Quick question regarding the tourist visa in Phnom Penh

last time I got a 60 Day Tourist Visa through the agent at lucky lucky motorcycle shop. All they asked from me was a pass photo.

However they asked about how many "visa stickers" I had in my passport (at that time 2).

Now I have 3 thai visa stickers in my passport and some on this site say it could be a problem.

Would I still be able to get a Thai Tourist Visa through Lucky Lucky Motorcycle (or other agents)? Do I have to show a flight now?

I have read that Phnom Penh are counting previous TV's from other Embassy's and the maximum count is 3, that 3 is a combined 3 from all Embassy's

A agent may be able to secure you another one but why risk it? Go to Laos instead and get one there

Another rule which some have reported, is that if you have a Thai Tourist Visa from Phnom Penh in your current passport, you will not be issued a 2nd.

so if I shop up with 3 visa stickers (one of them from phnom penh) I wont get another visa...

even if I use the service of an agent??

can somebody conform this or confirm they still got a visa there if they met those conditions

A agent may be able to secure you another one but why risk it? Go to Laos instead and get one there

because laos sucks and I wanna have an enjoyable trip for my visa renewal

so if I shop up with 3 visa stickers (one of them from phnom penh) I wont get another visa...

even if I use the service of an agent??

can somebody conform this or confirm they still got a visa there if they met those conditions

A agent may be able to secure you another one but why risk it? Go to Laos instead and get one there

because laos sucks and I wanna have an enjoyable trip for my visa renewal

Please read my post again, why risk it? You have been told by myself and on other threads that the maximum is 3, you have 3 already, if the maximum is 3 and you have 3 then it's unlikely you will get another

im looking for confirmation and personal experience not "highly unlikely" and "i have read"

all i could found on the forums so far were rumours and hearsay, not one report were someone got denied or accepted who was in those parameters. thats why i opened this thread

any further OT posts and pointless arguing will be ignored from my end

thank you

im looking for confirmation and personal experience not "highly unlikely" and "i have read"

all i could found on the forums so far were rumours and hearsay, not one report were someone got denied or accepted who was in those parameters. thats why i opened this thread

any further OT posts and pointless arguing will be ignored from my end

thank you

Nothing you read here will provide the "guarantee" you seem to be seeking.

I could say " you will have no problem" .It is your choice as to whether to believe or reject what I say.

Here ya go;

1. Jack is wrong;

2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV

Edited May 20, 201610 yr by phuketrichard

Here ya go;

1. Jack is wrong;

2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV

thank you richard this is good news

so this means it would be no problem getting a second thai visa in PP

do you know if your friend at more than 3 tourist stickers in his passport when he applied for any of those visas in PP?

Here ya go;

1. Jack is wrong;

2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV

thank you richard this is good news

so this means it would be no problem getting a second thai visa in PP

do you know if your friend at more than 3 tourist stickers in his passport when he applied for any of those visas in PP?

What's good news about it? He got refused

You are obviously not understanding what people are trying to tell you

3 is the maximum from ALL Embassy's, it does not matter if they are from the same Embassy or different ones, even http://www.thaivisaservice.com/ state that people with a NEW PP can apply, this means they are limiting who they give them out to

Edited May 20, 201610 yr by darrendsd

so if I shop up with 3 visa stickers (one of them from phnom penh) I wont get another visa...

even if I use the service of an agent??

can somebody conform this or confirm they still got a visa there if they met those conditions

A agent may be able to secure you another one but why risk it? Go to Laos instead and get one there

because laos sucks and I wanna have an enjoyable trip for my visa renewal

Get an setv from HCMC. Chill in district 1 and enjoy the beer. Flights can be cheap esp if plan ahead

Here ya go;

1. Jack is wrong;

2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV

thank you richard this is good news

so this means it would be no problem getting a second thai visa in PP

do you know if your friend at more than 3 tourist stickers in his passport when he applied for any of those visas in PP?

