Just book a cheap £20 flight on Skyscanner to a neighbouring country, why mess about with "fake" tickets?? they are not far off the same price, if one day someone checks the ticket, it will get rejected. 🤷🙆🤦

@Maria ********

as far as I'm aware, bus and train tickets only take you to the border, some airlines or visa applications require flights, because flights actually take you out of the country.

I would say the usual cost is around ฿4000, that is the total cost for the immigration and agent fee, it depends where you are applying for the extension, in the tourist areas it can be a long drawn out process for a reason.

@J *****************

it is not difficult in any immigration office, it is the time it takes to do it, some immigration offices in tourist areas, make it difficult for a reason.

Does it also include land borders?? Someone commented on another post, he only got stamped in for 30 days today (15th of July) he didn't say what time of day it was, maybe it was before the 4pm start 🤔

Speak to the Thai tourist police first, you might need the assistance of a lawyer/solicitor to help recover the money, see what there advice is, if you would have paid with a debit or credit card, you could have spoken to them and got a charge back, for a payment of services not received, as far as I'm aware any legitimate business would only ever ask for a deposit anyway, not the full amount.

@Cole ********

the METV has a 6 months validation period, if you want to get 8 or 9 months out of it, you need to do a border bounce just before the expiry date, along with a 30 day extension at your local immigration office.

There is a use by/expiry date on a METV, what is it??

In reality, most expats especially those that live in Thailand on a modest government pension, unless forced into it by making it a requirement for a visa extension for example, simply won't do anything, and just stay under the radar so to speak.

@Ralph ******

it depends on the Immigration office, some require a TM 30 to be filed for a 30 day extension, and some don't bother, I find it very strange how requirements from one immigration office to another can vary, it's the same with land and transport offices.