Urgent Help ...15 Day Entry

[lapamita]

just had friends comming over for 4 weeks,,, have returnticket to europe at 12.01.09

lady german married to slovenia- eu,, when come in lady 30 day stamp man 15 day stamp,very surprise.

ok he was gone to pattaya immigration told him no extension he must go to cambodia.

so he booked visatour at soi postoffice and went to cambodia today.

the immigration told him if he leave thailand now, he cannot enter again to thailand,,he must go to immigration and extend the visa.

so now he just called me,,hes on the way back from thaiborder with no new stamp and in overstay tonight 24.00

are all people in this country crazy .....they are really fuc_ked up from here now....so what him can do goo back to the immigration or they tell him f.... off back to germany.

until tommorow they stay in rayong and tommorow go back to pattaya hotel.......so what they do

how is the law......................

[ubonjoe]

He probably went to the wrong border crossing since he has to get a Visa On Arrival.

See the list of VOA locations on this webpage: http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2482.php?id=2491

I don't see any that are on the Cambodia border.

If immigration won't give him an extension all he can do is go to one that is on the list and pay the overstay.

Sorry I can't be of any more help than this. But I see no other options.

[Maestro]

The current rule is that when a tourist from one of the countries covered by the visa exemption program arrives in Thailand without a visa he will receive permission to stay for 30 days when arriving by air, 15 days when arriving by land or sea. Germany is among the countries covered by this program, Slovenia is not.

A Slovenian national can get a visa on arrival and with that receive permission to stay for 15 days.

This information is on the website of Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

www.mfa.go.th/internet/document/ChartVisa.pdf

When travelling to a foreign country it is advisable and customary that tourists inquire from that country’s consulate about visa requirements when planning the trip. I would do so if I planned a trip to Slovenia, for example.

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Maestro

[lapamita]

thx

they was here last dezember andd this year in june,,, nobody inform them about changes,nor the airline nor the touragent.

so for him,i think i advise him pay 15 day overstayfien at 7500 thb,,,bcs the only checkpoint is nonkai and its really not worse to go their and losse 3 days of holiday even bcs of new year,,when he hear this news in about an hour he would be very very happy. he even thinks going to immigration solve the problem,,,,, i hope hes not ending p in monkeyhouse bcs hes already nuts about it..........and i think they will give the immigration a big argument tommorow dont think can stop them from going to the immigration

[Lite Beer]

Yes. They should have done their homework before they came.

1,000 Baht 15 days. Visa On Arrival.

He will have to exit and return over one of those checkpoints or go on overstay and risk arrest. Never a good idea.

[Maestro]

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they was here last dezember andd this year in june,,, nobody inform them about changes,nor the airline nor the touragent.

There has been no change in the list of countries for the visa on arrival since last December and the rule for this type of visa has not changed since then.

If the Slovenian national bought his ticket from a travel agent he could have inquired there about the visa requirement for Thailand or if he made the travel agent aware of his nationality a good travel agent would have volunteered this information.

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Maestro

[ubonjoe]

There is a crossing near Chiang Mai that is on the list where most people go from there.

It is: 7. Mae Sai Immigration Checkpoint , Chiengrai

[astral]

He could fly to Malaysia and back, if Malaysia will let him in.........

All the airports seem to be able to handle Visa on Arrival

[lapamita]

ok end of the story, yesterday after big trouble. they tried to get a flight back to germany,,but flights are full the next week. so they stay unhappay in overstay and cancell their tour to kochang.

end of the story he pay overstayfine,,,,and make the singha industrie more happy,,and give thailand another good reputation.

ahhh the information at pattayaimmigration, who told him go to cambodia,,was an british VOLUNTER poiceman at the immigration,,,, grettings to this unetucated a............ for fals information. and greetings to the seaairlandtours at soi postoffice who are taking the money but dont no the visarules.

[Lite Beer]

ok end of the story, yesterday after big trouble. they tried to get a flight back to germany,,but flights are full the next week. so they stay unhappay in overstay and cancell their tour to kochang.

end of the story he pay overstayfine,,,,and make the singha industrie more happy,,and give thailand another good reputation.

ahhh the information at pattayaimmigration, who told him go to cambodia,,was an british VOLUNTER poiceman at the immigration,,,, grettings to this unetucated a............ for fals information. and greetings to the seaairlandtours at soi postoffice who are taking the money but dont no the visarules.