What's good news about it? He got refused

You are obviously not understanding what people are trying to tell you

3 is the maximum from ALL Embassy's, it does not matter if they are from the same Embassy or different ones, even http://www.thaivisaservice.com/ state that people with a NEW PP can apply, this means they are limiting who they give them out to

English NOT ur language?

he got refused his 4th tourist visa in a row in Phnom Pehn but than went to Vientiane and got his tourist visa there. which is his 5th in a 14 months

Here ya go;

1. Jack is wrong;

2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV

thank you richard this is good news

so this means it would be no problem getting a second thai visa in PP

do you know if your friend at more than 3 tourist stickers in his passport when he applied for any of those visas in PP?

What's good news about it? He got refused

You are obviously not understanding what people are trying to tell you

3 is the maximum from ALL Embassy's, it does not matter if they are from the same Embassy or different ones, even http://www.thaivisaservice.com/ state that people with a NEW PP can apply, this means they are limiting who they give them out to

English NOT ur language?

he got refused his 4th tourist visa in a row in Phnom Pehn but than went to Vientiane and got his tourist visa there. which is his 5th in a 14 months

English is my language but certainly not yours

Red what the OP is asking about, he already has 3 TV's and wants to get a 4th at PHNOM PEHN, read that again, PHNOM PEHN,

He wants to apply for another TV at PHONM PEHN, not Vientienne, he DOES NOT want to go there as he has stated already

Here ya go;

1. Jack is wrong;

2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV

thank you richard this is good news

so this means it would be no problem getting a second thai visa in PP

do you know if your friend at more than 3 tourist stickers in his passport when he applied for any of those visas in PP?

What's good news about it? He got refused

You are obviously not understanding what people are trying to tell you

3 is the maximum from ALL Embassy's, it does not matter if they are from the same Embassy or different ones, even http://www.thaivisaservice.com/ state that people with a NEW PP can apply, this means they are limiting who they give them out to

English NOT ur language?

he got refused his 4th tourist visa in a row in Phnom Pehn but than went to Vientiane and got his tourist visa there. which is his 5th in a 14 months

English is my language but certainly not yours

Red what the OP is asking about, he already has 3 TV's and wants to get a 4th at PHNOM PEHN, read that again, PHNOM PEHN,

He wants to apply for another TV at PHONM PEHN, not Vientienne, he DOES NOT want to go there as he has stated already

Apparently it's not.

"he got refused his 4th tourist visa in a row in Phnom Pehn."

You should read his post again.

He stated his friend had 3 tourist visas in his passport already and was refused a fourth in PP (Phnom Pehn).

He then went to Vientienne and was granted hos 4th touist visa.

The OP also has 3 tourist visas,so will also be refused his fourth in Phnom Pehn.

Wow. Unbelievable.

Which is exactly what I have been saying, PP are limiting TV's to people who have had 3 already, that means if he goes to PP to get another he will be refused

PP are refusing TV'S to people who have had 3 already, it does not matter if they all came from PP or a mix

Edited May 20, 201610 yr by darrendsd

so if I shop up with 3 visa stickers (one of them from phnom penh) I wont get another visa...

even if I use the service of an agent??

can somebody conform this or confirm they still got a visa there if they met those conditions

A agent may be able to secure you another one but why risk it? Go to Laos instead and get one there

because laos sucks and I wanna have an enjoyable trip for my visa renewal

Get an setv from HCMC. Chill in district 1 and enjoy the beer. Flights can be cheap esp if plan ahead

yeah I really wanna go to cambodia though

Here ya go;

1. Jack is wrong;

2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV

thank you richard this is good news

so this means it would be no problem getting a second thai visa in PP

do you know if your friend at more than 3 tourist stickers in his passport when he applied for any of those visas in PP?

What's good news about it? He got refused

You are obviously not understanding what people are trying to tell you

3 is the maximum from ALL Embassy's, it does not matter if they are from the same Embassy or different ones, even http://www.thaivisaservice.com/ state that people with a NEW PP can apply, this means they are limiting who they give them out to

English NOT ur language?

he got refused his 4th tourist visa in a row in Phnom Pehn but than went to Vientiane and got his tourist visa there. which is his 5th in a 14 months

English is my language but certainly not yours

Red what the OP is asking about, he already has 3 TV's and wants to get a 4th at PHNOM PEHN, read that again, PHNOM PEHN,

He wants to apply for another TV at PHONM PEHN, not Vientienne, he DOES NOT want to go there as he has stated already

Apparently it's not.

