What should I do if I mistakenly received a 30-day stamp instead of my tourist visa's 60-day entry?

and on that note I think the O/P has enough info to figure out what course of action they decide to take..

We wish them good luck, (y)

@Ian ******

well you're out nothing by TRYING to go to the Immigration office on Thursday when they open and see what happens. Worst they can say is you didn't get stamped in on that visa and that you are on overstay.

If that's the case you can clear that overstay, exit the country, re-enter the country and use that visa 😕

Whatever visa you have, you need to politely make it very visible and/or say what you've got. You can't just hand over your passport and play the "find my visa" lottery.

This has happened to me before but was actually entered into the system as 60 days - the immigration officer just made an admin error with the stamp.

I went back to the airport and he fixed the error in the passport.

It certainly sounds like you got a visa exemption at the border. 30 days. Perhaps the officer did not see your 60 day tourist visa. Good luck but best you get back to immigration immediately.

The way I see it the O/P has these choices

1 - IF they entered by AIR & the visa is struck thru, marked used; they were stamped in WRONG <- meaning they can get it fixed at the airport or ANY immigration office

However

2 - IF they entered by LAND & the visa is struck thru, marked used they were stamped in WRONG <- meaning they have to go to back to that border to get it corrected 😮

Now on the other hand; IF the visa isn't struck thru or marked used, they were stamped in on a regular 30 day visa exempt entry (ผ.30).

3 - They can go to the immigration office pay the 10+K baht overstay, apply for the 30 day extension and get how ever many days are left on it (after subtracting the overstay days)

THEN they can make a plan to bounce out and back and activate that 60 day entry on the unused visa..

4 - They can go to the border, clear the overstay, stamp out of thailand, stamp in-&-out of another country and back into thailand using the tourist visa to enter getting a 60 day entry stamp (TR60)

5 - They can go to the airport, clear the overstay, stamp out, fly out and back in using the tourist visa to enter getting a 60 day entry stamp (TR60).

Those are the available options as I see it and it all depends on IF the visa sticker from Vientiane is marked used or not AND whether they entered by land or air..

Sincerely good luck with it 😕

Sorry for your predicament but as Tod always said check your stamp before you leave to make sure they give the correct stamp.

So you bought a tourist visa from the thai consulate in Vientiane, then entered thailand and NEVER bothered to look at the entry stamp for FIFTY days? 😮

Here's how that works;

IF you flew in you can go back to the airport that stamped you in and get the stamp corrected.

BUT

IF you entered by LAND you have to go back to that land border crossing to get the stamp corrected.

Look at the visa sticker in your passport and see if it's struck thru and written or stamped USED.

Also look at the entry stamp you got and see if it says TR60 or ผ.30 <- that's the free entry stamp code.. If it's ผ.30 you didn't get in on a tourist visa and were stamped in on a 30 day free stamp meaning you are now on a 20+ day overstay.. 😮 😕

So now you know what to do, if you flew in go back to the airport that stamped you in, where as if you crossed by land you go back there to get the stamp corrected.

Just so you're clear; if you show up at an immigration office for the 30 day extension and you're going to get fined 10K baht (20 day overstay X 500 baht a day) AND then you'd get only 10 days on that 30 day extension for 1900baht as that's all that's left after the overstay is deducted.

And all immigration offices are closed this week until Thursday the 3rd (but airports and land borders are open)