Will I need to show my departure flight ticket when entering Thailand?

@Nelly *****

a tourist a tourist. They're all the same to immigration. There was just a post on ASN yesterday about someone who wasn't allowed to board their flight with a tourist visa until they purchased on onward ticket to show the checkin agent. Not to mention the op clearly doesn't have a visa so they're traveling visa exempt so onward travel is a clear requirement.

A tourist is not a tourist. Your nationality has a huge impact on rules. Two passports, one cannot enter IRAN one can.....same in Nigera one is 270 visa other is free. Same Europe one needs an ETA the other doesn't. different nationalities.

@Brandon ***********

i've already given the answer. without nationality, transit and departure points i can't talk about individual cases.

@Simon *********

Yes. Tourist visa or visa-exempt you need outward ticket. Non-immigrant visa not required

@J**

again many thanks for your incredible generosity in imparting your incredible wisdom.

@Simon *********

You're welcome. I could see you were struggling with your knowledge of how it actually works.

@J**

your benevolence knows no bounds. 🙏🏻

@Simon *********

I just can't help being such a friendly helpful person

@J**

especially when help is neither required nor requested.

@Simon *********

It's an advice forum. Take a look at the name of the group, focussing on the word "advice"

@J**

I gave the OP advice, I don’t need you to advise me about anything.

@Simon *********

Well, yeah ....but your advice was very vague. It certainly needed cleaning up. You struggle with understanding the ways different visas are looked at.

@J**

there was never any ambiguity about my answer, except in your own mind. I never said anything about visas, I only mentioned I had been living in Thailand for 10 years to add qualification to my response. Sadly you are one of the many people who read ten words and assume a thousand. Keep it clear, precise and on topic.

@Simon *********

I was merely pointing out that people living in Thailand on non-immigrant visas have NEVER needed to show outward bound tickets. It's only those on tourism-based visas/entries who are required to do so. Your answer was not really relevant to the original question

@J**

again you are drawing conclusions from minimal evidence. Please enlighten everyone including me when if ever I obtained my visa to live in Thailand? I am waiting with baited breath.

@J**

my original post was not misleading in any way. You unilaterally took yourself off on a goose chase. I never said anything about visas, only you did making wild assumptions and ill founded claims. My visa status is absolutely irrelevant to the point.

@Simon *********

Visa status is very important. You entered on a tourism visa/exempt hence you were required to sign a waiver. Had you been on a non-immigrant visa this would not have been required

@J**

and you made assumptions trying to be smart. The fact is you are wrong. I never said anything about my visa, I said the airlines frequently check for return or onward travel proof. Which is 💯 accurate and true.

@Simon *********

Airlines do for tourism based entries. I also live in Thailand and am never asked to show any onward journey due to my visa status

@Jim *******

Last year flying with Delta from Norfolk Virginia They had issues with my Non O and said I still needed a return ticket, Took a lot of sorting out getting manager and lots of phone calls to allow me to check in.

@J**

which is exactly what the OP asked and I answered. Go back to peeling labels off your bottles of Chang.

@Simon *********

Interesting how you resort to infantile comments. You're upset because you were corrected. It's that simple

@J**

what have you corrected me about? You have made a string of assumptions and baseless statements about me, and now you’re desperate to make yourself look like you knew what you were talking about, when it’s clear you have far too much free time and far too little knowledge.

@Simon *********

I seem to have a wider knowledge of visas and entry requirements than you

@J**

yes?

@Simon *********

What you said is totally misleading. If you had to sign a waiver you were duped. But don't worry, you're not the first and certainly not the last who doesn't understand how visas work

@J**

lets put this to bed once and for all, please. My visa had expired while I was out of the country. So when I was returning I did not have a visa, so I was arriving as a “tourist”, and then I would renew my visa in country. I was not “duped”, the airline would be liable for my departure flight if Thai immigration refused my entry because I had no departure flight. Happy now?

@Simon *********

***sigh***Ok. So your original post was misleading. You gave the impression you were on a non-immigrant visa, whereas in fact you were nothing more than a tourist. Why didn't state the FULL FACTS in the first place?

@Pe***

just because you were stopped and asked a few questions doesn’t mean that it’s an issue.

@Jo *********

Qatar and Japan Air asked me

@Brandon ***********

The best way to see that it's a barely legal company is the fact that we don't even know who the owner is. Even if they provide verifiable tickets, it doesn't change the fact that using temporary onward tickets - especially those issued by third-party, barely legal agencies - can be seen as deceptive by immigration authorities. The truth is that you're actually paying for a temporary "flight reservation" that is usually valid for only 24–48 hours. Onward ticket services are sometimes flagged by immigration, and if they suspect you're using a temporary reservation, you could be denied entry. It's much better to buy a normal bus ticket and then cancel it. This approach is generally more transparent and carries less risk. If questioned by immigration, you can explain that you changed your plans. Even buying a plane ticket yourself and then canceling it seems more legitimate than using a company like this because, by using them, you are intentionally misleading immigration from the start.

@Brandon ***********

As an admin for this group, you should ban Eryk Blazejczyk from this group. His reply is very offended. Thanks!

@Liam **********

have traveled to thailand and none of the carriers have denied me boarding with or without a visa and my stay is always 120 days, this year 60 d exempt 30 d tourist and 60 d married to a thai

@Robert ******

So you are flying on the exact same airline as the op from the exact same airport as the op and they will be speaking to the exact same check-in agent as you. That's crazy, since that's the only way your situation would be relevant

@Wayne ********

but 2am is counted as the day before in Thailand....LOL

@Nelly *****

2am through immigration is day one

@Wayne ********

not on return. sorry i wasn't clear.