Alint18

1 hour ago, Leaver said:

Can you enter by land?

Yeah I could arrange that if you think it’s better? I hadn’t considered the difference in arrival method

34 minutes ago, elviajero said:

Given your time in the country it would be best to avoid visa exemption and enter with a Tourist Visa if you can.

Ok thanks! 

3 minutes ago, elviajero said:

Swapping passports probably won’t help. When you present the Aussie passport your name and date of birth will get searched and matched to any other matched passport. It’s then up to the IO to manually link any matched passports.

Ahh ok, so if I show a new British passport that I’ve never used in Thailand, they are still going to match my details to my Aussie one and then probably be just as suspicious of me, maybe more ????????

4 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Will you be getting a visa in the UK passport or using a visa-exempt entry?

I was planning on doing visa exempt but I can get a tourist visa instead if that is advised.

18 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

When was the 'last time' you entered and at what airport?

 

Has the ED visa expired or will it be expired before your planned 'later this year' visit?

Entered Feb 12th with a 90 day ED visa at BKK. It’s been extended once, which means it will expire August 12th. I plan to exit on August 8th. 

Wanted to return mid September for 30 days

Hello! 

I have an Australian passport which has had 3 education visas. I have been studying Thai for 2.5 years but the last time I came into Bangkok they questioned me a long time before agreeing to let me in. Truely felt like the last time that I would be allowed thru. Immigration is very weary of anyone with ED visa’s even if you can demonstrate you speak Thai well. Now my school has finished and I’m going to travel.

I want to come back to Thailand for 30 days later this year; I was going to use my new British passport to re-enter because immigration really didn’t like the ED visas in my Aussie passport. 

My question is this - is there any point using my different passport to avoid questioning when coming back or will it be flagged somehow? Since it’s a different nationality I wasn’t sure if it would show up for them that I’ve been here for 2.5 yrs on my Aus passport? I’m just trying to re enter for 30 days as painless as possible, curious if anyone with dual passports has done this before?