Much depends on the immigration officer. I did this many, many times and it was fine. However, on my return from a visa run to HK I had a terrible time in CM. I was shouted at, accused of working - I was not working - and told to get on a plane back to HK. That then seemed to change and then money had to be paid. It was a horrible experience and to be faced with 5 people shouting at me the day after a relative had died made it all the worse.

@John *********

45 days now..

@Gary *******

Mine wasn't.

@Garrett **********

It's pretty standard not to be allowed to deface your passport. 6-i15-k964-Writing_in_Passport_Visa_Notes_pages-United_Kingdom.html

@Paulo ********

That's all true!

'Monkeys' Seriously? If you'd written a polite note, in Thai, then you'd have stood a better chance of getting what you wanted. I don't feel your imperious attitude would have gone down too well in any country to be honest.

@Giorgio *****

It's painful to watch. Still, at least we have our Royal Family - who have 28 billion pounds - and our blue passports. Ff's.

@Maya ******

The British are labouring under false consciousness to a massive extent, so we'll see!

@Maya ******

He's right not to be optimistic. It will take a long time to occur, if ever it does. But I think, in the end, we will have to rejoin or face total ruin!

@Maya ******

Yes.