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Thailand Visa question
First thing you need to do is tell us what passport you carry. If
you're American or Brit or Aussie you don't even need a 30 day visa. Just show up. Thai Immigration will not check your plane ticket. However, the airline that flies you in might check. If they do, they will want to see a visa that applies from the arrival date to departure date on your ticket. If the airline realizes that the 60 day visa isn't enough, they might still refuse you. I'm on a British passport, so figured that I could get a 30 day when landing in BK. I'm flying out of Sydney on Quantas, and that sounds like the only place where I could come unstuck. Just how likely is it that they will check for visa requirments prior to flight? Is this standard airline procedure, or is it simply a case of it being 'thai immigration's' problem, rather than their lookout? |
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"Queequak" schreef in bericht ... First thing you need to do is tell us what passport you carry. If you're American or Brit or Aussie you don't even need a 30 day visa. Just show up. Thai Immigration will not check your plane ticket. However, the airline that flies you in might check. If they do, they will want to see a visa that applies from the arrival date to departure date on your ticket. If the airline realizes that the 60 day visa isn't enough, they might still refuse you. I'm on a British passport, so figured that I could get a 30 day when landing in BK. I'm flying out of Sydney on Quantas, and that sounds like the only place where I could come unstuck. Just how likely is it that they will check for visa requirments prior to flight? Is this standard airline procedure, or is it simply a case of it being 'thai immigration's' problem, rather than their lookout? Normally the airline should check, but if you have a good story + preferably supporting evidence (do you have a Vietnamese visa in your passport?), they will let you travel to Thailand. Don't worry, you won't have a problem. Sjoerd |
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HI TOM,
YES YOU CAN GET A VISA ON ARRIVAL BUT ON THE ENTRY FORM YOU WILL NEED TO PUT AN ADDRESS OF WHERE YOU ARE STAYING UNLESS YOU ARE ON A PACKAGE TOUR.I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY DAYS/WEEKS YOU WILL GET.WITH ME IT VARIED EVERY TIME(PROBABLY TO DO WITH IF THE GUY ON DUTY IS HAVING A BAD DAY OR NOT)(NO JOKE!!)ONCE YOU HAVE GOT YOUR ENTRY VISA YOU WILL HAVE TO RENEW IT IF YOU INTEND TO STAY LONGER BECAUSE IF YOU LET IT LAPSE YOU WILL BE FINED FOR EVERY DAY YOU OVERSTAY I THINK IT WAS ABOUT £1.60 PER DAY AT IMMIGRATION IN BANGKOK OR DOUBLE ON DEPARTURE AT THE AIRPORT OR BORDER POST.IF YOU ARE IN BANGKOK THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IS IN WIRELESS RD.GO A FEW DAYS BEFORE AND PICK UP A FORM,GET YOUR PHOTOS DONE,AND THEN PICK A 'DAY'!! WHEN YOU HAV'NT PLANNED TO ANYTHING!!BECAUSE,UNLESS YOU ARE VERY LUCKY,OR YOUR GOD HAS SMILED UPON YOU,THIS IS HOW LONG YOU WILL WAIT 'MINIMUM' FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO STAY IN THAILAND AND SPEND YOUR MONEY THERE.I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE HAVING TO GO BACK THE NEXT DAY AND LINE UP AND WAIT TO PICK UP THEIR VISA RENEWAL ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN GIVEN 14 DAYS EXTRA.IF YOU HAVE THE TIME/MONEY YOU WOULD BE BETTER TO GO BORDER HOPPING,WHICH IS WHAT I ENDED UP DOING,AND GOING AND HAVING A LOOK AT SOME OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA,AND GETTING ANOTHER VISA ON ARRIVAL,BUT AGAIN,IF YOU ONLY HAVE A TICKET INTO THAILAND AND NOT A RETURN TICKET OUT WHO KNOWS HOW LONG YOU'LL GET?GOOD LUCK!! |
