What are the main considerations and potential reasons for visa denial when entering Thailand?

Dear members,

I do understand your feelings, special after 1 report that a person is denied entry.

But this page is to advice about the Thai Visa and Extension of Stay procedures. As mentioned in the description of this page:

We can give advice, but be aware the last decision is always in the hands of Immigration Officer,

We cannot guarantee that the advice given will be 100 % successful to obtain the visa, extension of stay or entrance into Thailand.

We can have endless discussions about friends with long history of living in Thailand and on what basis an Immigration Officer is making the decision. But to be honest it is all speculations. Smart dressed and showered seems to work better. Based on country of origin could be. Getting denied happens more at airports than at borders.

The basic is that the Visa Exempt and the Tourist Visa are for people to enjoy their holiday in Thailand, than go back home to their normal lives. This visa is not to be used back to back to live long time in Thailand, what simply raise the question at Immigration: How do you fund yourself as you're Employment Prohibited and that is the most used reason for denied entry.

Questions of will it happen to me, or my friend, can not be answered. The decision is made by the Immigration Officer to whom you hand over your passport.

And that is the reason why I close these kind of topics, we do not know, we can only speculate and guess and in my point of view that is not giving advice. The only advice to avoid this risk: Get a visa that fits your purpose of Stay.

Edit: The list of reasons of denied entry: