Hi everybody.
Im very worried about what happened today at Don Mueang airport as i came back from a 15 days trip to Japan and was asked a lot of questions.
I had a new passport in January 2018 at my country (Spain) and got a tourist thai visa, then i arrived to Thailand in february. After that i have travelled to some countries in thesemonths as Japan,China,Indonesia or Malaysia. I didnt get a new tourist visa in any of those places and spent around 15 days in every of them, then after every trip a re entered Thailand with the 30 days visa exemption. This time was my 6th time that i entered Thailand without tourist visa(maybe it was the reason of the problem).
Well,today then when i showed my passport at immigration the man who checked it called another woman and she told me that i had to follow her to the office.
She started to make me a lot of questions that i answered and she said that i was living in Thailand and told me many times that i have to go back to my country now.
I couldnt see the point of this as i never made an overstay or broke any rule during my time here. I was asked where im going next time and i said Hanoi, and asked again after Hanoi and i said i dont know,i will see,but at least i already have a flight ticket to Hanoi at the end of this month.
Then she called another man who came and explained me that i had have been stay in Thailand 185 days already this year and i could not stay more and he decided to give me 14 days to leave the country,but i told him that i have a flight to Hanoi and finally gave me 30 days.
They wrote many notes on their computer and even on the pages that they printed where it shown how many times i entered to thailandand how many days i had spend.
Also in my departure card(TM6) they wrote in thai language that i have stayed 185 days here anddont have any plans after Hanoi to come back my country and i should get a Non-B visa next time to enter.
I planned to come back to Thailand in November with a tourist visa but now im not sure what should i do.
Should i continue withmy plan? Or come back to my country and get a new passport? Or enter at a different city or airport ?
If anyone have any tip or idea about this issue i will be greateful.
First time sent to immigration office at Don Mueang airport
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There is no rule now on 180 days. That was changed a few years ago.
A B visa would only be needed if you were doing business or were sponsored by a Thai company for working here so basically everything they told you is wrong.
Next time you come back have 20K baht cash, a return ticket to somewhere a tourist visa and a printed out booking for where you are going to stay and pick another entry point is all I can suggest.