Immigration at the airport of Phuket of set-off are likely to receive a home “common sense”.PHUKET: Immigration officers at the Phuket International Airport will not necessarily be rigorous in the application of the new requirements of tourist visa from 60 days in Thailand, the Phuket Gazette has learned.
Expat popular forum ThaiVisa.com published yesterday, changes to say that all embassies and consulates abroad have been advised of the changes and that the new requirements were effective immediately.
?The Royal Thai embassies, consulates and Consulates-General will require from now a ticket confirmed with flight numbers and dates of entry and exit, plusent confirm bookings with the name and the dates of check in/out, ?, said the report.
The required documents have been presented as.
A completed and signed photo of formOne application (color, size 4 x 6 cm) reservation of hotel of passport (valid for at least 6 months) in Thailand with the name and dates of verification ticket or confirmation slip in / outAirline with the number of flight and the date of entry and exit
However, an agent at Phuket International Airport Immigration this afternoon told the Phuket Gazette, ?We will not ask each person landing in Phuket for evidence of a hotel or a return air ticket booking. We will only ask if you look suspect.
?It doesn?t matter what type of visa you have; If you look suspicious, then it’s our job to verify, ? said.
The agent does not details on how it could “suspicious look.”As to confirm the selectivity in the application of the rules, she said, for example, that “even backpackers cannot not ask [for required documents].”
?We will check your travel history in your Passport, and then let you go. Thailand tourist visas are for tourists to come and enjoy the holiday in our Kingdom, ?, he said.
The officer added that all information provided on where we are going to stay the tourist will be registered.
?This makes it much easier to find or contact persons in the event something happens, as they disappear, are injured or need help, ?, he said.
As to whether the new rules applicable to ?visas on arrival? ? visa commonly used by tourists coming to the Thailand, ? of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made the Phuket Gazette to call Immigration at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport.
There, an officer who asked not be named, said the new requirements will apply to persons from countries granted visa valid for 15 days of their arrival, but not for people arriving from countries granted ?visa exemptions? for stays up to 30 days.
For a complete list of the 28 countries granted of visa on arrival for 15 days, click here.
For a complete list of the 48 countries granted of visa exemptions, click here. The list includes the Australia, United States, United Kingdom and most of Europe.
The immigration officer at the airport in Suvranabhumi, told the Gazette of the ?For visa on arrival more than does not 15 days, you are required to prepare:
Passport or travel document valid at least 6 of the monthsCompleted formRecent (4 x 6 cm) application of visa photographEvidence Thailand travel, booking a hotel (airfare paid in full) in Thailand with the name and dates of check in/out.
?in case you do not stay in a hotel, you will need to provide the address of a friend, or when you will be staying while you are in the Kingdom.
?You do not have to provide any invitation letter; ? agent said, just a valid address in Thailand completed visa application form will be fine.
?Any people who seek to stay in more than 15 days should contact their Royal Thai Embassy or nearest Consulate of the Thailand [about] what type of visa would adapt their requirements, ? the agent added.
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