Strict 30 Day Rule To Enter Thailand?

[bazzle351]

Ok

so i'm going to Bkk Dec5 i need to be gone Jan 3, but if i fly to Hong Kong in between those dates (taking GF for trip) do i need a multi ??

City Gardens

Cheers

[bazzle351]

OOps sorry for the repost but first and second time the page wasn't loading

[whybother]

Ok

so i'm going to Bkk Dec5 i need to be gone Jan 3, but if i fly to Hong Kong in between those dates (taking GF for trip) do i need a multi ??

City Gardens

Cheers

You are entering Thailand multiple times. So, yes, you do need a multiple entry visa.

[glegolo]

It is now reported from SEVERAL swedish tourists that they all have problem att the immigration counter. The airway-companies are selling their so called 30 days-tickets, while in fact it is 31 days.... They just dont care when asking them, why they are selling these.

People are having red stamps in their passports and are being forced to pay 500 baht for that extra day. F.y.i. flights always more or less leave the airport in Bangkok 00.45 passing into a 31st day...

It would have been helpful if you had mentioned the airline in question and given a link to the specific web page on their website that offers these "so called 30 days-tickets". I know that some airlines offer special fares for return tickets valid for short periods, eg 30 days or three months, but without a link there is no way for readers of your post to check this out.

We should also take into consideration the fact that for Thai immigration the 30-day visa-exempt permission to stay includes both the day of arrival and the day of departure, whereas an airline may add 30 days to the day of arrival, making it 30 nights, which for immigration then is 31 days. It is this that I would like to verify.

Thai-air and SAS, I do not have any link at this stage, will try to find it.....

Glegolo

[kevvy]

just apply for a seven day extension , easy to do

[MILT]

Thank you so much for the prompt response. I need that extra day so I'm coming in on a plane at 11:30pm. Is there a place to hang before entering customs at BKK so I can wait till after midnight? Just in case. Again, thanks!

It will take longer than 30 mins to clear immigration no matter what time of day you arrive (especially if you come cattle class & are one of the last off)

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My brother and his wife just arrived 2 days ago at around 11pm. When I talked to him, I asked him how long it took him to get through customs. Roughly 5 min. and that's because they didn't fill out the entry departure card. So I would say it's a crap shoot.

[Tanaka]

It is now reported from SEVERAL swedish tourists that they all have problem att the immigration counter. The airway-companies are selling their so called 30 days-tickets, while in fact it is 31 days.... They just dont care when asking them, why they are selling these.

People are having red stamps in their passports and are being forced to pay 500 baht for that extra day. F.y.i. flights always more or less leave the airport in Bangkok 00.45 passing into a 31st day...

It would have been helpful if you had mentioned the airline in question and given a link to the specific web page on their website that offers these "so called 30 days-tickets". I know that some airlines offer special fares for return tickets valid for short periods, eg 30 days or three months, but without a link there is no way for readers of your post to check this out.

We should also take into consideration the fact that for Thai immigration the 30-day visa-exempt permission to stay includes both the day of arrival and the day of departure, whereas an airline may add 30 days to the day of arrival, making it 30 nights, which for immigration then is 31 days. It is this that I would like to verify.

Thai-air and SAS, I do not have any link at this stage, will try to find it.....

Glegolo

This is strange. I have flown with SAS and Thai to Bkk and I have never been asked if I have a visa when purchasing a ticket. Whether it was a 30 day trip or longer. And I can only find a remark on their websites that each passenger is responsible for having the necessary documents for travelling.

[Mario2008]

Yes, apperently Phuket is charging a 1 day overstay fine, but he is talking about the plane leaving Bangkok.

Might be an option not to go through immigration at Phuket but at Bangkok.

I do not know what you guys are talking about. I am talking about people leaving BANGKOK Suvarnabhumi airport. And yes, there is a lot of swedes passing through into Phuket. But I am talking, as wrote, about Bangkok.

