If you're coming back from Vientiane with a 60 day tourist visa, are you still required to show and outbound air ticket leaving thailand before the visas up? Like you have to at the cambodian borders if you're getting a 30 day VOA?

Do these same requirements apply when entering thailand with a 60 tourist visa instead of VOA?

Anybody come back from Loas recently and had any problems? Its always been fine for the last few years even after they passed the new laws but I know thy're getting more strict regarding border runs.....

The onward ticket is a requirement for visa exempt entry only. Consulates may, or may not, ask to see a ticket to issue a visa.

The onward ticket is a requirement for visa exempt entry only. Consulates may, or may not, ask to see a ticket to issue a visa.

Do you know if the Thai embassy in Vientiane have started asking for an onward airticket?

Thanks........

I believe Vietnam are the only Consulates in the local area that a ticket may be required.

I believe Vietnam are the only Consulates in the local area that a ticket may be required.

Thanks for the help....any other comments welcome but I think that about clears it up!

Cheers Guys

I can confirm the following have not requested Onward Air Ticket recently

Thai Consulate - Penang Malaysia

Thai Border Mae Sot (Tak)

Thai Road Border Sadao (Malaysia/Thailand) (not sure about railway border)

Thai Road Border Sungai Kolok (Malaysia/Thailand)

But stay away from Aranyaprathet (Cambodia/Thailand) they are obliged to request but some officers do not ask. They told me not to come back and "I was only on my 2nd 30 days"

I can confirm the following have not requested Onward Air Ticket recently

Thai Consulate - Penang Malaysia

Thai Border Mae Sot (Tak)

Thai Road Border Sadao (Malaysia/Thailand) (not sure about railway border)

Thai Road Border Sungai Kolok (Malaysia/Thailand)

But stay away from Aranyaprathet (Cambodia/Thailand) they are obliged to request but some officers do not ask. They told me not to come back and "I was only on my 2nd 30 days"

About the "onward ticket rule" (note: not the return ticket rule). I am an american who has made trips into BKK since at least 1980 without a visa (using a stamp on arrival). The requirement for a onward ticket (out of the country) was first shown to me in the official airline handbook for visa and entrance requirements for countries around the world by a SAS ticketing agent in Copenhagen no earlier than 1982 who did not want to let me on a flight to BKK as I could not show a ticket out of Thailand, and had no Thai visa. So that requirement is not a new one and has been in effect at least 30 years now. It simply hasn't been enforced by Thai immigration. But now it is being enforced, at least at the land borders.

And just a word for the wise. It is totally legal for immigration at the international airport to insist that people arriving on international flights without a visa, and expecting a stamp on arrival, must show a onward ticket in order to get that 30 day stamp on arrival. Yes I know most times they won't request it, but that doesn't mean they can't anytime they want to. So plan ahead, and be prepared.

or get a visa