I am a US citizen. I just recently went to Penang to get a tourist visa. I was surprised by a few things. I knew about them wanting you to prove you had enough money and show your tickets entering the country and leaving the country but there were some new requests. First was they were wanting to prove at least half of our stay in Thailand. The next was the officer in Penang was giving us a hard time because our departure tickets in 2 months were going to China. He said you must have tickets returning to the USA. First of all who in the world does this guy think he is to tell me where I can go when I leave Thailand. As long as I leave the country when my tourist visa is up what business is of theirs to tell me where I can go?It seems like every few months there is some new insane requirement they are coming up with here. Fortunately as I told him I had no idea about this and that I needed to go to China he didnt push much further but I am wondering if this is going to be a thing that in order to get tourist visas they are going to require you to prove you have return tickets to your home country. Absolutely insane!
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