They are enforcing obviously this one single day.

Glegolo

That would be a policy change, of which I have seen no reports as of yet.

[Maestro]

This is strange. I have flown with SAS and Thai to Bkk and I have never been asked if I have a visa when purchasing a ticket. Whether it was a 30 day trip or longer. And I can only find a remark on their websites that each passenger is responsible for having the necessary documents for travelling.

Glegolo's post is not about the requirement of a visa. I is about the alleged offer by SAS of a special fare for a return ticket that is valid only if the return flight is 30 days after the outward flight. I find the SAS online booking procedure a bit confusing and have note managed to find this type of ticket and the fare conditions to which it is subject.

[Maestro]

I have now found the fare conditions regarding minimum/maximum stay for the lowest fare, which is "Econonomy - Fixed":

There is nothing about a minimum or maximum stay of 30 days. That was when trying to book flight leaving Copenhagen on 14 NOV and the return flight leaving Bangkok on 13 DEC:

[Maestro]

...I am talking about people leaving BANGKOK Suvarnabhumi airport. And yes, there is a lot of swedes passing through into Phuket. But I am talking, as wrote, about Bangkok.

They are enforcing obviously this one single day...

I shall believe that when I see it, ie scanned copies of the relevant passport pages (arrival stamp, departure stamp, overstay note)

[Anon999]

...I am talking about people leaving BANGKOK Suvarnabhumi airport. And yes, there is a lot of swedes passing through into Phuket. But I am talking, as wrote, about Bangkok.

They are enforcing obviously this one single day...

I shall believe that when I see it, ie scanned copies of the relevant passport pages (arrival stamp, departure stamp, overstay note)

I have many stamps in one of my old passports that have 31 days until date of departure and in one case 33 days. I never had a problem at immigration. My departure was always on the early morning flight and I would go through immigration at Don Muang before midnight. The only comment that was made to me was , 'you leave it late!' However, since moving to Suvarnaphumi maybe they have tightened up on things. If you do not believe me that is your problem.

[Maestro]

Thank you for your information, Anon999, but unfortunately it does not answer the question whether Swedish tourists are currently charged an overstay fine of 500 Baht when they leave Thailand one day after the expiration of their 30-day visa-exempt permission to stay.

[DogNo1]

bazzle351: If you are entering on a 30 day visa waiver, you will leave the country when you go to HKG and receive a new 30 day waiver when you return. If you are among the nationalities who qualify for the visa waiver you will be fine. I assume that you are British since you signed your message "Cheers!" If your nationality requires you to get a visa on arrival, the situation may be different but I assume that a new visa on arrival would also be available on your return to BKK.

To the Swedes who are sweating the one-day overstay penalty - Why not just pay it? You could go to Phuket immigration to get a seven day extension but it would cost you more than 500 baht. The same goes for visitors to Bangkok. You could go to immigration at CW and get an extension but paying the 500 baht for a one day overstay would be a lot less hassle.

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy your winter vacations in Thailand. I sure am looking forward to mine

[bazzle351]

bazzle351: If you are entering on a 30 day visa waiver, you will leave the country when you go to HKG and receive a new 30 day waiver when you return. If you are among the nationalities who qualify for the visa waiver you will be fine. I assume that you are British since you signed your message "Cheers!" If your nationality requires you to get a visa on arrival, the situation may be different but I assume that a new visa on arrival would also be available on your return to BKK.

To the Swedes who are sweating the one-day overstay penalty - Why not just pay it? You could go to Phuket immigration to get a seven day extension but it would cost you more than 500 baht. The same goes for visitors to Bangkok. You could go to immigration at CW and get an extension but paying the 500 baht for a one day overstay would be a lot less hassle.

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy your winter vacations in Thailand. I sure am looking forward to mine

Thanks for the info DogNo1

I am Aussie and i just checked a site that said we are under the 30 day exemption