Why is it important to check your immigration stamp upon entering Thailand?

Two rookie mistakes in one entry 😮

BUT

on the up side at least you will check your stamps before you wander away from passport control 🙂

Remember people PRINT out the PDF they emailed you when your visa was approved because that IS your visa (whether they can see it on the screen or not)

AND

Check your stamp before walking away from the counter at passport control.

Keep in mind immigration offices are NOT obligated to correct a bad entry stamp <- they can and many times do send you to the point of entry.

Just had a guy entered at Sa Dao border from Malaysia, didn't pay attention got stamped in for 60 days, then noticed it 3 weeks later in Chiang Mai 😮

He went to the C/M office and they said go back to the Malay border or just bounce out/back when this stamp runs out, he bounced out/back showed his DTV when he flew back in and got a new 180 day..

Live and learn, but good you shared this (y)

This is why it’s generally good practice to present your visa at the same time since plenty of people don’t and if someone never checks then they’d be at risk of overstaying by 90+ days leading to a 1 year ban.

Thank you for the heads up and good advice

Very basic stuff. Always check your stamp. Not rocket science 🚀

Did you enter your DTV No.on your tdac form in the box “Visa” The IO officer can see your details on screen, so no idea how this error was made?🤷🏾‍♀️

I always check before leaving the counter, but in my case, one of the "perks" 😂 from being from a country that cannot enter visa free, is that they'd never stamp a 60-day stamp on my passport.