Can you still do a same-day border bounce at Wang Prachan/Wang Kelian for a METV?

Thai visa rules border bounce Malaysia METV visa run services Krabi immigration policies

Mar 27, 2018

7 years ago

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According to my Thai wife, information in this video at the link below claims you can no longer do a same day border bounce at Wang Prachan/Wang Kelian to get 60 days more on a METV. (Kindly avoid suggesting I get a one year married Visa.) She says the Malaysians insist you stay at least one day in Malaysia. It's not that I don't believe every word my wife speaks, but can anyone verify from experience if this is true?

I went to half a dozen places in Krabi today looking for a Visa Run service, and the only thing I could find was one that went to Penang and required you to stay overnight. I am again thinking I might have to do this on my scooter. The 620 km round trip means it would be wise to plan to spend a night somewhere near the Malaysian border, bounce the next morning and head back home right after.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The conversation discusses the feasibility of performing a same-day border bounce at Wang Prachan/Wang Kelian for an extension on a Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV). The user's Thai wife suggests that Malaysian immigration now requires a minimum one-night stay in Malaysia, which contradicts some recent experiences shared by other users who successfully completed same-day bounces. Comments clarify that past restrictions were often imposed by Thai immigration, not Malaysian. Alternative options, such as traveling to Langkawi from Satun, are also mentioned.

Joe ***********

There are two border crossings in Satun Province. An alternative is go to Satun City / Town - go to the pier - take a boat to Langkawi

7 years ago

Michael **********

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Thanks, Joe D Greene. Always nice to know about options.

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Michael **********

Tod *********

Yeah, your wife is a little off on that translation. All that program explained was the lamenting of people that Malayz aren't comin' to thailand as much as they used to and that not that many thais were going into Malaysia.

No mention of border bouncing foreigners, or that they are enforcing a 24 hour out of the country rule there.

7 years ago

Biff *******

The first person they interviewed was complaining that Malaysians aren't coming over in the same numbers as before. Only a few Thai people.

7 years ago

Ivan ************

Note as well when they did used insist on this, it was the Thai side that insisted you stay in Malaysia overnight, not the Malaysian side. Happened to me at Sadao, I had to stay out one night, but that was years ago. It was the Thai immigration that insisted on it, not Malaysia.

7 years ago

Dori *******

Video is from 2016 and we did it a couple of weeks ago on the same day with no problem. Very smooth

7 years ago

Michael **********

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TY, Dori Opitz. Confirms what I thought.

7 years ago

Tod *********

well spotted (y)

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