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What should I know about getting a 60-day tourist visa stamp in Thailand and the potential for refusal at immigration?

May 13, 2025
2 days ago
Stephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Hi all ..

Anyone had the 60 day tourist stamp ( visa ) refused or had problems. while stood in front thai immigration officer ?

At the airport .

What happens returned on next flight ??

Can you get some sort of visa there .

I know of all the problems about over staying and going to often etc .

It's just about the refusal in the airport .
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The discussion revolves around personal experiences and concerns regarding the 60-day tourist visa stamp in Thailand, particularly issues with entry refusals at immigration. Various users share anecdotes of being turned away due to prior overstays, visa misuse, or the need for proper documentation like return tickets and hotel addresses. Others emphasize that decisions are at the discretion of the immigration officer, highlighting the unpredictability and variability of visa acceptance based on individual circumstances.
Ter ******
Hire an agent for safe entry. Can do unless you have egregious past violations. I have recommendation if u need
John *******
Been going to Thailand mostly twice yearly for the past 20 years doing 2 or 3 months, Never overstayed, done visa runs, extensions at Immigration, So never abused the requirements. Fingers crossed šŸ™šŸ™
Roar ************
I had to show ticket to and from Thailand.And he vas whery suspicious when he checked my passport.And saw that i was in Thailand 5 months due the corona period.He had to contact his supervisor but let me go.

Because i was married to a thai.
Tse *******************
Fly return to same place by same airline. I was denied in feb, only 1 flight per day by emirates
Liam ***********
Had no problem with this,

4 times last year but no extensions
Ambro ******
I have the same problem before...

I do 2 "free" visa exemption of 60 days in a short time.

I never had overstay,

I never across the border land, ever with airplane.

But police have to looking in the computer how many days you stay in your country before come back in thailand.

You have to show 1 hotel address and the ticket for going out thailand.
Stephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Ambro *****
how short of time was the 2 visa stays
Ambro ******
@Stephen *******
the first 57 days and the second 59.

I never do extension ,

or overstay.
Tony *************
@Ambro *****
which I had on me I just didn’t care and the fact that all my stuff was still in my house pigs
Lynnette *******
@Ambro *****
address and ticket out, that's standard requirements for visa exempt. Are you saying you had a visa bought through Embassy?
Lynnette *******
@Ambro *****
it's not a free visa. It's entering without/exempt of any visa. And they could always ask for address, proof of funds, and evidence of leaving the country.
David *******
@Ambro *****
because they never ask before does not mean they never will. It is their right to do so.
David *******
@Ambro *****
you have no knowledge of how many people they ask every day at every entry point. Stop pretending to be a victim šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
Ambro ******
@David ******
you are stupid ? Or you can not understand ? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
Lynnette *******
@Ambro *****
that's irrelevant. It's been part of the entry process for years. It's on the info pages.
Tony *************
Me on April 1, they wouldn’t give me a Visa. I’ve just come from Laos . I’ve been there for four days. Been going there for 20 years have a house there I reported toļæ¼ immigration within 24 hours of arriving in the November told them I plan to stay till May 7. No one at any time at Pattaya immigration said that will be a problem Mr. I even had to rent my own house to myself For five months to satisfy their paperwork requirements they were happy with everything and they stapled the piece of paper in the back of your passport that shows that you had attended immigration within 24 hours When I told all this to Bangkok they said different division Mr. We Bangkok not Pattaya as they wavedļæ¼ their hand dismissively at me and not one of them at any timeļæ¼ explained what I’ve done wrong or what I should have done or didn’t do just the usual shit attitude of people in authority & I have not ļæ¼had overstays either Muppets.
David *******
@Tony ************
the visa exempt process or any tourist visa does not give you any right to live in Thailand for 20 years. I think you are the muppet in this case šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
Tony *************
@David ******
I don’t know what the hell you’re going on about
Pui *****
@Tony ************
what does going to immigration to file your TM30 have to do with how long you can stay in Thailand? At the time of filing, no one cares if you say you are staying 6 months or 6 years. That's not the purpose of the TM30. It's just to inform that a foreigner is staying at a certain address within 24 hours of arrival. It has nothing to do with permitted length of stay.
Tony *************
@Pui ****
filled out my date entry and filled in. I’ll be leaving the 7th of May and the letter from myself to myself saying that I could rent my own house to myself for five months from the date of the 21st November to the 7th ļæ¼May, so why did they need to know dates if no one takes any fucking notice? anyway, we all know it’s a load of bollocks they they change their minds ļæ¼every five seconds unless you got shit loads of money off courseļæ¼ then they roll out the red carpet.
Ambro ******
@Tony ************
when i asked how long i should stay in my country before i go back to thailand they gave me 3 different answers in 5 minutes. they dont even know what they are doing
Tony *************
@Ambro *****
I got no information from them at all just waving their hand telling me to fuck off if all the tourist didn’t bother going there, they would all be crying
Ambro ******
@Tony ************
many tourist will go to Vietnam. Cheaper, after 5 years you have citizenship.
Lynnette *******
Is this a hypothetical question? Or are you saying this has just happened?
Tony *************
Lynnette *******
@Tony ************
so it happened to him. But offers no further explanation. 🤷
Tony *************
@Lynnette ******
I posted what happened to me on here look again
Stephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Lynnette ******
it has not happened .. it just a general question. It must of happened to someone .
Tony *************
@Stephen *******
it has happened and it happened to me the 1st of April
Lynnette *******
@Stephen *******
your post didn't explain so had to ask. So a hypothetical question.
Stephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Lynnette ******
just a question relating to a previous post
Lynnette *******
@Stephen *******
just trying to figure out what the actual problem is if it's actually happened.
Dan *******
I see that you’ve been married to a Thai since at least 2020. Have you not bothered to apply for a Non-O??
Stephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Dan ******
majority of the time spent

