What should I do if my DTV visa was stamped for only 3 months instead of 6 months at Thai immigration?

@Luit ****************

Some just want to play investigation police. I understand that. The reality of it is, regardless of what the stamp says, immigration made a decision.

@Greg *******

Apparently so. My common sense told me long ago, Immigration does what they want.

@Todd ********

What regulations are overturned here?

IO can decide about entry and can stamp up to 180 days.

When less than 180 days I should expect the IO has to explain why, but I think we don't see the whole story here. The question "What will we do in 6 months" highly unlikely comes just out of the blue.

@Elías *******

they do have some discretion. I got stamped in for 30 days when I should have gotten 60 on visa exempt. Admittedly I was lucky to even get that as they wanted to send me back home, my passport got damaged on the flight over so I didn’t complain at all.

@Elías *******

They can stamp you for any number of days up to 180, but they should give an argumentation for it, maybe we miss part of the story.

@Elías *******

I was wrong - it is "Not up to" but rather "Not Exceeding" - pretty much the same thing. The IO does not have to give the full period allowed by the visa - they have discretion to give shorter amounts.

"the period of stay is granted by an immigration officer upon arrival at the port of entry and in accordance with the type of visa. For example, the period of stay for a transit visa is not exceeding 30 days, for a tourist visa is not exceeding 60 days and for a non-immigrant visa is not exceeding 90 days from the arrival date. The period of stay granted by the immigration officer is displayed on the arrival stamp.

@Elías *******

I am sure the wording will be "Up to X" many days to give leeway for any visa. As others have said - sometimes people do not get the full amount allowed. Certainly happens with a "B". I once got 1 year 9 months for some strange reason :-)

@Elías *******

They don't need to follow the 180 days if the holder cannot provide sufficient proves. Happens on other visas until the holder solves his issue with immigration. That's, lets say, the fairest alternative to a denied entry so you can prepare yourslef and pack your stuffs.

@Elías *******

they absolutely can, just like they did to the OP.

Anonymous participant 304 I just wanna check if the officer wrote dtv on the stamp (just above the date) or something else. By the way, I hardly believe op's name is golden she eagle...

Anonymous participant 304 Yeah they need to change of strategy... Now it's about getting a stamp. 😜 But okay, let's wait for the OP to show it.

@Jef *******

90 Day Tourist Visa, I have one in my passport.

@Jef *******

all of the Non-immigrant visa stamps

DTV_Begpacker thanks for hiding behind an anonymous profile 💘

DTV_Begpacker Any immigration also. Biggest headache I had was border force UK giving me a hard time as a British Citizen living in Singapore. Not long after I got a lot of questions from one in Chicago over Cambodian stamps - he asked me if I had been collecting "Artifacts".