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@Josh ********
a wrong advice is no "opinion". A wrong advice is always a wrong advice
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@Roland *******
Josh gave a WRONG advice! That guy with no more space in his passport must EXIT Thailand immediately. Pay the overstay fine at the airport and FLY BACK to his home country is the only CORRECT advice! He DOESN'T need an emergency passport. He can exit on his existing passport, because there are no more departure stamps - they use automated gates at the airport. You guy Josh Harding is an i...t !
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@Ulrik ************
it doesn't cut no ice with Immigration. Touristic entries are tourstic entries, it doesn't make any difference if entries were made visa exempt or on a tourist visa. After a certain time with touristic entries, you will be pulled aside and questioned what you are doing in Thailand
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@Brenda ********
doesn't cut no ice. If you have a Thai family in Thailand, then get the proper 90-days Non-Imm-O family visa, put 400,000 THB into your Thai bank account and get issued the 1-year extended stay permit. On this, you leave and come back as you please
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@Robbie ******
you should be fine, after only short visa-exempt stays . . . but please be prepared to answer questions and show that your next stay also is only short time, have the 3 famous proofs ready to show: Cash, booked accomodation and onward travel
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@Josh ********
you have lived in Thailand, but your comments cleary show you have NEVER EVER understood Thai culture, have NEVER respected Thai immigration laws, and you clearly show that you have never ever fully reached a certain level of sanity and cleverness needed for living in a place outside of your Mummy's home. You must have seen the sh.. hit the fan when you lived there. Sorry for you, but maybe your actions thriggered it. Welcome back in where you came from. Count your experiences as lessons worth having taken, and please stay away from Thailand
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@Bob *********
well if he goes to the airport, pays the overstay fine and flies back to his home country ASAP, he won't need an emergency passort prior to that. But the real question is, does his passport have enuff space left for that ugly overstay stamp ? That's the elephant in the room. I can't remember having witnessed Immigration placing the overstay stamp onto anybody's forehead 😄 because there wasn't any space left in the passport
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@Robert *******
actually there are banks out there who issue Visacard or Mastercard credit cards that offer free withdrawals abroad. My DKB-Visacard is offering just that. I only get charged for the 250 Baht ATM fee. The X-change rate of a "real" credit card provider actually is a VERY GOOD rate - it is very close to the Superrich rate for a cash exchange, and close to the daily XE-exchange rate. You must have overlooked these facts
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@Robert *******
and of course I have a SCB Thai bank account since 21 years. I have discontinued using my DKB Visacard. I transfer Euros with WISE to my Thai bank account and use the SCB debit card for withdrawals. Everywhere in Thailand, cash Thai Baht is still welcome. However this is not an option for tourists as they have no Thai bank accounts
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@Robert *******
that's where you are wrong. After you reached the monthly limit of 200 USD with your WISE card, they will charge you 1.75% provision on each purchase, and you still need to pay 250 Baht ATM fee for a withdrawal. My DKB Visacard offers free withdrawals abroad and the exchange rate ist only marginally less than the Superrich rate for cash exchange. The only fee I would have to pay are the 250 Baht on a Thai ATM. I use the yellow ATM's (Krungsri Bank) for a withdrawal of 30,000 THB in one step . . you seem to have no idea how these systems work, like so many Milchmädchen in the FB groups