What should I do if my DTV is associated with an expired passport and I'm experiencing issues with visa stamps in Thailand?

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Make sure you have the passport your DTV was applied for with you and make sure they stamp it 180 days! My passport expired..

Ok, so I'm used to visas being printed and stuck into my passport - old school maybe..

Anyhow, came here twice on my DTV, gave them my new passport, all the DTAC and DTV paperwork at immigration. Smiled, heard him stamp my passport, off I went.

Only to glance at my passport 50 days into a 70 day stay and noticed the last two VISA stamps were 60 day tourist visas. Went to a visa place. They charged me 4k bht and said all sorted.

Got to the new electronic passport control, red warming lights and off to immigration..

Long story short:
1) Visa firm had done nothing, no notes on record
2) Showed him my paperwork, correct DTAC with visa number entered on both occasions. And valid DTV
3) He asked to see my last passport, showed him a pic. All good.

He then advised me to bring both passports as the DTV visa is assigned to the old passport. (I can get that changed at the embassy apparently when I'm back)..

Told me to make sure they stamp it correctly...

Then stamped my passport and said "all done, have a nice day".

Bit stressful but easy enough to be fair. He said having all the paper visas helped a lot.  So much for the visa company. Will be paying them a visit in four weeks wjwn I'm back.

Ask Thailand · Answer

A user shared their frustrating experience regarding issues with their DTV visa linked to an expired passport. After visiting immigration with their new passport, the user discovered incorrect visa stamps and later learned they should carry both passports to prove their DTV status. The situation highlighted the untrustworthiness of visa companies and provided advice on handling passport and visa complications in Thailand.

Ehab ****** · Answer

Just move the last stamp with a letter from your embassy to the immigration division and after that move with both your passports until your visa expires

Belinda ********* · Answer

I gave up half way through that. Check your bloody stamps.

Charlie ********* · Answer

Go to immigration and get your stamps moved over to the new passport. That's pretty standard protocol. And yeah, some of the visas are still pasted in to the book, such as the privilege visa. When I got a new passport, I went to immigration and got the stamps moved over, and a new visa sticker (same visa) was affixed in the passport so I wouldn't have to carry both with me all the time (though it was recommended that I do so for my first exit/entry after, but it's not been an issue). A bit of a hassle to go and queue up and all that but at the end of the day it wasn't all that difficult a process

BronzeM******** · Answer

This happened to me recently.

London embassy refused to transfer visa to new passport.

Visa company wanted to charge me 3k to fix the incorrect stamp.

I went back to the airport myself with both my old and new passports and they fixed the incorrect stamp, no questions asked, no money paid

Joseph ******* · Answer

Scammers suck sucks to hear the headache 🤕

Stephen ******** · Answer

No such thing as a visa company

Ian ********** · Answer

Sounds like the stress was all of your doing. Naive to say the least. You say you are old school with visas stuck in passports so surely you know visas have to be transferred to the new passport. Just because they issue stickless visas now does not change anything. You will probably have to carry both passports for 5 years now as nobody has managed to get a DTV transferred. Immigration will not do it and the issuing Embassies will not do it.

Shandy ******** · Answer

I know someone who thought he had received work authorization in Thailand for a by paying a fee to one of those so-called visa companies. He then found out he had overstayed by a few months when exiting Thailand. I'm not sure if he received a temporary ban from Thailand, but maybe the IO was lenient because he was legitimately confused.

John ********** · Answer

The embassy might or might not change it. The simplest thing is to just carry both passports with you and hand them both over to immigration along with a printout of your DTV in future

Passionate*********** · Answer

Lot of visa companies just exploit tourists your case being a prime example. Doubt you will get your money back however.

What should I do if my DTV is associated with an expired passport and I'm experiencing issues with visa stamps in Thailand?

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