@Angelo **********

I am very surprised at the response in this group . . . . .

ACTUALLY, it is ALWAYS the AIRLINE who can refuse boarding the flight, if you do not have a flight out of Thailand within the admitted period you will get stamped in upon entry into Thailand.

Thai Immigration DOES NOT CARE ABOUT the flight itinerary!

It is the AIRLINE that must apply an IATA rule: If the visa does not reflect the needed itinerary, they have to assume that Thai Immigration might refuse entry because you visa does not fit the intended stay, and they will have to fly you back to the origin airport at their own expenses, and pay a fine between 5000.- USD and 10.000.- USD.

So ACTUALLY it is the Airline which checks your ticket and NOT Thai Immigration. Thai Immigration is aware that you can extend most stay permits inside the country, so they do not check or care much. Thai Immigration only starts to act, if your travel history to Thailand indicates that you might be misusing the visa and visa exempt rules

I am surprised at the amount of false info here. It is that most airlines will need proof of onward- or return flight out of Thailand within the period you get stamped in at entry. Thai Immigration are the least people who care about your flight itinerary. It is the airlines that will refuse boarding, because they will have to transport you back to the origin at their own expenses if you get refused entry into Thailand. And since January 2023, the fine imposed to an airline which ignored this rule, has risen from formerly 5000.- USD to 10.000.- USD.

Keep in mind, Thai Airways CAN ask for proof or they WON'T ask for proof. Both options are possible. Never trust the advice given by an airline employee over the phone! Only trust an emailed reply and print it, so you can show it upon check-in in case nobody at the check-in has any idea of what they are doing.

I have witnessed countless times when passengers were refused boarding because their itinerary didn't fit their visa. And don't worry about Thai Immigration - they are the last ones who would even care. Thai Immigration CAN (but rarely does) ask you for THREE proofs: itinerary, booked accommodation, and 20,000.-THB or in any other currency in CASH (credit cards not accepted)

@Angelo **********

you seemingly have zero idea how the IATA rule regarding the airline's responsibility works. You should stop posting nonsense

@Si ******

no, lung cancer and a heart failure

@Gary ********

wrong, the onward travel proof is law! It's a requirement for tourists entering Thailand. It's just that Immigration at the borders don't care much. It's the Thai embassy and consulate who can require an onward travel proof for an application to a 60-days tourist visa (and some embassies actually ask!) and it's a law, which is under the responsibility of the Thai Immigration, who however have shifted this responsibility to the Airlines, who need to make sure if a traveller holds a visa or not and in case he doesn't hold one, will most obvioulsy demand the onward travel proof. Because if a traveller get's denied entry, the airline will get fined (up to 10.000.- US Dollar) and has to transport the traveller back to the origin airport

@Todd ********

it was a justified question, because a "visa exempt entry" is NOT a "real visa". It's no visa at all

I knew somebody who started a tattoo school in Thailand with his Thai wife and the brother in law, and became a Dollar-millionaire in less than 8 years. However he passed away a few years ago at the age of 64

@Kool ******

15.000.- USD

@XNatell *****************

correct. let's wait

this would be a nice step, but it won't happen. Thai government might rather rise the 800.000.- THB requirement to 1 million in the future

@Barry *******

😂🤣 lucky only IF it was correct what Kool Breez wrote. The financial requirement for these "grandfathers" has always been 200.000.- THB and not just twenty-thousand Baht 😂