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Went to some (scam?) visa shop for foreigners today. It was pouring and couldn't find a taxi so figured I'd ask some questions. Spoke to an Irish guy who said the six month visa that was posted about a few weeks ago isn't coming after the bs in Bangkok.

He said best bet go to Vientiane visa office and get a dual entry visa lasts six months. Doesn't seem like many people in this thread do that. Any reason why?

cool haven't heard of that, will look into vientiane

I donno, vientianne sounds kinda scammy, is that even a real city?

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Must be Chaweng only. Lamai plays by its own rules as per usual.

I would guess so, but mostly in the area of land/company ownership is where I would expect to see the most changes.

John Travolta is the Real Deal... The very best in the Dance Floor!!!

Not here in Snooky, for sure!!! Since Sunday always ****ing raining

He's talking out of his arse. It's been approved (pretty sure the vote was even after the first bomb) and "Multiple entry visas will become available 60 days after the regulation is published in the Royal Gazette."

This has been the best value thing to do forever yeah, and Vientiane is the best, easiest, most popular consulate for Double entry visas. I'm getting this in a week but fully expect after 4-6 months to be able to transition to the new 6 month visa.

Vientiane is the Capital of Laos, you moron...

And Laos is a country, OK??? With a border with Thailand!!! lol

I just checked a world map, turns out you're right and I'm a moron. You're obviously a lot smarter than me.

I've never trusted anyone who uses multiple exclamation/question marks online, or type random WORDS in caps for effect.

I didn't even know fake cities were a thing

TY

Seems like a smart thing to do!! lol

lol oops. i'd only spoken to people living on ko tao samui and phuket and didn't realise vientiane is a pretty common way to do it. had never heard of it previously.

doesn't matter anyway, probably get swept away by this flood before my visa has time to expire

Is there any information yet on how long each entry on this multiple entry visa will be valid for?

I mean, if it's 6 months multiple entry, but each entry is only for 30 days, then it's pretty useless. If each entry is for a maximum 6 months, it's awesome. I haven't been able to find out an answer to that in all the articles I have read.

Aren't there Visa Service companies that will, for a fee, take care of getting you the best long-term visa possible?

http://www.thailandvisasservice.com/

Says they have an office in Samui too.

The best possible long-term visa is 3 months unless you are a student, married, retired, working with a work permit or an employer. Most of us here are none of those things.

Anyone ever flown with thai lion air? They seem a lot cheaper than the rest of the low budget flights.

I tryed to see if there were additional payments like bags etc, but it didn't show up..

So my question is, is it included in the price??

Nvm i just saw on there website 15kg free, man these guys are awesome and cheap as fckkk

Right, but good "Visa Service" companies usually provide the documents you need to satisfy one of the categories.

Totally different story here, but many years ago I obtained a 5-year multi-entry visa to Ukraine. I used a Visa Service company and they provided me with some bogus business letter from a legit Ukrainian company that said I was needed to perform some task blah blah, anyway those documents were enough to satisfy the Ukrainian Emabassy in Wash, D.C. A good Visa Service company should be able to give you the documentation you need to get a work, retired, or whatever Visa is most appropriate for you. Of course it comes with a fee.

Most of the Visa Service companies I read about ITT seem to be simply travel escorts to the border and back, that's not a real Visa Service company, which again for a fee, should be able to provide you with documentation to obtain a long-term visa.

The thing about Thailand is if they sniff around and deem it to be bogus you are kicked out and likely banished for a period of time. Just not worth it from that standpoint. They want to know you are going to school speak Thai etc. so they might be checking up on that type of thing.

Yeap!! Bangkok - Phucket, less than 20$
I did not bring bags

Yeah, these visa companies can do that, but in practice they charge more than what it costs to become a full time student and get a student visa anyway (and a language school will organise your visa for you for no fee). Anyone can get themselves a business visa here by opening a company, but it costs more to do that than it does to study.