Those who plan to go on a road trip to Hatyai, Thailand, please take note! Please remember to bring along ” this” or else you may not be able to enter the country!
This pretty mother from Penang took social media to share her real life experience. They decided to go on a road trip driving to Hatyai. But she nearly been fined and black-listed! Luckily she brought along her expired passport then only managed to make an entry to Thailand!
The post read：
Those who wanted to go Hatyai, please take note!!!
If you have your expired passport, please bring them along! Yes! I mean the expired passport! This is very important! Because you will never know whether you are the unlucky one!
I have seen several cases :
- When going in the checkpoint, you will be told that you only have record entering the country but not out of the country.
- When exiting the checkpoint, you will be told you do not have a stamp for the entry. This is more troublesome as you are illegally enter their country. In the case you been held at custom, please get Malaysia embassy for help.
The unlucky me experienced it for the first time. The immigration officer was looking at my passport. I had a bad feeling. He said : 「Erm.. Do you have your expired passport? On 2017, we had your record for entry but not out of the country.」
He showed me in his computer screen where my record was really not found.
Luckily i read some post in FB and XiaoHongShu, so i brought along my expired passport. I showed them my expired passport with the out of the country stamp. The officer told me ：「You’re so lucky. 」Or else i can be fined 20,000 Thai Baht ( Around RM2,430) + 3 years black-listed ( not allowed to enter the country).
So, each and every time when you enter or exit a country, please double check on the stamping!
▼ Netizen : What do you mean? You passport brand new / first time you using it?
Post author : I renewed my passport. First time entering Hatyai using this passport. The previous record is in the expired passport.
Netizen : Why their system do not have your previous record?
Post author : I have no idea, but i do have the stamp exiting the country.
▼ Netizen : Which checkpoint?
Post author : Sadao
Netizen : The immigration officer dare not do that if it’s Bangkok airport.
Post author: I read a few cases also happened on the road trip entering from checkpoint in Sadao.
▼ Netizen: Yes my friend experienced the same. He didn’t bring along his expired passport and not allowed to enter the country. He was all alone bringing his luggage back to Malaysia.
▼ Netizen : I just went last week. I don’t need the expired passport at all.
Netizen: It will be your turn soon. You just don’t know when. I do have 2 friends experienced the same. They just want under-table money.
Netizen: I just brought the new passport.
Post author : If they never questioned you then it’s fine. Because 4 of us in the car. They only questioned me.
Info via：Miao Ting / Facebook
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