Lynnette Munoz I don’t know. That was my whole question. It is exactly the same. You show up with no visa, you get 60 days, you can push it to 90. If you go through all the trouble of going to some embassy and getting a visa, it’s not necessary, and you still get the same amount of time. So what’s the difference? Tony Morgan explained it well, but there’s no actual difference in your experience

@Roberto ********

I thought you can get the exemption and then push it out to 90 days? That’s what I see all over every Thailand group.

@Tony *******

thank you! That was never really clear to me before. I’m about to arrive on a tourist exemption. My second time in Thailand with a year in between.

@Roberto ********

I still don’t get this. Can we get some remedial help in here? Ha ha ha. What is the difference between getting a 90 day Visa exemption on arrival from a Western country and going to some other country and going through some sort of visa application process? It’s not the same thing?

starting with this post

@Bob ******

all the better to steal with

it is also like this in the United States. There are a lot of laws that are not enforced until the focus turns to you. When someone gets focused on you, like an angry neighbor, someone looking for a bribe, if you are doing something else illegal, the laws become weapons. When that type of attention focuses on you, that’s when these laws come into effect. Basically they use the law as a weapon against you if it is warranted in their judgement. The law is not black or white. It’s all sorts of gray. It may be written in black-and-white, but it is not enforced in black-and-white. Prostitution is illegal in Thailand. Think about that for a minute.

The best possible thing is to have as restful of a flight as possible, then jump right in. Get on the schedule immediately as best you can. In the morning, get up and go outside in Thailand. Get the sunshine hitting your skin. That’s what resets your circadian rhythm

@Ralph ******

I have no idea. I can’t understand it either. But I see it and it’s not just Thailand.

it’s because a lot of expats are deeply upset, unhappy and angry people for some reason