I just came through immigration at BKK a couple of hours ago.
I'm from the US with a new non imm o-a visa. All went as expected, but the officer did pull out his personal phone and took several pictures of my passport.
Why would he do that?
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The user, an American with a new non O-A visa, shares an experience at Bangkok's immigration where an officer took several pictures of their passport using a personal phone. The comments include various theories ranging from the officer possibly needing images for training purposes to light-hearted remarks about the user's appearance. Some users suggest it's normal and shouldn't be a cause for concern, while also providing information about visa stamping procedures.
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and we are done. Thanx one and all for the comments. (y)
Good Luck to the O/P :)
Rosey ******
Why do many people stress so much? I've crossed borders many times. No problems. I even got chatted up by a thai lady because she fancied me. Just be nice and natural.
Lurcho ********
Because you have a great arse .
Reg ********
He gets 500 baht a time to sell to the Chinese guy that makes the fake passports π
Mitch ********
He likes your passport photo π
Brett *********
Maybe the use the visa and stamp images for training new IOs
David ************
Itβs happened to me.
Randy **********
He thinks you're handsome
Tod *********
they do that sometimes. Don't worry about it.
I'd be more worried that they stamped you in correctly.
On an O-A visa you should get stamped in for a year minus two days (next year has a leap year so there's an extra day in Feb)
SO if you stamped in today you should be stamped in until the 20th of Oct 2020..
Biff *******
People have enough trouble managing their permissions of stay using a calendar they grew up knowing. Imagine if they had to use the Thai lunar version!