What should I do after being denied a tourist visa at the Thai embassy in Hanoi?

just enter visa exempt

Just fly in

Thanks for the info. Very helpful. I am surprised they refused your tourist visa. I had planned to go to Hanoi to do the same that is to buy another tourist visa for Thailand. However my plans changed and I now plan to come back into Thailand on the 45 days visa exempt scheme as I am planning a trip back to Australia.

Thailand: We need and want tourists!

Also Thailand: Sorry, no touristing for you.

At least they refunded the fee..

I have been in Thailand for 2 months,

Visa exempt + extension, just returned from a 2 day fly in fly out of Phnom Penh came back in yesterday, stamped me in for 45 days. I was under the impression one could do this indefinitely.

Doesn't specify how long u need to be away from Thailand. Arbitrary rules

I fly to Thailand in December with a tourist visa that I will extend 30 days in Bangkok. My idea was to do the same as you, go to Ho Chi Minh and apply for another tourist visa, spending the minimum time in Vietnam. I didn't think there would be any problem. Perhaps a visa run with Laos using an agency is a safer option.

What kind of visas or entry stamps you had previously in your passport and when? Did you have several tourist visas or covid extensions?

It's not a hard rule. Each consulate will have its own policy about this, or sometimes it will even vary by the individual agent or it will be a temporary tendency. Figuring out where to go to get another tourist visa to be able to come back in again is a part of the game of staying in Thailand, and is one of the main reasons the popular forum thaivisa came to exist. With perseverance searching thaivisa, these facebook groups, and through word of mouth, you are very likely to find another consulate that will grant you a tourist visa. You will then need to do the same research to figure out which port of entry is most likely to let you in with your situation.

Since you are already in Hanoi, you can try reading up on the current reports of recent experiences at Ho Chi Minh City, as probably the least expensive option to try again. In my experience with that one, they required some extra documentation but I never encountered a flat denial.

I messed up my Non-O extension of stay renewal so I did a same-day border bounce to Penang. Had no issues re-entering through Don Muang, got my 45 day stamp with no questions asked.

Penang is a great place for a quick visit btw

Yeah no point applying for tourist visas while they are offering 45 days on arrival. I just returned from 1 week in Malaysia after being in Thailand for 2 months before that. No questions asked at DM Airport. Perhaps the 1 week gap helped.

Your mistake was going to embassy in vietnam time has lapsed with the actual visa you paid for so now Fly back into Thailand get 45 days visa exempt and than extend for another 30 days for 1900baht job done

How long was it since you were last in Thailand?

Fly in and get the 45 days visa free waiver stamp

That will teach you to run marathons.

Check your passport. Some embassies glue a visa in your passport and then stamp it with a DENIED-text. If they did that, you'll need a new passport.

If you don't have anything new in your passport, and you haven't been in Thailand long-term before going to Hanoi, you can enter Thailand on a 45 day visa exempt, which should be enough for your 1 month trip.

why need visa ? get 45 days visa excemption and extend 30 days with plenty of passports

Least they refunded your fee

Wow. I didn’t know that.