"he got refused his 4th tourist visa in a row in Phnom Pehn."

You should read his post again.

He stated his friend had 3 tourist visas in his passport already and was refused a fourth in PP (Phnom Pehn).

He then went to Vientienne and was granted hos 4th touist visa.

The OP also has 3 tourist visas,so will also be refused his fourth in Phnom Pehn.

Wow. Unbelievable.

Sorry mate, got you mixed up with another poster.

Here ya go;

1. Jack is wrong;

2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV

Great info - thanks for the recent account.

If this pattern holds, I'll get the first 3 tourist visas in my next passport there, before moving on to Laos and Penang.

Edited May 20, 201610 yr by JackThompson

" 2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV "

phuketrichard surely you must realise that this is shocking English? When you keep reading the above passage I can make no sense about what you are trying to say

“he submitted application for his 4^th , got it back with the Visa in the passport “

so this suggests he received the passport back from the embassy in Phnom Penh with the 4^th Visa in the passport?

So where does the REFUSED in big letters come into it? Was the refused stamped on or next to the 4^th Visa he received in Phnom Penh? Totally confusing

But then you go on to say no refund on application either?

Some inflammatory posts and replies to them have been removed.

" 2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV "

phuketrichard surely you must realise that this is shocking English? When you keep reading the above passage I can make no sense about what you are trying to say

“he submitted application for his 4^th , got it back with the Visa in the passport “

so this suggests he received the passport back from the embassy in Phnom Penh with the 4^th Visa in the passport?

So where does the REFUSED in big letters come into it? Was the refused stamped on or next to the 4^th Visa he received in Phnom Penh? Totally confusing

But then you go on to say no refund on application either?

i wrote EXACTLY what he did and he received;

He got his 4th visa in Phnom Pehn. (not his 4th total) ,

it was STAMPED on the visa REFUSED

he did NOT receive a refund

He went to Laos and got a setv.

OK, sorry my English is not up to your high standards

Edited May 22, 201610 yr by phuketrichard

Why not call/email lucky lucky and ask what they think?

Since they are very popular agent there I bet they have latest info where is the limit now..

And if they think you are bordercase, so is that a big problem then..

If you get touristvisa, fine, you don get, just come back with 30+30 plan..

If you want to be 100% sure then Phnom Penh is not the place to go.

Phnom Penh is only place i have also been denied thai touristvisa but that indicent is not very recent so no point to tell details any more..

Edited May 22, 201610 yr by thaitero

" 2. a friend of mine living in Pattaya has had 3 tourist visas in a row (using an agent ) from PP.

he submitted application for his 4th ( last month), got it back with the visa in the passport and in big letters REFUSED!! ( no refund on application either)

so he went to Vientiane and got a SETV "

phuketrichard surely you must realise that this is shocking English? When you keep reading the above passage I can make no sense about what you are trying to say

“he submitted application for his 4^th , got it back with the Visa in the passport “

so this suggests he received the passport back from the embassy in Phnom Penh with the 4^th Visa in the passport?

So where does the REFUSED in big letters come into it? Was the refused stamped on or next to the 4^th Visa he received in Phnom Penh? Totally confusing

But then you go on to say no refund on application either?

i wrote EXACTLY what he did and he received;

He got his 4th visa in Phnom Pehn. (not his 4th total) ,

it was STAMPED on the visa REFUSED

he did NOT receive a refund

He went to Laos and got a setv.

OK, sorry my English is not up to your high standards

So he didn't get his visa did he? He applied for it but got refused

just wanna report back got back from Phnom Penh and got the tourist visa through an agent no problem

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thx again to phuketrichard for the solid intel

Edited June 12, 201610 yr by ubonjoe
removed a inflammatory comment

I think I can clarify the misunderstanding about the refused stamp.My agent in PP told me that sometimes what happens is that the ladies at the front desk of the Thai embassy in PP,who by the way get 'paid' by the visa agents,will put the visa sticker in your passport.The passports then have to be signed by the consul,who might in some cases call the applicant in for an interview or outright reverse the decision of clerk and cancel the visa.

