@Brandon ***********

the transfer of stamps will be handled by my employer once I am back in Thailand. So, having an old passport(with the cancelled stamp from my home country) would not make the thailand’s stamps void as long as I give thailand immigration both of my passports, right?

Not to mention that having that 7 day extension denied stamp might not be good for the passport.

@Oleg **********

read the last line under “visa application details”- it clearly says “allows for a stay of upto 60 days, extendable for another 30 days.”

Visa exempt is only 30 days so I am pretty sure that its referring to the tourist visa.

@Oleg **********

tourist visa is also eligible to get the 30 day extension.

@Bjørn **************

is she still working in the bar or is she a former bar girl?

Haha. She was ticked off when she saw that I had maximized my extension and commented about it.

She even asked me what was I going to Laos for.

@Tom ********

thats what I have read usually for this border.

My worry was that the immigration lady had asked me to fly in and not come back through the border when I was exiting thailand through nong khai.

@Andy *********

yeah, I also think that.

I have got the sticker visa today from the embassy. Will probably try the border tomorrow or the day after…fingers crossed.

Laos is fun too. Haha

@Bart *************

also I intend to stay only for another 15 days.

From what I understand is that immigration also cares more about the number of days stayed in Thailand rather than how many days the visa actually allows you to stay.

I don’t intend to come back to Thailand in the next 6-8 months so I guess but rather explore the nearby countries more like Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

@Bart *************

before December, all the 15 days entry were on visa on arrival, not exempt.

Actually, I had read that most times when the IO warns/denies visa exempt entry, they usually either ask to get a tourist visa from the embassy or to get another proper visa.

So it seems that a visa from the embassy is better than visa exemption in general. Probably the IO might also be a bit more lenient because they know that someone already checked the documents and travel history and gave the traveller a green signal. But if that would be true in my case or not i am not sure.

I got the visa this time because of the lady’s warning. It just seemed having a visa from the embassy would reduce the reasons the land border could give me for rejectin.