@Bob *********

no, it doesn’t. Some people only stay for a month or two and not three months.

And as i said it’s entirely on thailand to define what they do or don’t want to allow, stop defending an irrefutably horrible system that is contradictory and arbitrary at best.

Literally all thailand has to do is say

You can stay a maximum of X days on VE

A maximum of X days on TR

A maximum of X days on combined VE + TR

Problem solved, you can’t ask people to follow rules that don’t exist or are invisible

@Psyde *******

and many people have not abused it, people are being interrogated or denied after using it once, for a couple months. Not 6+ months, or even years, as others are mentioning.

All thailand has to do is state how long they want you on exempt or tourist visas

They extend visa exempt from 30 days to 60, and then have a problem that people are staying too long, it’s hilariously stupid and a problem almost entirely of their own making

Even parts of getting a TR visa are an absolute joke, in a country heavily effected extreme weather conditions the embassy you apply at may very well ask for your entire stay to be prebooked

It’s an absolute circus all around and clear as mud

@Neil *******

how can you abuse a completely undefined and arbitrary system?

You can follow the rules and the visas in good faith and still end up in a tangle because it’s all as clear as mud

As clear as mud

@Anthony *********

there’s no high horse or need for you to be melodramatic, also there is no “he’s legally allowed”, he can stay and enter as long as thailand immigration lets him

His son and family is irrelevant on tourist visas or visa exempts

@Simon *******

no one “went off on you like a 10 year old”, no need to be melodramatic

You couldn’t have given any less information, if you need help on how to ask for help then an agent might be a good idea

Thailand’s going to put someone on the moon before they have a transparent and defined entry system fir TR/VE

@Craig *************

that’s completely irrelevant to my point and the fact that he’s getting warning after being in thailand for 2 months

It’s pretty common knowledge 6+ months is not reasonable on TR/VE, at least without agents

So are they trying to limit people to one visa exempt entry?

It’s all so imaginary and muddy how do you expect anyone to follow what you want when no one knows what you want

It’s a simple as “we don’t want people on visa exempt/tourist visas staying longer than / months” and be done with it

So are they trying to limit people to one visa exempt entry?

It’s all so imaginary and muddy how do you expect anyone to follow what you want when no one knows what you want

It’s a simple as “we don’t want people on visa exempt/tourist visas staying longer than / months” and be done with it