What Are My Options for Entering Thailand After an Education Visa Denial?

Non B or Non O would be the only option at the moment.

@Cheri *******

not with her history. Savannakhet a NO for sure. Vientiane ?? Might not due to back to back.

@T**

They stamped Void to the visa and marked on blue "too many tourist visas"

@Jens *****

going to Laos to cross border into Thailand a good idea.

However forget trying to get another visa of any kind in Laos with that stamp and remarks in her passport.

There's probably no harm in trying but... with that "too many tourist visas" stamp I wouldn't give you any chance of crossing a border successfully, especially if it's a land border.

That is totally against what I would expect. Not much experience myself, but in Dutch groups all the troubles I've read about pretty much concern just Poi Pet and Malaysian borders. No one ever complained about BKK immigrations. Those are usually described as not caring about pretty much anything.

With air travel, I'd expect there would be a larger barrier for officers to refuse because it has much more serious consequences. The airline is committed to take you back as fast as possible. If they are fully booked, they'd have to delay other passengers, maybe for a full day. They won't be happy about that. I can imagine officers aren't taking that easily, and only refuse if it's a clear case. If you refuse someone at land border they can just walk back and take a bus to city where they can buy a proper visa. Should be lots easier.

Also: what kind of travelers generally show up at borders? At Suv you'll see mostly regular tourists and business travelers, who have things sorted out. The officers there should be used to let people pass without issues. The bouncers and people pushing their stay to the max will show up at land borders more often. I'd expect those officers to be used to having a bit of a closer look at people's passports. And indeed that's how, at least amongst Dutch, things seem to work.