No Tourist-visa In Tokyo

[michaelz]

hello everybody.

i came to thailand mid november with a tourist-visa (now they only issue single entry tourist-visas in switzerland), stayed for 60 days and then extended it for 30 days at the immigration office.

i do not have any voa in my passport.

so now today i went to the thai-cosulate here in tokyo. first the guy checked out my passport and application form, then he told me that i already have been in thailand for 90 days.

i sayd that i was thinking that the new 90 days regulation only counts for voa's.

he agreed but then he asked if i have a excerpt of my bank account, a copy of my (thai)girlfriends id card and a written explanation, why i would like to stay in thailand any longer.

i did not have stuff like that with me. so he told me that he can't issue a tourist-visa for me and sent me away.

i plan to stay in thailand for two more months.

now probably with 2 voa's. (hope that's not a problem)

(excuse my bad english)

[Maestro]

If you are travelling on a Swiss passport you do not need a VOA (visa on arrival). You can enter without a visa and will receive permission to stay for 30 days. Then you can do a border run and get a second visa-exempt entry stamp for 30 days.

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Maestro

[michaelz]

If you are travelling on a Swiss passport you do not need a VOA (visa on arrival). You can enter without a visa and will receive permission to stay for 30 days. Then you can do a border run and get a second visa-exempt entry stamp for 30 days.

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Maestro

sorry.

with voa i meant the visa-exempt stamp for 30 days.

thanks

[bangkokgas]

hello everybody.

i came to thailand mid november with a tourist-visa (now they only issue single entry tourist-visas in switzerland), stayed for 60 days and then extended it for 30 days at the immigration office.

i do not have any voa in my passport.

so now today i went to the thai-cosulate here in tokyo. first the guy checked out my passport and application form, then he told me that i already have been in thailand for 90 days.

i sayd that i was thinking that the new 90 days regulation only counts for voa's.

he agreed but then he asked if i have a excerpt of my bank account, a copy of my (thai)girlfriends id card and a written explanation, why i would like to stay in thailand any longer.

i did not have stuff like that with me. so he told me that he can't issue a tourist-visa for me and sent me away.

i plan to stay in thailand for two more months.

now probably with 2 voa's. (hope that's not a problem)

(excuse my bad eng

I am not at all suprised about the Tokyo experience. My Japanese wife has given up trying to get one there (she still manages to stay in Thailand eight months out of twelve though!). They don't care if you show them 100,000 dollars, a police clearance report, an address in Thailand (mine!) a letter from the owners of a condo building (ours!) and so on. Ridiculous. Especially as mentioned you being Swiss can just arrive on a 30-day voa and do a visa run to laos/penang where they happily issue with that tourist visa. I'd like to know why this is easily done when Tokyo and London make it impossible!

[tropo]

. Especially as mentioned you being Swiss can just arrive on a 30-day voa

Maestro cleared it up, but one more time because it is always being confused on this forum: Most Europeans and people from a lot of other countries (39 nations??) can enter Thailand WITHOUT a visa for up to 30 days. This is a free privilege and NOT a visa. It is a VISA EXEMPTION.

"VISA ON ARRIVAL'S (VOA'S)" are visas which are paid for upon entry into a country. eg. Laos and Cambodia issue VOA's at the borders and Airports for a fee.

[Axel]

Presently, passport holders from 20 countries can get a visa on arrival. Means after landing they first go to the visa-office inside th airport, fill in the forms pay the fee and get a visa in their passport. Subsequently they can go to the immigration counter to enter Thailand for 15 days.

VISA EXEMPTION is granted to passport holders from 40 countries and 1 region (Hong Kong) to enter Thailand for 30 days.

In both cases only applicable for tourists.

Here is the Thai MfA-site:

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2482.php?id=2490