Red Stamp In Passport

[wasim]

Hi, I have three Thai visa's in my passport and have only been in Thailand for a total of 11 months.

First Visa was an educational, but i stuffed it up and didn't know i was suppose to go to immigration after the first 90 days.

Since then i have been on two tourist visas.

My last tourist visa was a double entry. "The Enter Before Date" was the 25th of December (my friend had the exact same visa date).

I came back to Thailand on the 25th of Dec and the officer at immigration only stamped me in for 30 day entry on arrival (my friend got in with two months) and he also added the red stamp stating "The holder of this passport travels to thailand under a tourist visa several times which may result in the refusal of a visa in the future"

I only have two tourist Visa's in my passport ( I know other have more).

So how do i go about this?

Should i get a new passport from the South African Embassy in Bangkok and then go for another visa run? Is that possible at all?

Thanks

[beano2274]

Remember your details from your passport are kept on the computers, so getting a new passport and using the same crossing would not help, another crossing would be a better option.

[wasim]

My last two tourist visa's were from Malaysia and then the other from Laos.

So you recommend sticking with this passport and trying a different bordering country.

I have heard people are still given another visa even after receiving a red stamp. Anyone know the truth in this?

[wasim]

Or did you mean, don't use the crossing i did from Bali to Phuket?

[mowgus]

If you get a new passport, you have to take both your old and new passport to immigration to get your current tourist visa transferred to the new passport. You can't just leave the country and get a new stamp in your new passport. Trust me, I tried . At the border they will tell you that you have to go back into Thailand and go to immigration to get the transfer before you leave.

So, when that happens, they may (or may not) transfer that red stamp over. Just be aware that getting a new passport might not fix the problem. If, however, you lost your passport, maybe it would be different. But getting a new one would be a huge hassle.

[lopburi3]

Actually the procedure for the last few months for visa entry is to just present both passports at border during exit. No prior transfer is required if a visa entry (only for extensions of stay). Nobody is going to transfer any red stamps - that is an embassy stamp and immigration does not transfer such stamps (not even visas).

[chris5346]

hi,

did they put this red stamp in at the airport ?

did you have a double entry visa and were arriving for your second entry ?

did you write the visa number on the arrival card ?

maybe you could go back to immigration and tell them a mistake has been made but i'm guessing officially you should have entered on the 24th ?

this happened to someone i knew he forgot to write the visa number and he went back and they corrected the mistake.

[lopburi3]

On new read it does appear to have been done at airport rather than the normal Consulate stamp was thinking about. Have never seen a report of such a stamp on entry so indeed traveler may have a problem even with a new passport if that decision has been made.

stuffed it up

education followed by the tourist visas might be the key to immigration thinking - especially if education has not continued.

[tropo]

My last two tourist visa's were from Malaysia and then the other from Laos.

So you recommend sticking with this passport and trying a different bordering country.

I have heard people are still given another visa even after receiving a red stamp. Anyone know the truth in this?

Seeing as this just happened (December 25) I would go to immigration to get your entry stamp corrected to 60 days. After the 60 days you can get a 30 day extension.

If you want to do the new passport thing, why not leave on your old passport and apply for a new one in Malaysia or some other neighboring country? It will be clean.

Another possibility is to do a 15 day border hop before you get a new passport in Thailand. That way there is no need to have a tourist visa transferred to your new passport.

Are you sure the red stamp was given by the airport immigration officer? Is the stamp on top of your tourist visa sticker? Perhaps your visa was (red) stamped when it was issued in Laos and you hadn't noticed it?

[chris5346]

did the immigration officer at the airport ask you any questions ?

your going to have to say your a tourist now not a student.