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What should I know about the consequences of living in Thailand on a tourist visa?

GenuineP*********
asked Sep 12, 2026
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I got deported by the Phuket immigration office now with a tourist visa.

They said I am not a tourist, I live in Chiang Mai, and i should go inside Thai by Chiang Mai custom

They are very rude and tread tourists like criminals, that's really bad, just be careful about it
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A poster reported being deported from Thailand by the Phuket immigration office, stating they were not treated kindly and were told they shouldn't have entered the country on a tourist visa since they live in Chiang Mai. Many users commented, emphasizing that living in Thailand on a tourist visa is illegal and that the immigration office was correct to enforce the laws, highlighting the importance of abiding by the rules governing visa classifications.
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Jade *************
Jade *************
Just leave already 😂😂
Thomas ********
Thomas ********
Only the strong survive
Martin *********
Martin *********
No smoke without fire
Robert ******
Robert ******
Well let's see you sound like a whiny b**** who didn't do things correctly. Thailand has treated me incredibly great over 25 years now I am retired here and you're still a whiny b****🫵🏼😅
SoCa*****
SoCa*****
You're a guest in Thailand, not a resident ..: it's illegal..Thailand is not woke leftist socialist country... you need to abide by thai laws .:. Cannot just walk in and expect ...
Jean-yves **********
Jean-yves **********
Vivre en Thaïlande avec des visas touristes c'est terminé, visa run terminé. Ou vous êtes touristes 60 jours ou vous avez un visa travail ou un visa retraite .
Jack ************
Jack ************
It could been worse, what if they deported you to an African country. No decent country would ever do such a thing.
Neil ********
Neil ********
He posted the original post and hasn’t commented since!

Can the moderator delete this BS post please
Christian ********
Christian ********
That means when i live in hua hin I can not immigrate at Bangkok airport ?
Arnold **********
Arnold **********
Congratulations to the Thai immigration
Arnold **********
Arnold **********
Good on them.you are not a tourist
Joel ***********
Joel ***********
Over the last 10 years, the attitude of immigration officers has changed; I find them really nice and helpful.
George ******
George ******
Good job Thai Immigration for sorting out these garbage daily.
Peter *********
Peter *********
Something seems very off w this post. Even the FB name of this posters is not legit. Bot?
Michael *********
Michael *********
By Thai laws you are a criminal. Don't come here expecting anyone to feel sorry for you, we dont. Do things legally, no problems.
Al ****
Al ****
Absolute bullshit post.
Ian ********
Ian ********
Once in a while they will flush the shit from the toilet
Keith ****
Keith ****
If you dont follow the rules your experience is to be expected.
Paul ***********
Paul ***********
Anyone who posts in this group using an anonymous name, should be treated as suspicious. It seems to me and others that we have to many dickheads posting fake stories to satisfy their need for attention. This post and many others from anonymous posters should be ignored.
Martin *********
Martin *********
Oh well, shit happens 😂
Pate ********
Pate ********
Fake or not funny to see all the foreigners defend Thai laws and getting upset😅 They just don’t want our money that’s it. Lived in TH for over 15 years and just now they’ve figured out the DTV🫣
Bernt ***************
Bernt ***************
Fake
Ronald ***********
Ronald ***********
I think you have done something wrong but I have read your article.
Matthew *******
Matthew *******
Get a proper visa stop overstaying save the money for a long term visa to stay in Thailand stop border bouncing.
John ********
John ********
Honestly I can't take you serious one bit with that stupid name you use
Dan *************
Dan *************
Sounds like u are a criminal amd they treated u correctly
Jim *******
Jim *******
Rubbish post, a troll.
Bent *************
Bent *************
Show name and face if you want people to believe you!