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"SPIDER" schreef in bericht lkabouttravelling.com... HI TOM, YES YOU CAN GET A VISA ON ARRIVAL BUT ON THE ENTRY FORM YOU WILL NEED TO PUT AN ADDRESS OF WHERE YOU ARE STAYING UNLESS YOU ARE ON A PACKAGE TOUR.I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY DAYS/WEEKS YOU WILL GET.WITH ME IT VARIED EVERY TIME(PROBABLY TO DO WITH IF THE GUY ON DUTY IS HAVING A BAD DAY OR NOT)(NO JOKE!!)ONCE YOU HAVE GOT YOUR ENTRY VISA YOU WILL HAVE TO RENEW IT IF YOU INTEND TO STAY LONGER BECAUSE IF YOU LET IT LAPSE YOU WILL BE FINED FOR EVERY DAY YOU OVERSTAY I THINK IT WAS ABOUT £1.60 PER DAY AT IMMIGRATION IN BANGKOK OR DOUBLE ON DEPARTURE AT THE AIRPORT OR BORDER POST.IF YOU ARE IN BANGKOK THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IS IN WIRELESS RD.GO A FEW DAYS BEFORE AND PICK UP A FORM,GET YOUR PHOTOS DONE,AND THEN PICK A 'DAY'!! WHEN YOU HAV'NT PLANNED TO ANYTHING!!BECAUSE,UNLESS YOU ARE VERY LUCKY,OR YOUR GOD HAS SMILED UPON YOU,THIS IS HOW LONG YOU WILL WAIT 'MINIMUM' FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO STAY IN THAILAND AND SPEND YOUR MONEY THERE.I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE HAVING TO GO BACK THE NEXT DAY AND LINE UP AND WAIT TO PICK UP THEIR VISA RENEWAL ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN GIVEN 14 DAYS EXTRA.IF YOU HAVE THE TIME/MONEY YOU WOULD BE BETTER TO GO BORDER HOPPING,WHICH IS WHAT I ENDED UP DOING,AND GOING AND HAVING A LOOK AT SOME OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA,AND GETTING ANOTHER VISA ON ARRIVAL,BUT AGAIN,IF YOU ONLY HAVE A TICKET INTO THAILAND AND NOT A RETURN TICKET OUT WHO KNOWS HOW LONG YOU'LL GET?GOOD LUCK!! 1) On 30+ entries to Thailand, they have never asked to see my return ticket at immigration, nor have they ever asked a single question. 2) on all these entries I have been given the max. number of days. (15 days until the mid -1990's or so, 30 days thereafter) 3) just put any hotel on your entry form. 4) the OP already told us that he will be travelling to Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos before his 30 days are up. 5) reading your message is easier if you don't use ALL CAPS. Sjoerd |
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EAC wrote:
Anyway. For this kind of stuff, it's better to ask the Thailand embassy directly, their standing is probably more valid than the comments from most posters of rec.travel.asia, unless most posters in rec.travel.asia worked in Thailand embassies and represent their embassies official stand when they write in rec.travel.asia. This is a question about how the rules get bent. The embassy is a useless place to ask that kind of thing. Their job is to tell you about the rules. There are two categories of people who can tell you about how rules get bent: 1) The people who apply the rules (i.e., the immigration inspectors at Don Muang airport) 2) The people who have (or have not) had the rules bent for them. One of these groups is represented here in this newsgroup. The other, I'd hazard a guess, are pretty hard to come by online. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu |
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I think Qantas will view your immigration status in Thailand as an issue for
the Thais, particularly as you are carrying a ticket out of Thailand at a later date. "Sjoerd" wrote in message ... "Queequak" schreef in bericht ... First thing you need to do is tell us what passport you carry. If you're American or Brit or Aussie you don't even need a 30 day visa. Just show up. Thai Immigration will not check your plane ticket. However, the airline that flies you in might check. If they do, they will want to see a visa that applies from the arrival date to departure date on your ticket. If the airline realizes that the 60 day visa isn't enough, they might still refuse you. I'm on a British passport, so figured that I could get a 30 day when landing in BK. I'm flying out of Sydney on Quantas, and that sounds like the only place where I could come unstuck. Just how likely is it that they will check for visa requirments prior to flight? Is this standard airline procedure, or is it simply a case of it being 'thai immigration's' problem, rather than their lookout? Normally the airline should check, but if you have a good story + preferably supporting evidence (do you have a Vietnamese visa in your passport?), they will let you travel to Thailand. Don't worry, you won't have a problem. Sjoerd |
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SJOERD,
IF YOU REQUIRE MORE THAN 30 DAYS ie:90 DAYS AS I DID BECAUSE I WAS LIVING IN BANGKOK AND PAYING THE RENT ON A CONDO,YOU HAVE TO GO TO IMMIGRATION. I USE CAPS LOCK WHEN I email BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY MANY OF MY FRIENDS IN SE ASIA TO DO SO AS THEY FIND IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.MAJORITY RULES! THANK YOU, SPIDER. |
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