Originally Posted by
Tchiowa
You will never be asked to prove funds, but if you are, the credit card is enough. It's only 10,000 THB (~$300US). If you're nervous, carry cash.
That's fine, and if it came down to it I'd certainly carry cash. But, I don't usually walk around with much more than $20 anyhow, and getting cash before arrival means a ripoff at Travelex as opposed to easy fee-free ATM withdrawals. So I just wanted to know if I absolutely had to do it or not.
Originally Posted by
Tchiowa
But unless you look like a homeless person who just left the street, you won't be asked.
It seems like a lot of formerly unenforced rules have been changing lately, so I just want to err on the side of caution.
Originally Posted by
Diplomatico
It isn't an "oddball requirement" nor is it a "curveball". While it may technically be a rule somewhere in the written immigration minutiae, it isn't enforced.
Sorry you didn't like my choice of colloquialisms. But no, whether or not I'll need a wad of cash to get into the place isn't something I usually have to consider when visiting a country.
And for the record, maybe you consider this a "minutiae", but here is the link to the page on the official Ministry of Foreign Affairs web site that very clearly states the requirement - but doesn't clearly state what satisfies it, hence my question:
http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/service...Exemption.html
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Has the OP checked passport expiration requirements, if that could be considered an oddball rule?
Thanks, all set there!
Originally Posted by
Tchiowa
BTW, for visa free entry, "proof of onward travel" means by air. Reservations for land travel don't qualify. And that will be checked, by the airline before you come to Thailand.
Understood (thanks to the presence of several good threads on this), and I will have printouts of all itineraries with ticket #s, routings, pax names, etc.
Apologies if this thread came off as needlessly paranoid or whatnot, but as someone who has been watching the current events from the outside in and planning a trip that is now upcoming, it look to me that over the last few months the times have been a-changin' over there, and what may have once indeed been a piece of "immigration minutiae" may the next day become a hard-and-fast go/no-go. It seems that quite a few formerly lax rules have been tightened up lately, and I'd rather be safe than sorry!