stevehaigh Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 (edited) a friend of mine just got refused a tourist visa in penang. they gave him a 2 week visa to go back to Thailand and pick up his stuff then get out. he had been using consecutive tourist visas for 5 years. he said many farangs were in the same situation. stev Edited September 13, 2006 by stevehaigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynot? Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 a friend of mine just got refused tourist visa in penang. they gave hime a 2 week visa to go back to Thailand and pick up his stuff then get out. he had been using consecutive tourist visa for 5 years.he said many farangs were in the same situation. stev Yeah-read that on TV about a month ago that they stopped-so confirmed thru hearsay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanalli Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 How did you read it on TV? On a side note, you have more chance if you use an agent, such as Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 How did you read it on TV?On a side note, you have more chance if you use an agent, such as Jim. jim confirmed that they are not issuing multi-entry visas anymore. personally i'll bet they don't issue tourist visas back-to-back anymore at all before long, generally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 (edited) vanalli: In this case, I think TV = ThaiVisa.com, not television ;-) Edited September 13, 2006 by wpcoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachcomber Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Get a new passport. It does not have to be full or expired. If they ask tell them you are planning a lot of traveling to many countries and don’t want to be in some place without (Your) Embassy when your passport does get full or expires. Beachcomber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Get a new passport.It does not have to be full or expired. If they ask tell them you are planning a lot of traveling to many countries and don’t want to be in some place without (Your) Embassy when your passport does get full or expires. Beachcomber. ... and do it BEFORE you try to get a visa. chances are they'll track it all in a database starting oct 1. this is a great idea, and sidesteps the problems you'd have with your own gov't if you lose too many passports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technocracy Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 he had been using consecutive tourist visas for 5 years. 5 years!!!! In all this time he hasn't considered getting a longer term visa? I think these are the stories that will be hearing a lot more of in the coming weeks and months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsears Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Is this true for all triple entry tourist visas? I have a non-immigrant B and it will end next month. I was going to get the triple entry tourist visa to stay on until I figure out where to get my next non-immigrant B visa from. Can anybody else let me know if they have stopped giving these triple entry tourist visa? Are they at least giving single entry tourist visas? Would love to hear peoples recent experiences in Penang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.... Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 5 years!!!! In all this time he hasn't considered getting a longer term visa?I think these are the stories that will be hearing a lot more of in the coming weeks and months! Technically Immigration had 5 years to fix this loop hole then. Between a rock and a hard place springs to mind. Please don't keep getting on these peoples back for not having a Visa, Immigration have helped create this problem by leaving this big loop hole open and not informing people sooner of the end of the VOA and hence are probably causing hassle for the staff that have to deal with these folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockstar Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 (edited) end of the VOA They aren't stopping VOA's they are just limiting them. Edited September 14, 2006 by Jockstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 This topic continues here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=83311 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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