Warning - Bangkok airport immigration shenanigans

[MrPancake]

3 minutes ago, marin said:

You will not last long here. Which going by your posting history is not that bad of a thing at all. 

 

13 years. I think I'll managed 😄

[DrJack54]

5 minutes ago, MrPancake said:

 

My history is my business

With that attitude thinking this thread should be closed.

We are here for sharing information that assists others.

Past history is the KEY to issues with immigration. 

Especially when using visa exempt via air. 

[Ben Zioner]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

for bad taste and disrespectful apparel.

What on earth would that be?

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, MrPancake said:

 

13 years. I think I'll managed 😄

13 years on what type of visas and how long in Thailand ongoing.

Your thread is of no value without details

[Dan O]

5 minutes ago, MrPancake said:

 

My history is my business.

I have no criminal record or money problems and that in itself should be enough for me to travel all over SE Asia inline with immigration rules without being arrested for no reason.

I told them very clearly that I wasn't looking for a debate or a fight and that I could go away if they wanted to. Nobody bullies me or plays the spin doctor to try and make me believe that somehow I did something wrong. That btw what the last straw. An officer telling me that if i was arrested at the immigration counter it must have been for a reason. Of course couldn't find the reason 😄

F that.

They were wrong doing what they did.

You were not arrested so drop that line of bs. They have heard every excuse under the sun and your nothing special. They are doing their job,  just like any foreigner with excessive entries that would try to enter your home country. Your travel entry history is on their system so they see how often you enter and how, visa or exempt. You have no rights to entry, even with a visa, its at their discretion, read the regs. Its obvious by your comments you feel entitled to do whatever you wish in any country without question.  It doesnt play well here or most anywhere. 

[MrPancake]

38 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I know enforcement of this varies, but my take is that we are not allowed to live indefinitely Thailand based on tourism based entries and that immigration police have every right to question us if they see evidence that we are, and they also have every right to deny entry if they aren't satisfied with our answers. Often related of course to suspicion of working illegally. Obviously what happens on any given day can be random and related to luck, but i seriously ask, am I wrong?

 

I think you're right and I also think it's dumb to threaten people without evidence of wrong doing. Because that really what I didn't like. Controlling them is fine, threatening them without reason is dumb. If they ain't happy with how it goes, why not change their rules and say by air 2 times as well.

 

It had nothing to do with me spending my time in thailand. It was all about me not buying their tourist visa.

[Pattaya57]

8 minutes ago, MrPancake said:

 

Whatever. Call it what you want. I think what happens to me is pretty easy to picture.

Yes it is. Some "entitled" person claiming they can go anywhere in the world crying because Thailand immigration didn't agree with him until they chatted with him for 5 minutes 😀

 

[MrPancake]

27 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Dude, an immigration officer pulled you aside and asked some questions.

 

You were not "arrested."

 

Had they not let you in, you would have been denied entry, not "deported."

 

As to being denied what you are entitled to, no, you are "entitled" to nothing.  However, you may be seen as abusing the visa-free entry for genuine tourists.

 

So, yeah, that was a "rant."

 

Deportation was their word not mine.

[foreverlomsak]

12 minutes ago, MrPancake said:

My history is my business.

Your history is exactly what they want to know as it determines if you have been either

a) refused entry at any time and why also

b) been blacklisted for whatever reason

 

You would not allow just anybody to wander into and around your house, why should Thailand allow just anybody to enter their country.

[MrPancake]

9 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

We are here for sharing information that assists others.

 

Exactly why I posted this.

I didn't post for assistance but to warn who might travel a lot on exemptions.

[Pattaya57]

19 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

With that attitude thinking this thread should be closed.

We are here for sharing information that assists others.

Past history is the KEY to issues with immigration. 

Especially when using visa exempt via air. 

Did you forget you're a mod and can do that 😉

 

[MrPancake]

3 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

Your history is exactly what they want to know as it determines if you have been either

a) refused entry at any time and why also

b) been blacklisted for whatever reason

 

You would not allow just anybody to wander into and around your house, why should Thailand allow just anybody to enter their country.

 

They don't need to ask me quesyions to know this. They have computers with files in them. They have my entire visa history since day 1. I saw it.

 

But even if that was true. How would it make it your biz as well 😄 As I said never had any problem of any kind. That's why they could tell me why I was sent to their office in the first place. It had to do with me not paying for a tourist visa nothing else.

[DrJack54]

3 minutes ago, MrPancake said:

 

Exactly why I posted this.

I didn't post for assistance but to warn who might travel a lot on exemptions.

Despite 13 years experience you have no idea of helping the forum.

Your OP is of zero value without details of recent history. 

Then continue to argue. 

You are not posting assistance in any way shape or form.

[impulse]

12 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

1 hour ago, impulse said:

for bad taste and disrespectful apparel.

What on earth would that be?

 

My favorite was the lady showing off both sets of lips.  Her shorts were cut so short we got what Ray Stevens referred to as a free shot.  

[Pouatchee]

1 hour ago, MrPancake said:

So after 5 minutes of useless chatter, I told them that I respected them but that I didn't care and would go spend my money elsewhere if they couldn't follow their own rules. They let me in.

 

I really doubt they care if you spend your money here or elsewhere. and immigration dont usually give in to foreigners with this attitude. so, nahhh will pass on believing your story

[MrPancake]

13 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

Yes it is. Some "entitled" person claiming they can go anywhere in the world crying because Thailand immigration didn't agree with him until they chatted with him for 5 minutes 😀

 

 

They did agree when I made clear I wouldn't buy a tourist visa. It wasn't 5 mins. 5 minutes was the main chat. Then you had the waiting and secondary chats with clueless officers. Overall probably 30 minutes.

[DrJack54]

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