Frequent Weekend Visitors

[jumbo2]

Are the any updated reports on frequent weekend visitors? this coming weekend will be my 5th trip out of 8 weeks.Got 3 yellow marks in my passport and interested to know if immigration are still counting days and not stamps?

[lopburi3]

Latest reports all confirm they are counting days.

[jumbo2]

Latest reports all confirm they are counting days.

ok thanks lopburi3.See how it goes this friday

[siddv]

Latest reports all confirm they are counting days.

ok thanks lopburi3.See how it goes this friday

Please post your experience as I believe you will be one of the first frequentl visitors actually facing the issue of "days vs. stamps". There are many of us here that are concerned about the days vs. stamps issue as we do not live in LOS but travel there often...usually more than 3 times w/in 6 months but just a few weeks at a time. Thanks.

[Pawpal]

Please post your experience as I believe you will be one of the first frequentl visitors actually facing the issue of "days vs. stamps". There are many of us here that are concerned about the days vs. stamps issue as we do not live in LOS but travel there often...usually more than 3 times w/in 6 months but just a few weeks at a time. Thanks.

I've already made six trips to Thailand since the new law was instituted, each for a stay of 5 to 7 days. So it appears to be the number of days and not stamps that's important. (Each time I've arrived at Suvarnabhumi.) When I arrived last week, the immigration officer appeared to be trying to add up the total number of days the old-fashioned way -- not an easy task since there are so many stamps in my passport. Not very efficient, either. I guess they're still not keeping track of the number of days electonically.

[hotgeekus]

tell me about it, while I have a work permit/non immigrant 'B' visa, it took them a good five minutes to check all my stamps at immigration at the new airport.

While I not to sure of the new regulations, it seems interesting to see what lines will start to come if they check this everytime. For those who say they can never do it, trust me they can. Having been in USA last five years, every airport is a joke. Fly to Cancun through Miami, make sure you have a four hour flight connection window...

[siddv]

I've already made six trips to Thailand since the new law was instituted, each for a stay of 5 to 7 days. So it appears to be the number of days and not stamps that's important. (Each time I've arrived at Suvarnabhumi.) When I arrived last week, the immigration officer appeared to be trying to add up the total number of days the old-fashioned way -- not an easy task since there are so many stamps in my passport. Not very efficient, either. I guess they're still not keeping track of the number of days electonically.

Thanks so much for this information. I had not seen any previous posts by anyone who had actually had more than 3 stamps w/in the 6 month period. Having made 6 trips since October 1, 2006 I think you have answered the question that it's certainly days and not stamps they are counting. Thanks for the post.

[ovenman]

tell me about it, while I have a work permit/non immigrant 'B' visa, it took them a good five minutes to check all my stamps at immigration at the new airport.

If you have a non-immigrant 'B' visa, why would the authorities need to check any of your recent stamps? Ostensibly, the only thing that matters is days spent in Thailand under thirty-day entry stamps (i.e. with no visa).

[Gary A]

I was told that it's not as complicated as it may appear. Immigration looks through the frequent visitor's stamps and if none of them show visits of more than 15 days they don't bother to count days or stamps.

[Pawpal]

I was told that it's not as complicated as it may appear. Immigration looks through the frequent visitor's stamps and if none of them show visits of more than 15 days they don't bother to count days or stamps.

This wasn't what I experienced. Since Oct 1, I've made 6 trips; five were of a duration of 5 days; one lasted for 7 days. Yet the immigration officer counted the days on all the stamps when I entered last time. However, this was the first time an officer bothered to count the number of days. Maybe he was new on the job?

Hopefully an electronic means of keeping track of days will be instituted, otherwise it's going to be a long wait at the immigration counter.