Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:19 pm

crob wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:36 pm after 3 weeks of travelling Thailand all i can say is it feel the same as pre-covid, except, a few escaping Russians and no Chinese.

highlights - driving Mae Hong Son Loop(wish i gave my self a few extra days) and learning to scuba dive(holy fuck i think I've found a new addiction).

Lowlight - being piss drunk n talking a bite out of hash brownie i was planning to eat by the pool the next day, waking up a few hours later both drunk n stoned was fucked... and suit sales men, fuck i hate suit sales men.

And why are all the shirts they wear so shit?

Fat drunk westerners in vests, shorts and flip-flops, all in +30c / 70% humidity, does not strike me as a good source of customers for a 3-piece suit.

grumpygit wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:57 pm just learned today that for over 50s its allowed to travel from uk to bkk at least, on a one way ticket.

the reasoning being its so easy to convert a 45 day on arrival visa into a retirement visa.. apparently.

sorry if this is old news.

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:41 pm

grumpygit wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:57 pm just learned today that for over 50s its allowed to travel from uk to bkk at least, on a one way ticket.

the reasoning being its so easy to convert a 45 day on arrival visa into a retirement visa.. apparently.

sorry if this is old news.

is this word of mouth or is there an official statement?

Alex wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:14 pm

grumpygit wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:57 pm just learned today that for over 50s its allowed to travel from uk to bkk at least, on a one way ticket.

the reasoning being its so easy to convert a 45 day on arrival visa into a retirement visa.. apparently.

sorry if this is old news.

While it's true, in practice, that a visa exempt entry can be converted to a non-immigrant visa in country if you qualify, there's no official rule that exempts you from having an outbound flight if you plan to do so.

The reason being that it isn't airport immigration's job to assess if you do, in fact, qualify for such a conversion.

Anyway, immigration rarely asks, it's more likely your airline. As there's no such rule you could slap them with, if and when they do ask, you probably need to buy an outbound ticket or sign an indemnity form, at their discretion.

grumpygit wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:35 pm

Alex wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:14 pm

grumpygit wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:57 pm just learned today that for over 50s its allowed to travel from uk to bkk at least, on a one way ticket.

the reasoning being its so easy to convert a 45 day on arrival visa into a retirement visa.. apparently.

sorry if this is old news.

While it's true, in practice, that a visa exempt entry can be converted to a non-immigrant visa in country if you qualify, there's no official rule that exempts you from having an outbound flight if you plan to do so.

The reason being that it isn't airport immigration's job to assess if you do, in fact, qualify for such a conversion.

Anyway, immigration rarely asks, it's more likely your airline. As there's no such rule you could slap them with, if and when they do ask, you probably need to buy an outbound ticket or sign an indemnity form, at their discretion.

I actually had some issues with this a few years back. i was going Manchester uk to Phenom Pehn but my return ticket was HMC Vietnam back to Manchester. i got pulled out just before boarding the plane. and asked to explain myself by the gate crew.. they seemed a bit sceptical that it was an easy matter to catch a bus from PP to HMC and then my plane home. I didn't have to sign anything and in the end they just fobbed it off as one of the girls being new and a bit keen.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:01 am

grumpygit wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:57 pm just learned today that for over 50s its allowed to travel from uk to bkk at least, on a one way ticket.

the reasoning being its so easy to convert a 45 day on arrival visa into a retirement visa.. apparently.

sorry if this is old news.

Not necessarily true
Depends on the airline ur flying with . Many check