JimmyJ Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 This happened yesterday in Vietnam, only 3 empty pages after it. When returning to Thailand (or using it anywhere else), did this IO pointlessly create a major problem, or is this not an issue and Immigration in Thailand and elsewhere don't mind stamping in between? I think I've read in the past of one needing x amount of clean pages but I may be imagining this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ubonjoe Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 I cannot see it ever being a problem. The only time 3 empty pages is required is to apply for visas at some places. The blank pages do not have to be together. 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post murraynz Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 7 hours ago, ubonjoe said: I cannot see it ever being a problem. The only time 3 empty pages is required is to apply for visas at some places. The blank pages do not have to be together. I've had idiots do similar to that, but I've had Thai Imm go back many pages, to find the last small space for their stamp. Very good of Thai Imm. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WalkingOrders Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 They seem to do this all over the world, and I have no idea why. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 7 hours ago, JimmyJ said: This happened yesterday in Vietnam Vietnam like to use the back of my passport. Makes it easy for them to check how many VISA waivers I do in a year. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Every time i've been to Vietnam they stamped on the last pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJ Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 7 hours ago, BritManToo said: Vietnam like to use the back of my passport. Makes it easy for them to check how many VISA waivers I do in a year. 7 hours ago, jackdd said: Every time i've been to Vietnam they stamped on the last pages. The Vietnamese woman at the Tourist Information desk at the DAD airport told me they always stamp hers on the back pages. Glad it's not a passport issue for future use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 As BritManToo says, if you travel to VN frequently, the IO's will start stamping from the last page and work backwards so that each entry stamp has the exit stamp immediately to the right in a neat column down the page. It doesn't appear to have any significance except making it easier for the IO at departure to locate the last entry stamp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5633572526 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I generally point to the place I want them to stamp and they have always complied. Same in Singapore and Cambodia and even Thai immigration. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bbi1 Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Oh no, the tragedy!! At least they didn't put the stamp vertically or diagonally and in the middle of the page....or did they? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 13 hours ago, WalkingOrders said: They seem to do this all over the world, and I have no idea why. I've had this happen many times before in many countries, the officer just opens at any page and hits that page with the stamp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suitcase Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 You should be glad that he put a stamp in your passport instead of worrying about where he put it in the passport He could’ve denied you entry 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxper Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 As far as I know, nowhere insists they are consecutive blank pages. Wouldn’t worry about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayceenik Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 In my younger days I traveled a lot and I distinctly remember a country that insisted on putting its visa/stamp on a free page after everybody else. Not to any odd free page in me passport. Had to keep a last page free for them !! LOL Forgot which country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 16 hours ago, WalkingOrders said: They seem to do this all over the world, and I have no idea why. Because they dont give a ****! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 16 hours ago, WalkingOrders said: They seem to do this all over the world, and I have no idea why. The reason is not hard to figure out. It's pure laziness. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I remember a few weeks ago someone who visited Vietnam regularly from Thailand said on here that the Vietnam IO's always put his visa and in/out stamps at the back of his passport. He thought it was just for him because he made so many visits but maybe they do it for everyone. Makes sense really, as it makes their job quicker and easier; unlike Thailand it shows a bit of common sense! Mind u, it only works as long as no other countries IOs decide to do the same...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBunny Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, SunsetT said: I remember a few weeks ago someone who visited Vietnam regularly from Thailand said on here that the Vietnam IO's always put his visa and in/out stamps at the back of his passport. He thought it was just for him because he made so many visits but maybe they do it for everyone. Makes sense really, as it makes their job quicker and easier; unlike Thailand it shows a bit of common sense! Mind u, it only works as long as no other countries IOs decide to do the same...lol. As the number of countries who use Smart Gates for non-citizens increases, the occurrence of stamps in the passport will decline. Australia for example now lets passport holders from 26 counties including Thailand use their Smart Gates, so they'll never get an Australian Immigration stamp in their passport https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/smartgates/arrivals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, scorecard said: I've had this happen many times before in many countries, the officer just opens at any page and hits that page with the stamp. Opposite s always happened to me . The I.O always makes his new stamp next to the older one . I do believe that they are now required to do that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 33 minutes ago, ThaiBunny said: As the number of countries who use Smart Gates for non-citizens increases, the occurrence of stamps in the passport will decline. Australia for example now lets passport holders from 26 counties including Thailand use their Smart Gates, so they'll never get an Australian Immigration stamp in their passport https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/smartgates/arrivals That would be great and not fill up passports with stamps before the passport expires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 hours ago, SunsetT said: Because they dont give a ****! Or they like to upset people that get irate over nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDo Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 22 hours ago, WalkingOrders said: They seem to do this all over the world, and I have no idea why. They're careless pricks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinner2020 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 5 hours ago, ThaiBunny said: As the number of countries who use Smart Gates for non-citizens increases, the occurrence of stamps in the passport will decline. Australia for example now lets passport holders from 26 counties including Thailand use their Smart Gates, so they'll never get an Australian Immigration stamp in their passport https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/smartgates/arrivals And when they were still stamping, AU IOs always (in my experience) used the last or next-last page. (actually, so what? A stamp takes up the same space if it's at the front or the back). Wherever you are, TELL the IO what page he/she/it has to stamp and show them. It's not their passport (or yours, of course, it belongs to an alleged government) and they don't have rights on it. I have said this dozens of times and it always works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langkawee Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 14 hours ago, thedemon said: As BritManToo says, if you travel to VN frequently, the IO's will start stamping from the last page and work backwards so that each entry stamp has the exit stamp immediately to the right in a neat column down the page. It doesn't appear to have any significance except making it easier for the IO at departure to locate the last entry stamp. Vietnamese are very practical in many things they do. They abhor wasting time. Don't think they are unfriendly. Amazingly friendly people out of tourist ghettos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Just now, Langkawee said: Amazingly friendly people out of tourist ghettos. I've found lots of amazingly friendly Viet girls in the tourist ghettos. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Not a problem I had a US passport which at that time you could add pages which sew and tape thick.. stamps everywhere didn’t bother me IO can spot easily what need. I put an index sticky tape where the visa was... wait a few minutes of them flipping around and point it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 8 hours ago, Langkawee said: Vietnamese are very practical in many things they do. They abhor wasting time. Don't think they are unfriendly. Amazingly friendly people out of tourist ghettos. True. They're also the most proficient thieves in SE Asia. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Some Arab countries will use the last page(s) because they read from right to left or it's what I concluded. The others are just... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krupps Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Out of 3 visits to Vietnam, they only once stamped me in and out on the last page available, the very last page was already used up by other countries. I still have 20 + free pages. but it seems they check all the past visits, as the officer was flipping through my passport looking for the previous stamps. They are probably trying to detect doctored passports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Dough Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 The Thais have been very good to me over the years stamping small spaces, even stamping places they shouldn't. Speaking Thai and smiling have always helped. ???? Rooster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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