Tourist Visa & Airline Ticket

[rank stranger]

Hello all,

I arrive in Bangkok at the end of November and plan on staying for 4 months. Up until a couple of days ago, I had planned on getting a tourist visa here in the states and then converting it to a retirement visa a few weeks after I arrived. I am airline ticketed to leave Thailand on March 20, 2007.

My question is, will the fact my airline ticket is for approximately 4 months after I enter send off alarm bells with the immigration folks given that I only have a 60-day tourist visa?

One possible way to avoid any difficulties would be to purchase a cheap one-way ticket on Air Asia to Kuala Lumpur or some other nearby country. If there were questions, I could show my e-ticket receipt thereby demonstrating that I was going to leave the country prior to the expiration of the tourist visa.

Of course, I could just bite the bullet and apply for the retirement visa before I leave the US.

Any advice will be appreciated.

RS

[lopburi3]

The airline ticket should not be a problem with a visa.