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That looks exactly like what he showed me, already scrolled down to the part about 90 days.

Thanks for your insight. I'll be leaving after this 30 day entry and give it 3-4 months before returning, since that aligns with my travel plans anyway. It does sound like just bad luck this time.

No, I've never had anything other than visa exempt entries, a couple 30 day extensions 7 years ago, and the 1 year of covid extensions more recently.

I do have a lot of covid Thai extension stamps in my passport that they were scrutinizing. I assume they can see all that on their computer, but maybe after I get a new passport, it will be less of a problem.

Visa exempt. He had me sitting next to his desk and pulled it up on his desktop computer. I didn't think to look at the URL at the time. It was a page in English. I had just left Thailand after being here for 3 weeks for a 1 week trip to Korea and then came back to Thailand. Maybe I should be more careful about coming back so soon? The way people talk about endless visa runs, I didn't think it would be a problem.

Well yeah, I imagine many people make their first post when they run into their first problem. Are you accusing me of making up a story out of boredom?

I've been to Thailand many times over the last 10 years and never had any problems until a few days ago. At BKK airport I got asked for a return ticket, which has never happened before. When I said I didn't have one, I got pulled aside to speak with a supervisor. He made a baseless accusation that I'm not a genuine tourist and said to count how many days I was in the country over the last 6 months. He showed me some website that claims there's a max 90 days per 6 months rule. I ended up only being in the country for about 40 days over the last 6 months, so I should have been fine, but he still required I purchase a return ticket and said I'm not allowed to return after this 30-day stamp for at least another 3 months. Is there any truth to this rule? Are they getting more strict lately? The other people waiting before me were very rude to him, so I think I may have just got unlucky and caught him in a bad mood.