearly 91% of GDP), coupled with extremely strict lending criteria from banks. Talks of a property bubble have been going on in Thailand for years. The fact that people are so debt-saddled has had serious effects on other things like vehicle sales.

There are real structural issues with Thailand’s economy. But you’re not going to learn what they are by listening to a guy walk around with a camera and extrapolate about how a few months old visa made his Pad Thai more expensive.

No, but “content” creators who don’t learn very much about the places they live but say a lot regardless just might.

@Samantha *********

An immigration officer will always check your visa stamps and actual visa, its protocol. The convenience we get from applying online is slightly offset from not having a physical stamp in our passport. c’est la vie, Etc…

@Samantha *********

I’m starting to guess people have very different expectations than me, but an immigration officer asking to see your actual visa seems completely reasonable.