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

Visa Types Denial of Entry DTV Visa Deportation vs Rejection Immigration Advice Visa Application Process

Aug 23, 2025

2 months 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

A user seeks clarity on whether their friend's past denial of entry into Thailand affects his chances of obtaining a DTV visa. The friend, a Spanish national, was denied entry at the airport due to excessive border runs and stayed in an immigration detention area for a week before being sent back, but did not get blacklisted. A variety of comments clarify that denial of entry is distinct from deportation, and it likely won't adversely impact the DTV application, provided that the submitted documents are genuine. Several community members suggest applying for the DTV visa despite concerns.

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A. ************

As others have said, he was denied entry, not deported. Deportation occurs when you do something bad, and they throw you out. Or you overstay your visa and get caught someplace in the country, taken to the airport, and sent out. Those things could get you blacklisted.

Also, from the sound of it, his only way back in without spending a significant amount of time away is through a DTV or some other longer term visa.

a month ago

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

He wasn’t deported, he was denied entry. Should be no problem or black marks on his record

a month ago

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.

a month 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

a month 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?