What should my friend do after being denied exit from Thailand for visa issues?

@John *********

yes you are right but if you’ve never been in the situation you wouldn’t know which tbh I hope you’re not but the Doctors are very considerate about the circumstances and generally would support.

@Tania *********

I'm not judging, just stating fact. "It must be certified and requested by the doctor at the hospital where the treatment was performed, stating details about the illness,

the duration of treatment, and the doctor's opinion that the illness is an obstacle to travel."

@John *********

This is not true ; each individual has personal story and circunstance.

Hospitals know it , hope you never be into it; OP is looking for support not judgement.

@Mark *******

as I said earlier the medical extension is for those unable to travel but this guy obviously could

@Mark *******

Same me , Mark ; Phyathai Hospital amazing doctors and nurses, helped immensely ; wish you fully recovery and all the Best !

@Tania *********

I also had brain surgery successfully I might add big thumbs up the Doctors and nurses 😊

@John *********

Not exactly ; i went through a brain surgery , and i can tell .

Each situation is different.

@Tania *********

yes, but such things normally preclude the person from travelling, which obviously isn't the case here

@Christopher *******

explain to me what’s the purpose of having them fly to Laos instead of leaving by land

@Alex *****

they wouldn't want to see any, they will want you to have 20k ฿ in cash or its equivalent in another currency

@Alex *****

just carry 750 US Dollar on you in cash. You will get stamped in visa-exempt for 60 days. Only ATTENTION you must pay with the airline that flies you to Thailand from Vietnam. They could ask you for a proof of onward travel out of Thailand within these 60 days

@Alex *****

why would it matter? As long as you have funds to pay for living expenses and whatever procedure ... Otherwise there are 90 day visas you can apply for - METV ... Either way just follow the rules and Thailand is happy to have you. Think your special and thailand should make an exception? Not how life works to be babied.

@James *******

Oh, another coward keyboard warrior. You must have downed a few whiskies today champ to find your balls. 🤡 🥱

@Trav *********

Wow, what a Facebook hero...you go for it " champ " , bet it almost beats you polishing your fridge magnet collection.

@Jody ******

Ha,ha,ha, just because you don't know doesn't mean other cant correct you. Its people like you who are full of themself who give bullshit info to people.

@BM *****

Immigration can do what they like. Its farangs like you who dont get this. Their country, their rules.

@Jody ******

you just like changing things to suit your argument. You have stated many times they changed the rule which is complete BS. You appear to be the clown 🤡

@Mark **********

Rules changing & enforcement of rules changing is the same in effect. 🤡

@Trav *********

Which rule are you talking about exactly? Being not allowed to leave via a land border? 🤡

@Jody ******

My god, what an air head.

@Phil ******

If that were true you wouldn't be posting here... 🤡

The group wouldn't exist...

@David **********

yep me too, had an issue re-entering around June 2024. Still got in but was pulled aside for awhile and they were trying to send me back at first. Have had proper visa since

@Martin *******

a rule, or law is clearly stated and published to allow everyone falling under it to know whether they have commited a transgresion, or not. When I see so many people doing border runs, paying their way in by taking vans to Myanmar and back, not bothering to apply for a long term visa, but still being allowed in, it tells me that there are no actual rules in place and you can’t substitute real rules for discretionary authority, since we have seen where that takes us.

All the land borders were ridiculously lax in screening visa exempt travellers in the past, while at some airports people who did not spend a particularly long time in the Kingdom were detained and forced to fly back to Europe, or other far away places.

It seems that it would be easier both for immigration and for travellers if some fixed rules were in place.

@Martin *******

B.S...

@Steve *******

Claptrap... a 2 minute Google search shows up tons of rule changes in the last few years alone... 😂

@Martin *******

Absolutely. As I do and recommend others who don’t, start doing so.

Steve Reevesyep... the rules are how they are - the enforcement differs from time to time and from place to place - so just follow the rules. It IS their contry and hence their rules.

@Jody ******

now your just being stupid and the rule has been around for a while their just enforcing it idiot 🤷‍♂️

@Rick ********

If they make a rule that you should jump off a cliff I suppose you will do it then? Put the pipe down... 🤡

@Rick ********

this is the first time in Thai immigration history when travellers are banned from leaving by land, because someone divinated they will try to return the next day.

In any case, what stops these people from flying to Vientiane and returning by land to Thailand?

