Do I need to apply for a tourist visa in advance if staying 32 nights in Thailand with a European passport?

@James ********

You got the Mr and Mss wrong a lot in Thailand didn't you

@Jordi *******

🤣good one

@James ********

"you can overstay by two days without a problem. you will just pay the fine when you leave". Sorry James, this is just a bad advice all together. Or at least it reads like one. Glad you had a very good experience doing so but honestly, its not worth the risk and you should not tell people to take this path. Im not a miss btw. Sorry champ.

@James ********

the problem is that if you are stopped by the police for anything during those days, you will be detained.

@Bart *************

And it's not only a problem if one is detained. The ineradicable overstay stamp in the passport is the thing I'm always worried about. If the OP's never coming back to Thailand it's irrelevant I suppose.

@Sophie ********

agree, that's also a concern. Maybe not for Thailand, except if you ever plan on going elite, but for countries like Australia this could weigh on your visa application.

@Bart *************

I went through immigration 6 hours after the midnight deadline recently. I got an overstay stamp and a guy in that section told me he was being forced to leave the Kingdom - I didn't get the story though, but he looked in shock.

@Bart *************

I will be sure to keep my wild behavior in check for those last two days 🤪

@James ********

report him.

@Jeffrey ***********

read your own answer lol 😆😂😅

@Ian *********

There is no such thing as an eu passport you clown. Everyone is country specific 😂😂

@Jeffrey ***********

you fucking clown

@Ian *********

You fuckwit...

@Jeffrey ***********

educated answer, typical lol 😆😂😅

@Ian *********

Following your example 🤣🤣🤣

@Jeffrey ***********

well they clearly are not as there are no border check points, come to my face and call you a clown your so brave brave 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Jesper ********

haha, well never say never. Interesting. However, that would appear to be an error. Maybe one of the mods here can shed more light?

I was told its only a few countries that give free visa in Vietnam for 45 days including the northern Europe 😀

@Jesper ********

no, Vietnam has 15 day exemption but not for Danish afaik and they have 30 and 90 day visas. Nothing of 45.

Or maybe you dont have to dm can i share a photo here?

I got 45 days for sure this time

A picture

@Bart *************

dm me i show you

@Jesper ********

can share here.

@Jesper ********

yes, thanks. Looked it up now. It's something new, and for a very small number of countries but that includes the Nordic ones. Good deal then 👍. A couple other countries have 15 days exemption there but that again includes just a couple. Most westerners have to get a visa for Vietnam.

I was just told that it is only a few countries that give free visa for 45 days in Vietnam including the Nordic countries in Europe 😀

@Bart *************

yes okay thank you for the info. Yes but i think it is strange it changes from country to country should be free visa for all.

You see now?

@Bart *************

i can not see the picture i just post

@Bart *************

ok i try whait

@José ******

Yes you get the 30 days at the airport when you arrive and you’ll get your 30 days more later when you are in Thailand.

@José ******

Depends on where you stay. Every district has its own immigration and you’ll need to use the nearest one.

@Jan *****************

As for the 90 days Non O visa: The embassy issuing the visa will not ask for a return ticket within 90 days but several airlines will. For instance Quatar. It happened to me a week ago when flying back to Thailand with a new Non O visa issued in my country of birth. Luckily I had booked another flight back to my country of birth within 90 days, otherwise they would not let me enter the airplane. Will now postpone this flight, as I will apply for a yearly extension of stay based on this visa.

@Juerg ***********

Ok, seems quite strange as no one else than the airline will ask for a ticket. Non O most people use as a start for a permanent stay or retirement in Thailand. Just heard of this as mentioned for visa exemption and some embassies asking for this when issuing tourist visa. I even have a friend travelling 10 weeks to Thailand with Qatar Christmas time from Norway just on a visa exemption.

@Jan *****************

it really depends on the agent and how experienced they are. Those working with the airlines for a while know that return ticket rule is not enforced by Thai immigration, while a new agent can just read off the list of requirements and is not familiar with different types of visas. It can also happen that one of their passenger was not permitted in Thailand by authorities and airline was fined and had to fly them back so now they are more cautious. As a rule, airlines are the ones checking all required documents including passport validity, visas, return tickets etc - before checkin

@Lana **********

You’re right, I know people have been denied check in without a return/ticket even if they had proof of tickets out of TH. I also know people denied in the first place but managed to get check in after showing the staff the formal requirement for visa exemption.

