@Luit ****************

Id use it just to get away from the entitled fuss pots! Other than that, Im on holiday so no rush 😉

Kid free flights would be my first travel request for change

@Ethan *****

I find blocking divs makes social media life much more 'fluid' shall we say

Most things have teething problems after they are incepted/introduced

From reading many posts and comments for a few months, I think an addition to the online form would greatly benefit some people. Let me know what you think of my idea . . .

At the end of the form, there should be a box you can tick or leave blank depending on you as a person

Please check this box if you are an entitled princess and believe your application should be completed within a timeframe you demand ✅

@Aimee *********

Immigration in the city I was working. During covid we had to extend every month instead of every 2 if I remember correctly and it was when I went to extend they told me they knew I was teaching online and told me it was illegal. She also told me it was time I left Thailand and I had to explain to her that the UK wasnt open yet and it really got to her. Its all about saving face and if a foreigner gets a "1 up" on a Thai, its a big no no for the Thai. Anyway its their country so I stopped online teaching but they allowed me to continue in the school until the summer break came in June 2021 and I left for the UK 2 months later

Im of the understanding that a foreigner is not allowed to work INSIDE THAI borders for ANY reason unless they have a WP. Its so strict that a bar owner isnt even allowed to clear tables or wash pots unless Ive been spun a yarn!

**Disclaimer!!! - Im not claiming anything I have said is the law, only my personal experience and the experiences of people I know 👍

Oh and I wasnt using a VPN which may have avoided that issue

Be careful working online as I did that during covid. I worked for an online teaching company (not a thai company) and my salary was paid into a UK PP account, so nothing really that should concern Thailand. I didnt realise I was doing anything untoward and was warned against it

I didnt do it after that but at the time I worked in a school without a degree which the authorities knew about but overlooked as they were short of tutors during covid, so that was OK but online outside Thailand wasnt!!??

As for your relationship, it looks like you are rushing in? Im not gonna say dont or whatever as its your life and you know it better than anyone. What people on here MAY know about better than you are the pitfalls that have caught farangs out so many times in the past.

I knew a bloke who's missus asked him to buy a house in her name outright. He wasnt daft! He told her he will pay monthly payments on a mortgage in her name ONLY. That way he had somewhere to stay as he would only be doing the same with a rental. So she gets the mortgage in HER NAME. That meant if they ever separated, he wouldnt be down financially as she would be left with a mortgage to pay that she might not afford once he was gone. Theyre still renting 😆

DTV is the answer for long term but you wont be able to open a business which in all honesty, might be a good thing. If I was you, I would put the business on hold, you're only forty, for a year while you get used to living in Thailand if its new to you and best not to burn your bridges back home. I did that once and had to start from scratch again! Nightmare.

Apply for a DTV from outside Thailand (pref your home country before you leave) and work on it for a year and see how you feel in a year or so is what I would do

Good luck

No. Its well known you have to visit her at least 5 times a year

@Elías *******

Oh yeah silly me. I didnt realise Immigration have no idea how to contact their own embassies in other countries

Anonymous participant Im only going on your OP where you said that they told you next time, apply for the DTV? You have to do that outside Thailand so they knew you would again be leaving at some point.

My take is, they waited for you to apply, thus knowing you were outside Thailand, refused you and then will wait until you try another visa exempt of a TV application which at that point, they will refuse either because they have had enough of your border runs

Im not saying thats what has happened, Im suggesting it as an answer to your question. IOs are petty people. Power hungry as they wear a uniform. Ive had it in Heathrow after I was in SE Asia for a year.

Looks like they got fed up with you and have purposely sent you out of Thailand to use the DTV route which they were always going to deny you. Id expect if you bought a visa exemption flight from MNL you would be turned away again. Give it a shot and come back here and let us know 👍

Tell her to get a mortgage in her name that you will fund as long as you are a couple

Then see her reaction 😂