I don’t!
Burton ********
Burton ********
I have a current tourist visa and I am going to go to language school. I will the convert it to a Educational Visa for 6 months.
James ********
James ********
But but , I was jus tread my cumpoota , and I finked I wood rite sumting stoopid so you dummies wood fink and wespond ...
Herbert ******
Herbert ******
Lots more to this story than we been told. But does sound as he was in the wrong.
Gary ***********
Gary ***********
🫜
Gert ************
Gert ************
What a crap!
Stephan **********
Stephan **********
Fake story !
purples********
purples********
You can enter in Thailand via safe entry service. But this will cost. As long as you passport is good and history.
Cristie ****************
Cristie ****************
Same in the USA
Nick *********
Nick *********
Cry me a river. 😭😭
Karen ******
Karen ******
There are people on Tik Tok , like family of five , with a bloke called Reece , who have gone there on a tourist visa last December , he has no work permit , not a legal one , been reported by numerous people yet still there ! But many more on Tik Tok doing visa runs . Not fair on the legal people
Ester *************
Ester *************
You get what you deserve. If you don’t respect their rules, you don’t have the privilege to be treated nicely
Andreas *********
Andreas *********
There will be some reason for this. You need more background information
George *********
George *********
No reply from OP?
John ********
John ********
Do the crime do the time. Simple
Tom *******
Tom *******
Poster has a nickname . Notice the poster “GenuinePapaya1494” has yet to respond to ANY of the nearly 60 comments on this bogus post.. 🤦‍♂️ Just follow the rules 100% and Thailand will “almost” always reward you with fairness and respect. 🙏
Bradley ********
Bradley ********
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Trustworth***********
Trustworth***********
So you are not a tourist, but don’t have the right visa. Good job on their part. Your lack of respect for the country you live in is laughable
Jeff *************
Jeff *************
If he keeps posting junk Just to post, why hasn’t the administration blocked him from this site
Nick ******
Nick ******
stop ya whinging
Kjetil **********
Kjetil **********
What can you expect when you are a Papaya 😅😂🤣
Daniel *******
Daniel *******
You got deported or refused entry? There is a big difference.
Tomas *******
Tomas *******
Something smells fishy, part of the story is missing
Petr *********************
Petr *********************
Is there difference between visitor and tourist?
Petr *********************
Petr *********************
Nickname made up post !!
MagentaGo**********
MagentaGo**********
Proof that you are tourist
Jared **********
Jared **********
Well then you wouldn’t be a tourist and you would be a criminal, the math adds up
Doug ********
Doug ********
I have no idea what you are actually saying..i guess Immigration had no idea either..so on that basis..

Bye
Tiki *******
Tiki *******
Think our Phuket immigration was right...
Umer **************
Umer **************
Fake page just trying to get people to comment.
Ciaran **********
Ciaran **********
What's your point, caller?
Judy *******
Judy *******
You ‘live in Chiang Mai on a tourist visa’. That’s not possible. You need a genuine visa
Nicknam*******
Nicknam*******
Tourist visa or visa exemption?
EmeraldAll**********
EmeraldAll**********
Your first name isn’t Clarity! 🙂
Tommy ******
Tommy ******
You are living in Thailand illegally. Deport
Longy ****
Longy ****
Tommy Tran so are the all the posters here that are using 'agents' to season their 800k , and have nominee businesses, and the remainder rolling visa exemptions & Tourist Visa combos

Its an ambiguous post definitely, probably in part due to English Not as 1st language
Nick ********
Nick ********
Another post from this Indian with multiple fake accounts
Christian ********
Christian ********
Nick Lawson or americans-
Lisa ******
Lisa ******
Nick Lawson You don't need multiple accounts to make a new anonymous name each time you post.
Malcolm **********
Malcolm **********
Maybe I'm just reading this different to the other people who have posted but to me it sounds like. He was deported, probably due to overstay. He says 'now with a tourise visa' so I think he's tried to return on a tourist visa and they refused him entry due to him being deported for 'living in Chiang Mai' so they rightfully say that he's not a tourist. If I am right then Immigration are just applying the law and he is trying to enter Thailand as a tourist after being deported and they (probably rightfully) have refused him as they expect he will overstay again and he was probably on a tourist visa last time as well.
Edwin ********
Edwin ********
Tourist Visas are for people who want to VISIT, and NOT "stay and live" -- for the LATTER you need to apply for a PROPER Visa class and there are MANY such classes available. Thai immigration officials have been VERY clear about this principle for MANY years.
Rich ****
Rich ****
Immigration doing their job. 🤣
Mick *****
Mick *****
Peter *****
Peter *****
this looks like a fake FB account
Jay *****
Jay *****
Fake information. 😂
Dave ********
Dave ********
Your lucky you haven’t been incarcerated
John ********
John ********
Full of contradictions..bs post
Frank **********
Frank **********
John Warren a non genuine pappaya
Rud **********
Rud **********
Break the law , try to outsmart the system - Take the blaim and punishment .. You knew what you did . Rule nr 1 > respect nr 2 learn your rights ...
Rob *******
Rob *******
Would every other country not do the same thing? I’m pretty sure you can not just sit your ass down in any country you want a say here I am without doing the proper paperwork
Floyd ******
Floyd ******
Rob Solch well you used to be able to do it in the USA come in on a tourist visa and stay it's illegal but they let you do it
William ******
William ******
Every country except of course the UK.
David **********
David **********
Rob Solch UK ?
Donald **********
Donald **********
David Emmerson only arriving by sea illegally!
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
Donald Campbell no. Not true. You must be reading the daily mail.
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
David Emmerson no, you can't. You'd be picked up and unless seeking asylum you'd be held pending deportation.
Philip ***********
Philip ***********
Immigration office is closed in the weekend .. 🧐 airport immigration? What has customs cm to do with it ..
John **********
John **********
It sounds like you have been trying to live inside Thailand on tourist entries. You just can't do that anymore
purples********
purples********
@John *********
doesn't matter. If he have tourist visa, you can live in Thailand. You understand tourist are allowed to live in Thailand right? Some people want peaceful life and not party and spending all life earnings every day.

