-For a Cambodia border run from Bangkok, to get a new 30 day exemption stamp, has any one used “friendly thai visa” ?

-for a border run with such a service, you still bring backpack and luggage with key items with you “just in case,” correct?

Thank you

Lately, both entering and leaving Thailand have been chaos. There have been endless lines. Note—this is also pre-Songkran.

Upon leaving 2 weeks ago. I noticed the e-passport line. No human intervention. You can just enter your passport and photo taken, and the gate opens. You exit Thailand. When I entered, I got the usual 30-day visa stamp. Now, I have exited with no departure stamp. Will this be an issue when I go back to Bangkok in 2 weeks?

Hi all, so I went to Songkran yesterday and my passport got wet… so… my visa and all the stamps are gone. How should I deal with this?

Has anyone had experience calling a Thai mobile from the UK with this happening - when I dialed the number, I got the following message: "Sorry, there is no acknowledgment from your requested number." This was preceded by a message in Thai (which I don't understand).

Does this mean that the mobile phone is turned off? Or bad signal (they are currently in Isaan for Songkran with no wifi so could be expired data but I'm unsure)

Do you also know is both party's are charged and if they do not have credit in Thailand this would also happen?

I am dialing with 006685302 Is this the correct format? I'm missing the 0 before the 8

Also can you confirm if a text I sent would be charged both ways and if they do not have credit would this cause the text not to be received? I know a lot of this depends on service provider which I cannot provide. Only that I sent this via Giffgaff for me on a UK sim within the UK to Thai Sim in Thailand and I was charged.

Thanks for your responses.

Ok. Tomorrow (Wednesday 17th) immigration offices will be open. Many of the major ones like Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Jomtien, Phuket, etc will be off the wall charts busy after a 5 day closure. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨. They’re open on Thursday and Friday too and will probably be a lot less busy.

If you have had a stamp that has expired since the 12th then definitely go tomorrow (early in the morning). You can get an extension as normal but you will get an overstay stamp but not a fine as the offices were closed. The extension will be dated from the day it was due.

If the wait times are astronomical then please don’t blame the staff. They will be working as best they can but it will certainly be hard to cope with the sheer numbers that turn up.

This might be a silly question but I’ve done my 2 land border entries, but can I enter Malaysia via land & reenter Thailand via air? Does that count as an air entry or does it have to be both ways?

Hi guys. can we extend our visa immediately once we arrive? We only have extra 3 days we need to extend for (staying for 33 days in total) thank you!

O visa London. Is London Thai embassy issuing one multi entry O visa?

Alan Brighten wanted to post

𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 & 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲. 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 ?

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴?

I will use this post to kill two birds with one stone ;)

First off the O/P does NOT have a multi-entry retirement VISA :O

if you look at the stamp in the top left of the image you can see it says "extension of stay permitted until" (the part I circled in red) and has the date of Feb 13th 2025 <- That is NOT a visa :/

ALL extensions of stays inside thailand are sold without a re-entry permit, you buy it separate AFTER you get your extension :)

You can also see in the top right of the image they have a multiple re-entry permit, (the part I also circled in red) which is valid the same date as their extension Feb 13th 2025.

When they were stamped in they got an entry stamp good until the date their extension/re-entry permit stamps expired (Feb 13th 2025) and the "visa class" on the top of the stamp was Non-RE

What that means is they entered the country on a re-entry permit (the RE letters do not stand for retirement at all, just that you used a re-entry permit to come in).

That is totally the normal stamp you should get coming in on an extension with a re-entry permit and you were stamped in until your current extension expires.

Just a note, seeing as you entered the country on April 15th 2024 your 90 day report will be due on July 13th :)

So to recap, you're fine, that is the correct entry stamp you should have (y) I couldn't let your post on because when you tried to post the image you left the passport numbers visible (I blanked them out)

Used Scooter Buying: Am I supposed to go to the DMV and register it and change the ownership to my own name? Seems like most expats just buy it and don't register or change the ownership to their name. Also, is buying insurance for it necessary?