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What should I do after my entry to Thailand was refused and my tourist visa application was rejected?

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Dec 7, 2025
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Michael ********
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Hello everyone ❤️

Last week I was refused entry to Thailand at DMK airport because I had stayed too long continuously in 2025 and exceeded the two visa-exempt entries allowed. Altogether in 2025 I spent 10 months in Thailand. I entered twice on a visa exemption, which I extended at immigration, and as the father of a Thai child I’m eligible for a 60-day extension instead of the usual 30 days. Adding January and February from my previous entry, it came to 10 months in total. Unfortunately, this time I arrived during a strict period and was treated quite harshly. I understand it, I don’t hold a grudge, even though in 2024 it wasn’t a problem to stay in Thailand the whole year on exemptions.

After I was refused entry, I flew back to Hanoi and applied for a tourist visa through the e-visa system. It seems to be the appropriate visa to visit my family in Thailand, which is also the reason you select in the second step of the application. Unfortunately, my application was rejected after one day. It looked like an automatic rejection and I’m not sure why. Is there any way to find out?

I would now like to apply for a Non-O visa, but I’m afraid of another rejection, even though I have all the required documents. Maybe someone could help me with this? Thank you all for the kind comments on my previous post 🙏❤️
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A user shared their experience of being refused entry to Thailand due to overstaying on visa exemptions and then having their tourist visa application rejected. Despite having all the required documents for a Non-O visa, they express concerns about potential rejection. Comments suggest that the tourist visa may have been rejected due to previous long stays and advise applying for a Non-O visa instead, given the user's status as a parent of a Thai child. Suggestions include seeking help from an agent for the application process.
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Deepak *******
You can apply for a Non-O to visit family. And then you can extend it for a year. I think you already knew it but still refused to do so.
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Heni *********
@Deepak ******
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Michael ********
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@Deepak ******
 only extension for 60 days is possible I think
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Steve *******
@Michael *******
 Nope, you can apply for a one year extension if you meet the criteria
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David ******
You're exactly the reason they're clamping down.
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Daniel ******
Get a 10 years LTR Visa if you can afford?

Easy for me!
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Michael ********
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@Daniel *****
 what price and req?
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John **********
@Michael *******
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Ian ********
because you are not just a visitor if staying 80% of the year
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Michael ********
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@Michael *******
 no brainer? 😂😂
16 hours ago
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Michael ********
@Michael *******
 I had it years ago before any crackdown, i work offshore doing repairs and had extensive visa exemption entries (they knew i am married to Thai) even showing them my seamans book showing work on ships they said you live here het a visa or dont come in
16 hours ago
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Michael ********
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@Michael *******
 but why you laughing from my comment?
15 hours ago
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Michael ********
@Michael *******
 Non O for visiting ? Thats a strange interpretation trying to justify why you dont have a long term visa, whilst staying long term. I have been in Thailand for about 150 days this year, i have a long term visa
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@Ian *******
 And that’s exactly why Thailand created multiple legal pathways for medium- and long-term stays ED visas, DTV, METV, marriage, retirement, business, etc. Not everyone fits one box, and many people rotate between different visas depending on their situation.

What I’m saying is simple

If someone is using the legal options Thailand provides, they’re not “abusing” anything even if they stay many months a year.

The issue isn’t the length of stay; it’s whether the person is complying with the rules. And I always have.
21 hours ago
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Michael ********
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@Ian *******
 I'm not but the tourist visa is also for visiting Thai family
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Kate *******
@Michael *******
 ‘Visiting’ not for living with them. You’re living with your family and visiting your home country.
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Michael ********
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@Kate ******
 but non o is also for visiting
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Corinna *******
@Michael *******
 no, non-O is for having the thai child as a dependent. Provide for them. Maybe you can apply for non O 90 days without Kho Rho 11 from abroad, then do your Kho Rho 11 once you are in Thailand or use an agent. And then can extend for a year? Or if you just want to visit try another border with 60 days, maybe you're lucky lol.
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Darren *******
@Michael *******
 but not for living in Thailand like you are
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Eriq *******
The flip flop rules isnt worth staying in Thailand.
a day ago
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Eriq *******
@raytiffany
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Nickna******
@Eriq ******
16 hours ago
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Eriq *******
Nickname9876 Im sure you're a man who cant get women back home. LOSER
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Steve *******
@Eriq ******
 There's no flip flop rules, just applying the rules more strictly
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Eriq *******
@Steve ******
 Everyone keeps repeating “no flip-flop rules,” but that’s exactly the issue the application changes every few months. One month long stays on exemptions are fine, the next they aren’t. That’s why people call it flip-flopping.

I’m not abusing anything. I’ve always followed the rules Thailand puts in place.

What I’m pointing out is that lumping every long-stay visitor in with scammers is lazy and inaccurate.

If Immigration wants to stop fake schools and illegal work, good so do I.

But pretending every person who uses the legal visa-exempt system is a scammer is just nonsense.

