Are there any restrictions on frequent visa-exempt entries for Americans in Thailand?

okay and the O/P got the new 30 day visa exempt entry and he can get a 30 day extension after that for 1900baht if he needs to AND as he is NOT actually married to a thai he CANNOT get the 60 day visit thai family extension :( ,

Good Luck (y)

Robert Lagas prepared this...

You can still get the Visa on Arrival for Laos at the border,

To apply for the visa:

Copy of:

front&back of the original marriage certificate

front&back of your thai wife's i/d card

thai wife's house book listing

data page of your passport

lao visa and entry stamp (only Vientiane or Savannakhet)

2 passport sized photos

a filled out application form

Show the original wedding certificate

you sign everything with your name on it, your wife signs everything with her name on it meaning you both sign the marriage certificate

90 day single entry Non-O visa based on marriage.

In Savannakhet and Vientiane fee 2.000 Thb

1 year Multiple Entry Non Immigrant O visa based on marriage

In Savannakhet, Fee 5.000 Thb

the first "visa run" <- as in you went to the thai consulate in HCMC and BOUGHT a visa for thailand? OR you just border bounced? flew out to another country and flew back for a new 30 day visa exempt entry.?

Jack...may I ask...

Are you married to a Thai?

As you may be age 50+ why dont you obtain a METV VISA for your many visits to Thailand.

The METV gives you 6-9 months stay in Thailand. Less stress to have a VISA in your passport vs many free visa exempt arrivals.

Please report back your arrival experience as it helps others better know the arrival happenings.

This also isn't the best time to holiday in Thailand either; I'd cancel your vacation and go back home if I were you :\

Good Luck...and be prepared if denied entry. Be sure to have 20,000 Thai baht or equal in CASH, your address stay booking and your ticket departing Thailand...if questioned by Thai Immigration.

Re the departing ticket: Note that Cambodia not allowing Americans to enter...and other SE Asia countries are in process of considering limiting access.

And the bars, clubs, social places are closed in Bangkok and Pattaya...possibly elsewhere too.

>s there any formal restriction on this?

No. An American gets "unlimited" visa exempts by air, based on the immigration officer's mood.

>Saigon trip was the first "Visa Run" I've ever made

What's a "visa run"? Did you border bounce the same day, or did you purchase a new visa?