FAQ - Thailand - Visa

Hien,

thank you so very much!

Thanks Hien,
Only problem is I dont have an onward ticket.......Yet. Could I buy one out of KL and then keep changing the dates until i want to go. I have enough funds to last 3 months. 3,000 Euro. But i dont have a ticket.

Some people are deported from the Uk and other countries listdd above if your onward flight is more than 30 days away so I bought a 60 day visa the embasy recommended it

[ Edit: Edited on Dec 2, 2007, at 3:29 AM by boulderman ]

I have a question on this topic.

I am planning on entering Thailand on or around January 22, 2008 from Malaysia. We will be taking our time traveling up towards Bangkok for a February 26 departure (5 weeks/35 days). I am concerned about overstaying my 30 day visa and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this.

Is there anywhere we could renew our visas before getting to Bangkok? Do we need to renew them? Is this extra 5 days going to be an issue?

I am just concerned about overstaying my welcome and what I should do about this scenario.

Thanks,

AJ

I am planning on entering Thailand on or around January 22, 2008 from Malaysia. We will be taking our time travelling up towards Bangkok for a February 26 departure (5 weeks/35 days). I am concerned about overstaying my 30 day visa and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this.

Best if you can get visa beforehand, of course. But if not, you have the following options:

1. Not recommended: Pay a fine 500 baht/day at the airport when leaving Thailand. Some people do this, but if a police officer finds out before you get to the airport you are subject to be arrested, taken to deportation centre and then deported out of the country.

2. Recommended: Apply for a extension at the immigration office in Soi Suanplu in Sathorn, Bangkok. I have done this a couple of times and got a 10-day extension to my 30-day stamp in my passport. I think, but not sure, the cost is 1,900 baht for this nowadays. Remember to bring a passport picture of yourself as you will need for your application.

[ Edit: Edited on Dec 17, 2007, at 10:05 PM by khunc ]

May I ask how/where do you apply for a multiple entry visa in thailand? when i enter thailand i have an onward ticket for a week later, but i am forfeitting that as i want to spend 3 months in thailand (also going to laos and cambodia) So, on a previous post Hien you mentioned that i could stay for 60 days if i applied for a multiple entry visa, and then go to laos and then come back to thailand for another 30 days. So how do i go about this? Im going to buy an onward ticket before i return to thailand for the final 30 days.
Cheers,
Jenn

Quoting jennygro

May I ask how/where do you apply for a multiple entry visa in thailand? when i enter thailand i have an onward ticket for a week later, but i am forfeitting that as i want to spend 3 months in thailand (also going to laos and cambodia) So, on a previous post Hien you mentioned that i could stay for 60 days if i applied for a multiple entry visa, and then go to laos and then come back to thailand for another 30 days. So how do i go about this? Im going to buy an onward ticket before i return to thailand for the final 30 days.
Cheers,
Jenn

You should get the multiple-entry tourist visa at the Thai embassy or consulate nearest to you. Google "Thai embassy ireland(or wherever you are at the moment)" and you should get some results. This multiple-entry visa allows you to stay in Thailand for a total of 60 days within the visa validity period of 90 days. I'm not sure if this validity starts from the date of issue or from the first day you enter Thailand.

[ Edit: Edited by Hien ]

I keep reading that you can't stay over 90 days in the six month period, but there is a way around this if you're inside Thailand and you're not in your home country. I've been living in Thailand for about ten months now and I have a friend who has stayed for almost two years now. He's managed to stay here for that time with no business visa, retirement visa or anything but the two standard tourist visas. Here's how you do it:

1) Use the 30 day visa on arrivals (three of them) by doing border runs to either Burma, Cambodia or Malaysia. That'll bring you to your 90 days limit and you won't be able to get any more visas on arrival for another three months.
2) Fly out to either Kuala Lumpur, Phnom Penh or Vientiane and go to the Thai Embassy there to get your 60 day tourist visa (maybe Kunming too but I'm not sure if there's a Thai embassy there). You can then extend this within Thailand for a further 30 days at local immigration. The visa takes three or four days to process outside Thailand.
3) Restart the whole process over again since your 6 months will have been used up.

And there you go, you should all be able to spend as long as you want in Thailand using this method and working with the two Visas. My friend hasn't had any trouble with immigration coming and going but I still guess that depends on whether the immigration officer at the checkpoint has had a bad day or not.

Good luck! Or as the Thai's say 'Chok dee!'

Hello. I am traveling from London to Bangkok on the 3rd of March till the 3rd of June, 92 days in all. I am enquiring about obtaining a visa that will cover me for my entire stay in Thailand. I will however be leaving the country to visit Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos at some point in the trip but my main stay will be in Thailand. Could someone please recommend a visa to buy as it seems the max. (normal) visa only covers an individual for 90 days maximum.
Should I pay X amount for a visa here. Or just fly out there without a visa and pick one up when I arrive?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Quoting tcantwell

Hello. I am traveling from London to Bangkok on the 3rd of March till the 3rd of June, 92 days in all. I am enquiring about obtaining a visa that will cover me for my entire stay in Thailand. I will however be leaving the country to visit Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos at some point in the trip but my main stay will be in Thailand. Could someone please recommend a visa to buy as it seems the max. (normal) visa only covers an individual for 90 days maximum.
Should I pay X amount for a visa here. Or just fly out there without a visa and pick one up when I arrive?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

You'll probably be in Thailand for less than 90 days (assuming you're going to be in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos for more than two days) so the regular 30 day visas on arrival should be fine for you. If you're going to spend 60 days in Thailand and then leave just buy the 60 day tourist visa at the Thai embassy in Britain.

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