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@Thomas *******
I didn't say not to extend your visa (good you were able to) I'm saying that you will be forced to do a border run eventually and that will be in 6 months time.

Good luck to you...just that if you're tired of traveling, then the DTV is not a good option. You'll be better off starting a business or finding a job locally, which means you won't have to leave the country.
Paul *******
I went through the form on a dummy run, assuming a land based entry by car. I entered a car license plate for entry and while I also entered the same one for exit there is no need to enter outbound travel details.
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@Bryan *******
The version that goes live will have Thailand as a residence option.
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@Thomas *******
I travel with my kids all the time but I don't complain about it. I enjoy it.
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@Thomas *******
Well, it's just that you've been whining since several posts ago, that you're "tired", it's "difficult" to travel with kids and so forth. Well, that's just the way it is with 3 kids and especially if you're on the DTV, which requires travel. It can be tiring having even 1 or 2 children. Moreover, bringing your children to experience this part of the world provides them with exciting and interesting opportunities to see the world and experience different cultures. From Phuket, you can be in Myanmar, exploring some of the most picturesque and pristine islands in the world in just 4 hours. You can be in Malaysia within an hour by flight or a few hours by car. You can fly to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from Phuket in 1h20m as well. There are lots of options and with children, any border run can be an opportunity to turn it into a vacation in order to see and experience new things given how close everything is.
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@Thomas *******
I never accused you of lying. On the contrary; it just sounds like you're roughing it and I wonder whether that's a good way for your children to be living. That being said, it's your business of course.
Paul *******
Assuming it works. I tried and because I was on a visa it wouldn't let me exit so I had to stamp out manually.
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@David *******
Alongside Ban Khao Din, the Thailand-Cambodia Friendship Bridge at Nong Ian, currently open only to trucks, will be officially designated as the next Thailand-Cambodia border crossing and open to foreigners, probably sometime this year.

Once this happens, it will become by far the most convenient and fastest border crossing between Thailand and Cambodia. Buses will also be using that border too, including Bangkok-Phnom Penh and Bangkok-Siem Reap services.

However, train passengers will continue to use the Aranyaprathet-Poipet border because the train passes through there.