Hi, Yes for me it is the only way to can stay in Thailand. In the year 2000 Thailand and the Netherlands have sign a social agreement. That agreement give Thailand and or the Netherlands the right to control the people that have from the Netherlands their pension. The working class in the Netherlands have that pension after 50 years off working, but some time's if you are not working that time than your pension is less, that is in my case. So I do not have 800.000 THB on a Thai bank and my yearly income is only 540.000 THB. So and I stay here already for 13 years and I have spend in that time more than 6.000.000 I know that this spending give not the right to can stay here. But I can't go back to the Netherlands and where is a litle bit the humanity where is the pardon or sorry rule for the people that stay a long time. My money is not muts but I know that I have doing good thinks whit that litle. I was paying for some studens their school money; I have send some Thai to school now their can make their own money. And what can I do; I can pray for a tourist visa I hope that Bhudda can hear me. The consul from Penang make a verry bad move it cost Thailand money just on that time I'm wondering what the PM think about this.

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billshot64

Go to KL and show you bank account with some funds in it and yoyu should have no problems in getting a tourist visa.
See the reply I got from them in the other thread about the penang visa issue.

hi been to penang also. the last time i went there is my fourth time and they reject my application. the reason is that i been there three times already. and the guy at the counter advice me to get a non-immig visa (which i dont really understood) . so some people advice me to enrolled in thai language to get a one year visa. i dont really intend to stay for another year and i dont want to spend 26,000Kbht for that. i just need to stay for few more months. so i decided to fly out and fly in. then i got a new 30 days visa. (or lets say 28 days) i want to know now is, if i can do a visa run directly to malaysian border or do i have to do the ranong run first. is there anyone who can help me with this. (i intend to go to KB this time) thank you and have a niceday everyone

There is no visa run on a 30 day visa exempt entry (it is not a visa) - that (30 days) is all it allows. If you do a border run you would get a 15 day visa exempt entry. The Ranong run would be the same as any other border run - 15 days. Expect you may not obtain a visa in KB either. KL would be your best bet in that area - or Vientiane in Laos where you could obtain a two entry tourist visa.

hi lopburi
thanks for ur reply. i still have till aug.21 to think of a best way to do this visa thing. some people say that if u fly out and fly in then apply again for tourist visa across the border the consulate will give u another 60 days visa. (and 30 days extension at the immigration office) i hope that this will be the case. since i still need to stay here till end of february.
anyway thanks again

Hi there; and if I show a proof off income what I can have from the Dutch embassy.
Is then K.L. the richt place.

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billshot64

Not sure about that, they just mailed me saying that if you are in thailand longer then 3 months they will still issue a tourist visa but need to show some money in your bank account. They didn't say how much but I wouild think that 50 to 75K would be more then sufficient.

you can buy beer in every chinese restaurant in the center.....

Can anyone confirm this?

If a person has only one previous tourist visa with an extension will they be refused another tourist visa?

Also confirmed by a thaivisa member, check this out:

Define holiday ??

I have been on holiday for the last 10 years through 3 countries..

The situation posted by "likewise" doesn't confirm my question exactly.

He had 2 back-to-back visas. I'm asking about what would happen if a person had only 1 tourist visa with extension.

I have a friend who will be going back to Penang soon to get another tourist visa and he has only one tourist visa in his passport with one extension.

Seriously.... I was hoping to get some info in this thread only to find 13 pages where 95% is crying, complaining etc.....
Not very helpfull. and a sad way to start out with my first post in a new forum. Maybe this info has been posed already. I just gave up reading the thread with all the whining (from both sides)

Anyway. Just for information : I have 5 back2back single entry tourist visa in my passport without overstay or extensions, and I was almost certain that they wouldnt give me a new one, so I did a lot of checking on Chulia st, penang. Both the Indians and Banana have their fair share of problems with new visa, but I decided to give it a shot anyway. I went to banana where their fee is 50 baht compared to NJ's 200. 4 of the passports where rejected that day at banana, but mine wasnt one of them. So now I have 6 b2b TR S visa in my passport

Thanks for the update vinceentz.

Go to this thread where there is no moaning going on

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Penang-Visa-...te-t283312.html

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It is another attempt to weed out the illegal workers and long stay
people who do not meet the retirement or marriage criteria.
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This is correct can you blame them the are tighting the screws on all visa runners been doing this over the last 2 to 3 years or have you lot been sleeping.

Time for you lot to go to another country and spread your wild oats there.

Hi there have some one an idea how I can get to Udon from Songkhla city?

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billshot64

You could fly from Hatyai/Bangkok/Udon. You could take train Hatyai/Bangkok/Udon. You could take bus Bangkok/Udon.

It is a long distance but good transport between them.

Time to get a new passport ?

I don't believe you. I'm calling nonsense.

No one would be silly enough to get 6 back-to-back single entry tourist visas without extensions. That's madness, especially considering double-entry tourist visas are available locally for about the same effort as a trip to Penang.

One thing you'll realise from reading this forum. We don't all believe everthing that is posted.

This post has been edited by tropo: 2009-08-24 08:22:27

true dat, my nizzle!

Not all of us are here stealing Thai jobs, money, being losers, or effing off the system for kicks.

some of us can afford to holiday longer than you.