peterjackson

If and when the rumored 6 month Tourist Visa ever actually materialises.

I had a similar situation recently with Singapore Airlines, where the ground check-in crew, including the Station Supervisor where going to deny me boarding because their lack of training/incompetence where at odds with the actual data on the Star Alliance database. Rather than them apologize/loss of face for my 40 minute delay and interrogation, I signed a Waiver Of Liability which releases the airline of the cost of repatriation if you are ultimately denied entry into the destination country. If your parents are given any grief at check-in, tell them to ask for the Waiver of Liability.

The Airlines are only bothered about costs to them and their bottom line.

As they are entering Thailand visa exempt, Immigration should not be an issue.

If it was Hong Kong and the excellent way they process entry clearance, i'd be a little more concerned.

Are Waivers Of Liability generally available from airlines other than Singapore and at airports across this great planet of ours other than the one from which peterjackson's parents will be flying to Thailand? If so, they might also be the answer for those travelling on a one-way ticket to Thailand who might be threatened with denial of boarding by a jobsworth airline check-in assistant because of (e.g.) the lack of a suitable tourist visa in their passport. Would certainly be better than the alternative option of purchasing an onward flight ticket in the region, which in all probability would not be used.

My situation was different to the OP's and it was me who was flying.

What I was pointing out, is the existence of the Waiver of Liability.

When I read the Waiver, which I was required to sign and wasn't given a copy of, it was a generic document, presumably supplied/approved by IATA which the ground crew wrote in the carriers name, in my case Singapore Airlines.

A copy is then apparently faxed to your destination airport in case repatriation becomes necessary.

Strangely, I wasn't asked if I had the funds to pay for the repatriation.

I had a similar situation recently with Singapore Airlines, where the ground check-in crew, including the Station Supervisor where going to deny me boarding because their lack of training/incompetence where at odds with the actual data on the Star Alliance database. Rather than them apologize/loss of face for my 40 minute delay and interrogation, I signed a Waiver Of Liability which releases the airline of the cost of repatriation if you are ultimately denied entry into the destination country. If your parents are given any grief at check-in, tell them to ask for the Waiver of Liability.

The Airlines are only bothered about costs to them and their bottom line.

As they are entering Thailand visa exempt, Immigration should not be an issue.

If it was Hong Kong and the excellent way they process entry clearance, i'd be a little more concerned.

I thought one of the advantages of having a Visa issued, is that a return flight wasn't needed? If you apply for a single entry TR with the intention of extending it in country for 30 days, but don't know you exact departure date or location, does that mean you still have to book a return leg, which you know won't be used? Furthermore, on most lower cost/class seats the change booking details fee can be 100% of the already paid ticket cost. Finally, when changing a ticket, you are usually excluded from promotional pricing. Seems this could be a significant cost factor.

It's a way of life here. Nothing to report. Their country, their rules, regardless of what the unelected PM says.

There was mention of this in the Swampy airport forum yesterday. The original poster said they asked for a contact number in Thailand. They wanted the number written on the arrival card.

Some were asked for a number and others not. One poster mentioned they asked him to provide his overseas home number as he didn't have a Thai number.

Sounds like maybe it is a new requirement then, maybe a bit more fallout from the present issues with in and out visa's but at least if they are allowing foreign numbers should be fairly painless other than the usual having to wait while people have to fill in extra bits at the counter...

It's a completely pointless exercise, as is the address fiasco. Not just in Thailand but most places where it's required.

It is never checked for either authenticity or accuracy and anyone who is up to no good will provide false data anyway.

Arrived from HK into CNX last Friday. No one including me was asked for a 'phone number. I think like many things immigration related here in Thailand, it's just arbitrary' enforcement'.

If you have a valid Visa in your passport, you have no say in the matter. You have to use the TR.

The only time it changes, is if you have two different classes of Visa in your passport, with both of them being valid.

When I do states side closings, I have only ever had to send documents notorized by an in country Solicitor/Attorney /Legal Counsel. Most times I use UPS supplied 'letter or legal' size document envelope. Quick and efficient.

If only his orderly efficiency could be replicated in Chiang Mai.

Chalk and Cheese.

Get an official Police report of the loss.

Then contact your Embassy.

What nationality are you?

Which city/area are you trying in?

Are you presently here on a Non O Visa? When is the Admitted Until Date?

Which Banks have you tried?

You're good to go

thanks, and to come back i hope .....

Absolutely.

You're good to go

I suppose strictly speaking if it says ENTER BEFORE 20th August. Then you cannot enter on the 20th, as it's not BEFORE. So the last date you could enter would be the 19th.

That's purely my interpretation. I'm sure one of the forum experts will be able to clarify fully.

The UK Free Passport Eligibility is not written into Law as age specific. It is Date Of Birth specific and doesn't change with time. The only way it would change, is if the Law was subsequently amended, which it has not been.

What is the article of Law you are mentioning? What is the Act, and under which authority wat is issued?

You really think that an UK Law can be enacted to give a privilege only on a fixed birthday, a resisting challenge in a court of Justice ?

https://www.gov.uk/free-passport

Explain please why the UK Government offer a free DOB dependent passport?

Perhaps you can also detail the number of challenges against this offer that have been made in a "court of Justice"

Excerpt from HM Passport Office - Passport Policy :

On 13th October 2004, the Home Secretary announced that the scheme

would be implemented from Monday 18th October 2004 and from that date all

British Nationals who were born on or before 2nd September 1929 are eligible

for ten year passports free of charge.

The UK Free Passport Eligibility is not written into Law as age specific. It is Date Of Birth specific and doesn't change with time. The only way it would change, is if the Law was subsequently amended, which it has not been.

You can get a Free Passport if you qualify, but you have to attend the British Embassy in Bangkok in person.

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/qualifying-for-a-free-passport

The link is from a report in 2008

My first job whilst still at school, was stacking shelves in the 'Home and Wear' Dept. of our local Tesco. I still remember reading the company employment manual, which clearly stated the name TESCO came from the initials of Terrence Edward Stockwell (a tea supplier in London) and the first TWO letters from the surname of the companys founder Jack COhen.

As they say, the rest is history.

No requirement for any remaining period of validity entering your home country.

No, they never to that. It's either full allowed stay as per applicable case, or refusal.

A friend of mine (Filipino Citizen), came for a 29 day stay in June 2015. Immigration at Swampy asked how long the stay in Thailand was. Replied 29 days and showed the Flight Booking Confirmation.

The immigration officer picked up his date stamp and wound the date back from 30 days to 29 days and stamped the passport accordingly.

It made no difference as that was the departure day and for the life of me I cannot understand why it was done.

If you are in country and wish to convert your existing Visa to a Non Imm O, then that requires two trips to Bangkok, 15 days apart. Alternatively, you can do what I did and have a short vacation to a neighboring country and apply for a Single Entry Non Imm O and use that for your extension of stay application at any Immigration Office in Thailand.