Intl-Intl transit at BKK
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Intl-Intl transit at BKK
I hope this is the right forum - if not, let me know.
I have a single booking HKT-BKK-Europe with HKT-BKK on Thai Airways, and BKK-Europe on another *A carrier.
On a booking like that, where will I go through exit immigration and customs, at HKT or BKK? If at HKT - what's the process at BKK?
I have a single booking HKT-BKK-Europe with HKT-BKK on Thai Airways, and BKK-Europe on another *A carrier.
On a booking like that, where will I go through exit immigration and customs, at HKT or BKK? If at HKT - what's the process at BKK?
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You've already been entered into the computer system as having exited Thailand. So when you tried to exit again, there would be a problem, as the computer would say you had been in Thailand without a lawful entry.
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1. Someone who wants to quietly overstay in Thailand may not be so concerned about the exit
2. Can't that same person later on buy a separate domestic and international tickets, put the sticker back on (the one he kept from the time he overstayed), walk out into the international transit area as a CIQ, board his international flight and leave. Unless Thailand has strict passenger list checks on outbound intl. flights, I suppose.
Anyway, that was a purely theoretical question, and not the one I am really interested in discussing.
Now, the real question was about what my transit steps would be at BKK with that CIQ sticker.
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That much is obvious. However:
1. Someone who wants to quietly overstay in Thailand may not be so concerned about the exit
2. Can't that same person later on buy a separate domestic and international tickets, put the sticker back on (the one he kept from the time he overstayed), walk out into the international transit area as a CIQ, board his international flight and leave. Unless Thailand has strict passenger list checks on outbound intl. flights, I suppose.
Anyway, that was a purely theoretical question, and not the one I am really interested in discussing.
Now, the real question was about what my transit steps would be at BKK with that CIQ sticker.
1. Someone who wants to quietly overstay in Thailand may not be so concerned about the exit
2. Can't that same person later on buy a separate domestic and international tickets, put the sticker back on (the one he kept from the time he overstayed), walk out into the international transit area as a CIQ, board his international flight and leave. Unless Thailand has strict passenger list checks on outbound intl. flights, I suppose.
Anyway, that was a purely theoretical question, and not the one I am really interested in discussing.
Now, the real question was about what my transit steps would be at BKK with that CIQ sticker.
Last edited by northsideguy; Jul 10, 2019 at 5:45 pm
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