@Ni**

tourists planning long trips to a number of countries prepare the necessary visa in their home country before they travel. People who stay already in Thailand and need extra time are not tourists. And of course the fact a lot of people profit from this bypassing the system might keep it alive.

@Steven ********

just pay for the service...

@James ******

As top 5% you should just buy elite visa to solve all your problems.

@Andriy **************************

I think Thailand has visa for almost every purpose, so everybody who is not a dummy can just apply for a visa. Staying for a long time in most other countries also needs to apply visa, so why should Thailand be different?

@James ******

there is no 2 exempt land crossing rule. Of course they can make rules different, but stricter rules means real tourist get inconvenience, because there is a hardcore group trying to live in Thailand, refusing to buy a visa for their purpose. And don't forget, for long term tourists METV exists, but of course you can try to profit from free entries as long as it gets, but the visa exempt just is tot created for that purpose, and by using it, you accept that you depend from the individual officer.

@Garrett **********

All countries shoul use it by now.

@Ni**

This sounds like an advertisement from agents offering border runs for visa exempt.

When you call METV and DTV too much paperwork you cannot be taken serious.

When you spend about 10 to 15 minutes, you can have done the application for METV or DTV online, getting in and out the country every 60 days is costing far more time...

It is normal that a country wants people to pay for a visa when they stay for a long time, not just to earn money, but have more control.

And I know the visa exempt is big bussiness for some companies, but that does not make it correct.

@Caz ****

they are not turning away genuine tourists on an exemption, only people who misuse the system. Vietnam not even has visa exemption, and I do not hear complaints. The complaints here are not from tourists, but from people who made it a challenge to get in as many times as possible without paying for the proper visa. And about the Russians I agree with you.

@James *******

Spending is not enough to get access in Thailand and not the keyword here, paying teamoney is a completely different thing.

Even when you prove you buy house or condo gives you no more rights, the immigration officers are not interested in your financial situation, only in their own financial situation.

@James ******

visa exempt only for certain countries, and that list is not as long as Thai list, and also the 90 days cannot be back to back