On 3/7/2026 at 1:52 AM, Old Croc said:

A page removed from a PP invalidates it. Immigration did the correct thing in refusing entry. You need a valid document to enter almost any country. The airline must return him.

For those who believe he didn't know, the dog ate it or a child tore it out is naive. The reason people remove pages from their travel document is to hide something such as an overstay or deportation. All lie about it.

I dealt with a number of such cases in my former career.

way back in the day, ( like mid 80's) when the US used to issue fold out additional pages), i often would rip off some pages,
never had any pronblems
times have changed thou and i'd never consider it now
ripping out a page is only done for a few reasons

A overstay stamp or blacklist
Or
visiting one country that is not allowed when visiting another
but even then most of those countries, ( like Israel) stamp a external page an just include it in the passport

BUT to say he didn't know is just BS

On 3/6/2026 at 6:31 PM, NONG CHOK said:

Twelve years ago I returned to Australia to sell my appartment, of course her indoors tagged along as I was going for 3 months. I fixed everything up for her visa wise, then the s**t hit the fan when we arrived at Melbourne Airport. The immigration took her into a room and I demanded to be with her as she was my legal wife. I was told that her Thai passport was invalid as it had an unacceptable date of birth. When I checked her passport I noticed there was only the month and year she was born, no day. I told the officer that if he checked the data base he would see that she was accepted on two other occasions with me using the same passport. After an hour or so I requested to speak to the person in charge. At last commonsense prevailed and I was told to make sure that the DOB is corrected before any future trips. So back in Thailand we went to all the appropiate offices. Even the office in Korat where she was registered. Typical Thais no one would bite the bullet and type in a new day number. It doesn't really matter now as my travelling days are over. It's just another warning that people should check all their documents or do a very expensive U turn cutting short their holidays.

Australian immigration nasty arrogant bunch. Makes Thai immigration look reasonable

On 3/6/2026 at 12:25 PM, pixelaoffy said:

Exactly.. Immigration with nothing better to do. Overstaffed I suggest

One has got to ask the question how was he able to board his flight to Phuket with a damaged passport because they are usually checked thoroughly at the check in counter because the airline has to fly him back at their expense even if he didn't have a return ticket with them because it is their mistake.It is fair to say that they were very lax.