Gino122

Hi to everybody!

Do the immigration officers at Suvarnabhumi really care about TM30 when you leave? I am reading all the new topics about TM30 and I am in a mess. I am here in Thailand only for 23 days in a friend's condo and I am not going to extend my stay. Do we really need to go to CW to do this document?

Thanks

5 hours ago, BritTim said:

Currently, it is six visa exempt entries since some time in the middle of 2015. On your larger question of when visa exempt entry becomes a risk, there is no hard and fast rule. It may (not certain) depend on the airport you arrive at, and definitely depends on the immigration official, some of whom are stricter than others. The biggest factors, it is believed, are time spent in country over the last 12 months, whether you have had long periods in Thailand at any point in the last few years with minimal breaks in between, and whether you are trying to return visa exempt immediately after another tourist entry (especially when returning by air from a nearby country). My advice would be not to risk visa exempt entry by air if

• you have spent longer than 90 days in the last 12 months in Thailand on tourist entries; or
• you have had any period of six months almost continuous stay in Thailand at any stage over the last three years.

This is based on my gut feel, not any knowledge of the criteria used at any specific airport, or by any specific immigration official.

Thank you for your answer. So, if I stay a gap year in my home country, this problem could be a bit better, I suppose

11 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

No. Immigration are alerted by the system after 6 Visa exempt entries.

Whether you stay for 10 or 30 days is irrelevant.

Ok, for this reason I asked if it should be six visa exempt entries during your lifetime or during some years. In the last entry, BritTim tells that it is six VEE from 2015

I have been reading throughout some of the posts in this forum and I have some doubts I want to ask you because I am in a mess.

The number of visa exempt entries by air is really unlimited? I have read that Immigration Officers receive a warning when you get six visa exempt entries? Do they receive this warning when you do six VEE during all your lifetime, during last years or only in the rolling year? I have read something related to 180 days in the country but I don't remember right now.

If you make quick visits of less than 30 days to Thailand under the VEE, are they below immigration radar?