Hello. If I just entered Thailand on a 45 day tourist can I go to immigration office and have it extended 30 days the next day?
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Yes, you can extend your 45-day tourist visa by an additional 30 days at an immigration office in Thailand. The specific rules vary by location; for example, in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket, you can apply for the extension when you still have 45 days or less remaining. However, in places like Koh Samui and Jomtien, you typically need to wait until you have only 3 or 4 days left. It's advisable to check with your local immigration office regarding their requirements.
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In my experience they donโt like when you come too early. They made an exception in phuket when i told them that Iโll travel to pak chong and the korat immigration is hard to find ๐
John *********
Sometimes if you have a lot of days remaining they say come back near the finishing date
Ginette *****************
Yes of course
Mette ********************
Yes, I did that in January, Immigration Jomtien 30 days,and then I got sick and got 10 more daysโฆ๐๐
Martyn ***********
Pattaya I've heard you need to do last 7 days....
Nick ************
Yes
David *********
Most ask for 30 days remaining, some including jontiem will only do it when 3 or 4 days remaining
Albert ********
You should have applied for a 90-day visa that makes it a lot easier. You can do that before you travel My wife did it for me She is Thai
A Tourist Visa is a 60 days on entry so you still need to extend it to get to 90 days. The OP probably does not qualify for a Non-O which gives 90 days on entry.
Visa exempt entry is 45 days (currently) and a Tourist Visa is valid for 90 days but but get stamped in for 60 days. To get stamped in for 90 days you'd need a Non-O Visa or similar, the maximum tourist entry stamp is 60 days.
I will be staying with family and they have never had to provide one previously as I had only traveled for 2 weeks - can they download it or get it from immigration office
A TM30 can be filed online or in person at your Immigration Office. The fact they have never done it previously wasn't because they didn't have to (they should, within 24 hours is the law) but the fact that you only stayed for 2 weeks so didn't require the services of your Immigration Office.