norfolkandchance Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Reached immigration 1200.Queue to immigration reached down to the main concourse.Guy in the line said it was the worst he had seen it in 10 years. Only half the booth's where open. Got to the IO 75 mins later. IO insisted that i filled in the complete address of my stay and also she needed a contact telephone number Then she asked why did'nt i have a visa ! (i'd been coming into LOS on visa exempt 30 days). Perhaps to many stamps ?. Anyway she stamped me up for 30 days. Finally left the airport at 1415 after chasing my bags around the belts. Apart from the buffoons who arrived at the front with no arrival cards is this now the norm or a sign of the times due to recent events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigar7 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 They use to have a preliminary check before getting into a specific booth line, that verified you had a completed arrival/departure card completed. If you didn't have a card, you had to go a desk and get one, then to the end of the line, again. Is the preliminary checker gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkandchance Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 No. Still there but the Buffoons send someone to get the forms and fill them out at the start of the line.Perhaps the checker should be at the end of the line to check if they have the filled out form but that would be to easy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen123 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 which airport you r talking about.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 This weird immigration attitude is not good for the country. It just show how far more corrupt the junta is that the previous elected governments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I wonder if the weather stopped a few officials getting to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdecas Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 You arrived at somtam o'clock, always a bad move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgjackson69 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 This weird immigration attitude is not good for the country. It just show how far more corrupt the junta is that the previous elected governments. How does slow immigration queues = corrupt junta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I arrived around 6:30 PM last Sunday and the desks were sparsely populated. The girls were at the front of the queue getting people to fill in their cards and also add a phone number. This delayed things as people were digging out itineraries for hotel addresses and some were totally lost for a phone number. It did slow things down and these girls should be moving along the conga line and not just checking them at the front end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) This weird immigration attitude is not good for the country. It just show how far more corrupt the junta is that the previous elected governments. How does slow immigration queues = corrupt junta? Tit for tat. Thais blame Farangs for their problems and Farangs blame problems on how corrupt Thais have become. If you think about it, somehow it evens out and all makes great logic. Edited September 18, 2015 by silent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozyjon Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Been there, done that, got the T shirt, move on, next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Why are you calling people "Buffoons" when you don't know them or the reasons why they have not got the card with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Yes this idea that you need to write a phone number on the arrival card - although there is no space. When I asked which phone number, the checker said my phone number - I said I don't have a cellphone. He said write the phone number of your home in your home country. Very useful that will be.... if I am in Thailand who will answer it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkandchance Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 Dotpoom You where in the queue then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 No problems yesterday evening when I came through – less than a five minute wait at inbound immigration. No request for a phone number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloperating Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 As a counter point to norfolkandchance, my flight arrived Suvarnabhumi at 12.15 on Monday 14th. My seat was way back in cattle class so I was by no means near the front of the queue. To cut short story shorter: after a 10 minute wait, I caught the 1pm bus to Pattaya. Needless to say, the process was a credit to LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Less than 5 minutes though BKK last evening, Jeddah on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgjackson69 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I entered last on 28 August and there was nothing about a phone number being required...granted that could have changed. Even so, I would probably just make up a number....I doubt Somchai is going to call it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanBBK Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Entered Friday night. Phone number was required. No idea which one though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Always have to provide an address, Have never had to privide a phone number. Maybe he thought you were hot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketboybkk Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Where is the op from? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 This weird immigration attitude is not good for the country. It just show how far more corrupt the junta is that the previous elected governments. So how to explain the weird immigration attitude under the several previous elected governments ? Before blaming corruption, perhaps you might demonstrate how the junta benefits, from the continuing weird immigration attitude which IMO is more down to general ineptitude and a lack of understanding of how to make Thailand more attractive to tourists. I agree that it doesn't seem to be directed at smoothing the flow, or encouraging the return, of cash-bearing visitors or long-term foreign residents. FWIW I returned to Swampy, at lunch-time a week or so ago, and Immigration took an unexceptional 20-25 minutes to negotiate. No question was asked, about why I hadn't completed the tourist-info section of the TM6, as long-term residents don't fill that in anyway, only tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 No phone number required tonight. Same as usual.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Phone number asked for on Thursday 10th and time at the booth was quite long. Non O visa held but every page was carefully checked adding to the time although I got through quite fast as with my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I arrived around 6:30 PM last Sunday and the desks were sparsely populated. The girls were at the front of the queue getting people to fill in their cards and also add a phone number. This delayed things as people were digging out itineraries for hotel addresses and some were totally lost for a phone number. It did slow things down and these girls should be moving along the conga line and not just checking them at the front end. Thanks for the heads up on a phone number. In my dozen trips on visa exempt, I have never known any specific address or phone number. While sometimes I have made a reservation by email, I never have paid in advance because I always decide where I will stay after I see the room. Amazing how every time I made a reservation, they try to stick me with the one next to the elevator that opens and closes and ding ding dings all night long, or next to the noisy utility room, or on the noisy street side, etc. I usually put down "Pattaya" and that was it. Now I will bring a hotel address and a phone number. Often my phone has expired as use a pay for use Thai cell phone and have to get a SIM card each trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maanoi Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Just put any dam phone number in. What are they ganna do, make a test call while you wait to verify the number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I wonder if there are any ramifications for intentionally providing Immigrations false information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Years ago coming through DM I used to call hotels from the airport and was always told 'sorry full'. When I turned up in the taxi it was never a problem to get a room in the 'sorry full' hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiep Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Came through at 16.30 on 15th September from Sydney.. Only 10 Mts wait but they did take longer checking my passport and visa. No phone number asked for.... Would have given my OZ number, had the phone in my bag. Turned of...no global roaming.... aussiep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekkie Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Arrived 3 weeks ago, worst queues I have experienced. Scorn poured on my passport for having lots of 30 day stamps, referred to a boss who then just stamped me in. I come in 2 or 3 times a year. It puts tourists etc off...first impressions etc get the booths fully manned and have a Max 20 min wait target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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