@Jan *****************

I know someone who just went into a queue again and got to a different agent who didn’t ask her any outbound ticket at all. So many incompetent agents out there

@Lana **********

🎯

@Jan *****************

thankyou 😊

@Jordi *******

It cost the same as a two day overstay fine.

@Bart *************

I thought TV was around 70,- euros but cant find it real quick? Still, overstay is not a good option. Better extend or get the TV indeed.

@Jordi *******

TV is slightly over 1000 baht depending on currency.

@Ian *********

call it what you want, there's no country in the world called the EU

@Ian *********

so eu pp only good for travel between eu countries, of which Thailand is not a member

@Ian *********

that is for EU countries.

@Frank *********

no need for the idiot now is there keyboard warrior, if you can read i just answered that it is called an EU passport I did not question any of the other remarks

@Ian *********

damn. I really am sorry. That comment was meant for David Williams, who called me ignorant. Sorry.

@Ian *********

I don't know if you're just genuinely stupid or just playing the role here. Either way, there's no such thing as an EU passport and not all countries which are members of the organisation known as the EU get 30 day visa exempt entries to Thailand.

Your advice further up on this post is wrong.

@Brandon ***********

I Know that.... duh... I'm pointing out the fact that Europeans look at things differently. You wouldnt understand. As you were, thanks for playing. Keep your chin up and have a great weekend.

@Lawrence ********

considering he lives in the UK and he didn’t say he is in a member country, I’m not sure why you made that assumption. Maybe you’re the one not understanding.

@Ruth ******

I'm sorry Ruth maybe I need to delineate extensively for you but because of the EU and even though the UK has left the EU there is a feeling that there is a homogeneous treatment of people to some degree or another because this is where they come from and that's what it's like where they come from. I hope that explains things to you I don't think that way but I know that's why people do think that way. If you have any more confusion feel free to ask I will be happy to delineate for you further.

@Lawrence ********

I’m not in the least bit confused. Immigration law is not based upon your feelings.

And could have stayed til the 14 of April i think it was

@Jesper ********

Then you're mistaken. You would have received a 30 day stamp if you did not have a visa.

And it was on arrival from Denmark

@Brandon ***********

no it was 45 days. I just been to Bangkok

@Jesper ********

then it was a mistake by the immigration officer and you would still be counted as overstay if you stayed past 30 days.

@Brandon ***********

okay i dont know. I have to check it out then maybe you are right. I am going back to Bangkok next month from Saigon. So it would be nice to know so i want overstay. Is it not different from country to country?

@Jesper ********

No one gets a 45 day stamp when entering right now. There's no promotions and not a single visa that provides 45 days. It's either 14, 30, 90, or 1 year. The only time it would be different is if you are using a re-entry permit to enter on an already existing stamp.

@Brandon ***********

ok strange i see when i. Google it i can send a picture if you would like to see?

@Jesper ********

sure I'll dm you

@Brandon ***********

ok cool there will just go maybe half and hour before i get to my room. How can they make a mistake like that.

@Brandon ***********

ok but i just got to bkk the 29 of feb last month

@Lawrence ********

absolutely FALSE. A tourist visa requires an outbound ticket within 60 days. Would be kinda strange uh, giving someone 60 days to stay but then requiring onward travel within 30. Many of Thailand's rules are weird enough, but not thát weird (e.g. that onward travel within 90 days isn't accepted because you can extend the visa to 90 - although some embassies do accept that, for exactly that reason).

@Lawrence ********

nope, visa excempt and visa on arrival are two different things

@Lawrence ********

It’s not a visa at all. It’s visa-exempt. No visa.

@Steven ******

If you think you have no visa, stay over 30 days and then leave. You are playing with semantics, I am being realistic.

@Lawrence ********

visa exemption has nothing to do with a visa on arrival.

@Joris *********

Exactly. The stamp you get when you arrive with no visa that allows one to stay in Thailand for 30 days with an option to extend 30 days is actually a visa.

@Lawrence ********

It's not a visa but a stamp, that's why it's called a visa exemption. A visa is what you buy in a Thai consulate or embassy before you wing your way to Thailand.

Come in on 30 day Visa exempt and apply for additional 30 days from local immigration for 1900 baht. Or, apply for 60 day tourist Visa before you leave. Providing the country from which your passport is issued qualifies.

@Lawrence ********

visa on arrival is a totaly different thing to Visa exempt and aimed at people with certain passports so allthough I dont agree with calling you names you are wrong.