90 days visa exempt

[Los Luver]

In January I traveled to Los for 35 days. My intention was to apply for visa extension in Jomtien. When I arrived to BKK, to my surprise, the officer gave me 3 months. I was shocked when I arrived to my hotel, I saw January 16th-April 17th !!!

I was happy. I wouldn't need to apply for extension. Few days later I went to immigration office, I needed certificate of residence. The first thing that happened that they told me that it was wrong. I have only the 30 days visa, they did mistake at the airport..

Finally, they canceled that stamp and got new one January 16th-February 15th. So I had to apply later for extension....

Any one has the same experience ??? Any clue why this happened ??

[Maestro]

It happened because the immigration official made a mistake.

 

We hear about this type of mistake every once in a while and immigration corrects it without a fuss when the foreigner notices it and goes to immigration about it.

[BritTim]

These kinds of mistakes happen often enough that Bangkok immigration actually has a section dedicated to correction of such errors. I have twice had immigration officials make an error on entry, but noticed before leaving the immigration area, and had it corrected on the spot.