@Jordan ****

I hear you. It sounds however that his intention was not to leave and stay out. It was to leave and come back in as a visa run. If Immigration just let him go into Laos and then he wanted to come back in and was denied he would have been outraged. Especially if all his stuff was still in Thailand.

If he just wanted to leave through this immigration point and not come back in and was denied, I’m fully with you. Let him out and enough his next travels.

@Dac ******

They have to leave one way, or the other. Why stop them from leaving by land? The people commenting here are disposed for no reason at all to defend any stupid policy and innovation. Ever since tourists starting coming to this country 70 years ago there was never a rule in place banning certain people from leaving by land. You think if he flies to Laos he won’t try coming back in?

Nickname9876 I would rather leave at my own risk then get stuck in a place like Mukdahan, more than a hundred miles away from any airport that has internationak flights, while counting the hours left before I begin overstaying.

They had no problems allowing people to leave whichever way they wanted in the past and if they left luggage in Thailahd, then it was their problem. What stops them from flying to Laos and returning by land anyway?

@Jordan ****

banks that nail down super bank deposits as a guarantee for pensioners who are increasingly monitored taxes to pay this seems too much to me and I repeat my opinion

@Jordan ****

you are correct I apologise for my incorrect post

@Peter ******

The post clearly states he was stopped from leaving Thailand. It’s not the first complaint of this type here.

I also know 100% that Laos never denies entry to people who visit the country for the purpose of doing border runs, and why would they, it’s not like entering Laos is free

@Jordan ****

How did they know he was trying to return? Here is what YOU wrote:

“A friend of mine took a 15 hour bus… in order to exit the country in an attempt to re-enter for his third VISA exempt entry…”

@Sunny ******

ok… then you can just fly out of Thailand in the first place

@Stéfan *******

id rather know that I can stay in Thailand and fly out somewhere in this case instead of being on Laos border . With nowhere to go, the ability to come back to Thailand, where my belongings are

@Jordan ****

They don't care if they are discriminatory or not, they do as they say, it is not necessary to enter Thailand to visit other countries at the moment and so to avoid complications and stress we go elsewhere, how can you have problems leaving and returning even with closed and paid airline tickets for the return to the country of origin, there is a dark plan behind all this, pensioners, wives, lovers, children, everything is confusing, contradictory and the proof of 9

@Jordan ****

there is an airport in Udon Thani which is about 60km from Nong Khai.

@Donald *********

you can research all you want, there is nothing suggesting I cannot leave the border from whatever legal crossing, whenever I want to. It’s not like they tried going to Myanmar, or Cambodia. Laos border is open.

@Jordan ****

You pays your money and you takes your choice! Bar Stool Barry clearly thought he was smarter than the average bear and could continue with the border runs when a little research would have suggested otherwise. Boo hoo 😭

@Jordan ****

I'd assume they asked them. Better that than being stuck in Laos for the foreseeable. I suspect them saying he needs to fly is simply them moving responsibility as I doubt he'd be allowed to enter by air either but they have mechanisms to deal with that at air borders

@John *********

how did they know they were trying to return? Do they read minds now? I have no problem with them denying people trying to return, absolutely none, but to deny someone the right to leave the country through whatever border they wish, without there being a law in place is discriminatory, not to mention that these people risk overstaying because of this.

How are these people supposed to know in the first place that they are allowed only to leave by airplane? Imagine travelling all the way to Mukdahan in order to get to Laos, only to be told that you have to leave by air, the closest airport offering flights to Laos being more than a hundred miles away

@John *********

you shouldn’t be denied leaving the country — this is bs!! Now they would be rightfully within their rights to deny reentry

@John *********

then they should deny him entry… simple . Preventing people from leaving is just weird

@Nick ***********

what I learned since living here is that people generally do not know what a rule, or law is.

Until now and still today the one who decided how many times you can enter visa exempt was the immigration officer, whose criteria for allowing someone in were arbitrary, and where the umpire can make the rules as he pleases on the spot, there are no rules at all.

Starting from November last month the io’s can still allow visitors to enter on a visa exempt stamp even after their second visit, if they consider they are not commiting an “abuse”, and they are the sole authority who can decide what an abuse is.



This is an example of how rules and laws should be drafted. Whether sports rules traffic laws, civil laws, or immigration laws. there is no difference in the manner of composition

@Mauro ********

I see you are using the old disingenous argument of “you don’t like the rules, f off somewhere else”. People like you said the same about the alcohol ban that was complained of by expats and tourists, and which got promptly overturned.