how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

30 days, of course, but...

If I get stamped into Thailand on Apr 1st at 12 noon, say, is my last
day in Thailand April 30th, or is it the 31st, provided I get out
before noon? Thanks.

how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

"AsiaWanderer" wrote in message
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30 days, of course, but...

If I get stamped into Thailand on Apr 1st at 12 noon, say, is my last
day in Thailand April 30th, or is it the 31st, provided I get out
before noon? Thanks.

I am convinced "days" are discrete in this respect. The arrival date is the
day number one (1) in the 30 day frame regardless the precise time you are
arriving in the kingdom (and go through the immigration booth). There are
only 30 days in April by the way. Anyways, the first day is on 1st April and
the 30th day on 30th April (you must be through the passport control
23:59:59,99), so since (and including) 1st May you have passed the 30 day
limit and are subject to fines for being illegally in the country.

how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

"AsiaWanderer" schreef in bericht
om...
30 days, of course, but...

If I get stamped into Thailand on Apr 1st at 12 noon, say, is my last
day in Thailand April 30th, or is it the 31st, provided I get out
before noon? Thanks.

My last couple of 30 day stamps into Thailand read as follows:

admitted 22 August 2003 until 20 September 2003
admitted 13 November 2003 until 12 December 2003
admitted 18 March 2004 until 16 April 2004

how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

Markku Grönroos wrote:


Anyways, the first day is on 1st
April and the 30th day on 30th April (you must be through the passport
control 23:59:59,99)

I was told to look for the arrival and departure times as scheduled for my
flight. If you pass the passport control at 23:50, but your flight is
scheduled to leave at 00:20, even these 20 minutes will be counted as a
full day. And exactly this fact seems to be the reason why many of the
nightly flights to europe are scheduled for 23:59, not for 00:00.

Michael

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how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

"Michael Mayer" wrote in message
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full day. And exactly this fact seems to be the reason why many of the
nightly flights to europe are scheduled for 23:59, not for 00:00.

This is not the reason. The notation has nothing to do with the Thai entry
regulations for foreign tourists but is a universal practice in the air
travel industry to cope with 12 hour clocks. Naturally it may be projected
into a 24 hour clock used in a printed timetable. Not so long ago in this
group was a thread which was touched this dilemma. The time is typically
spelled as "11:59pm" to avoid 12:00pm/am ambiguity.

how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ...
"AsiaWanderer" wrote in message
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30 days, of course, but...

If I get stamped into Thailand on Apr 1st at 12 noon, say, is my last
day in Thailand April 30th, or is it the 31st, provided I get out
before noon? Thanks.

I am convinced "days" are discrete in this respect. The arrival date is the
day number one (1) in the 30 day frame regardless the precise time you are
arriving in the kingdom (and go through the immigration booth). There are
only 30 days in April by the way. Anyways, the first day is on 1st April and
the 30th day on 30th April (you must be through the passport control
23:59:59,99), so since (and including) 1st May you have passed the 30 day
limit and are subject to fines for being illegally in the country.

Yup! I have often arrived and been stamped by immigration at 11:50pm
or thereabouts. That counts as the first day. On the few times I've
gone through at 12:01am or later, I get an extra day.

how long is a Thai "30 day visa".
 

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 22:44:20 +0200, Michael Mayer
wrote:

Markku Grönroos wrote:


Anyways, the first day is on 1st
April and the 30th day on 30th April (you must be through the passport
control 23:59:59,99)

I was told to look for the arrival and departure times as scheduled for my
flight. If you pass the passport control at 23:50, but your flight is
scheduled to leave at 00:20, even these 20 minutes will be counted as a
full day. And exactly this fact seems to be the reason why many of the
nightly flights to europe are scheduled for 23:59, not for 00:00.

A good theory, but I don't think that's the reason. Flights anywhere
in the world are always scheduled for either 23:59 or 00:01 to avoid
any ambiguity as to which day departure is on. If they scheduled a
flight for, say, 00:00 on Tuesday 6th April passengers would be
confused as to whether the flight was leaving Monday night or Tuesday
night.