ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS:

Re; Lao Border Points

There was a train-wreck of a post (now thankfully deleted) the other night about someone who was denied entry into thailand at the Nong Khai border crossing <-(hands down the EASIEST border crossing in all of thailand to get IN to the country by)

And it seems every Tom, Dick & Somchai poser :O errr poster had to weigh in with their 2 satang's worth of info on what to do.

I want to clear up ANY misunderstanding.

There is ABSO-tively, POSI-lutely ZERO problem with ANY border crossing with Lao and you don't need a service to bounce you out and back with them AT ALL.

It appears the whole story was not related in the thread :O The O/P entered the country and was mistakenly stamped in for 60 days NOT the 30 days they would get on a visa exempt entry.

They foolishly thought that if immigration makes a mistake the stamp is good <- IT IS NOT.

They stayed the full 60 days then went to fly out. When they stamped out they were found to NOT have held a tourist visa but had really entered visa exempt and been stamped in wrong. The fact they didn't correct it <- meant they were now on a 30 day overstay.. Graciously the people at passport control didn't fine them the 15K baht overstay. They did get the overstay stamp though.

AND

when they went to re-enter at the Nong Khai border I think passport control saw the overstay stamp and said, you just overstayed a month you can't get in by land and turned them back to Lao.

Eventually they did get in but it took another day..

This was 100% a problem of their own making, they got stamped in wrong, they didn't go correct it <- Once again people, it is YOUR passport so YOUR responsibility to get errant stamps corrected,

IF you get stamped in for longer than you should you DO NOT get to stay that extra time because immigrations 'messed up'..

You'll get tagged for overstay because you 'messed up' not going to get that stamp corrected.

CHECK your stamp before you walk away from passport control.

I just wanted to let everyone know, despite that thread about the denial at Nong Khai

THERE IS NO ISSUE AT ALL WITH ANY OF THE LAO BORDER POINTS AS FAR AS PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND BACK IN.

Im currently on Volunteer visa which is soon to expire. When it expires, do i automatically fall into amnesty or do i have to go to immagration and do something/pay to get amnesty?... i leave in 2 months...

Hi everyone, My American boyfriend has to go to Burma and I’m not sure he has to do Visa or not? And he got problem about overstay in Thailand.I’m really stressed😭😭😭

I am Aussie intending to apply for retirement visa. Overstayed on my tourist visa a couple of days, and while extending it l find now cannot apply for O visa while on a visa that has been overstayed. Was told must exit country and reapply for O visa on new tourist visa. I wonder if you might recommend convenient destinations from Bangkok. Long bus trips are not as easy as the used to be and I was considering a flight to Phenom Phen. Is this a good border bounce, in the vernacular? And do you know if I will be required to have an exit flight ticket when I re-enter Bangkok by air? I will take a bus to avoid that kind of situation if a land border cross is more convenient.

I have to say it is pretty handy having you guys and your experience to call on. Cheers to you for that. And I will happily turn that into a few beers if given the chance

After being taken aside and questioned about my tourist visa/visa exemption history at Suvarnabhumi recently, I'm a bit concerned I won't be allowed entry next time.

I will be going to Vientiane, taking all the proofs etc and cross my fingers. My question is, IF I get refused entry, what is the timescale until I can come back again?

Good afternoon. Some months ago I asked a question and everyone was most helpful. I flying to Cambodia for a few days from DM . When I was going through immigration they saw that I over stayed my single entry tourist visa by 1 day. Another immigration officer came over and put in an additional stamp into my passport and signed it . No 500thb fine .

Will I have problems re-entering Thailand later on in the week? I am an American citizen and hope to get the 30 day tourist stamp. I have 20,000 thb on me and proof of onward travel

Just a quick update, just got back from Penang, Jim Tachinamurthy was very helpful as we were traveling with 2 small children, he took care of everything. Also its true children under 14 don't need visas, we applied for the 60 day everything went smoothly. Also my daughters passport was about 8 days over the 6 month cut off, Penang immigration officer mentioned it but did not hold or stop us, and we flew into DMK and had no problems on our transfer to domestic flights. I would like to thank everyone that helped my family and I through Thai visa advice page! Thank you!!