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[dksharron]

I just returned from Vientiane visa-less.

I offered bank books / copies / lease info, etc.  A ticket was not requested.

I have made visa runs to Singapore, Penang, Vientiane, Savanakhet, Phnom Penh, etc. for the past nine years and received single and double entry stamps.  This is the first time I have ever been refused.

I was told, "too many stamps", but did not lose the visa fee.

So, it was back to Nongkhai for a 15 day entry.

My regular hotel in Phnom Penh just told me "No problem for us getting our patrons visas here."

So, back to PP.

[Mario2008]

PP will be single and probably take 4 days.

Living in Thailand on tourist visas is getting increasingly difficult, if you want to stay longtime in Thailand you might want to look at other options, such as an ED-visa.

[necronx99]

I would hazard that offering bank books, leases etc only reaffirms to them that you are not infact a tourist?

[crille30]

ok just get a new passport,easy and you can start over.

[Mario2008]

1 unhelpful post deleted, as ws a reply to it.

No need to discuss pople staying continously on toruist visas, we had quit a few of those threads already, so let's stay on topic.

[simple1]

crille30, on 2012-05-25 11:45:15, said:

ok just get a new passport,easy and you can start over.

Is that correct/ Wouldn't immigration computers track your visits/visas by name in passport?

[elliss]

simple1, on 2012-05-25 13:09:52, said:

crille30, on 2012-05-25 11:45:15, said:

ok just get a new passport,easy and you can start over.

Is that correct/ Wouldn't immigration computers track your visits/visas by name in passport?

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[beano2274]

simple1, on 2012-05-25 13:09:52, said:

crille30, on 2012-05-25 11:45:15, said:

ok just get a new passport,easy and you can start over.

Is that correct/ Wouldn't immigration computers track your visits/visas by name in passport?

The Consulates and Embassies of Thailand do not, as I am lead to believe, have direct contact with Immigration, and also there is no database available for the Embassies to check how many visas or passports you have, they can only do it by physically looking at a passport

[crille30]

simple1, on 2012-05-25 13:09:52, said:

crille30, on 2012-05-25 11:45:15, said:

ok just get a new passport,easy and you can start over.

Is that correct/ Wouldn't immigration computers track your visits/visas by name in passport?

No they dont do that:i did it recently because my passport was almost full and could start over.

[Nana Cowboy]

crille30, on 2012-05-25 11:45:15, said:

ok just get a new passport,easy and you can start over.

When I came to Thailand my first year, I went to PP to get a tourist visa and the embassy guy had a printout of every entry and exit to and from the country. I always wonder why people think getting a new passport somehow wipes their history clean. That experience was way back in 2004 when PP was cracking down but those days are over

[visarunner]

They have all records, but,normally, the Thai Embassies, do not check in the computer, just go through visually through your passport.

[dksharron]

Getting an ed-Visa now.

In the past, only a few years ago, The Thai consulate in Savanakhet would request bank book copies, and that is why I took them.

My most recent passport was obtained here, so Immigration computer records do connect all nine year of my staying here, on both passports.

[louse1953]

That's the risk you take when rorting the system.

[Suradit69]

Mario2008, on 2012-05-25 12:38:57, said:

1 unhelpful post deleted, as ws a reply to it.

No need to discuss pople staying continously on toruist visas, we had quit a few of those threads already, so let's stay on topic.

But aren't most of these "helpful" posts suggesting ways of circumventing or subverting the authority of Thai Immigrations?