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Can be deported if we don't have a onward ticket at Suvarnabhumi Airport ? (30 days stamp)

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Hello, I will come with a round-trip ticket for 4 months.. with EU passport. So I'll get the 30 days stamp.

The airlines I take until now they never care about this.. even I didn't have a visa. ( and I don't have time to make the visa )

I would like to know it's it probably possible that the Thai Immigration Officier request me to show a onward ticket ?

If it happened, I can't provide the ticket, what would be the issues ? ( to buy a ticket ? ) or being deported without any negociation..

My last stamp was a year ago in Thailand.. no overstay, just two short trip on this passport.

Edited by Danielsiam

You're asking for probability which no one can accurately answer.

That said, Thai Immigration rarely ask to see an onward ticket, but they could. They also rarely ask to see proof of funds (20,000 baht), but they could.

As the Airline are responsible for your return should Immigration reject you its more likely that without a Visa you are asked to show a return ticket upon checkin.

Perhaps you've not been asked this before as you are using an E-ticket and the Checkin staff can see that you already have a return.

Print your E-ticket showing your return and you should be fine should Immigration question this.

Without a return ticket you are taking a risk, primarily of not being permitted on the flight at your point of origin (unless you purchase a return).

You can be denied boarding by your air company, if you do not have have a visa or not ticket out from Thailand within 30 days.

Unlikely Thai immigration would ask. Even if they did, you could claim yes you purchased it already, but the ticket is at home, or you will buy one tomorrow, you'll exit by bus to Siem Reap or whatever. Most likely they won't give a crap. If anything, they would rather you have sufficient funds and this would be the criteria used to deny you, but it's exceedingly unlikely if you're from a rich country and aren't a visa runner.

You say you are coming with a round trip ticket. But then you say you can't produce the ticket. So are you asking a hypothetical about losing your ticket or are you asking about not having a Visa for the full 4 months of your ticket dates? If the latter, I don't see a problem. I do it all the time. I get a 6 month ticket from EVA. Each time I arrived and just get the 30 day visa exemption. Usually I end up making one visa run or once I did an extension, and once I did a 30 day visa run then at the time another short 7 day extension to get a better flight schedule home.

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Well, I can show them my return trip to Immigration, but the return trip will be on 4 months after my date of arrival, so I was worries, not 30 days.

So, I'll show this return trip, and told them then I'll go to Philippines & Cambodia also during this trip and show my money & fews credit card, hope it will work..

You don't need to worry about immigration wanting to see a ticket out. It is the airline you need to worry about that can deny boarding if you do not have a ticket out within 30 days of arrival.

In my experience, most airlines are happy seeing any ticket out, irrespective of when it is and generally won't question it. Only if you have a one way ticket would it be different. As everyone else has said though, only the airline is going to question this if they want to. Once you're past the check in counter you can assume you will be allowed to enter the country without issues or even being spoken to.

Hello!

I have been to Thailand by air so many times now

but have never ever been asked by the Immigration

Officers to show them an onward ticket upon arrival

in Thailand.

I have never been asked to show the onward ticket

when I checked in at the airports for Air Asia flights,

either. (I always had a return ticket when I flew the

other airliners.)

If you should be asked to show the ticket when you

check in at an airport and/or arrive in Thailand, you

can just tell them you're going to Malaysia by land

where you're going to spend a long time, don't know

when you'll get back home so you haven't got a ticket

yet. (Most nationals can get a visa-exempt stamp that

allows you to stay in Malaysia for up to 90 days.)

Good luck.

Edited by Too

I never been asked by Thai immigration, but once denied boarding/forced to reebook by the airline for having a return ticket with 32 (!) days an no visa.

To make everybody happy: do an online booking for a cheap onward flight within the 30 days.

AIrAsia U-Tapao (Pattaya) to Kuala Lumpur starts at 1200 Baht (unticking all the "options") when booking in advance (a month or so).

https://booking.airasia.com/Flight/Select?o1=UTP&d1=KUL&dd1=2015-10-23&c=true&s=false

Edited by KhunBENQ

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