Some of us travel, spend money, follow the law, and don’t cause problems.

If that offends you, that’s on you not on me
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Robin *******
@Eriq ******
 it’s not the rules he is abusing the rules and not getting the right visa
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Eriq *******
@Robin ******
 There’s no “abuse” when someone uses the legal entry options Thailand provides. If the country wants different behavior, it should adjust the policy ,not blame people for following what’s allowed.

That’s the whole point I’m making. 😆
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Deepak *******
@Eriq ******
 Yes, please leave. There are no flip-flop rules.
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Eriq *******
@Deepak ******
 Deepak, calm down. I said the rules flip-flop, not that you keep up with them. Big difference.
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Eriq *******
@Deepak ******
 LBH
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Michael ********
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@Eriq ******
 yeap. But I have family there and I love Christmas.
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Ellis ********
@Michael *******
 do you know if In January your visa exemptions reset?
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Michael ********
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@Ellis *******
 we don't know what will happen but yes, I hope so
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Eriq *******
@Michael *******
 Im sorry to hear this. Thailand is targeting the wrong people.
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Michael ********
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@Eriq ******
 it's my fault, I should read the news or something. But I don't see anything wrong to go by visa exemption last time because I have the court process to get full parental rights. But the funny is that the people screaming that Thailand is fighting with scammers and one gate further is an agent who take you to Thailand without question just pay money 😂 pathetic people
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Colin *********
@Eriq ******
 NO, Thailand is NOT targeting the wrong people. If you care to search, there was an announcement by the Chief of Immigration in November, that with the new policy on Visa Exempt entries and Extensions of them, that they are clamping down on scammers who are abusing the free entry system, and also those who are trying to live in the country without the correct long term Visa.
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Eriq *******
@Colin ********
 If you actually read what I said, you’d see I never defended scammers or overstayers.

My point was simple: when you apply blanket rules, you end up sweeping up people who aren’t abusing anything.

Thailand can enforce the law and still acknowledge the collateral damage.

Both can be true. Calm down.
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Eriq *******
@Colin ********
 read the announcement. It said they’re targeting abuse fake schools, illegal work, overstays.

Not everyone who uses the legal visa-exempt system fits that category.

The issue is that enforcement keeps shifting, and regular visitors get swept up with the actual scammers.

That’s what I mean by targeting the wrong people.
21 hours ago
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Michael ********
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@Colin ********
 watch your words. No everyone is scammer who going by visa exemption. I think no one. Scammers have long term visas.
a day ago
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Tania **********
@Eriq ******
 Losing good ones, as they

put all in same bag.
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Eriq *******
@Tania *********
 Exactly they’re lumping everyone into the same bag. When you crack down without nuance, you don’t just push out the abusers, you push out the good ones too. Thailand’s losing people who spent real money, followed the process, and contributed to the economy all because they’re being thrown in with the worst examples
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Dave ***********
@Eriq ******
 they are targeting exactly the right people!
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Eriq *******
@Dave **********
 If they were only targeting the right people, regular visitors following the rules wouldn’t keep getting caught in the mix. That’s the whole point I’m making. If you disagree with facts, your and everyone else is full of shit
21 hours ago
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Dave ***********
@Eriq ******
 I fail to understand how you have spent 10 months in Thailand and you don’t understand that visa exempt entry’s and tourist visas are for tourism! Not for long term stays!
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Eriq *******
@Dave **********
 Get off the gas old man. I understand perfectly.

But Thailand itself has allowed long stays through visa-exempt entries and extensions for years that’s not something I invented. If the country didn’t want people using those legal pathways, they wouldn’t exist.

Using the system as designed isn’t abuse.

The confusion comes from Immigration tightening interpretation after years of allowing something different.

That’s why people get mixed messages not because they don’t understand, but because the enforcement keeps shifting.
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Lynnette *******
@Eriq ******
 you don't understand at all. Those people weren't using "legal pathways". They were taking advantage of the country turning a blind eye to misuse of the exempt entry. These people wanted to live in Thailand but didn't want to apply for visas, and they are upset that what the exempt entry was always intended for, is being enforced.
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@Lynnette ******
 Nah, I understand perfectly , I just don’t rewrite history to fit a narrative. Thailand allowed extended stays through visa exempts for years. Immigration literally built their tourism numbers off people doing back-to-back entries, long stays, and extensions. If they didn’t want that, they would’ve enforced it back then.

What’s happening now isn’t “people abusing the system it’s Thailand suddenly enforcing rules they ignored for a decade, without a clear transition period, and people are getting caught in the middle.

Nobody’s mad about rules. They’re mad about inconsistent enforcement. That’s the real issue. Stop lying 🤥
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Lynnette *******
@Eriq ******
 they aren't targeting the wrong people. They are targeting those who try to live in Thailand without a long term visa. Like most countries do.
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Eriq *******
@Lynnette ******
 get that and that’s fine.

