Can I Get a 12-Month Tourist Visa in Vientiane for Thailand?

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@Ga***

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Are you 50..?

Remember you are ONLY allowed TWO 30 day visa exempt entries by land in a calendar year (Jan 1 - Dec 31). You got 30 days now, and you could bounce out and back before the end of the year to get another 30 days and then extend that for 60 days under the visit family clause, that would take you into next year where you could get two more 30 day visa exempt entries by land and extend each of them by 60 days as well, SO that's almost 8 months in all

Let's step back for a second. You don't want a tourist visa so much as you want to stay in Thailand. There may be a visa that's right for you.

1. You say you have a daughter. Is she half Thai (so you can potentially get a Non-O based on supporting a Thai child)? If not, does she have an ED visa (so you can stay here as a parent)?

2. What is your nationality? Different nationalities have different rights to enter and live in Thailand.

3. What is your income/ savings? Can you afford an investment visa (10M THB, I think), or an elite visa (500K THB for 5 years, I think).

How about trying to maximize the time you have on this visa

What is the "enter before" or "valid until" date on the VISA itself?

IF you are the father of a half thai child (and your name is on the birth certificate) you COULD get a 90 day single entry Non-Immigrant Type O visa based on raising a child by showing 200K baht in a bank account and having your name on the birth certificate at the thai consulate in Vientiane or Savannakhet.

You can't get anything other than a single entry tourist visa from ANY thai consulate in the area

BUT

as

@Scott ******

correctly pointed out given you just are comin' off a 6 month tourist visa both Vientiane AND Savannakhet are out for even a single entry tourist visa because of your entry history to thailand. :/

You'd have to try another thai consulate in a nearby country for a single entry tourist visa

you won't get another tourist visa in Vientiane,there is no such thing as a 12 month one anyway

1. No, it is not possible to get a 1 year tourist visa.

2. If your daughter half Thai?

NO, there is no such thing as a 12 month tourist visa