Originally Posted by
Sign47
Maybe someone on this forum can help me. Next Saturday I am flying LHR-BKK. I arrive on Sunday morning but will fly out late the same night to Sri Lanka (CMB). I have my flight to Colombo booked already. I have over 12 hours in Bangkok and spend much of my life in Thailand. I will be dropping some luggage in Bangkok before going back to the airport for my late night flight.
After a week or two in Sri Lanka my plan is to fly back direct CMB-BKK where I will spend the next two or three months.
As i'm currently in UK it is far easier and cheaper to get a two month tourist visa from the Thai embassy in London placed in my passport before I get to immigration at Bangkok. However, I do not want immigration to stamp my two month visa when I go into BKK for 12 hours. Should I show them a print out of my ticket to Sri Lanka for later that day so I just get the normal stamp in my passport. I really don't want the immigration official stamping my two month visa for a 12 hour visit.
In short I want to preserve my two month visa for when I fly back into Bangkok after my trip to Sri Lanka. How do I go about doing this? Please advise.
You're going to get stamped if you go through Immigration. As someone who says he has spent much of his life in Thailand, I'm surprised you used the phrase "Visa On Arrival". VOA has nothing to do with your situation.
Only option I can see is for you to get the 3 month visa while you're in Sri Lanka (if they can, not sure the rules for the Thai Consulate).