@Graham *****

ok.

so it's not in thai immigration rules book ? interesting to know

@Todd ********

yep I agree . depends on the officer on the day 8 guess.

fact is that 180 days rule can he applied if they want .

I was dressed properly. they did it even check if I was carrying 20k in cash which I was.

completely agree. I need to get my non o sorted. just wad easy to get in and out on a 30 days visa waiver .

hoping you don't run in any issues with your next border crossing 🙏🙏.

seem they are tightening things at the moment . or I just got very unlucky.

@Graham *****

bro .

they counted the days front of me at poipet last week . see my reply to Todd above.

I thought as well it was a myth . just turns out it's enforced when they feel like it .

too many remote workers staying in thailand over covid who try to stick around explained to me the immigration officer

@Todd ********

between covid extension and some bavk and forth on visa waiver 30 days I ended up at the Cambodian border trying to get in on a visa waiver

last week with 175 days spent in thailand over the last 12 months.

been pulled aside and grilled by immigration. ( I had over 20k in cash , flight out of Thailand 3 weeks later , proof I had income coming from oversea . that wasnot enough.

thankfully I managed to get a copy my thai marriage certificate otherwise I would have been sent back to Cambodia. and they let me in but been told to get a non 0 ASAP...

if you have spent less than 180 minus 45 days ( 135 days ) in thailand over the course of the last 12 months there won't be any issue . they might ask for your return ticket which has to be no later than 45 days after your arrival date .

shall a 30 days extension put you over the 180 days limit the extension might be denied and you would be given at best a 7 days extension to put your affairs in order and leave the country .

this is from my personal experience having a lchat with an immigration officer at the border .

go straight to the airport and have cash ready

apologise. wai wai wai . you won't escape the fine but if it is your first time and you have the right attitude you won't get blacklisted .

sorry for you 😔

@Christian *********

correct.

what ever task could be undertaken by a thai national against renumeration can be dimmed as work .

thankfully prostitution is illegal otherwise It seems I would have to pay someone to xxxx the wife 🤯

@Andreas ********

agreed to all . ( and I live in hua hin ) . you forgot the 2 water parks

hua hin is great to live in . not far from bkk , chumpon ( to go to tao . phangnan samui ) and krabi .

for holiday I would go somewhere else .

personal choice for a few days is railey or koh tao. phangnan for a couple of weeks .

might be worth to look at less frequented places during high season

koh lanta maybe ...

theoretically you are even allowed to mowe your own lawn ....

meowsquito