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LionsLeftTesticle wrote:A visa exempt.

Are you worried about arriving in Thai without visa?
Yes, rather 'was'

It has been cleared up thanks. Although Thai immigration normally dont bother with POOT, it can mean 'no entry':-

"Airlines are required by Thai Immigration to control whether passengers checking in for a flight to Thailand without any visa comply with all the requirements of Visa Exemption. Those include what is termed Proof Of Onward Travel (POOT) meaning a confirmed air ticket out of Thailand or a return flight home within the 30-day period. (Train tickets or plans to take the bus do not count, nor do domestic or international flights booked in other countries in the region that do not include a flight out of Thailand.) Airlines fear that failure to comply could result in severe penalties for the carrier and repatriation costs. Passengers who do not have POOT or a visa are at risk of being denied boarding. Airlines departing from Europe, USA, Canada and Australasia are more stringent about this requirement than some other regions. Regional carriers around Thailand (like Air Asia) hardly ever make an issue of it. Thai Immigration itself rarely if ever checks for POOT."

Ways to avoid this risk:

i) obtaining a 60 day Tourist Visa or some other valid visa.

ii) purchasing an air ticket out of Thailand within the 30-day period and using it for, say, a short break away from Thailand, or purchasing the cheapest possible flight out of Thailand within 30 days to any country but then throwing it away (which may be cheaper than the cost of a 60 day Tourist Visa).

iii) purchasing a fully refundable flight out of Thailand within the 30 days, then cancelling it after arriving and claiming a refund.

----answer found . Thanks.
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I fly from UK to BKK every year with Emirates. I always book a return flight. The return leg, will be the furthest the online booking will let me, maybe 8 months.
Nearly always get the visa exempt when arriving BKK. Maybe 1 time in 7 years I got a tourist visa beforehand. Never been asked for any POOT!
Last few years I go to Laos for few weeks when 30 days nearly up come back through same land border, get another VE stamp, never a problem. Sometimes they ask how many days will be staying but mostly nothing. Always had a Cambodian Multi entry visa in Passport which i though might come in handy if they ever did interrogate me, but never happened yet
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snookieboi wrote:So the question i want to re ask, is 'has anyone from a 'visa exempt' country ie UK, entered Thailand ok, even though they had a 3 month plus flight ticket, no visa, or proof of further travel?

Ie, is it likely they will decline entry without a 3 month visa, for UK ers, with 3 month flight ticket?
getting into thailand wont be a problem
its leaving whatever destination you are leaving from in order to get onto the plane in the first place
when i left the UK to bangkok last year, they made me show them proof of my flights to cambodia, considering my phone had died they made me wait until my phone was charged so i could get up my itinerary, was a ball ache,
seems a lot of countries are in on it now, just flying from chiang rai to phnom penh they were asking about onward travel, i told them i wont be moving on as i live there, and had to show her my previous visas, also had the problem flying from new zealand to phnom penh also

its one reason why i used to always get a thai visa before hand it just saved a lot of time and effort plus i could stay in thailand longer
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Fourkinnel wrote:I fly from UK to BKK every year with Emirates. I always book a return flight. The return leg, will be the furthest the online booking will let me, maybe 8 months.
Nearly always get the visa exempt when arriving BKK. Maybe 1 time in 7 years I got a tourist visa beforehand. Never been asked for any POOT!
Last few years I go to Laos for few weeks when 30 days nearly up come back through same land border, get another VE stamp, never a problem. Sometimes they ask how many days will be staying but mostly nothing. Always had a Cambodian Multi entry visa in Passport which i though might come in handy if they ever did interrogate me, but never happened yet
Jamie_Lambo wrote:getting into thailand wont be a problem
its leaving whatever destination you are leaving from in order to get onto the plane in the first place
when i left the UK to bangkok last year, they made me show them proof of my flights to cambodia, considering my phone had died they made me wait until my phone was charged so i could get up my itinerary, was a ball ache,
seems a lot of countries are in on it now, just flying from chiang rai to phnom penh they were asking about onward travel, i told them i wont be moving on as i live there, and had to show her my previous visas, also had the problem flying from new zealand to phnom penh also

its one reason why i used to always get a thai visa before hand it just saved a lot of time and effort plus i could stay in thailand longer
Thanks for the info, guys.

I think it depends on the airline. I'll therefore apply for a free visa/ or get an onward flight to save any hassles. No probs cos flights are cheap: Was hoping to fly to Luang Prabang Laos in April, but read that April be hazy/smokey, due to the burning of the fields, if so i'll goto Cambodia but they say the same can happen there as well. Can it?

