What does a Red Stamp on a SETV Visa mean and how will it affect future visa applications?

I received this suggestion from a member after commenting closed:

"Hi James, just a thought on this now closed post. Perhaps it may have been useful to suggest that the OP can extend his current visa +30. Then he can roll the dice again with a border run, which with another roll of the dice extend that. This will take him into next year. Roll the dice by land to Penang and return by train. If visa refused, he'll will likely be able to enter by land for 30 days + 30. I know it's not guaranteed or advised but is possible."

Thank you for the suggestion...it just may work for the OP.

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@Claudio ********

, you're done using that consulate (or even another consulate in that country) to get a new tourist visa.

Historically, this stamp means you categorically will not get another tourist visa in the same consulate or usually the same country. It's not conditional, if you get this that's the last tourist visa from that consulate. No more.

Historically it has not affected tourist visas in a different consulate, but I think that is changing and some consulates will now take note of such a stamp even from another consulate.

It has not historically and I think probably still doesn't affect applications for another type of visa, ie. you could switch to an Ed visa. Historically even at the same consulate that gave you the stamp. With the caveat that some consulates are getting difficult with Ed visas.

It is only in your passport, there isn't yet a database, so new passport fixes it vis a vis the consulates. New passport doesn't change Thai immigrations record at the border but that is a separate issue.

For sure there is a general tightening up with everything.

I’ve got the same with my second SETV in Vientiane. After this I’ve got ED visa in Ho Chi Minh and wasn’t asked any questions in airport. But I think it was just a great luck.

Background...

As you got a SETV at Vientiane in March 2019...and now got another SETV from ??? ...your home country.

I doubt you will obtain another from Laos. You have a new passport but that will not fool Thai Immigration.

Good Luck...

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It'ss a sign that you need to get the proper visa for your stay. Second, a new passport may let you get another visa, but will not reset immigration databases at the border, who decides if you get in.

My advice is to use the next 60 days to either find a job to get a non-b, get a non-o for marriage or retirement, an elite if you have at least 500K, an investment visa if you have 10M, or an ED visa for a university degree (NOT a language school). If you can't get any of those visas, then use the next 90 days to wrap up your affairs here.

Good luck

I have a blue stamp and was refused an ed visa. I don't think you will get a visa anywhere. I may be wrong, a new passport is the way forward I think. Good luck

Or get a new passport, the embassies are not linked up to the immigration computers yet.

Pretty slim, try a different embassy next time.