I got the DEEP suspicion that this is just the beginning. Thai government plans to put a tax on foreign earnings coming into Thailand. So this would explain why they are beginning to collect proof of pension income from now on, which they can pass over to the tax authority by next year

just avoid the hassle and keep using the 400,000.- THB proof

why a poll. Well, I participated. Tod Daniels is here to stay

@Paul *******

"I know someone who" and how many years back was that? You cannot enter unlimited with visa exempts any more. You will be denied entry after the third time

@Brandon ***********

that's not how to proceed. If you got two citizenships, you enter and leave Thailand with the Thai passport, book the flights and check in to the flights with the UK passport. It's the common practise since years

@Michael *******

it actually nothing new, Immigration officers used to give their ok when one showed both passports. The good old way I described still works, according to these "not so news". You enter Thailand with the Thai passport and leave Thailand with the Thai passport. Why friggle around? There is no "discrimination" by this method

if you ENTER Thailand on your UK passport, you will need to LEAVE it on your UK passport. . . . . . . . . . only on your NEXT trip, you can check-in with the Thai passport, leave the UK on your UK passport, enter Thailand with the Thai passport. After your holiday, check-in on your UK passport, leave Thailand on your Thai passport and enter UK on your UK passport

@Bob *********

yes, you could be right, normally when you hold a valid visa, the airline doesn't ask for an onward travel proof. However I guess the ticket "within 60 days" is needed for the METV visa application, which is a whole different story

@Bob *********

there is no guarantee an airline will accept a bus ticket for an onward travel proof, because they could say that the bus will only get you to the border but not across it 😃 The only safe and 100% guaranteed onward travel proof is a "real" cheap one way ticket out of Thailand. You can use Air Asia from Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur as a perfect proof. Why do we hear about "onwardtickets" soon to get refused? Because they are not "real" flights but just reservations, one can clearly sort them out in the TIMATIC system, and since the beginning of the year the fine for violating IATA rules has risen five-fold, it can be up to 10.000.- USD per case.

you can, enter with a Tourist Visa and convert, if you qualify for one of these