chickenrunCM

Last year I had was on a 60 day extension of my non-I visa.

I checked into a hotel in Bangkok, the receptionist checked my passport, looked at my TM7 and informed me I was on overstay.

I lifted my eyebrow and looked straight through her. As far as I know I don't have to justify any stamp to a hotel receptionist, only an immigration officer or policeman.

Are receptionists really qualified to check passports ?

What if that receptionist had phoned immigration and I got a visit ?

Are you payed and trained to do the job of an immigration officer ?

They are required to check passports. You are responsible you're fully legal, so if the receptionist had called immigration you could have had a problem.

I think you are wrong.

They are required to take an ID check.

A DL is quite acceptable.

They are required to report your presence.

They are NOT required to check the validity of your visa and actually, it may well be against the constitution ( if it were not suspended to the delight of some "members" on here) and illegal ,for them to do so, as they are not authorised officials of the State and have no right to do so or comment on your visa status.

It may be be that you could sue and win.

They are employees of a hotel.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Scaremongering is so strong here............

You may think so, but no, you're not correct.

Checking visa status is a different cup of tea, but passport is required, DL is not sufficient.

what a stupid comment !!

you can check in in any hotel in Thailand with Driver License, no passport required,

and passport number is on Thai Driver license anyway

hotel has only the right to make a copy of the main page of passport, they not allowed to do any other

copies