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Can my parents extend their Visa on Arrival for 7 days in Thailand?

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Jul 25, 2023
a year ago
Gia *******************
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EDIT: Thank you all for the fast replies!

What I undestoood is that my parents can buy a visa on arrival for 2000 baht wchich allows them to stay in Thailand for 15 days. If we go to immigration office (close to the expiry day) with the purpose to extend, they will get a 7 day get out the country stamp for 1900 baht, thus denying the extension application, a total of 22 days in Thailand.

If we choose to apply for a tourist visa I need to aply for it in Germany, their country of residence. Please let me know if I summed it up correctly. Thank you.

Sawadika dear ones, my parents want to come and visit me with a Visa Upon Arrival- 14 days permitted to stay in Thailand.

My question is: ❔

once my parents are here can we go to immigration office and extend for another week-7 days for the standard 1900 baht?

Did anyone have experience with this?

Thank you very much for your help and tips. 🙏🌱

I am trying to avoid applying for a visa outside of Thailand.
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The user clarified that their parents can buy a Visa on Arrival valid for 15 days upon arrival in Thailand. They were initially inquiring about the possibility of extending this visa for an additional 7 days through an immigration office, but it was determined that the Visa on Arrival cannot be extended. Instead, they would be granted a 7-day 'get out of the country' stamp for a fee, effectively limiting their stay to 22 days. Feedback from the community suggested that applying for a tourist visa before traveling to Thailand is the better option, allowing for a longer stay. Additionally, since the parents have Bulgarian passports and reside in Germany, they need to apply for a visa through the Thai Embassy in Germany, demonstrating proof of residence if necessary.
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Gia *******************
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They have a Bulgarian passport and live in Germany.
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@Gia ******************
 maybe this helps?

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Gia *******************
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@Saša ******
 golden tip, thank you dear one <3
a year ago
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Frank **********
You still never said what country passport they have because depending on the country they may qualify for 30 days visa exempt.
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Gia *******************
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Ok, first, I would like to thank you all for the fast replies and for thinking with me. 🙏

It looks like the better option is to apply for a visa beforehand. Because my parents are older i dont want to burned them with the process so I will try to figure it out with your help hopefully.

I am looking into visa agencies- which visa agency would you recommend and does it make a difference when their place of residency is different from the passport they hold? (For picking an visa agency county based)
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David *******
😂 Which they CANNOT do. If a country has switched to the Evisa system then you can’t go to the Embassy for a visa. You have to use the online system and you are only allowed to use it if you are resident in the country.

Anyway, none of this is of any help to the lady who asked the question, who I was specifically trying to help with my original, and correct, answer.

Her parents have passports from one country (eg Georgia) but currently live in another country (eg Germany). In that case they use the evisa system and need to show proof of residence in Germany to do so.

They clearly don’t want to go to somewhere like Laos just to get a visa!!!

It would be nice if people actually tried to stick to answering the actual questions in the group instead of going off on tangents just to try to show off what they THINK they know.
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@Gia ******************
 They will need to apply to the Thai Embassy in their country of residence. If it is not the same as their passport country they will need proof of legal residence in that country. Many countries now use the online system to apply for visas but some do not. It depends where your parents live.
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@David ******
 u do NOT have to apply for a tourist visa in the country of ur passport or residency

Lots of people apply for thai tourists visas ( and Non O's ) in Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia< etc etc
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@Richard ********
 Yes, but in this case her parents aren’t going to be here and do a side trip to get a visa and an agent here won’t be if any help, as she implied when asking for one. They can’t get the visa in Thailand and a local agent won’t help. They need to apply for the visa where they live before travelling.

Context is everything - which is clearly beyond you.
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@David ******
 how do you know where her parents are?

local agent means LOCAL agent where they are<

They can apply for a visa at ANY Thai embassy in the world NOT just where they live
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@Richard ********
 Under the E-visa system this is NOT true. Eg in the U.K. non U.K. passport holders must show evidence of residence to apply. It states this clearly on the Embassy website. There is also a fairly lengthy list of nationalities that then have to physically go to the Embassy with that proof before they can apply.
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Richard *********
@David ******
 i never mentioned E visa ( online) Did I?

I said

"They can apply for a visa at ANY Thai embassy in the world NOT just where they live"

OK?
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@Gia ******************
 ur gong to get the visa in the country ur parents are in an any agnet will need be where they are if u go with agent

its quite easy if ur country allows a visa online
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Also bear in mind that in order to get the visa on arrival they’d need to show a ticket out of Thailand within the 15 days allowed, regardless of whether they could get the 7 days extension denied stamp.
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Henry *********
A Visa on Arrival cannot be extended. However, if your parents try to do this, Immigration will give them 7 days (from the date they visit Immigration) to leave Thailand. The cost is 1,900 baht.
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Gia *******************
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@Henry ********
 interesting- so it’s not considered an extension- immigration will however will give my parents 7 days to exit and they have to pay 1900 baht, correct? Is there a name for this ( giving them 7 days to exit)?
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 idk if there's an official name, but it's a rejection stamp. It's designed to allow people enough time to leave the country. It's different from a regular extension in at least one way, that is basically it's a final stamp. You can't get any extension once you get this stamp, even if you qualify. You must leave the country within those 7 days.
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 it's not a given, immigration can always just outright refuse to give the 7 day get out of Thailand option. The stamp pretty much says that the extension was rejected and you get 7 days to get out of Thailand from the date the passport gets stamped.
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Jan **********
depends on nationality/passport.
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Brandon ************
What passport do your parents have?

If they have a passport from one of the visa on arrival countries and will get a 14 day visa that they apply and pay for at the airport, they are not eligible for any extension in Thailand.

If they want more time and will receive visa on arrival, then they will need to apply for a tourist visa before they travel to Thailand so they can get 60 days.
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Gia *******************
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@Brandon ***********
 thank you very much for your answer 🙏🌱
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