ah,thanks, was just wondering if he didn't see the DTV but must have adjusted the stamp wrongly. Good advice to always check, because it's easier to bring it up there and then!
Everyone, I don't think they are offering a refund at all. Thai embassies/consulates do not offer refunds! I think I am reading the same part as everyone else. It says you need an e-ticket to Thailand around 4-5 weeks from date of application and the e-tciket is allowed to be refundable.
The calendar year thing is arbitrary. If the IO thinks you have a history of repeated visa exempt, extension, border run, visa exempt, extension - this is the kind of behaviour they are trying to discourage and trying to get people onto the right visa, be it a METV or a DTV or whatever. I think the IO based it on your past thailand extry exit history unfortunately and it is pot luck what the next IO will do. It could possibly even include refusal of entry and asking you to get the correct visa.
Cancel the airline ticket, cancel the hotel booking. Wait until you have the correct visa approved. This likely is not the DTV (which is what this group is about)
A canadian travel document without a passport very likey indicates a refugee. A DTV although technically a tourist visa allows much longer residency. I think these two concepts are in conflict.
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