In the UK got to nip back for 6 weeks

Then it will be next year 60 day stamp works for me . On a previous post asking questions and questions to the embassy cannot get a straight answers
Brandon ************
@Stephen *******
Because the embassy does not decide if you can enter Thailand. Only the immigration officer you are standing in front of decides that.
Milan *********************
Never had problems. The Officer check is passport guilty, if you are at Black list or had many overstays before. This time i had a bit problems cause my passport expire in 14 days. Talked to them , they gave me stamp for 14 days. I made a accident passport at embassy , did a visa run, got 60 days .
Christopher ********
They can and will refuse you if you overstayed in the past or have done extensive border runs ... They make you buy a ticket back home.
Dirk ********
@Christopher *******
yeah right..they just look you payed the fine and you can come back in..for surešŸ˜†
Christopher ********
@Dirk *******
just depends on the officer you get.
Will ************
Here of a lot getting turned around on a 60 day exempt and sent back at their own expense to the last port of boarding. Everything is Evisa so you won’t be getting back in 5 days
Stan ***********
@Will ***********
that’s not true.
Dave *******
@Will ***********
how when 60 days is free . If people getting turned away more to the story tbh
Jay *******
@Will ***********
where are you hearing this? ā€œa lot getting turned aroundā€
Lynnette *******
Denied entry when arriving in Thailand on a tourist visa?
Jan ******************
@Lynnette ******
A tourist visa is no guarantee for entry if you have a history of short stays.
ElĆ­as ********
@Jan *****************
a story of *long* stays on tourist visa exemptions, I'd say. If you've come to Thailand many times, but always say 5-15 days per time, and each time is not to close to the following, it shouldn't be a problem, while if you've stayed 60+30 back to back for 3-4 times, then that's different.
Steve ***********
@ElĆ­as *******
too many times, to Thailand

Two times. Using the wrong word changes the meaning
Jan ******************
@ElĆ­as *******
agree, the total amount of days within a period of time is the crucial thing.
Lynnette *******
@Jan *****************
I'm asking him if this is what has happened to him. His post lacks coherent information.
David ******
How many times have into thailand year on a tourist visa
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