Visa Snafu- How to Handle Immigration? 😃

[likethaigirls]

Hi All,

Recently, I got a 2 month Tourist Visa in Phnom Penh. My plan was/is to extend it for the third month, and hang in LOS until mid-January, 2015.

 

When I came back from Cambodia (by good road, BTW, I recommend it- 13 hours from Phnom Penh to Pattaya- $28 USD) Thai Immigration did *not* see my 2 month visa and stamped me in for 1 month, non-extendable. I didn't notice the error until I got to Pattaya. So, as it is, I'd have to leave LOS before the end of Nov. 2014.

 

I will go to Immigration at Jomtien and see if they'll help.

 

My concern is, Jomtien Immigration could say to me, "The 2 month visa you have allows you to enter Thailand up until 19 Jan 2015. So, you just leave when your existing 1 month visa is up later this month, and you can still come back in using your 2 month visa."

 

To get a 2 month Tourist Visa, I had to buy an air ticket out of LOS. Flight date: last half of Jan, 2015. If I come back to Thailand for 3 months starting late Nov, 2014, I could stay until mid-Feb, 2015, and if I did that, the air ticket would be wasted. I'd like to avoid that.

 

Just wondering if anybody has any persuasive strategies I can use at Jomtien Immigration?

 

Thanks for reading!

[jerry]

If you buy an Air Asia ticket you can get back the taxes (what usually is the biggest part) 

if you don't actually use the ticket . 

If you buy an Air Asia ticket you can get back the taxes (what is usually the biggest part) 

in case you don't use the ticket . 

[biggles]

Go to Jomtien quickly, mate had the same problem and they helped him out...even tho I thought they would make him go back to POE at Swampy airport.

[likethaigirls]

Good news!

[likethaigirls]

Thanks, guys!!

[likethaigirls]

In the end, Jomtien Immigration was *no* help to me. So, I'll have to do a visa run (to Cambodia). Big deal. The timeframe is the same, and since it costs 1,900 Baht to extend a 60 day visa for 30 more days, financially it's pretty even, too.

 

In future, I will never fail to check what Thai Immigration is stamping in my passport!

 

A year or so back, they stamped 'Jan' (January) in my passport instead of 'Jun' (June). That happened at Don Mueang, and I caught it in time. Got it corrected. Does it matter? Potentially, yes.

[likethaigirls]

In the end, Jomtien Immigration was *no* help to me. So, I'll have to do a visa run to Cambodia. It's not a big deal. Same timeframe, and extending a 60 day visa to 90 days costs 1,900 Baht, almost the same price as the visa run...

 

In future, I will always check what they're stamping in my passport!

 

A year or so ago, Immigration at Don Mueang stamped 'Jan' (January) in my passport when it should have been 'Jun' (June). I caught that one in time. Got it corrected.

 

Does it matter? Potentially, yes.