@Michael ******

Some farang only want to settle near large farang populated areas. We drive through Phayao on our way to Chiang Rai.

@Roberto ********

Assuming he goes to Immigration today. I will ask tomorrow.

@Roberto ********

If no stamp, will the IO only give a receipt for 1900 and not the 500?

@Galenus *****

Nice try to be funny 😡

@John ********

I think you might be right, HOWEVER, if someone is deliberately trying to screw the immigration system, they should have the extra precaution handy. Thai immigration doesn’t do favors for people. Their function is to stop people from attempting to live here without proper documentation, trying to pass as tourists. A return ticket to my home country is more credible than a cheap ticket out on a low cost airline or a completely bogus airline ticket.

Perhaps your post should have mentioned your Non-B visa at the beginning. You would have gotten answers to your specific situation.

@Lyndon ***********

Quite thoroughly stated!

@Viola *******

Fortunately it doesn’t affect me directly because I have a non -o and am about to do extension #4. But I get frustrated at those who deliberately test the system and plead ignorance or complain about the immigration laws here. Many foreigners apparently feel as though they should be entitled to stay in Thailand unconditionally.

@Blade *******

There are things to complain about Thailand, but this not one of them. It is those who abuse the system by trying to outsmart it that causes problems for everyone else.

@Blade *******

As I understand it, there is no published rule regarding the number of visa exempt entries allowed through airports, however does not imply that the airport entries are unlimited. Most legitimate sources of information will warn us that interpretation is at discretion of the immigration officer. They are charged with preventing “immigration without proper documentation and flagrant abuse of the system. Officers at land borders may deny entry to someone that hasn’t done their two allotted land entries based upon air entries and other factors.