I even read some say to forget Cambodia in the hot season (April, May, June) Do you guys agree? :?:
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snookieboi wrote:
Fourkinnel wrote:I fly from UK to BKK every year with Emirates. I always book a return flight. The return leg, will be the furthest the online booking will let me, maybe 8 months.
Nearly always get the visa exempt when arriving BKK. Maybe 1 time in 7 years I got a tourist visa beforehand. Never been asked for any POOT!
Last few years I go to Laos for few weeks when 30 days nearly up come back through same land border, get another VE stamp, never a problem. Sometimes they ask how many days will be staying but mostly nothing. Always had a Cambodian Multi entry visa in Passport which i though might come in handy if they ever did interrogate me, but never happened yet
Jamie_Lambo wrote:getting into thailand wont be a problem
its leaving whatever destination you are leaving from in order to get onto the plane in the first place
when i left the UK to bangkok last year, they made me show them proof of my flights to cambodia, considering my phone had died they made me wait until my phone was charged so i could get up my itinerary, was a ball ache,
seems a lot of countries are in on it now, just flying from chiang rai to phnom penh they were asking about onward travel, i told them i wont be moving on as i live there, and had to show her my previous visas, also had the problem flying from new zealand to phnom penh also

its one reason why i used to always get a thai visa before hand it just saved a lot of time and effort plus i could stay in thailand longer
Thanks for the info, guys.

I think it depends on the airline. I'll therefore apply for a free visa/ or get an onward flight to save any hassles. No probs cos flights are cheap: Was hoping to fly to Luang Prabang Laos in April, but read that April be hazy/smokey, due to the burning of the fields, if so i'll goto Cambodia but they say the same can happen there as well. Can it?

I even read some say to forget Cambodia in the hot season (April, May, June) Do you guys agree? :?:
haha it can get hot aye, but thats why we have ice cold beer and bars with fans :thumb:
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Jamie_Lambo wrote: haha it can get hot aye, but thats why we have ice cold beer and bars with fans :thumb:
Here's what 'move to Cambodia' write about it:

Hot season: March-June

April is usually the hottest month of the year, when temperatures start to climb to 40 °C (104 °F). It’s called dry season, but the humidity makes it feel hotter than whatever the weather report says. During April and May in Cambodia, the heat can accurately be described as oppressive. There’s a serious dearth of shade, the air is still, and the streets are dusty. In parts of the country, slash-and-burn farming results in hazy skies. If you’re considering living in Cambodia part-time, hot season is the season to avoid.

Many expats try to arrange to vacation abroad during hot season, so this is often when they make their yearly pilgrimage to their home countries. Expats who stay in Phnom Penh spend as much time as possible in or near the many pools the town has to offer, or drinking cocktails and complaining.

Surely it CAN'T be that bad, can it?

Maybe it would be better to hit South Thailand, or Vietnam? Ideas please? :chin:
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dam hot last year in Phuket
first time in 30 years i had to run the air con at night for the whole month of april and May
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snookieboi wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote: haha it can get hot aye, but thats why we have ice cold beer and bars with fans :thumb:
Here's what 'move to Cambodia' write about it:

Hot season: March-June

April is usually the hottest month of the year, when temperatures start to climb to 40 °C (104 °F). It’s called dry season, but the humidity makes it feel hotter than whatever the weather report says. During April and May in Cambodia, the heat can accurately be described as oppressive. There’s a serious dearth of shade, the air is still, and the streets are dusty. In parts of the country, slash-and-burn farming results in hazy skies. If you’re considering living in Cambodia part-time, hot season is the season to avoid.

Many expats try to arrange to vacation abroad during hot season, so this is often when they make their yearly pilgrimage to their home countries. Expats who stay in Phnom Penh spend as much time as possible in or near the many pools the town has to offer, or drinking cocktails and complaining.

Surely it CAN'T be that bad, can it?

Maybe it would be better to hit South Thailand, or Vietnam? Ideas please? :chin:
sihanoukville is usually a few degrees cooler than the rest of the country, plus we get the sea breeze, PP can get hot, everyones different though, i go out in jeans and shirt and jacket, even in the day time, but ive climatized a bit i think,
still, out in the provinces when its in the low 40's during the khmer new year, even for me, it can be a bit too much, last year we actually drove from my friends village in kampong cham to kampong thom to go to bronze lake Beoung Somrith to cool down beautiful place with a pool and some waterslides

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phuketrichard wrote:dam hot last year in Phuket
first time in 30 years i had to run the air con at night for the whole month of april and May
yeah was a right heatwave in cambodia as well think hottest for 60 years

actual temp was around 43/44'c but the feels like temp was much higher,
i couldnt drive more than 30kph on my bike because if felt like my face was melting, like someone had a hairdryer pointing at my face!
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Jamie_Lambo wrote:sihanoukville is usually a few degrees cooler than the rest of the country, plus we get the sea breeze, PP can get hot, everyones different though, i go out in jeans and shirt and jacket, even in the day time, but ive climatized a bit i think,
still, out in the provinces when its in the low 40's during the khmer new year, even for me, it can be a bit too much, last year we actually drove from my friends village in kampong cham to kampong thom to go to bronze lake Beoung Somrith to cool down beautiful place with a pool and some waterslides
Yea, sounds fine TBH.

Ah, the perils of reading too interwebz stuff!

Mind you it's good to have a plan of sorts. Original plans were to fly to Laung Prabang, down to Cambodia, then Vietnam, out of Hanoi to Bangkok with flight. Done it before like that, love to return to places and check up again:)

Better option would be Bangkok to Hanoi, trek Sapa, then down South, enter Cambodia, then Thailand, possibly do Laos.

It's all about the weather.

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