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Do I need a return ticket for a 30-day extension after entering Thailand on a visa exempt entry?
Hello everyone
I arrived in bkk visa on arrival for 60 days. Now Iam going to extend it tomorrow for another 30 days i already have Tm30 do i need I return confirmed ticket within the next 30 days .
Thank you in advance.
I arrived in bkk visa on arrival for 60 days. Now Iam going to extend it tomorrow for another 30 days i already have Tm30 do i need I return confirmed ticket within the next 30 days .
Thank you in advance.
Answer summary
The original poster (OP) inquired about needing a confirmed return ticket for a 30-day extension after entering Thailand with a visa exempt entry. The community clarified that the OP entered Thailand on a visa exempt stamp, not a visa on arrival. For the extension, there is no requirement to show a return ticket. The extension process requires a TM30 form, a passport-sized photo, and a completed form at immigration. Some comments discussed extension policies, indicating different local practices regarding when extensions can be applied for.
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Terry ********
If one really is a tourist traveling around staying in hotels etc., and although hotels must always do a TM30 reporting a foreigner staying with them, surely a hotel isn't going to be happy about having to provide a TM30 with signed copies of the owner's housebook and ID CARD for immigration?
Bob **********
No ticket
Ling *****
I've done 2 extensions in the last 2 years, no return plane tickets were asked for.
Robin ********
If I remember right . When you had the 30 day visa and wanted to extend I was told not till about a week before your 30 was up . Was there a reason for that and if so same with the 60 ?
Ian **********
@Robin *******
How soon you can apply is down to your local office. I think it is Jomtien (Pattaya) that will only extend in the last weekRobin ********
@Ian *********
have they carried that onto the 60 day I wonder 🤔OP says he's extending straight away , like tou said wasn't possible at jomtiem on the 30 day .Kim *********
@Robin *******
you didn't get a 30 days visa before that was a visa exempt entry and the 60 days now is also a visa exempt entryRobin ********
@Kim ********
queston still standsKim *********
@Robin *******
right - as far as I know it can be done anytime you want - the extension is always added to the current expiration
Henrik *****
Look at the website of the immigration office you will use.
Max ********
Along with your TM30 you need a passport size photo, copy of your passport and passport, you will need to fill in another form at immigration when you are there .
Azhar *******
OPThank you so much
Brandon ************
You didn't get visa on arrival. Visa on arrival is where you apply for and pay for a visa at the airport and you get a 15 day visa.
You entered with visa exempt, which is not any visa at all. It's a free entry stamp, and it means you are EXEMPT from needing a visa.
There is no requirement to show a ticket leaving Thailand as part of a 30-day tourism extension.
You entered with visa exempt, which is not any visa at all. It's a free entry stamp, and it means you are EXEMPT from needing a visa.
There is no requirement to show a ticket leaving Thailand as part of a 30-day tourism extension.
Azhar *******
OP@Brandon ***********
thank you so much got my stamp and yes they did ask for return ticket. I have to make the ticket at the spot only and submitted copy of the same. So plsss guys
They may ask you for the ticket.
Kayleen *****
@Brandon ***********
what's the difference?.. If my flight is too BKK and leaving from BKK, but I'm traveling to Laos or outside of Thailand before returning back to BKK. How does the Visa work? TIABrandon ************
@Kayleen ****
I'm not sure I understand your question. What are you asking about? If you're asking about visa on arrival, the difference is you either qualify for one or the other based on your passport. You don't get to decide which one you want.Brandon ************
@Kayleen ****
There is no ETA. There is Visa on Arrival. This is for a specific list of countries that can APPLY for and PAY for a 15 day visa at the airport. There is visa exempt, which is for a much larger list of countries. These people don't get any visa, they get a visa exempt entry stamp for 60 days.
There is visa waiver, which is a bilateral agreement between countries. This is anywhere from 15-90 days depending on what country your passport is, and is also not a visa.
YOU don't get to choose. You qualify for one of them.
Kayleen *****
@Brandon ***********
Yes, the Visa on arrival.. Is that the ETA?.. I'm just a bit confused due so many people mentioning Visas..Activity
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