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Confused..! "ENTER BEFORE" date on my Tourist Visa

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Someone help please... a quick question:

Is it ok to enter "on" the ENTER BEFORE date, for example the 5th of October? Or would I have to enter on the 4th (thus being "before" )?

Confused a bit.

Cheers

FF

Edited by friendlyfiend

It is OK to enter on the date itself, in your example on 5 OCT 2014.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place

 

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Hey, MANY thanks for the fast reply and the confirmation Maestro!

Cheers

FF

Actually, it depends on the interpretation of the officer on the day, best to enter the day before if at all possible and avoid the possibility of getting a 30 day entry instead of 60 days.

Actually, it depends on the interpretation of the officer on the day, best to enter the day before if at all possible and avoid the possibility of getting a 30 day entry instead of 60 days.

I don't recall any reports in many years of anybody having a problem entering on the last day.

But I do always suggest that a person should plan on doing it the day before rather than risk a delay causing the loss of an entry.

Maybe they should change the stamp to say... ON OR BEFORE.

Actually, it depends on the interpretation of the officer on the day, best to enter the day before if at all possible and avoid the possibility of getting a 30 day entry instead of 60 days.

It does not depends by the interpretation. It means "enter before the midnight of ...." just like the entry stamps means "allowed until midnight of ..."

 

Actually, it depends on the interpretation of the officer on the day, best to enter the day before if at all possible and avoid the possibility of getting a 30 day entry instead of 60 days.

It does not depends by the interpretation. It means "enter before the midnight of ...." just like the entry stamps means "allowed until midnight of ..."

 

are you sure about this? so, in the case of the OP, if he reenters today before midnight, there will be no problems? Thank you for your help.

edit: not the OP but the example in the second post. "Enter before Oct 5" means "come back to Thailand before 23:59 on Oct 5"?

Edited by qquestion

 

Actually, it depends on the interpretation of the officer on the day, best to enter the day before if at all possible and avoid the possibility of getting a 30 day entry instead of 60 days.

It does not depends by the interpretation. It means "enter before the midnight of ...." just like the entry stamps means "allowed until midnight of ..."

 

are you sure about this? so, in the case of the OP, if he reenters today before midnight, there will be no problems? Thank you for your help.

edit: not the OP but the example in the second post. "Enter before Oct 5" means "come back to Thailand before 23:59 on Oct 5"?

5th starts at midnight on the 4th. So you arrive in Thailand sometime on the 4th

5th starts at midnight on the 4th. So you arrive in Thailand sometime on the 4th

No. The OP is allowed to use his visa until midnight of the 5th. You can read and search on this, that's the way it is.

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Yes. Paz is correct. I asked at the immigration desk at Poi Pet also. She said the 'ENTER BEFORE' date is the last day the visa is valid for entry.

Wow........Thai Immigration is even able to change the meaning of English words and phrases.

Before the 5th is in my opinion on the 4th at 23:59'59 at the latest............w00t.gif

Some immigration offices used to take "before" literally but I haven't seen any post mentioning it being done for about two years. It is the the consulates that use "before" wrongly; it should be "not later than" or "until"

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place

 

Wow........Thai Immigration is even able to change the meaning of English words and phrases.

Before the 5th is in my opinion on the 4th at 23:59'59 at the latest............w00t.gif

Your opinion only. Again, it means "Enter before (end of) ...".

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