What should I do about visa requirements for my upcoming trip to Thailand?

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Just put your passport details in where it asks for for Visa details and see what happens.

Maybe buy a return ticket somewhere else within 30 days to get out there. Sort visa out once there

Buy a bus ticket to Cambodia from Bangkok

Can't you leave the returm flight date open-ended as per a flexi-ticket so you can confirm it at a later date?

It's not unusual for an airline to require a return ticket if you are coming in visa exempt. They are responsible for taking you back if you are refused entry and a return ticket is an official entry requirement

Just check in at the airport

I think the options are a Visa or the minimum requirements for visa exempt. The requires would be something like proof of more than 20,000 baht, hotel stay, onward travel. You should already have to the first two and onward travel can be satisfied with a bus ticket.

Get a ticket out of Thailand within the first 60 days. You will then meet the entry requirements.

I arrived with a eva return ticket (89 day) 23rd september. Online chick in: I left the Visa section empty, as I entered on a visa exempt. Online check in was successfull and physical check in: not a word asked! Arrival BKK: Not a word asked! I had my onward ticket prepared, was not needed. But good feeling for 10$.

Call your Airline n change your return date to 60 n try again to check in

Never had that issue with EVA have always booked 3 months. Maybe new change, I normally book at least 6 months in advance to get best prices

If you want peace of mind and no complications then do as has been suggested several times, book a flight out of Thailand to Vietnam or Cambodia and have a few days there , when you fly back in you get another 60 days stamped into your passport so you don’t need to bother with extentions. Go see Angkor wat at Siem Reap and chill out

Get a bus ticket online to Laos a tenner extend your visa before 60 days are up only losing a tenner

Wednesday is the 16th of October, I fly out on Thursday the 17th.

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Funny. But correct answer is - just ignore this question and continue. Eva air's check in form is a bit confusing, but you can left it empty and finish checkin

I'm sure if you have a flight out of Thailand within 60 days you will be okay when you check in at the airport. Get a cheap flight to Vietnam as its a great place to visit anyway. Phone them up but I'm sure you will be okay as it's on the UK.Giv website you don't need a visa

You are correct, that "Brits" get stamped in for 60 days (59 nights) without a visa upon arrival. But you have your terminology wrong: you don't get a visa on arrival. What you get is not a visa at all, but a visa exemption (or visa waiver if you wish).

That visa exemption can be extended once in Thailand one time for another 30 days - giving you a total of 90 days / 89 nights in Thailand. Day of arrival counts in Thailand, hence the difference between permitted days / nights.

So, your booked dates won't work, as the distance between your mentioned dates is 92 days. You would need an actual visa to legally stay for that period. However, there is no ordinary tourist visa good for 92 days (expect for the DTV, which would allow for 180 days stay / each entry). There are common TR tourist visa good for 60 days (59 nights) that can also be extended another 30 days in country. So, TR tourist visa and your planned visa exemption entry are currently no difference with regards to permitted days.

While Thai immigration rarely checks for return flights, your operating airline is well within their rights to ask for proof of a return flight within your allowed days of stay - as they would be the ones responsible to transport you home in case of denial of entry. Strictly speaking, that would be 60 days - though most airlines would be okay with a return flight within 60+30 days = 90 days / 89 nights. I personally have never been bothered by any airlines (including great EVA air) with this, even though I usually fly one way without any return flight whatsoever. Still, the airline is within their rights.

Not sure what the best advice would be now. Maybe someone else with experience from the UK could chime in. The Royal Thai Embassy in London is one of the fastest in the world to issue visa, though I doubt they would be that fast.

Maybe you would need to change your return flight date. As mentioned in another response, getting a cheap throw-away flight out of Thailand within the initial 60 days would also do the trick - you would still be overstaying for 2 days. Maybe best to actually leave Thailand for a few days to a neighboring country midway in between if you don't intend to change your intercontinental flights.

You need to get yourself a flight that leaves Thailand within the visa exempt time line I.e. 60 days. They will then let you fly

buy a cheap REAL ticket of a one-way flight out of Thailand within the first 60 days. Like Air Asia Bangkok DMK to Siem Reap. it should cost around 35 USD and that is proof for the airline that you have an onward travel out of Thailand

Just book the cheapest flight out you can find within 60 days of entry. It's because your return flight is past the visa exemption 60 days.

Sounds like you have a round-trip ticket from October to January? If that's the case, then they know you don't have permission to stay in Thailand for that long. You will have permission to stay in Thailand for 60 days when you land if you don't have a passport. The airline may require you to show proof of leaving Thailand within 60 days, as many airlines require this since proof of onward travel in the number of days you will receive on arrival is a legal requirement, extensions do not count.

By the way, Oct 14 until Jan 14 is 93 days, so a visa exempt and extension will not cover your trip. Even a tourist visa will not cover this amount of time, as that is the same 60 days on arrival with a possible 30 day extension. You should buy a ticket out of Thailand and show that you will be leaving the country within 60 days. You could google "onward travel ticket" for services that offer this.