How Strict Are Thai Immigration Rules on Tourist Stay Duration with Breaks Between Visits?

@Jo *********

thx

@Jarek ***********

interesting for sure!

@Lyb *****

I would have rather left and came back with a visa than to give anyone any money.

Marianne Holmen did exactly the same 🙏🏻 not a nice feeling tho being grilled in immigration etc had to show bank accounts savings etc

@Marianne *******

so you were actually denied at this time and sent back to your home country the same day? If not you were not denied. Its quite normal to have proof of return ticket and also k baht.

@Phil *****

I was stopped at the front booths, and brought back for a talk. The officers looked at my travel history and they literally said "We can not let you in because of xyz. Come back when you have a proper visa". So I was denied entry.

After being told this I was close to having a panic attack and was shaking and very distressed since all my stuff was still in Thailand, and the sweet but stern immigration officer lady took pity in me.

And then we had a productive conversation about why I had been there so long and why I had not gotten a proper visa, and when I was heading home.

The compromise was they would let me in if I could show proof of monthly income to support my stay, and order my ticket back to my country ( flight within the next 60 days ) right then and there, and whenever I decided to come back to Thailand it was with a proper visa, not a visa exemption.

@Marianne *******

so that means there was no denied stamp in your passport

@Marianne *******

And immigration actually stated you were being denied on the 90 in 180 rule? Interesting. It seems immigration is getting tougher post-covid.

@Steve *******

yes, they even made me sign something to confirm I had now been told of this rule.

@Jarek ***********

Exemption.

They told me to come back with a Visa next time. No mention of required time away before returning.