John Doe Da 1st exactly. Flight from Phuket to KL is the same duration as it is to Bangkok. I know people who do it regularly. Costs about the same as well.

@Paul ******

people do it all the time. Both cities are popular shopping destinations from Phuket for instance. Air Asia do morning and evening flights there and back that are very convenient. People also make regular day trips for business meetings etc. it’s quite normal behaviour and they don’t look up your backside for drugs because you’ve gone shopping.

Ok maybe in Singapore they’ll look up your backside anyway 😂

Same reason people are saying the earth is flat.

Just go shopping in KL or Singapore for the day then come back in the evening. People are allowed to go shopping.

This ‘new scrutiny’ is for people who don’t have a visa. You’ve got one.

Anonymous participant a non publicised, cash only fee, with no receipt charged by immigration officials that has a ticket system to notify the other immigration officials that it’s been paid?

Definitely a bribe.

Previously paid by the border run company, now paid directly by you because the border bounce business has pretty much been squashed by the visa exempt restrictions recently introduced.

You paid a bribe. They split it between them, Thai and Malaysian immigration.

@Jazzie ****

it is fundamental, yes. However, it would appear that you are struggling with that very thing.

That’s not what that says or means.

You should not APPLY for the visa more than three months before you intend to use it.

In no way shape or form does that mean you HAVE to enter the kingdom within three months of approval.

You must enter within the validity of the visa which with a DTV is five years from the date of approval

@Johnny ******

I’m not. They won’t move the visa. They’ll move your entry stamp and make a note referring to your old passport

Book in advance. You can’t just rock up and hand over cash.