The new Thai Immigration General appears to be closing doors of repeat tourist visa abuse...
Tj
The new Thai Immigration General appears to be closing doors of repeat tourist visa abuse...
Tj
Tj
You appear to misunderstand the visa process. Visas are issued by consular officials without any reference to the Immigration database. Consular officials have only the passport in front of them to decide whether to grant a visa. If you read the Whiners & Whingers Forum (aka. Thaivisa) you will see multiple threads asking which consulates appear to have rules about this. What you have posted is simply a sign at one of these Consulates making what may be empty threats based on that well-known bogeyman, "authorities". Once the passport holder actually arrives at a Thai immigration post he then applies (by presenting the passport) for leave to enter for the purposes and the period stipulated on the Visa the consular officials granted. Only at that point is the Immigration database checked
If this sign was on Thai government-headed paper, signed by an Immigration official, and posted at every consulate in the region then your assertion of a crackdown might have more credibility
This is what was shared on a most reliable Facebook forum...as posted today on...
Thai visa advice....
"Arrived at the Consulate in Vientiane this morning to find this letter on the notice board."
Tj
Tj
sglad (December 17th, 2018)
Yup. You don't need access to any database to see the number of entry and exit stamps in a passport and if consular officials need to verify anything, Immigration is only a phone call or email away - there is a mechanism in place for them to check whether you have been abusing the tourist visa in order to stay in Thailand long term. People have been denied a new tourist visa because they've already had too many back-to-back tourist visas prior to the one they applied for. By the time you arrive at the point of entry, unless there are other irregularities that would prevent them from letting you through, the immigration officer will stamp you in on the basis that you have a valid visa.Originally Posted by travelerjim
frequent (December 17th, 2018)
Not always the case...recent postings on Thai visa advice facebook forum ....having a valid Tourist Visa in passport is not guaranteed entry.
Immigration Officers at Don Muang and Bangkok airports are known to deny entry based upon abuse of tourist visa.
Tj
Tj
How exactly does that contradict what I said? "Once the passport holder actually arrives at a Thai immigration post he then applies (by presenting the passport) for leave to enter for the purposes and the period stipulated on the Visa the consular officials granted."
travelerjim (December 17th, 2018)
As I said, a single consulate's opinion written on a scrap of paper that isn't even official letterhead. And reported via Facebook? I think that says it all. Fake news!Valuable advice from the Forum's foremost expert on complying with Thai visa rules
This has been an up/down situation for years with the policies constantly changing.
Considering the current xenophobic PM though, doesn't surprise me in the slightest they're tightening up policies such as this.
Piss off frequent. I don't have the privilege of being 55+ years old.
I know tow boys in Pattaya, one Lao, one Cambodian, who do regular border runs. To avoid this they “lose” their passports every 8 visits. This means one prolonged return home while the passport is re-issued.
Don’t ask me whether that’s the magic number of “allowable” visas, I have no idea.
frequent (December 17th, 2018)
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