Lord Toad Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 A good friend who comes and goes a lot at the moment is now always delayed at the airport as they count days in country from several entries since October 1. The other evening the immigration officer even suggested he get a visa when he comes to stop the delay! When asked if he had to the answer was a shrug. Seems the manual counting of days for regular visitors at immigration is causing increasing problems and pissing off the immigration officers. Why on earth the much vaunted computer system can not do it can only be attributed to TIT. However on another board there are suggestions this 90 in 180 day ruling will end soon. From my friends and other's experience it looks like the immigration officers have had enough of it: so maybe it will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 would be good news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Or it could get worse, and they could just say 3 Visa stamps in a 90 day period or 6 month period etc...and REALLY fuck shit up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Just get a multi-entry, O-visa, good for one year. $125 USD. Problem solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Toad Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 That would be stupid as it would stop Thialand being a tourist hub for the region. Fly to Bangkok then visit surrounding countries returning to BKK as base. Of course that was part of the master plan for the new airport and all the cheap airlines! Mind you TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I would suggest a PM to Thaihome as he seems to have sussed the whole thing out and even has a calculation to prove it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 If I could just add correctly TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Had a few oil workers get hit for only 26 days due to the 90 in 180 rule. They will have to go back early or get a visa in Penang or something as they are not going back to the UK. A stupid rule, ill thought out and in no way making the people it was supposed to affect actually go legitimate. Thailand has got to come up with a sensible way of operating businesses here and being inside the legal system instead of continual knee jerk reactions like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 got into LOS for the 5. time since october (with close to 60 days now) and they did not count the days at all. got a 30 days stamp as usual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Went to Mae Sai immigration on Tuesday to get a thirty day extension on a sixty day tourist visa, prepared to pay the 1900B. They told me to go to the border, cross over and I'd get a thirty day exemption on return. No charge, other than the 500B Burma immigration fee. My last exemption ran out 28th December, the last of about three dozen concurrent ones. Looks like it's all gone in the 'too hard basket'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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