Can you still buy re-entry visas at the airport?

[dantilley]

but it could cause you problems if you go back to Cambodia again on the same passport at some stage.

Thats really not likely to happen when you already know that your passport is full

Ah, yeah, good point! Sticker over an old visa from the same country seems like the way forward then...

[dirtydog]

scrutinies each exit / re-entry stamp

Yeah got to be careful of that, I remember when my father applied for his yearly visa, they got the calendar out to check there really was 365 days in a year which is what he put down.

[dantilley]

Maybe they were checking whether or not it was a leap year

[Bettyboo]

You and your mate are clowns. Is it all the Thai's fault that you have not taken care of your personal paperwork ? You just come across as a cheapo (another here in Thailand).

Maybe to you.

Not to me.

I can perfectly understand how these types of situations arise from time to time, and FP managed it very well. Comes across as a smart and intelligent chap who managed an unpredictable and difficult situation very well, IMHO...

[English Noodles]

The thing is. He now has to go to get a new passport and then take his new passport and his old passport to immigration to get the non imm visa moved to the new passport.

I know that I would prefer to have all the Thai immigration stamps clearly showing in my passport, not covered by a Cambodian visa.

[Bettyboo]

I would have thought you could have problems getting back in to Thailand if you have defaced their immigration stamps in your passport. Would be far better asking them to put the visa straight over an old visa from the same country (Cambodia in this case) rather than stamps that have been placed by another country.

A reasonable point, nit-picking Northern git, but a solid point non the less... any stamp, but Thai, as the passport is now full.

In that situation, it's an easy oversight, but could've been a problem, that FP and his new found bribe skills would've easilly managed.

Looking at ^, I agree too. At the airport you should be okay to bribe away, but at the new immigration office it's not always possible, I should imagine. Having said that, a well placed Thai would sort out these problems in a split second; well placed meaning anyone with a bit of power who is willing to go along to immigration with you. I've had a problem before and a head of faculty from the top uni came with me, problems solved within 30 seconds - literally.

[dirtydog]

I know that I would prefer to have all the Thai immigration stamps clearly showing in my passport, not covered by a Cambodian visa.

Your just waiting for him to do his, "My Time in a Thai Jail" thread aint you

[English Noodles]

Nah, they would sort it out but they could be wankers about it if they wanted to be.

[dirtydog]

What about if they let him take his camera into jail that would be a great thread

[genericnic]

And what lesson did you learn from this, grasshopper?

I was a Boy Scout for too many years. If I get to less than 5 blank pages in my passport, I get a new one (and I always get the extra pages at the same time as I get the new one). As Fresh Prince's predicament has shown, emergencies have a way of happening at an inconvenient time.

Ok so for future reference, they love it when you try to enter their country with not enough pages in your passport.

My mate and I showed up at the visa application place in the airport and he was worried because he had forgotten to get photo's but strangely he was one of the first off the plane that was given his visa and he was though.

So I hand my passport in and am waiting at the back of the line. The conversation went something like this.

Officer:Fresh Prince?

Me: Yep I'm here.

Officer:Preace come over here.
(and they took me aside)

Officer:Why are you such a stupid boy? What makes you think you can come to our country with a full passport?

Me: if you look at the last page it was just a mistake with from Thai immigration, they've voided the last stamp so you can put the visa on top of that.

Officer:We can not put a visa over the top of an old stamp. There is no way you are entering our country.

Me: Its pretty important that i get in so please just find a space and put the visa in there somewhere.

Officer(s) now:This is an official immigration place. There is no way we are giving you this visa. But we understand that you have a problem.

Me: Yep I totally understand. How about if I was to make a donation to immigration? would that solve the problem?

Officer: I think that there may be some way we can solve this problem, yes. If you were to make such a donation, where abouts in your passport would you like visa?
(Quickly riffling through passport to find an old page)

Me: How about here, on top of these old stamps from 2005?

Officer: O.k, what kind of donation would you like to make?

Me: How about 20$?

Officer: But that is less than 10$ each. (there was 5 of them by now)

Me: Ok. How about 50$

Officers: but you will still need your visa.

Me: Ok how about 70$

Officer: Yes, I think 70 dorrars would be fine. But to put the visa over old stamps I need you to right a short not for the police and sign it. Here is the form I will tell you what to right.

Me: Ok, whatever.

Officer: Prease right, I The Fresh Prince, have been a very sirry boy. I should not have come to this country with not enough pages in my passport. I promise I will never do it again and I will get a new passport as soon as I get back to Bangkok. Signed, The Fresh Prince.

And with that they gave me the visa. The bastards must have been pissing their pants all night after that one

The last thing he said was: If you ever want to get into this country again, you come see me ok. wink wink.

[The Fresh Prince]

A lot of points to answer to, sorry I didn't realize this thread had continued, must have missed it. Yes I've learned to keep my passport up to date. You never know whats going to happen.

As to the placement of the visa, they chose a page where the visa would totally cover the old stamps with nothing poking out of the visa.

To DD it was 10$ per person in the office, not per stamp.

And to mr brown and BB, thanks for your words of support. As mentioned before it was an unplanned trip that had to be done.

Today my secretary took my passport to immigration for my 90 day thing and they checked the passport and said it was fine, just get a new one.