galolo Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) Hi everybody. Last week, when i landed in DMK with a tourist visa, i accidentally ticked business as a purpose of my trip instead of tourism. When the immigration officer saw that he immediately called his superior who took me to questioning. After i told the superior officer it was just a mistake and that i was here for tourism, he asked me to show my return ticket, the date of which was 70 days after my arrival to Thailand (i always thought i had the right for 90 days with my tourist visa- including the month extension). When the officer saw that, he started questioning me on another matter which is why i'm spending such a long time in Thailand, to which i responded that i had many friends that i missed (i haven't been to Thailand for more than five years) and that i wanted to visit many areas of the country. After examining my return ticket for a third time, he stamped my passport and let me go. Now, as mentioned before, i haven't been to Thailand for more than three years, and i was planning to get a new tourist visa in Vietnam (three days visa run) after the expiration of the current one (i'm planning to spend 5 months in total in Thailand).Do you think that because of this little incident, the next time i'll be back to Thailand through DMK airport i will be refused entry? I'm wondering if this incident red flagged me on their computerized system for example... Thank you all for your answers! (i'm 37 years old, and i'm a Brazilian male) Edited July 18, 2018 by galolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritTim Posted July 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2018 I do not think you will have a problem with your current plans. However, I do suggest you take a little more care filling out your arrival card in future, especially when arriving at DMK. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRich Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 You'll be fine as long as you do not overstay ... clearly you are not someone who is constantly in and out of Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 In the past I always traveled from the USA on the simple visa exempt method. Several times I was pretty sure I was going to extend and had either an open return flight or a flight 60 days after my arrival. Never had a question or issue. Of course unless they asked they would not know what my air ticket reservations were. The "system" didn't seem to do any automatic checking of arrival/departing reservation checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 A inflammatory post and a reply to it have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galolo Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, ubonjoe said: Ubonjoe, maybe you can give me your valuable opinion about this? Edited July 19, 2018 by galolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 20 minutes ago, galolo said: Ubonjoe, maybe you can give me your valuable opinion about this? I see no problem for you from the little thing that happened on entry to the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essecola Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Don't Brazilians get 90 day exempt stamps? Like Argentina and Peru and a few others. isnt the 60 day visa a bit redundant or am I wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galolo Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Essecola said: Don't Brazilians get 90 day exempt stamps? Like Argentina and Peru and a few others. isnt the 60 day visa a bit redundant or am I wrong? I know but i prefer having 2 back to back tourist visas instead of 2 back to back exempt entries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billp Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Brazilians do get 90-day visa exemptions due to bilateral agreement. So the OP did not require a tourist visa for his 70 days and in addition there’s no need for a visa run to Vietnam. If he wants to make a side-trip there he does not need any sort of re-entry permit. He would get a free 90-day exemption again on his return to Thailand after however number of days.http://www.consular.go.th/main/th/customize/62281-Summary-of-Countries-and-Territories-entitled-for.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 minute ago, billp said: Brazilians do get 90-day visa exemptions due to bilateral agreement. So the OP did not require a tourist visa for his 70 days and in addition there’s no need for a visa run to Vietnam. If he wants to make a side-trip there he does not need any sort of re-entry permit. He would get a free 90-day exemption again on his return to Thailand after however number of days. Correct but immigration is very strict on doing the 90 day visa exempt entities he is allowed. People have had problems doing them back to back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaurene Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 DMK is a nightmare to go through, go through Suvanabum, if you want to go to Vietnam use Vietjet very cheap from Suvanabum. I have used them 3 times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 14 hours ago, gk10002000 said: In the past I always traveled from the USA on the simple visa exempt method. Several times I was pretty sure I was going to extend and had either an open return flight or a flight 60 days after my arrival. Never had a question or issue. Of course unless they asked they would not know what my air ticket reservations were. The "system" didn't seem to do any automatic checking of arrival/departing reservation checks. Just buy a cheap throwaway flight from Phuket to KL. That way you can satisfy Immigration and still retain some flexibility with your travel arrangements. Has worked for me in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goegoe Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Why are they making so many problems at Don muang ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galolo Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 Thank you all for your answers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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