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trueblue
Joined: 15 Jun 2014
Location: In between the lines
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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:18 am Post subject: Best Way to Enter Thailand for Work |
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Hey folks,
I know some of you out there have experience in this area, so I am going to ask.
I have received mixed reviews on these matters, despite what other websites say.
1. Does one need to purchase a ticket BEFORE obtaining a 60 day toursist visa (can it be one way)?
2. Has anyone been refused to board the plane with a one way ticket to Thailand (FROM Korea)? IF so, which airlines are ones to stay away from?
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:03 am Post subject: Re: Best Way to Enter Thailand for Work |
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| trueblue wrote: |
Hey folks,
I know some of you out there have experience in this area, so I am going to ask.
I have received mixed reviews on these matters, despite what other websites say.
1. Does one need to purchase a ticket BEFORE obtaining a 60 day toursist visa (can it be one way)?
2. Has anyone been refused to board the plane with a one way ticket to Thailand (FROM Korea)? IF so, which airlines are ones to stay away from?
Thank you. |
1) Usually, yes.
2) It often happens if you don't have an outbound ticket to somewhere else. It is not the airline per se, it is the counter staff at ICN that will refuse to give you a boarding pass if you don't have outbound passage.
3) A cheap, disposable, $100 ticket (air asia, cebu pacific, tiger air) to the Phils or anywhere else you won't need a visa (dated wtihin 60 days of your arrival in Thailand) will work just fine.
Throw it away after you get into Thailand since they are typically non-refundable and the re-booking fees will cost more than the original ticket.
4) Det a double entry tourist visa (you'll be glad you did).
It will effectively give you 6 months in the country with a simple border run.
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Drew345
Joined: 24 May 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:41 am Post subject: |
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1. I've always had a ticket ahead of time before getting a 60 day visa from the Thai Embassy. I think that just reservations would be OK though. Make a round trip reservation and give them something as official as possible with the visa application.
2. You need either a round trip ticket OR a visa from the Thai embassy. If you already got your 60 day visa, you are good to go with a one-way ticket. |
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Cave Dweller
Joined: 17 Aug 2014
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Not to hijack the thread but I have never heard of a double entry tourist visa. Does that have to be applied for in advance or upon landing in the big smoke? |
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WhileAway
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:28 am Post subject: |
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| You get the double entry visa from the embassy before you go. |
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