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23 hours ago, malt25 said:

Ah ! so relevant to this post then.

It certainly is or are you THAT dense and illiterate? It was about the same charge and this is a discussion of the consequences!

On 10/4/2019 at 5:13 AM, WTProduction said:

just came back yesterday. The visa as been approved but I had to meet an agent for a proper interview.

That's just half of the "chance factor". The other half is the crossing-the-border bit. It's never 100%, even with a visa.

On 8/23/2019 at 2:39 PM, ryanhull said:

Hi BuckBee it was, quite a nasty piece of work makes me wonder if it is the same women, I think she was quite high ranked, fairly old looking, very prison warden type look to her

 On what basis do you judge her as "very prison warden type look to her"? Been in prison to have such great insight about a warden's looks? There is some section of immigration law that says convicted felons are not to be allowed in this country. They should really think about interlinking immigration databases with those of international police systems. Hopefully in the future.

They should have refused you entry. How incompetent of that senior officer. Your history of long-term ins-outs and your claimed shock over the issue of having been questioned about staying "3 months 10 days within a 7 month period" is mindbogglingly arrogant. 

I hope that next entry will lead to a far greater level of scrutiny. 

21 minutes ago, visarunner said:

Re Filipios you wrong, in the meantime they are the only on the 2 land border limit. Myanmar can enter only by air if they want visa free entry. The Countries no hassle are Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Nope, you're hopelessly wrong. Philippines is an ASEAN member. The same rules apply ASEAN wide. Read your geography book for a better understanding of how ASEAN transnational travel and rules work. 

4 hours ago, oldskoolbeatz said:

- Did they search your phone with/without your consent?

They searched my backpack first. Then I was frisked. Things like my phone and wallet were placed on the table. After checking everything, she asked me to unlock my phone. I asked why and she simply said "i want look.. i want look".

- Were you allowed to fly to any country you wanted or only allowed to fly to Japan where you came from? Could you have flown to Laos or Cambodia??

No, I was offered no option. After being in that room, an officer returned with someone from Thai Airways. He looked at my ticket and left. Then returned later with a backdated booking. Showed my VietJet ticket. They ignored that.

- Did the airline pay for your ticket back to Japan or was that out of your own pocket? (I read that it is the airlines responsibility if refused entry??)

It was the return portion of my roundtrip ticket (LAX to NRT with United and NRT to BKK with Thai Airways as codeshare partner). Same route back. I didn't pay but was worried I might be charged more which wasn't the case.

- You showed them the money (20,000b atleast), + a flight ticket out within 30 days, did they give you a specific reason for denial?

Yep, showed them my USD + JPY (almost 1k USD combined). Showed them my Chase and Wells Fargo credit cards too. All were ignored.

- What is your next move, as Joe stated, you won't be able to get a Tourist visa without residency in Japan?

I might fly to Vietnam or Cambodia first. I just checked. There are daily ANA flights to Phnom Penh but I have to check how much it will cost me. Will drop by a HIS travel agency in Shinjuku tomorrow.

 

 

 

Ok.. left BKK at midnight and arrived in Tokyo the following day. They gave me my passport at the boarding gate in BKK but there was no stamp on it. It's as if I never arrived in Thailand. 

Japanese immigration guy leafed through my passport and asked me where I flew from. Pointed at the disembarkation card where I wrote BKK and showed him the boarding pass stub. Fingerprinted and got the 90-days sticker. 

Will getting a visa at the Thai embassy here boost my chances of entry to Thailand? Or should I fly to Vietnam and get one there, then use the land border in Cambodia?

The thing is I'm not detained. I'm allowed to roam freely in the transit area. Instructions are to be at the gate later this evening by or before 10 PM. Buying anything on duty free is not allowed. They want to see the passport and boarding pass which they are holding on to and I suspect they will only return to me either before I board or when I arrive in Japan.

Yes, will update what happens tomorrow morning. 

6 minutes ago, stevenl said:

And does the OP have an onward flight ticket from Thailand?

Any extensions on the 30 day visa exempt entries?

No extensions on the previous visa exempt entries.

I have a VietJet ticket to Vietnam on Apr 27, returning to BKK on May 2. They totally ignored it.

1 minute ago, BEVUP said:

What nationality is your passport ?

US (originally from a Caribbean country)

Googled and found this this site.

Arrived on TG 627 yesterday afternoon from Tokyo. 

Had 4 previous 30 days exemptions (May 2017, Aug 2017, Nov 2017 and Jan 2018). Immigration officer scanned my passport, checked something on her screen and called someone. 2 guys came and looked at her screen for a while, then I was asked to follow them. They asked to see my ticket, what i was doing in thailand, why i was coming this time funds (i had $750 and jpy 28000).

Asked where i stayed last year and what i did and what i planned to do this time. One of them checked my phone, went through my facebook app and saw a picture of me on a tuk tuk. At that time I asked a tuk tuk driver to take a picture of me on the driver seat. Now this caught the attention of the immigration officer and she said something in Thai to her colleagues who looked at the picture. They asked me if I owned the tuk tuk and if I was driving one. I explained it was a touristy kind of picture and nothing more but they just weren't convinced and went on and on trying to talk me into confessing.

End of the day they denied me entry and after some delay was told i would i would be flying back on TG 642 today. Thai Air backdated my ticket from June 3rd to today.

They held on to my passport. (is this allowed?) I have a ticket for Narita to LAX but that's not until the 4 of June with United.

Now to my question. Upon arrival in Tokyo tomorrow morning, will i be allowed to reenter Tokyo or will they be informed about the denied entry in BKK?