phuketrichard wrote:yea yea yea;
an this article came out after both of urs did
Granted its ONLY another thai buffon

Thailand police: Foreigners not required to carry passports at all times

The UK goverment website is NOT dated before your article.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand wrote:Still current at:20 February 2016
Updated:11 February 2016

read the thanks on thiai visa to the commander for setting the record straight;

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/747 ... commander/

Thaivisa?


Next u will be quoting Lonely Planet guide

You still don't get it? It doesn't fucking matter what anyone says. As this OP points out, the thai cops enforce or don't enforce the law when they feel like it, but it's still the fucking law. If what the idiot immigration commander said is true, the incident in the OP wouldn't have happened. It did happen. It does happen. It will contineue to happen when it suits their mood. You can waive your thaivisa article in their face if they stop you for your passport. i doubt it will do much good.

Rutiger wrote:Thaivisa?


Next u will be quoting Lonely Planet guide

You still don't get it? It doesn't fucking matter what anyone says. As this OP points out, the thai cops enforce or don't enforce the law when they feel like it, but it's still the fucking law. If what the idiot immigration commander said is true, the incident in the OP wouldn't have happened. It did happen. It does happen. It will contineue to happen when it suits their mood. You can waive your thaivisa article in their face if they stop you for your passport. i doubt it will do much good.

The rule has already passed , some one I met is banned for a year from January 4th 2016 for a 4 month overstay and this is from the horse's mouth not Thai visa or bkk post.

bkktrapper wrote:

Rutiger wrote:Thaivisa?


Next u will be quoting Lonely Planet guide

You still don't get it? It doesn't fucking matter what anyone says. As this OP points out, the thai cops enforce or don't enforce the law when they feel like it, but it's still the fucking law. If what the idiot immigration commander said is true, the incident in the OP wouldn't have happened. It did happen. It does happen. It will contineue to happen when it suits their mood. You can waive your thaivisa article in their face if they stop you for your passport. i doubt it will do much good.

The rule has already passed , some one I met is banned for a year from January 4th 2016 for a 4 month overstay and this is from the horse's mouth not Thai visa or bkk post.

The new overstay rule was never in doubt here. The initial question was whether THE LAW states that foreigners need to carry their passports with them, and it does. It IS the law, and selective enforcement by Thai police doesn't change that fact. Some police may (or may not) let you get away with a carrying copies of the key pages, but that doesn't change the letter of the law.

if a copper wants to see my passport he can follow me back to my room, fuck carrying it around with me, what if someone steals my handbag?

I feel like I'm seeing this row in stereo... it's going on full blast on Thaivisa too. For me, it's simple - carry a passport or expect a night in the cells. That's the reality of what happens here in Thailand. The actual law is, as always in South East Asia, irrelevant to what happens or doesn't happen.

you will NOT be arrested; (jamie they will not follow you back to your room) LOL
you MIGHT be detained until someone can bring your passport to the police station, ( as what happened to the people in the article) and than will be let go, no charge, no fine
If you cant produce your passport than u will be arrested

Thailand is not Kansas

phuketrichard wrote:you will NOT be arrested; (jamie they will not follow you back to your room) LOL
you MIGHT be detained until someone can bring your passport to the police station, ( as what happened to the people in the article) and than will be let go, no charge, no fine
If you cant produce your passport than u will be arrested

Thailand is not Kansas

Are these immigration coppers ?



If so which one takes bananas for bribes and which one takes money I cannot decide?