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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?
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.
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Kunzanna *********
OPThank you all 🙏
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
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
Kunzanna *********
OP@Tod ********
could he just overstay a month and pay the fine?Tod *********
@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.
Kunzanna *********
OP@Tod ********
I agree, just that he's upset about having to cut short his summer breakWannikea *********
Looking at that list Hong Kong seems like the likely choice in the region.
Lloyd ********
The site below lists countries that do not require 6 months validity.
Kunzanna *********
OP@Lloyd *******
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 UKLloyd ********
@Kunzanna ********
Thailand requires 6 months validity
Stephen *******
@Lloyd *******
No they don’tKunzanna *********
OPMy son has an OCI card of India (lifetime unlimited visa), could he fly there? 🙏
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