But the reality is plenty of people following the rules Thailand created are getting treated the same as those abusing the system. That’s where the problem is.
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Lynnette *******
@Eriq ******
 people following the rules there's no issue for most everyone. Visiting as a tourist is not same as people wanting
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Michael ********
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@Lynnette ******
 brain in fridge? Man, from years there was allowed to be in Thailand on visa exemption, as many times per year as you want. The only one rules was if you cross by land you could twice a year. So, no one is against the rules but you're against the logic.
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Lynnette *******
@Michael *******
 not against the logic at all. The visa exempt was always meant for tourists on holiday. It got misused by too many people, so they are now not letting people get away with it. Don't like it? Get a visa. There are several to chose from.
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Michael ********
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@Lynnette ******
 yeah that's why there are tons of border runs companies.
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Lynnette *******
@Michael *******
 exactly. Because most of those people wanted to play the system. The enforcement of rules doesn't stop tourists.
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Michael ********
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@Lynnette ******
 I saw that many people was denied only because they haven't booked hotel, even they come first time to Thailand You have no idea what is happen now. It's nothing about rules.
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Lynnette *******
@Michael *******
 why don't I know what's happening now? Lol. If you've loads of evidence of people being denied entry for not having a hotel booked, and only that, but they met all other requirements please share them.
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Michael ********
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@Lynnette ******
 ok, you want your right it's the only right. Ok.
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Eriq *******
@Lynnette ******
 That’s exactly my point the line keeps moving.

Thailand allowed long stays through visa exemptions and extensions for years, then suddenly shifted the interpretation. So people who were following the rules now get treated like they weren’t.

That’s the inconsistency I’m talking about. 😆 🤣 😂 😹
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Kate *******
You’d have been rejected for your tourist visa because you’d clearly already been there for many months more than the maximum allowed in a year as a tourist. Your history makes it obvious you are trying to live there long term, not visit as a tourist so you applied for the wrong visa and were a clear case to decline it.

You’re staying long term, you need a long term visa. They want people to do things properly now which is entirely fair enough.
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NeL *****
How about the Multi Entry Thailand visa? Does it could sort it out? Once received the Multi Entry Thai visa it provided 6 months feel free unlimited to re-entry Thailand
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Kate *******
@NeL ****
 No that’s a multi entry tourist visa, that’s what he’s just been rejected for. He needs a long term for his very obviously long term stay intentions. And having a daughter there he’s probably entitled to it anyway so it’s silly not to have already gone this route instead of trying to max out his visa exemptions over and over.
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Ho ******
Multi entry is still a tourist visa, right? It's obvious he isn't a tourist.
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Andrew ********
The 90 day, a non-o visa - this is the one you can extend due to you having thai children - however I would look into doing other visas marriage visa perhaps student visa or a dtv if you meet the income requirements - you were rejected a tourist visa for the sole fact you were already in thailand over the alotted amount for a tourist. However after January 2026 the visa exempt limit will reset
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James *********
I just got my non-o 90 days. It took less than a week. I did get an agent to help me. I don’t know if that had anything to do with the speed of the approval. 

You can do it on your own, but I found the website very clumsy and difficult for me to add the necessary documents. Also, I’m an American citizen, and was in Philippines during the time of approval. 

If you would like the contact, here you go :

WhatsApp

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+66 65 663 5211
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Michael ********
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@James ********
 exactly bro, there is very difficult to add proper documents what is more than 1 page
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John **********
@Michael *******
 you need to use something to combine multiple pages into a single pdf. I Love PDF has been mentioned by a lot of people but I've no direct experience
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Michael ********
The probably refused the toutist visa as may suspect you of working.
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John **********
Not sure why you bothered applying for a tourist visa, I suspect even if the consulate had issued one you would still have been refused entry. Applying for a Non-O visa based on having a Thai child is absolutely the right path for you. If you have all the right documentation then there is no reason for them to not issue the visa.
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Heni *********
@John *********
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Mark ******
@John *********
 the non o costs money... 1900baht!!
21 hours ago
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Michael ********
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@John *********
 yes you have right. But why they rejected my application that fast? I'm not afraid about documents because I got this non-o visa in 2023 in person in Thai embassy in Vientiane. But now is only available the evisa system what is super strict maybe even small error? I don't know
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Donald **********
@Michael *******
 Clearly you are not a tourist! Find an appropriate visa and apply for that instead. You are receiving valid advice already.
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John **********
@Michael *******
 I suspect they had one look at your history and just said no.
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Michael ********
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@John *********
 so do you think I should apply this non-o visa. But there is unclear requirements you know. They first titled the application for who is married with Thai OR have a Thai child. But after that they mentioned marriage certificate. It was much easier by person.
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John **********
@Michael *******
 you obviously can't apply in person any longer, only through the evisa system. Read through the requirements, meet them, and you will get the visa. From earlier posts I don't think you will meet the requirements for a 12 month extension though, so work on that as soon as you get back inside Thailand
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Michael ********
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@John *********
 I'm just afraid that they rejected my previous application that fast as it have checked only by bot not human
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