Understand your , and the guys anger and frustration, but it is his responsibility to check the Visa Regulations before he comes.

If he is going the Overstay route make sure he does not give the Police any reason to look at his passport. Good Luck.

[lapamita]

so my friends...................

immigrationlaws in thailand,,,just get the information ,,, that he went to mATAPUT immigration at rayong ) they stay here in rayong same me until tommorow)

and now +++++++++++++++

THE MATAPUT IMMIGRATION EXTENTED THE VISA FOR 7 DAYS AND SAID AFTER RETURN HERE AND EXTEND AGAIN

so whats that,,the fact visa on arrival like mentioned on maestros link at mfa.go.th there is no extension, pattaya was send him to cambodia, and mataput is EXTENDING THE VISA

@maestro

if you not belive i send you copy from extension stamp of mataput by mail from today

sometime i thinkl LAW in thailand is for everybody but not for ME,,, thats the way of thinking here if streets or police or whatever

[Mario2008]

Amazing Thailand.

[ubonjoe]

Great news.

You will find that it is that way with immigration. Each office has there own way of doing things.

Did the farang in Pattaya tell you no on the extension or was it an immigration officer.

The next time they plan a trip he should get a tourist visa before arriving.

[Lite Beer]

THE MATAPUT IMMIGRATION EXTENTED THE VISA FOR 7 DAYS AND SAID AFTER RETURN HERE AND EXTEND AGAIN

He is very lucky that he found a friendly Immigration Officer as he did not have to do that.

He was in the country ilegally and they helped him out.

[lapamita]

no, in pattaya it was not the immigrationofficer it was the VOLUNTER polics farang sit at the desk, who told him

1. no extension

and

2. go to cambodia

both false,,i dont like this volunters running behind the thaipolice like dogs and without salary,,just for the feeeling i am an important man,,,,, even dont know and give false information

but great feeling of power for them

[ubonjoe]

I don't think I would of accepted the turndown on the extension from him. I would of filled out the application form and tried.

I have read many compaints about the volunters.

The MFA webpage has the following statement.

Visitors who enter the Kingdom with Visa on Arrival generally cannot file an application for extension of stay except in special cases such as illness which prevents them from travelling, etc

So they can issue extensions if they want to.

[PhilHarries]

I don't think I would of accepted the turndown on the extension from him. I would of filled out the application form and tried.

I have read many compaints about the volunters.

The MFA webpage has the following statement.

Visitors who enter the Kingdom with Visa on Arrival generally cannot file an application for extension of stay except in special cases such as illness which prevents them from travelling, etc

So they can issue extensions if they want to.

But just a minute, the advice from the volunteer, according to your quote, was correct : "cannot file an application for extension". There were no "special cases" preventing him from travelling. Ergo no extension.

Why would anybody take visa advice from a policeman of any type or rank? Would you expect a London bobby to know the ins and out of visa regs? Okay a London bobby would tell you go to immigration, so the volunteer should have done also but judging by the OP's ranting he'd have been slagged off for not helping.

Next thing he'll be on here complaining that Noi at Nitnoy beer bar gave him duff advice.

[lapamita]

@PHILHARIS

sorry this was the VOLUNTER at the IMMIGRATION OFFICE in PATTAYA he told not only my friend,,even others from POLAND cannot extend,you must go to CAMBODIA boarder.

INFO FALSE

NO VISA ON ARRIVAL AT CAMBODIA AT ANY BOARDERCROSSING BY LAND.

if they dont know why they tell people like this volunters the star of the earth,,,,give them a good feeling of power

i saty 19 zears in thaialnd until 2004 visa easy and now in difficult times i read thaivisa,,so i no have any problem or rellie on false information of volunters at immigration or on officers good will

BUT THERE ARE IN MASS PEOPLE ON HOLIDAY WHO DONT KNOW,, THEY EC. A GOOD HOLIDAY BUT THEY GAVE THEM A NIGHTMARE

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Desist over using capital letters on the internet.