But if they not like you live your peacful life as a genuine tourist longterm they can deport you.

It feels extremely unfair. The system is broken. You don't get interviewed if denied entry. They don't understand how denied entry feels. Imagine having room, and everything booked. Having plans etc.
Todd ********
Todd ********
purplestone4853 obviously anonymous you has tourist visa and longterm visa mixed up….one lets you do tourist stuff with predefined time limits and the other lets you live in their country/rules.
Steve******
Steve******
purplestone4853 so much bullshit in one single post. Congratulations for the bullshit post September 2026
Aeh *****
Aeh *****
purplestone4853 “A tourist visa is intended solely for short-term stays for tourism purposes, after which the visitor is expected to leave the country.”
BC ********
BC ********
purplestone4853 if he has a tourist visa, he can be a tourist. It's in the name "tourist" visa. If he lives in chiang mai, there are SEVERAL visas to choose from for that purpose.

You can agree or disagree with it, but it is THEIR country, why should you as a complete foreigner decide and dictate the Thai law ? Or the immigartaion laws of any country ?
Michael ********
Michael ********
purplestone4853 A tourist visa or visa exempt are both non residential. Both are for short stays only. Maximum in any year is 180 days, but not in a single visit. This muppet says he 'lives' in Chiang Mai... not true without a long-term visa he doesn't... he's visiting only. Hence deserves to be deported and can get a proper visa like anyone else who wants a temporary residential status, albeit long-term and renewable.
John **********
John **********
purplestone4853 that's the point, a tourist visa is for short term tourism. You come, you do tourist stuff, and then you leave. If you want to stay longer then you need a different visa that allows you to do that
ZanyLi******
ZanyLi******
purplestone4853 watch the video on the new law in Thailand
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Braulio *********
Braulio *********
Immigration was rude??? You are the one violating the law
Thomas **************
Thomas **************
Braulio Escobar why are you engaging with children using anonymous profiles 😬
Roger **********
Roger **********
Braulio Escobar I have had just one occasion f a rude IO in 29 years here. They were not even at immigration desks, but sorting incoming passengers like sheep
Kris *********
Kris *********
You leave out a lot of details. Were you on overstay? People don't get deported when they have a valid via and a valid entry stamp.
Christer *****
Christer *****
Kris Willems Unless the IO doesn't like you and you don't have 20k cash.
Kris *********
Kris *********
Christer Bau the 20k cash is needed when entering the country. It's the law. And being refused to enter is not really the same as being deported, I think.
Mikael **************
Mikael **************
Kris Willems Yes, it does happen.
Kris *********
Kris *********
Mikael Fikru Amare I have never heard about such a case, unless there was a violation of the visa conditions, like working on a tourist visa. Usually people get deported because of crimes, overstay, fake visas or working without work permit.
Marianne ********
Marianne ********
Immigration office or airport Immigration?

What is your current visa status?
Christian ******
Christian ******
Did you have a DTV?
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
You say you live in Chiang Mai, so surely that means you're not a tourist.
Mma *******
Mma *******
Lynnette Munoz They (Immigration) said he lives in CM, the poster himself didn’t say that.
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
Mma Droog others also thought he was living in Chiang mai. It was badly written and muddled.
Susan *********
Susan *********
Lynnette Munoz I think the original poster may not have been clear (I’m guessing….). Perhaps that part about living in Chiang Mai could be still part of what they said at the office?
Bob **********
Bob **********
Susan Omernik you don’t get deported from an office unless your on overstay,the op says they had a TV so I believe this is a fake profile and a wind up
Susan *********
Susan *********
Bob D'Andrea Okay....well, that was my first thought about the post.
John **********
John **********
@Bob *********
English is obviously not his first language. I'm guessing he was actually denied entry
Thomas **************
Thomas **************
Bob D'Andrea if folk keep engaging with fake profiles then morons are going to keep using them just ignore any anonymous profiles
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
Susan Omernik it doesn't really make sense.
Joel ******
Joel ******
Deported or denied entry? From the sounds of it, you're living here on tourist visas, so it's not surprising it caught up with you.
Jay *******
Jay *******
If you're not a tourist, why do you have a tourist visa instead of the proper visa?
CopperCh********
CopperCh********
They are right, abide by the country laws.
RelaxingT*********
RelaxingT*********
On DTV?
Paul ********
Paul ********
Do you live here ?
Paul ********
Paul ********
So why does he not have a real visa ?
Graham ******
Graham ******
Paul Durkan yes, he said so
Richard ******
Richard ******
Paul Durkan Obviously
Paul ********
Paul ********
Richard Moir how do you work out that? He says he lives here and if he does they can’t deport him on a tourist visa because he would have me a legit visa surely
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
Paul Durkan he can't live in Chiang Mai on a tourist visa he says he has

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