Can I get a visa on arrival in Thailand if my tourist visa does not arrive on time?

My answer is yes! If it doesn't arrive on time you enter normally, you get the 30 days and you can also extend your stay for another 30 days. If you want to stay longer just go for a visa run somewhere else and come back with the 60 days Visa that by then you should already have and enter with that one. And guess what, you can get another extension for an extra 30 days and if that is not enough you can extend it even for an extra week for a total of a bit more than 5 months. That's what I did a couple of years ago. Same problem: my Visa got in a few days after I arrived. It worked for me, I cannot be 100% sure it would for you, my friend! Good luck and arrange tickets accordingly with the dates you have in mind. You can buy a one-way ticket and an extra one for a cheap destination that shows a date of exit if you're not sure when to go back to your country. You will have to buy then a return ticket to exit the country bach home.

Ik heb een ticket gekocht in maart toen het visum vrij was voor 60 dagen , vertrek op 27 november nu is het terug gebracht naar 30 dagen maar mijn retour ticket is na 34 dagen pas dus wat nu ? Ik ben er dus 4 dagen er over heen en ik heb geen visum , wat moet ik doen ?? Nu een visum aangevraagd voor 60 dagen maar als ik wil betalen krijg ik steeds in pending ??? In behandeling .

Visa on Arrival and Visa Exempt are two different things. Exemption is good for 30 days now (used to be 60). Is your country on the Visa exempt list? When you arrive they stamp your passport for the date you have to either leave by or get a 30 day extension. EDIT: WE have never done Visa on Arrival, but I just read it is only for 15 days and can't be extended!!!

No

Be cool if you at least told us what passport you have for a start!

Wow that's seriously expensive

Mine took 3 was to arrive and yes just get 30 days on arrival and extend it

Assuming you sent your passport to the Thai Consulate, it’d be hard to travel without it.FYI, once you enter the kingdom VOA, you can get a 30 day extension, but no more.If you apply for and are granted the 60 day Visa, you can get a 30 day extension which gives you a total of 90 days.Immigration is tightening, you will get only one extension for either visa scheme.

I’m wondering the same thing. It’s been 3 weeks and I fly in 2 weeks. My backup plan is to get the 30 days on arrival and a 30 day extension. I’m curious if the visa is approved after I get to Thailand can I use it at all at any point?

immigration only gives 7 days extantion, not 30 like before

Depends which country Check the emigration site and chat

As a British citizen, you will get stamped in for a 30-days stay permit when you enter without a visa. However, there is the risk that the airline might not let you board the flight, because many airlines want to see an onward travel proof out of Thailand within the first 30 days of a visa-exempt entry. You need to communicate this with the airline before you intend to fly without a visa

You may qualify for visa exempt, depending on what passport you possess

Assuming you sent your passport to the Thai Consulate, it’d be hard to travel without it.

FYI, once you enter the kingdom VOA, you can get a 30 day extension, but no more.

If you apply for and are granted the 60 day Visa, you can get a 30 day extension which gives you a total of 90 days.

Immigration is tightening, you will get only one extension for either visa scheme.

I’m wondering the same thing. It’s been 3 weeks and I fly in 2 weeks. My backup plan is to get the 30 days on arrival and a 30 day extension. I’m curious if the visa is approved after I get to Thailand can I use it at all at any point?

Some people just shouldn’t come to Thailand 🤦🏻‍♀️

It depends on your country

Thanks for your input. I did select a multiple entry visa so that explains it. Tks

You have been ripped off ...if what you say is true ..😮

There is a risk that the airline might not even let you board the flight.

There is a risk that the airline might not even let you board the flight.

Yes 30 days visa exemption make sure you have ticket out of Thailand on or before expiration. Allow at least 14 days excluding weekends and Thai and UK public holidays for TR 60 Days single entry visa provided your documentation found in order

depend your nationality, some get Visa on arrival 15 days and pay 2000 baht, but some get visa exemption, and other need to seek a visa

depend your nationality, some get Visa on arrival 15 days and pay 2000 baht, but some get visa exemption, and other need to seek a visa

No, only visa exemption

No, only visa exemption

At that price it must be a METV ??

At that price it must be a METV ??

When did you apply, what date do you fly and how long will you stay ???

When did you apply, what date do you fly and how long will you stay ???

Michael, not a visa on arrival, a VISA Exempt. It will hive you 30 days and if needed you can ask for an Extension at your nearest immigration office with your passeport, a photo copie of it, a photo, proof of address in thailand.(hotel etc) 1900 Baht Cash, and a form to fill in.

Michael, not a visa on arrival, a VISA Exempt. It will hive you 30 days and if needed you can ask for an Extension at your nearest immigration office with your passeport, a photo copie of it, a photo, proof of address in thailand.(hotel etc) 1900 Baht Cash, and a form to fill in.

Another one that asks a bloody question without giving needed details like where they’re from. It beggars belief. Thick as 🐷 💩

Yes you can get it when you get to the airport there and it’s free. But, you can save time by applying less than 30 days before arrival.

Only if staying under 30 days otherwise you will need proof you are leaving Thailand before then or most airlines will not let you fly.

your profile seems to show you're a brit

So if your 60 day tourist visa doesn't get approved before you fly here you COULD indeed get in 'free stamp' on the 30 day visa exempt entry program.

I just paid $325.00 fir a 60 day visa from the Vancouver Thai Consulate. EVisa. Waiting for reply.

Hard to say not knowing your home country but like 60 countries get 30 days exempt from Visa (no visa) on arrival and can extend at immigration office to add 30 more days, I did it twice before when wanting to stay longer than 30 days.

Yes you can

This is a huge problem with Thailand, they scrap 60 day Visa free exemption , force you to pay for a tourist Visa , take your money, and then don’t deliver in time , just go to Vietnam, they want tourists, Thailand does not

yes, a 30-day visa

I have already booked flight and condo for two months and now it's 30 days Visa free you know, when something like this happened, you should be exempt from the 30 days without having to refile. Again you try. Thailand always changed every time they wake up.

Oh and I am an American

30 excemption

I doubt you qualify for visa on arrival, which is where you apply for and pay for a visa at the airport. Only passport holders of Azerbaijan, Serbia, and Belarus currently qualify for visa on arrival.

You likely qualify for visa exempt, which isn't any visa at all. It means you are exempt from needing a visa. If you arrive without a visa and your passport qualifies, you can enter on a 30 day visa exempt stamp.

Paddy Carson