no set rule. Depends on the officer. Some times it's a nearby country. Some timea it's your home country. Some times it's to the country of citizenship even if you don't live there.
100% of being pulled aside an question unless a vip company clears you. Have return flight. Have the cash required 20k and have a vip company run it by immigration before hand. Small price to avoid the risk
yah he needs to be up front too so they can check if they can accept them as a customer. If they got some overstay in the file as well they need more time to pre clear him. Not something to leave till last second. He should contact them now many days out
this. Gonna get sent to level three interrogation unless he gets his dodgy history pre cleared by a fast track service ahead of time. Then get dtv in Germany
it's flagged for DTV, LTR, Elite. It can also be a point they hassle you for when you land on exempt, tr, metv. Glad it worked out for you in your individual case where you got lucky
Just note that there is a high chance of being pulled aside for questioning if you land in BKk a few days before the end of the METV. You may face less hassle at other points of entry