A good reason to ban visa runs

[allieb]

If you meet the Thais requirements for permanent residence, for retirement or investment, then get of your asses and get legal.

The requirements are fair. The Thais don't want a country full of permanent cheapo sex tourists. living on the smell of an oil rag.

What other country would allow these people to go back and forth across the border every month and stay forever.

I introduced a straight friend of mine to Thailand last year and took him to the disco at the Novotel in Siam. The place was busting at the seams with Russian whores. My friend brought one back. She told us that she lived in one room with 6 other girls and was protected by a Thai pimp. The pimp had a bus which he regularly packed with 40 girls who were driven to Malaysia and back on a visa run. A round trip journey of 36 hours.

Its shit like this the Thais want to stop. Wake up and understand there is a proper way for everything. If you meet the requirements then get legal. If you don't then fuck of back to your own country.

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Other countries where you can visa run indefinitely:

Brazil
Peru
Mexico
Philippines
Malaysia?
Cambodia
Argentina

Well. those are the ones I know about.

[allieb]

Other countries where you can visa run indefinitely:

Brazil
Peru
Mexico
Philippines
Malaysia?
Cambodia
Argentina

Well. those are the ones I know about.

I'll take your word for it, but I wonder in how many of the countries you mention, the facility abused like it is in Thailand. It's usually only when something is abused it gets withdrawn.

[TrongpaiExpat]

"It's usually only when something is abused it gets withdrawn."

I think it has more to do with playing the Thai national card and pandering to the Bangkok middle class than correcting some problem.

As a certain recent political figure found out, you can buy the Issan block but you have to make the bangkok middle class happy too.

Brazil
Peru
Mexico
Philippines
Malaysia?
Cambodia
Argentina

None of these exactly qualifies as a great example of a well-run country.

Besides, for every country you can name that do allow unlimited back-to-back visa-free visits, I can name 10 that don't.

expensive sex tourists ????

it aint gonna happen.

[allieb]

expensive sex tourists ????

it aint gonna happen.

No sweetie

Just think it's a good idea to make entry more difficult for the group who get us all a bad name and expect everything for next to nothing.

I have met so many Farang who stay on and on with little or no money.They don't legalize themselves. They can't because they are financially unstable.

I know someone in BKK no names mentioned but like me a Brit. He is working illegally. getting room and board and 20,000 baht a month to live on. (sorry exist on). He wont go home because in his own words he says " you can get boys here for next to nothing. In the U.K. at my age I couldn't get a dog to bark at me". Believe me Thailand is full of Farang like that and the quicker Thailand gets rid of them the better.

I rest my case

[yaraboy]

Well the new plan allowing 3 entries within 90 days will curtail many travel and business trips. Those like me who travel to Thailand 3 or so times a year and then travel to other countries may cut their trips or use other countries as gateways to Asia

[allieb]

Well the new plan allowing 3 entries within 90 days will curtail many travel and business trips. Those like me who travel to Thailand 3 or so times a year and then travel to other countries may cut their trips or use other countries as gateways to Asia

Get a one year multiple entry visa from The Thai Embassy / Consulate in your country. They are available and issued here at the Thai Consulate in Jeddah, the cost is 5,000 Baht. If you are doing business in Asia or travel more than 3 times a year to Thailand then you could easily afford it, so what's the problem. Get one and go in and out of Thailand a much as you like.

[Davey612]

Other countries where you can visa run indefinitely:

Brazil
Peru
Mexico
Philippines
Malaysia?
Cambodia
Argentina

Well. those are the ones I know about.

Wrong on Brazil. You have to stay out of the country for a long long time before another visa run. Check: "Not necessarily. The tourist visa allows for multiple entries in Brazil for five years (American, Australian and Canadian citizens only) for stays up to 90 days. You may request the Federal Police in Brazil for an extension of stay, provided it does not exceed 180 days. However, you should not assume the Federal Police will grant the extension. But remember that unless you carry a special visa (student visa or a long-term work visa) you cannot stay in Brazil more than 180 days per year (consecutive". It is from the Brazilian consulate in San Francisco, CA.