The PP is extremely unpredictable.I just got my 3rd PP visa with an additional 2 from other embassies, so the max 3 visas from all embassies can't be true. The agent showed me a British guy who had 7 TV from PP in a row, and never was called in for an interview.

Nevertheless, a cancelled visa in your passport does not look good.With it the likelihood of being refused at other embassies or getting problems at border when trying to enter on visa exempt will be much higher.

So if I have had zero visas ever (only ever entered on 30 day waivers) there should be no problem getting a SETV through an agent such as Lucky Lucky Motorcycle in PP?

Edited June 12, 201610 yr by kane666

So if I have had zero visas ever (only ever entered on 30 day waivers) there should be no problem getting a SETV through an agent such as Lucky Lucky Motorcycle in PP?

Based on what they were doing last week, yes, no problem. But they can change their policies at any time -and have. Penang just denied someone last week under circumstances that have not been reported there before (said he was in Thailand too long) - though he tried getting it direct, instead of through a known agent (not recommended there or PP).

So if I have had zero visas ever (only ever entered on 30 day waivers) there should be no problem getting a SETV through an agent such as Lucky Lucky Motorcycle in PP?

Based on what they were doing last week, yes, no problem. But they can change their policies at any time -and have. Penang just denied someone last week under circumstances that have not been reported there before (said he was in Thailand too long) - though he tried getting it direct, instead of through a known agent (not recommended there or PP).

the same goes for any embassy in the world so following that logic you could not recommend any embassy ever

The passports then have to be signed by the consul,who might in some cases call the applicant in for an interview or outright reverse the decision of clerk and cancel the visa.

the agent told me a lot of their customers get interviewed. but the interviews are done by phone and all they ask you is if you work in thailand.

big whoop

she also told me from all her customers only ONE ever failed the interview and he was rude and started yelling at the lady from the embassy

i would recommend anyone on this board to listen to the people who have actually been there. unfortunately there are a lot of people on thaivisa who go and on about what might/could MAYBE happen and what they read somewhere on the forum (probably from other guys who have no direct experience themselves). this adds zero value to the forums and only spreads misinformation.

Edited June 12, 201610 yr by Bruce Banner

Based on what they were doing last week, yes, no problem. But they can change their policies at any time -and have. Penang just denied someone last week under circumstances that have not been reported there before (said he was in Thailand too long) - though he tried getting it direct, instead of through a known agent (not recommended there or PP).

the same goes for any embassy in the world so following that logic you could not recommend any embassy ever.

On the contrary, the decision / recommendation is based on probabilities, based on recent reports. But the important part is to recognize that staying in Thailand on Tourist Visas requires the understanding that, at any time, one may be denied a visa, or entry back into Thailand, with no prior contextually-similar cases in evidence. Therefore, anyone going on Visa Runs should be prepared to not have the same experience as the last 20 persons with a similar visa-history.

This means, perhaps, not booking that return airfare, or being mentally prepared to see that ticket go in the waste-bin. And, most certainly, not having important plans in Thailand in the days immediately after one's expected return date.

The passports then have to be signed by the consul,who might in some cases call the applicant in for an interview or outright reverse the decision of clerk and cancel the visa.

the agent told me a lot of their customers get interviewed. but the interviews are done by phone and all they ask you is if you work in thailand.

big whoop

she also told me from all her customers only ONE ever failed the interview and he was rude and started yelling at the lady from the embassy

i would recommend anyone on this board to listen to the people who have actually been there. unfortunately there are a lot of people on thaivisa who go and on about what might/could MAYBE happen and what they read somewhere on the forum (probably from other guys who have no direct experience themselves). this adds zero value to the forums and only spreads misinformation.

The most recent reports from persons who have been there are the only relevant information. If you examine reports in PP going back years, you will find a variety of reports, with different 'consulate rules' being applied at a given time. It would seem that PP is more lenient now, but that is no guarantee things will be the same tomorrow.

yesterday after going to the border at poipet I was refused entry into Thailand as I did not have a Visa and had too many entries previously

My question is if I fly into Bangkok today would I get the 30 day on arrival? I have a British Passport

Or would the issue I had yesterday at immigration come up again and I would be refused?