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Alright thank you for the response. I'll make a decision later today. But given how stressful this is I might just avoid BKK. Would hate to have a new PP with denial stamp and having to fly back to home country because of IO having a bad day.

Hey,

I've been back to back in Thailand on ED and Tourist Visas since 2015 with three 3-4 month stays in Europe in between. I'm in my home country at the moment and got a fresh passport and a METV and am looking to fly back to BKK next week. I'm surprised to read of all the denied entries also from people with fresh passports and some with METV so this has me worrying. I've spent most of this year in Thailand on ED Visa (Thai language) and I wouldn't pass any extensive testing by an IO. I've had one denied entry from December 2017, where I was on ED visa with re-entry permit from Indonesia and had to fly back home. Back then IO who tried to help me through told me to get new passport and come back next week, which I did. Haven't had any issues since. I was trying to get the Elite Visa two or three months ago and was told by TE to wait until early next year as I had a 3-4 day overstay end of 2016.

Anyways, I've been out of touch with immigration process and now realize that IOs have become even more strict. I already have my flight booked for next week, non-refundable unfortunately, but thinking about flying to Vietnam - Laos - Udon - BKK to avoid BKK immigration. This kinda makes me feel like a criminal and it's a stupid amount of extra money + time to spend travelling, but might be worth the effort, if I'm switching to TE after METV anyways right?

So fresh passport; flying from homecountry; METV. Am I overthinking this and I should be fine at immi or cancel flightplans for next week?

53 minutes ago, buick said:

OP - you might consider rewording your title.  i think most readers will just pass over your post after seeing the title saying to themselves 'no chance of denial'.  but in reality your real question relates to obtaining the TE visa with a history of overstays.  as i recall, there was a recent thread that suggested more than one overstay was a problem for obtaining the TE visa.  and the period of overstay didn't matter much.  with a revised title, maybe one of the folks active in the other thread on the topic of TE visa/overstay will come on board here and assist.

 

i definitely remember reading the fee had to be paid before you knew if you actually got the TE visa affixed into the passport.  again, if memory serves, the OP was concerned that he/she would pay and then get rejected based on overstay history.

Thanks for the heads-up. Do you mind pointing me to where I can edit the title?

Regarding payment: So the way it works is that you fill out the application for and I believe you make yourself liable to pay within 7 days of receiving the confirmation letter from TE (after they send it over to immigration for 1-3 months background check). You pay the money upon receiving the letter and then have a 30 day window to go through the process of affixing the actual visa in your passport. This is the point where IO may deny affixing the visa and reject your TE application. It's really annoying that they can not just sort this out when doing the 2 month background check. Note that, as long as you do not miss the 30-day window I'm told you will be getting a full refund if rejected. It's obviously still a huge gamble and commitment to be in limbo for up to 3 months and then be at the mercy of an IO despite background checks and 500k upfront.

I am also told there is a refund policy as long as I apply within 30 days after receiving the confirmation letter.

Not yet, no. You will make payment after receiving the confirmation letter, which will take 1-3 months. Yet confirmation letter does not guarantee the affixing of the visa by IO at airport or Chaeng Watthana.

Sorry, I mean getting denied while affixing the visa.

Hey,

I'm in the process of getting the TE 5 year visa. I have had multiple over-stays in the past, but usually not longer than 1-2 days and in the past 2 years only 1 time for 1 day. I have also been denied entry on ED visa before. I was on a 5 day vacation with a re-entry permit from Suvurnabhumi and IO rejected me because I did not carry 20k THB. I thought, given that I had the re-entry permit from a few days prior, I would not need to show anything so I didn't carry much cash. I'm being told now that it depends on IO whether or not I will get Elite on entry and my contact at Elite is telling me that noone under him has been denied yet. So I was wondering if any of you have heard of Elite Visa denials based on overstays or other things on entry?

I can not find application forms on neither of the two websites. Anyone has a link? Seems like they didn't update anything today.

Hey,

are any of you currently volunteering in Bangkok and/or can recommend Orgs? I have decided to stay here until late 2020 and I would like my visa situation to be as legitimate as possible. I would consider ED and would love to learn Thai but I don't feel comfortable with frequently hearing of people getting rejected. And getting a non-immigrant via dummy corp seems silly if I can actually provide a service that's helpful to others. I'm looking for something part-time 2-6 hours a week.

Hey

Just planning my trip. My flight to HK is at 11:05. So I'd usually be there around 10 ish. How long does the re-entry permit process take?

Thank you.

4 minutes ago, anto said:

Not sure why you needed a ticket back to Germany ,or a medical cert .A letter from your paid apartment ,got to Lao in one day ? Its all a mystery to me .

I just got all that to be safe on entering. I booked the flight back to show that I have the means to come and go and what not. I dno man I just didn't want there to be any space for argument of me being unable to support myself or leave the country whenever I want or have to.

Thank you PoorSucker your posts really helping.

Does anyone know if it's standard procedure to have both of them?

What does the vertical one mean translated exactly?

Thanks a lot poorsucker. Guy please stop confusing and making up statements.

Section 12, paragraph 9

Having no money or bond as prescribed by the Minister under him.

This should be fine. If I show them a bank account with 5 figures in € and 20k baht there should be no way they decline me right?.

Okay some people say it means they believe I'm working and others say it's that I don't have enough funds on me. Can somebody clarify please?

Okay. That's good right? So I should be able to go to landborder with 20k?

Guys I just saw this in my passport. Skipped it earlier or thought it was from my Laos canceled visa. Can someone tell me what it means? 

Haha I just realized Kophangan lover is probably the other white guy in detention right now. He's sleeping though.

Yeah just saw it. Reading it right now. What's the plan moving forward? I'm 24 years old if I didn't mention that earlier and it's of any use. I still don't get how they declined entry despite me having signed up and paid for language school and having all the neccessary papers + a valid ED visa. It's insane.

Do you have a referral for this by any chance? How do I get to those agents and how much do you think I'll be paying for next day? Cheers