I am back in Udon again, arrived in BKK end of August, complete with my passport containing a multiple O visa that expires in Feb 2007. Filled the visa number in the entry form and have been given a visa stamp that expires in 30 days...
Why didn't I say anything then & there??? cause the flight from Doha had been delayed by 4 hours & I had just spent an hour standing in line by what seemed the entire Chinese race & I was happy to be back, so never even looked at the stamp until a couple of days ago!!
Question is, it it worth talking to imm now (will/can they increase the date by another 60 days???) or is it just a trip to Laos & get a new 90 day???

I would most definitely take it to immigration and point out the error. If I am not mistaken they have the authority to ammend the mistake - and sign or stamp it. Any immigration officer worth his salt will see that it was an admin error.
You bought and paid for a certain visa - therfore you are entitled to the correct length of stay.
Surely you should have been given 90 days !

Sounds like a trip to Immigration is worth a try,unless you were planning a trip outside the country anyway.A very nice attitude might get it corrected without a problem.Obviously the answer is negative unless you try.Chok Dee,welcome back

Bob,
I would go and talk to Immigration here in Udon tomorrow morning. They maybe able to stamp a new date in your passport.

If not, I'm groping in the dark a bit here, i.e. guessing, but if you were granted a Non Imm 'O' in the UK, that will have on it a "must use by date". Assuming that date hasn't yet passed, I don't see why you couldn't/shouldn't exit over the bridge, thus cancelling/using your 30 day on arrival visa, and then return bringing into play the as yet unused Non-Imm 'O" 6 month visa.

That's just my personal logic.

This also happened to me. But I saw it right off, so they (he) scratched out a few things, scribble in a few things, and then I guess scribbled a signture. But I got my ninty days! Trouble was when I left after 88 days, a few phone calls had to be made, with a ten minute delay while it was checked.

Damm right, I would talk to IM, the sooner the better! Don't know if they will increase it, but I bet they can scribble as will as the guy I had!

mine was done on the last entry, which gave me 15 months


and sure you could leave and come back, but thats 1500 baht to go to Laos If you do go, I have a shopping list for the duty free shops

Just to note that at soi San Pluu in Bangkok, they had a special sign pointing people to the room where they corrected mistakes made at Don Maung!

rickfarang wrote:Just to note that at soi San Pluu in Bangkok, they had a special sign pointing people to the room where they corrected mistakes made at Don Maung!

The above makes it sound like no mistake, just following orders Kind of like the mail-in rebates

Thanks for all the replies (and for the fact that no one pointed out what a prat I was in the first place for not checking !!!).
I will go to immigration on Friday in Nong Khai (they are open Friday are they??). If they can't/won't do anything then I will pop into Laos & get a 90 day on the way back...
Thanks again...

at least you used yours. my first o visa i got, when arrived in bkk, didn't write number in paperwork, didn't check to see what they did. then when i went back to states almost 3 months later, was informed to see gent at desk, as i overstayed my visa almost 2 months. huh. no problem, imm agent realized he was dealing with the brain dead, and reminded me not to forget when i come back.

A close friend was given a three month stamp on a 30 day visa run to Burma and immigration later tracked him down to his home here and amended it to 30 days.
As to whether immigration will do the same for a shortfall.Hmmmm.Watch out for four plain clothes guys banging on the door in the early hours.

Bob, I/we would be interested to know how you got on at Immigration today?

Sorry Arjay - next Friday, I'm back in Thai mode now!! But I will tell you next Friday - unless I am in Laos that is.
LA, I don't think that I will take that approach, knowing my luck it would be the fine at least!!
Marcus, they would probably be trying to sell me a vacuum cleaner at twice Big C price!!!

Went to Nong Khai immigration today to sort this out. Arrived at about 8.45 one other guy already sat at one of the desks but no sign of the 3 team leaders. They arrived about 10 minutes later. Gave me a form to fill in (Correction of Visa error, I think). Much photocopying and stamping of both the form I filled in and my passport. Date on original BKK stamp was crossed out and replaced with one for the end of November. All in all spent about 1 hour 15 minutes there. Not an unpleasant experience at all. Much laughing and joking with me once they saw my British passport as to whether I was a friend of Taxins from London.
Thanks for all the advice and instructions, it made it a really easy morning out..

BobHelm wrote:Went to Nong Khai immigration today to sort this out. Arrived at about 8.45 one other guy already sat at one of the desks but no sign of the 3 team leaders. They arrived about 10 minutes later. Gave me a form to fill in (Correction of Visa error, I think). Much photocopying and stamping of both the form I filled in and my passport. Date on original BKK stamp was crossed out and replaced with one for the end of November. All in all spent about 1 hour 15 minutes there. Not an unpleasant experience at all. Much laughing and joking with me once they saw my British passport as to whether I was a friend of Taxins from London.
Thanks for all the advice and instructions, it made it a really easy morning out..

Fantastic!Glad you had a good trip