ft101

That may be logical, but that doesn't make it true in Thailand. I have certainly heard of credit cards meeting the requirements when this issue has been flavour of the month in the past.
If the immigration officer in front of you accepts it then it's good. If not then you're out unless you have a plan B.

eccentricfusion

I've seen a pair selling photos at Chong Nonsi BTS before. They were only around during the day, didn't see them at night, but they were there at least two days in a row the week that I saw them.

Oldtiger

Im just trying to picture the situation.

IO to Pax: I see that in the past 12 months you have a large number of back-to-back visa except and tourist visas in your passport. Do you have 20K Baht on you?

Pax to IO: No I don’t carry cash, but I do have an AMEX Plat card.

IO to Pax: That’ll do nicely sir. Have a nice day.

In your dreams.

Rami Tamimi

But how miserable should someone be if they dont have a couple of friends who can give/lend 50$ each for a ticket back home?

Plato90s

Hypothetically, if I'm in that situation I'd walk over to King Power and find an employee to offer a compromise where I'd buy 23,000 bht worth of merchandise using the AMEX Plat card which I'd give to that person in exchange for 20,000bht cash.

ft101

Your location shows as BKK. You should know that truth is often stranger than fiction. Joking aside, the CC (perhaps along with a recent statement) has been mentioned before and I've no doubt has worked on occasions.

Oldtiger

I like you’re thinking… definitely outside of the box ^… but I think you’ll have to resort to Plan B…. those poor shop assistance earn less than 10K BHT/month and it’s unlikely they’ll have more than 100 Baht in their pocket.

travelinmanS

This is a lame requirement since cash is so infrequently used in many countries with large tourist populations to Thailand (Scandinavia and China are two major almost cashless societies).

I'm sure it's to ferret out the "long stay" tourists but it seems the best way to secure your entry if you want to stay for a long time is to pony up and buy the Thailand Elite card. They ain't denying those people entry :-)

invisible

I've seen a typical Western hippy guy in his 20s, with a guitar, sign in Chinese and Malay singing and a hat with coins on the foot bridge to CIQ (Singapore-Malaysia border) on Malaysian side about month ago. I have serious doubts that that guy will make to Singapore even if he has enough money.

If he has 10m view from his video, google should already paid to him $10K - if my information is correct, 1000 views generates $1 to the content creator.

eccentricfusion

How much YouTube creators make changes based on their CPM. It isn't a flat value across the board. Of course, any questionable content can also be demonetized.

Oldtiger

A Thailand (basic) Elite Card for a 5 year visa costs 1 million Baht enrolment fee plus VAT. Anyone who can afford 1 million plus Baht to spend on this visa is not going to worry about a showing mere 2K Baht to the IO.

rbAA

It seems that foreigners who come into Thailand frequently, with visa exempt stamps and/or 90 day visas, and having more than 6 months in a 12 month period in country showing in their passports can be the targets. A friend of a friend, who was under the retirement age though is "retired" here, had some questions to answer recently upon entry. so, it appears to be the rotating crackdown on foreigners who may be targetted as potentially working illegally. The 20k THB requirement is for a family. Individual is 10k THB which is only 10-1000 baht notes, so easy to carry around. See the sign in post 15.

Of course, coming through the Priority lane and having a 1 year Non O Retirement visa, plus multi-entry endorsement, I never have any issue. I might start carrying my US Consulate notarized income statement used for the 1 year retirement visa, but doubt it would be necessary.

Never considered Thai Privilege as their charges are extreme. Though, if someone doesn't qualify for the retirement visa, there may be some benefit at the lower levels to fastrack to a longer term visa, 5 to 20 years depending upon how much you pay them. They advertise that US$60,000 will get you set for life. I doubt the couple selling photos in the previous post would consider this option, no matter how good the photo sales might be.

On the issue of ATM fees, I find it easier to have a US account (since the Thai banks really don't pay much interest and foreigners are not allowed to play the stock market with an in-country account.) Citibank is the easiest as they have enough branches in Bangkok, and with Citigold (or Priority,) no ATM fees at Citibank ATM's, forex transaction fees, and better exchange rates.

transpac

The 20k THB requirement is for a family. Individual is 10k THB which is only 10-1000 baht notes, so easy to carry around. See the sign in post 15.


I am under the impression that the individual cash requirement for a Visa on Arrival, is 10,000 THB.

But for those with a visa, or from a Tourist Visa Exempt country, the individual requirement is 20,000 THB.


http://www.consular.go.th/main/th/cu...itled-for.html

:D!

On my most recent visit I brought five US$100 bills, which I changed to 17K baht at Super Rich. This wouldn't have fulfilled the requirement, but I only spent 8000 baht during my stay (including hotel which I paid in cash)...

TheMadeTraveler

There is requirement of 20,000 baht per person and 40,000 per family. Below documents are also required:

Passport or travel document with a validity not less than 6 months
Visa application form (filled out)
One(1) recent 4x6cm. photograph of the applicant
Round-trip air ticket or e-ticket (paid in full)

For more information, visit http://www.thaiembassy.com/thailand/...urist-visa.php