Need Help (Fairly Urgently) - "missed" Immigration When Prev. Departing Bkk And Need To Return Soon

[erini86]

Hiya,

This is my first post on this forum, as I'm kind of at my wit's end as to what to do! Really hoping someone can give me some advice! I need to return to Thailand for a wedding on the 15th December but I'm not sure if I'm going to have trouble being allowed in, as I somehow (accidentally) didn't go through immigration when I was in Bkk in July this year. This is what happened:

Flew domestic Phuket > Bangkok with Bangkok airways. At Phuket airport, told the check in lady to check our bags through to our international flight to Sydney from Bangkok. Asked if we needed to know anything about connecting once we got to Bkk, told no just ask airport/ airline staff.

Get to Bangkok airport, had never departed from there before, so no idea where anything is or where I needed to go. Didn't need to collect luggage so didn't go to the baggage claim area, went and asked airport staff where to go - showed my flight itinerary etc. Followed instructions of several airport staff until we finally reached a QANTAS transfer counter... Gave the employee our travel itinerary, passports etc. She printed out boarding passes and then directed us to our gate... We went straight there and after a bit of waiting around boarded our international flight from Bangkok > Sydney... Didn't pass through immigration anywhere, didn't have our passports stamped, didn't have departure cards taken. I only really realised that we hadn't gone thtough immigration once we got on the plane and I was putting out travel documents, passports etc away and then it was too late to do anything and I was totally confused... No idea how it happened, I know it shouldn't have been possible, but it happened! From Sydney, I caught another flight home to Adelaide.

Once we got back, I then commenced the saga that is trying to ensure that Thai Immigration has a record of my leaving, so that I am not recorded as overstaying and won't have problems re-entering. I have spoken to every person in every Thai Embassy in Australia, Australian immigration, Australian embassy in Bkk and the list goes on... Kept getting the same responses to call someone else, or that it was impossible that I hadn't gone thought immigration. Finally the colsular officer at the Thai embassy in Canberra instructed me to write a letter explaining what had happened, include boarding passes etc to prove we returned, and send to them. Then they were going to pass this onto Thai immigration... That was months ago, and I haven't had a response. When I called again, I was told I would just have to keep waiting.

My problem is that my best friend is getting married on the 16th December in Bkk and I need to be there for that, so I need to book flights soon etc etc. I really don't want to arrive in Bkk and have major problems at immigration... Does anyone have any advice/ suggestions for me? As well as mu Australian passport, I also have a British passport which I have never used to enter Thailand, if that may help me at all?

I would REALLY appreciate any help or advice, as I've been trying to chase this up for months now and it's cutting it very close.

Many thanks

Erin

[ShopBoy]

just use your British pp to enter.

you be ok

[Mario2008]

Op has already a topic about this running here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/599217-need-help-fairly-urgently-missed-immigration-when-prev-departing-bkk-and-need-to-return-soon/

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