ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS

What to do if you get a "bad" entry stamp?

"Bad Stamped" <- getting stamped in to thailand on an entry stamp that is wrong, (as in wrong entry/visa code, or for the wrong amount of time)

Surprisingly (or not) people get "bad stamped" into the country all the time.

This happens for a variety of reasons,

BUT

100% it's due to people not checking their passport before they walk away from passport control. 🙁

Now a couple things about bad stamps.

First; Immigration offices inside the country are NOT obligated to correct a bad entry stamp, although they sometimes will correct a bad air entry stamp, they will almost always decline to correct a bad land entry and instead send you to the border you stamped in at to get the stamp corrected.

Good news is; if you get bad stamped in from an air entry and you go back to the airport you can get the stamp corrected in a matter of minutes. Go to the customer service counter and they'll page an immigration officer to come up.

Second if you are bad stamped in for longer than you should have been stamped in for you are not allowed to stay that length of time.

Just because the stamp was wrong doesn't mean you get to stay if they gave you more time than you were supposed to get. You will get caught out and fined for overstay when you stamp out.

It is the responsibility of the passport holder to know how long they'll get stamped in for and to check that they got the correct entry stamp when they stamp in

If you have an eVisa from a thai consulate, we recommend you print out the PDF that they emailed you when they approved the visa <- that PDF actually IS your visa..

Hand it and your passport to the officer at passport control when you stamp in.

AND

check your entry stamp when they hand the passport back to you..

The time to correct bad stamps is when you're still standing at the stamp in counter in front of passport control rather than a couple weeks later when you finally notice you got stamped in wrong😲

Best of luck and safe travels to everyone 👍

Strange one from BKK. Officer said it’ll be okay but not too sure myself. Advice on what to do?

I just got my non o visa. Do I have to go to immigration or o do they fix it through the immigration line at the airport? It’s a e visa I have to print out and show them. TIA

Returned to Thailand Tuesday, after 6 months in the UK....via Suvarnabumi , showed passport, DTV, no questions, stamped in for another 6 months.

Just saying....

Entered Bangkok for the second time with the DTV. Wasn’t even asked for the printout of the visa. Just showed my passport and got all the stamps! Very smooth process.

I got Dtv visa last week. I will be at Bangkok at February. With my 2 daughters. At passaport control, will police check 20x3k baht Cash? For 3 persons. How it works. Please update me. Thank You

Hi. Ive completed the online arrival card and received the email. Do I need to print it off or just use my phone to show the immigration officer. Thanks.

First DTV arrival at SuvarnaBhumi from Hanoi. Passport, A4Print Visa, Boarding pass. "Sawadee Krap". The Immigration Officer smiles happily, with an approving sound of satisfaction, upon seeing the fresh DTV paper. Oxytocin rushes thru my brain. She stamps and writes with a pen. Dopamine gets activated. "6 months, right?, I ask. "180 days" she corrects with an graceful instructive quality. The charming, calm and intelligent Thai Style puts me right back into that space of peace and joy. A "Welcome Back to the Golden Land" feeling fills me. With an ear-to-ear smile and a grateful "Kap Khun Krap" I receive back the passport, all within 30 seconds. Thai Culture really is warm, kind and respectful. Absolute Winner in SE Asia, and Gold score top spot in the world really.

kho hai thuk khon mi khwam suk

May Everyone Be Happy

Passport stamped Jan 15. If I fly out on 15th is it an overstay

I acquired a single re-entry permit when I got my recent one-year extension of non-o visa.

I head for Suvarnabhumi in the morning - When I go through passport control, do I need to do anything or make sure they see the permit stamp in my passport?

I did a single re-entry permit once before, but that was done on-site at the airport, and they gave me a receipt that I presented at passport control going out. I'm just not certain about having the stamp already in the passport and it being accepted when I return in a few weeks. Thanks