harrry Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Visiting Australia results in stamps being entered on the back pages of ones passport ! ˙ɹǝpun-uʍop ʇᴉ op ʎǝɥʇ ʎɐʍ ǝɥʇ s,ʇɐɥʇ How did you do that ! Turned the computer the right way up of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a10ams Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Maybe that page was his/her lucky number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I would say normal as compared to every other country I've traveled to. If you're that upset, perhaps better to stay home. Every country you've travelled to puts your visas in the middle? Interesting I've travelled many places, seen many people's passports and never encountered that. Fantastic idea I'll stay home, thanks for your valuable input. I to have traveled many places. I had to get extra pages put in my last passport. Yes it would seem that all countries just willie nillie stick there stamp or full page sticker any old place in my Passport. It has been funny as I have not traveled in the last few years and they would search through the book looking for the last extension and then when they put there's in it would be no where near the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 If you are a structured...organized...detail examining type of guy...you will surely go nuts in Thailand... You should see their method of running electrical lines...looks more like a rats nest...or spider web... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 If you are a structured...organized...detail examining type of guy...you will surely go nuts in Thailand... You should see their method of running electrical lines...looks more like a rats nest...or spider web... I am and I dont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Post removed as not about to stand on my head to read anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer666 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I don't think i have ever had a visa stamp on the next available page. They've always been placed randomly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejones Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Funnily enough, all my Thai stamps and visas are on the first few pages, while stamps from other countries are all over the other pages. They just open the passport, see a blank space and stamp. USA tend to stick all the stamps on the same page, probably so it's easier for them to see all the times entered in one place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 just insert your arrival card in the same page as your visa and they will have no trouble finding it My past observations do not confirm this and were as follows: The officer removes the arrival card from the passport without opening it. Then he opens the passport on the ID page to pass it through an apparatus to read the machine-readable code or the biometric chip. Next, he checks the data that comes up on his computer screen to see if I need to be refused entry or need to be arrested. Next he takes the arrival card and if there is a number entered in the field for the visa number he leafs through the passport to look for the corresponding visa or re-entry permit. Etc. You missed out the step where they open the passport at the wrong end and start looking for the photo page at the wrong end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I was also a bit annoyed that they wouldn't use up the available space in my passport, which forced me to apply for a new passport as there were no blank pages left. Having said that they were happy to go back and use the blank spaces when there were no blank pages for them to stamp. Looking over my old passport, the immigration officers of other countries are far more helpful and tend to stamp in a way that uses up least space. Thai immigration officers seem to have an unusually cavalier attitude when it comes to stamping. Can't be worse than the Philippines....hopeless Japan is very neat, considering how big their stamp is, they try to keep it neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I have tried the arrival card thingy many times out it comes then opens the passport to first page, scans it and then finds the visa number and corresponding visa. I keep trying but they do not take the hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpade Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I can't help but think most people who visit / live in Thailand have obviously never traveled before based on all the topics I see here. It's not a problem. Why do you care where the visa is? Whenever I have a visa in my passport that I want the official to see I hand it to him open at the visa page so there's no chance of him missing it then once he's done his work before moving away I check it to see I've been giving the right stamp. I've yet to have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Whenever at BKK arrivals I have marked the Re-entry page with a paper clip, Post-It note, or have the passport open to that page, the first thing they do is remove the marker or close the passport and then thumb through the whole thing anyway -- I've decided when you do something other than just handing over the closed unmarked passport the IMM officer thinks there is something in there you don't want them to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Drucker Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Geez, it would just seem that for the benefit of all concerned, including passport holders, embassy/consulate staff, and immigration officers, stamping and inserting visas in sequential order would make things a whole lot easier for everyone to find. I'm on the 9th year with my passport, and two sets of extra pages added, and it is chaos sometimes trying to look through everything. -Doesn't have to be that way- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisblackbird Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I would say normal as compared to every other country I've traveled to. If you're that upset, perhaps better to stay home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisblackbird Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I'd rather have a stamp in the middle of my passport with a triple entry ,much better Than 180 days in the uk Are you really complaining Ditto stay at home Your obviously easily upset Thailand is possibly not for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbr150r Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I find Thai immigration quite good with their stamping. The other day the officer squeezed a stamp in to fill a page and chuckled about how many stamps were on that page. My most annoying stamp was in LAX when he stamped across two pages right in the middle of the passport. It's a tiny stamp but he managed to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 ...My most annoying stamp was in LAX when he stamped across two pages right in the middle of the passport. It's a tiny stamp but he managed to do it. Yes, that requires a special skill, as does placing a stamp dead centre on an empty page (the red diagonal lines have been added by me): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 And this is how neat they are in Thailand: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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