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Can I get a 30-day visa exemption when entering Thailand by train, and is there a limit on its use?
Sep 26, 2023
3 years ago
Elaine ********
ORIGINAL POSTERHello, I'm pleased to have joined this gtoup & hope that someone can help me with a couple of questions.
If I go out of Thailand & return by train can I get a 30 day visa exemption?
Is there a limit to the number of times you can come into Thailand on a 30 day exemption?
Many thanks for any help
If I go out of Thailand & return by train can I get a 30 day visa exemption?
Is there a limit to the number of times you can come into Thailand on a 30 day exemption?
Many thanks for any help
TLDR : Answer Summary
You can receive a 30-day visa exemption when entering Thailand at a land border if you're from a visa-exempt eligible country; however, you cannot enter by train, as there is no train service across the Thai border. Additionally, there is a limit of two entries per calendar year using the visa exemption.
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Elaine ********
ORIGINAL POSTERmany thanks one and all, that's helped me get my head around the logistics!
Brandon ************
There is no train that you can ride across the Thai border.
If you enter Thailand at a land border without a visa and you are from a visa exempt eligible country, you can receive a visa exempt entry stamp giving you 30 days in Thailand.
You can enter at a land border without a visa using visa exempt only 2 times per calendar year. So that means you can only do this 2 times in 2023.
If you enter Thailand at a land border without a visa and you are from a visa exempt eligible country, you can receive a visa exempt entry stamp giving you 30 days in Thailand.
You can enter at a land border without a visa using visa exempt only 2 times per calendar year. So that means you can only do this 2 times in 2023.
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- can you confirm that if you have used a Land border crossing twiceIn 2023 can you use
This again on
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/2024 for example as it is the start of a New Calendar YearPhil ******
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surely there's this train?**************************************************************************************
%20travel%20from%20Bangkok%20to,train%20service%20to%20Kuala%20Lumpur.Brandon ************
@Phil *****
the very first paragraph in the article you linkedPhil ******
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yes read that so Pendang Basar is inside Malaysia and that's where immigration is located?Brandon ************
@Phil *****
for the train, yes. Richard Barrow did a whole write up on it.Reply to
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you have to get off the train, go through immigration, and board a new train.Phil ******
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