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[CrankyCarrot]

I'm a dual Australian/British citizen and have two passports. I've been travelling around SE Asia using only my Australian passport and about 75% of it is filled up with various stamps and stickers. My British passport meanwhile, is empty, so it seems like it might be a good idea to use it for a while so I don't max out my Aussie passport while abroad.

Does anyone know what the deal is with doing this?

I need to do a visa run to Penang in a few days, so I'm wondering what the response from immigration would be if I requested a new Thai tourist visa in the empty British passport.

I'm thinking I would leave Thailand (via land at the Sadao border) presenting my Aus passport and exit leaflet, then present my Brit passport when entering Malaysia to get the 90 day entry stamp, and use it again at the Thai embassy.

Anyone here have any experience juggling passports in this manner? Is it possible or do you have to keep using the same passport when travelling that you did when leaving your country of origin?

[Mario2008]

You can only change passports when you travel by air. At land borders with neighbouring counties they often check the entry-exit stamp of the country you are coming from. if you don't have it, you might have a problem.

Best is to travel by air to Penang/Kula Lumphur, enter on the UK passport, apply for the visa and travel to Thailand on the UK passport.

[tom21]

should make no difference. if they want to see your exit stamp show them the australian passport. the key is to use the same passport to exit a country that you entered with.

[cyrilmadrid]

-eliminated because of duplication-

Edited by cyrilmadrid, A minute ago.

[cyrilmadrid]

Actually I was about to post the same question : I have 2 passports, 2 nationalities, and the name is slightly different (one has 2 family names, father and mother's, the other one only one). I was wondering if you think Thai Border would figure this is the same person just based on date of birth ?
Do you think they have a way of computing total time spent of the country if you split it on 2 passports ?