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What should my son do if his passport validity is less than 6 months and he has to leave Thailand soon?

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Aug 14, 2023

a year ago

Kunzanna *********

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Good morning! My British son used up his 1 month visa exempt and 1 month extension that expires tomorrow (15 Aug). He was due to fly to Bali this morning but the Thai Airways stopped him as his pp expires on 7 Feb 24, which we overlooked. What can he do now? Please help! 🙏

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The user's son has used his 1 month visa exempt and 1 month extension but cannot fly due to his passport expiring in less than 6 months. Commenters suggest going to the immigration office to obtain a 7-day extension to avoid overstaying and offer potential alternative travel destinations.

Kunzanna *********

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Thank you all 🙏

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Tod *********

once he let that passport go below 6 months validity he sure limited the countries he can go to. 😕

Lloyd and Wannikea both gave you valid options to look at..

While you're looking at a place to send him he can go to the immigration office tomorrow and get a 7 day 'application for extension not approved' stamp that gives him a week to get out of thailand

Otherwise he runs on overstay if he can't fly out tomorrow

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Kunzanna *********

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could he just overstay a month and pay the fine?

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@Kunzanna ********

now you're just grasping at straws 🙁

That would NOT be a choice I would consider 😕

Rather than consider breaking the rules how about he just follows them?

I'd say your choices are;

Fly him out by tomorrow

Get him the 7 day extension denied stamp that gives him week to get out of the country,

OR

ship him back to where he comes from and let him deal with getting a new passport.

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Kunzanna *********

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I agree, just that he's upset about having to cut short his summer break

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Wannikea *********

Looking at that list Hong Kong seems like the likely choice in the region.

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Lloyd ********

The site below lists countries that do not require 6 months validity.

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Kunzanna *********

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But can he enter Thailand with less than 6 months validity? He's here till mid September then he goes back to uni in the UK

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Lloyd ********

@Kunzanna ********

Thailand requires 6 months validity

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Stephen *******

No they don’t

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Kunzanna *********

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My son has an OCI card of India (lifetime unlimited visa), could he fly there? 🙏

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