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Will my friend's past entry rejection affect his DTV visa application for Thailand?

DTV Visa Deportation vs Denial of Entry Visa Rules Immigration History Thailand Visa Tourist Visa Issues Border Runs

Aug 23, 2025

2 days ago

Anonymous *************

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Hello everyone, I would like to ask if anyone has experience with deportation from Thailand and applying for a new visa.

My friend is Spanish. About 2 months ago, he came with a tourist visa but was rejected at the airport because he had done too many border runs last year. He stayed in the immigration quarantine zone for 1 week before flying back. The officer did not blacklist him, but we believe there is a record of deportation.

Now he wants to apply for a DTV visa. We are worried if the previous deportation will affect his chance to enter Thailand again. As I understand, the embassy and immigration do not always share information closely. I also heard some people got a DTV visa but were rejected at the airport because of fake or missing documents. In our case, we have all real documents with evidence.

Our question: Will his past deportation cause a problem for entering Thailand with a DTV visa?

If anyone has similar experience or information, please kindly share. 🙏

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The post discusses concerns about a friend's past experience of being denied entry to Thailand due to excessive border runs while holding a tourist visa and its potential impact on a future DTV visa application. Commenters clarify that denial of entry is not the same as deportation, suggesting that as long as proper documentation is provided for the DTV application and there is no blacklisting, the past denial may not significantly hinder his chances of obtaining the new visa.

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Zou ********

Entry rejection and deportation are 2 different situations:

- entry rejection : when you arrive , officer looks at your history and suspect that you don’t come to Thailand for pure tourist purpose ( many times visa run for example). They will stamp a rejected stamp on your passport and send you back to where you came from. But you are not blacklisted. If you wait for a while then you can come back. If you are in this situation u still can apply for all other types of visa just need a very solid documents

Also You can contact me I can guarantee smooth entry with a fee of 2500 THB.

- deportation: when you do something illegal and get caught by the police ( illegal work , drugs …. ) then you are deported and also blacklisted. To erase blacklist it’s very expensive and difficult these days.

18 hours ago

Ossie *********

It sounds like he was denied entry which is not being deported . I suggest you apply for the DTV and see what happens it will be either approved or rejected

19 hours ago

Ja***

As others have said your friend was denied entry, not deported. Did your friend have an actual tourist visa when they were denied entry? Or were they trying to enter with a visa exemption?

a day ago

Jimmy ****

How many border runs?

a day ago

Amornrat **********

Should not have any effect in applying the DTV. If you worry about the entry just use a Safe Entry Service to assist.

21 hours ago

James ********

@Amornrat *********

correct ✅

11 hours ago

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James ********

@Jimmy ***

even after 2 entries as Visa Exempt, appear to be questioned by Thai Immigration Officers. There's no specified number allowed for a border bounce. But since the visa exempt entry was increased to 60 days vs 30 in July 2024, Thai Immigration Officers are now more strict about allowing those with multiple times entry.

a day ago

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James ********

Delfina *********

Deported isn't blacklisted , there is only one way to know

2 days ago

John **********

It shouldn't affect a genuine DTV application

2 days ago

Greg ********

Why not just pay a connected agent or lawyer to check his immigration record?

2 days ago

Anonymous *************

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@Greg *******

thank you very much, I already had contacted to a person but I just wanna make sure that there is any possible way we could manage this without paying for unnecessary consultations. We don't mind to pay just want to seek for different options in case it works.

a day ago

Greg ********

Anonymous participant It might be you can have a call without paying for a consultation. I know someone who did this regarding leaving Thailand without closing a local company as a director. The lawyer just tod them it would not be an issue upon return. No fee paid for the quick call.

a day ago

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Greg ********

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2 days ago

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Greg ********

No idea about his application but just yesterday a guy from UK posted about being in Thailand while his application being processed in UK. The Embassy certainly can see a lot of information is the system. Whether this is total record who knows. If an Embassy puts a note in system why they rejected DTV other embassies can see it. As for your poi t about denial at point of entry not seen a credible report yet of anyone denied entry while holding the DTV.

2 days ago

Andi ***********

Does not sound like a deportation. Others have been rejected for same reasons and successful in getting a DTV.

2 days ago

Anonymous ******************

I think you'll find he wasn't deported, but was simply denied entry. Big difference. What stamps did they put in his passport?

2 days ago

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Anonymous ******************

What challenges might a Swedish programmer face when applying for a DTV to return to Thailand after a history of visa runs and overstays?

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