Arrival And Departure Card

[Jawnie]

I went to the Immigration office last week for a 30 day extension on my tourist visa. I had lost my Arrival/Departure card but went for it anyway. The Immigration office made me go file a police report and then return it to them before they accepted my application.

While it was a mental pain-in-the-butt to get the report, it was also quite easy. A motorcycle taxi took me from the front of the Immigration office to a nearby police station and waited for me. The process of getting the report at the police station took only about three minutes. The whole process took about 30 minutes. Immigration then issued me a new Arrival/Departure card. It made me a little crazy to do this but the officer showed me a good-sized stack of police reports for the same purpose.

Therefore, if you've lost your Arrival/Departure card, go get a police report beforehand and take it with you to the Immigration office. You'll get a new Arrival/Departure card at Immigration.

Edited April 10, 2011 by Jawnie

[H2oDunc]

Over the years I have lost a few and never had to make a report. They simply make you fill out a new one. You must have hit on an officer having a bad day

[Mario2008]

Different immigration offices have different policies. Some indeed insist on a police report for a missing depature card or 90 day reporting slip. Most do not.

[fatfather]

Because I'm travelling a lot, I always make a scan of the visa with entry stamp and the current departure card. Lost it once, but the printed out scan was valid, no issues.

fatfather

[Jawnie]

Good idea to copy and scan the dam_n thing. I definitely got punked. It was at the new office waaaay frigging north in Bkk.