No! you! do! not!

@Stuart ********

I met some folks I know from FB at a market in Hang Dong about a month ago. After being introduced as Australian, my first response was I'm sorry, my grandparents were Scottish and I could, with some effort, get UK citizenship 😉

@Stuart ********

No disagreement, but they vary as you know and CM doesn't care within reason.

What you're saying about Phuket is interesting - then again, Phuket also attracts s**t tourists and some of the worst of my fellow countrymen. Making a bogan wear a proper shirt to turn up to extend is a reasonable request :)

@Nick ******

I agree with everything you said except how you interpret the dress smartly part. I've heard that over and over again in the nearly decade I've been here and Thai Immigration mostly doesn't care. Never turn up to immigration looking like you've been to the beach but I'd been told to wear long pants and a long-sleeved shirt previously - I did and then I didn't and nothing was different. I always wear a polo shirt with my shorts and flip-flops when getting two year extensions - and I'm sure they don't care.

You cant do it online and the easiest of those options is to take a Thai customer with you - negates all the other BS. I avoid third party services like the plauge but if you dont know any Thais and want to get the job done quickly - pay for a service that assists.

@Rob ********

not every embassy offers e-visas

If you're on an overstay you could call immigration for a free ride.

@Alan ******

but it's not new like this post suggested. It has been a legal requirement since 1979, just not enforced until about seven-eight years.

@Alan ******

maybe not Koh Phangan but it has been enforced in Chiang Mai since about 2015 and Bangkok about a year later - neither are "somewhat recently." And TM30 online system isn't new either, been around for years.

It's nearly like it has been law since 1979 or something...