The CCSA announcement clarified that, in addition to airports, only four land border posts were open to tourists and expats: Nongkhai and Udon Thani (near the Laos border) and Songkhla and Satun (near Malaysia). But entrants there still need to apply in advance via the digital platform Thailand Pass by uploading several documents including vaccination status, proof of booking into a Thai hotel pending the result of the RT-PCR post-arrival test, the US$20,000 insurance requirement as well as personal documentation. This process can take up to seven days according to the Tourist Authority of Thailand website.

Elite visa you can buy a 5 year visa or 10 year

@Klaus ********

emirates are the same

What type of ticket you buy ? Flexible ticket ? Which is more expensive

it can take up to 7 days to receive your Thailand Pass (TP) QR code

Nobody accepts TQ

@Luciano **********

i have a Wise debit card but I never use it for ATM withdrawals only paying for goods and services and I can top up whenever I need too I have heard that if you go into a bank and ask them you want to withdraw money on the card there is no fee from Thai bank but you have to show passport

@Luciano **********

hope this helps

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Visa over stay

Overstaying your date in your passport is breaking the law.

Many times on here people ask is it ok to overstay - 1, 2, 5 days etc. The fine at the immigration exit desk is 500 baht per day of overstay. Some immigration officers will waive the fine if it is only 1 day, but you’ll still get a red stamp in your passport.

HoweVer if you are stopped inside the country for any reason - like at a police check point - even on your way to airport or border crossing then be prepared for a whole lot of trouble.

The police may arrest you as you have broken the law. If they do you’ll be fined in court and then sent to the nearest Immigration Detention Centre, where you will be kept until you buy a one way ticket back to your home country. If you don’t have the funds for that you will be kept there until you find some means of raising those funds. Once you have your ticket, you will be deported and blacklisted from entering the country for up to 5 years.

Sounds dramatic but it sometimes happens. 500 baht a day sounds cheaper than 1900 baht at a local immigration office but in the overall scheme of things it is never wise to overstay.

Apply for the Wise debit card and use it in every shop, restaurant, shopping mall, you like you will always get the best exchange rate and you can top it up whenever you like especially if you have a budget