Can I get another 60-day visa exemption by crossing the border to Laos and returning to Thailand immediately?

How long did you stay in Thailand before this trip? Were you here last year? If not, I think you will be ok. If I were you, I would go by bus to Vientiane to stay for a week then visit Cambodia or Vietnam, and finally go back to Thailand.

Officers at Nong Khai border is quite strict as many people cross daily but normally if your passport doesn’t show that you stay in Thailand every year for 5 to 6 months with no visa, you will be ok. Staying in Laos and some nearby countries makes you look like you travel for real. Going back to Thailand on the same day is not a good idea.

In the worst case if they invite you into a room to take photo and to question you, give you a verbal warning, you still can go back to Laos and fly home. But I don’t understand how they do that because you are stamped out of Laos but no stamp in Thailand, and you go back to Laos.

You are eligible for a free 60 day visa exempt entry stamp no matter how you enter Thailand. No need to buy a visa through the embassy, it's an online process now regardless. You can go through Nong Khai if you wish, but getting a visa run service from Chiang Mai to a Laos crossing in Chiang Rai is simpler cheaper faster shorter. The service will tell you if you need to spend a night or two in Laos before returning, it's dependant on your recent stamp history.

@Chiang ***************

You can fly out of Thailand and return the same day and get a New 60 day stamp on arrival as visa exempt...

But be prepared for possible questions about your stay in Thailand from the Thai Immigration officers.

Have proof of your ticket departing Thailand within the 60 days stamp you will get at the airport.

Your address where you will be staying during the first week of arrival..

AND 20,000 Thai baht in Cash..if asked by Thai Immigration officers.

Safest way to get the 60 days stamp is use an experienced border run service company to take you and return the same day. Getting a new 60 days stamp on arrival as Visa Exempt Entry.

Trying to do it yourself is not 🚫 wise.

The border run service company will take you and return the same day. They prearrange your exit and entry.

There's many reports of border bounce being problems doing it yourself.

There's no need to get a Thai tourist visa from the Thai Embassy or Consulate in Laos.