Do I need a visa for a three-week stay in southern Thailand after multiple entries?

Nov 15, 2024
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Grace ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Hello! I am getting conflicting information about reentering Thailand and was wondering if anyone could help.

I entered Thailand from Cambodia on 15th September 2024 by car to fly from Bangkok to Indonesia.

I entered again from Malaysia by car 29th October 2024 to travel the North of Thailand for 11 days.

I am in Laos now and would like to go to the south of Thailand for around three weeks. Will I need a visa for this if I’d like to stay for that long? Online it says different things; that I’d have to fly instead of enter by car, or apply for a tourist visa, or simply that when I arrive I have 60 days.

Any help appreciated.

Thank you!
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TLDR : Answer Summary
The user is seeking clarification on visa requirements for staying in southern Thailand for three weeks after entering the country multiple times by land. Comments suggest that the user should be fine for a 60-day stay, especially since land entry rules have changed and aren't limited as before. They also advise preparing a travel itinerary in case of questions from immigration.
Grace ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Thank you so much to the helpful people who took the time to reply with something kind and useful. I really appreciate it! Enjoy your weekends.
Bart **************
Land entries are no longer capped at two per calendar year.
David ********
No problem it's clear you are traveling so you are tourist. Visa history suggests that. Have fun enjoy the south of Thailand
Luc ************
The 2 times a year rule by land has gone so it's all up to the IO where you show up. But you will be fine.
Bob ********
Immigration are checking for serial overstayers, from what you have stated on here they wont be worried about you, just in case you get questioned have a prepared Itinerary you can show them. I have been coming and going for 50 yrs occasionally I get asked. I use the Tripit app, and just show the my projected trip details. Good luck
Shakoor *****
You will be fine as long as you are flying in
Bart **************
@Shakoor ****
but it isn't necessary, which is what he asked.
Shakoor *****
@Bart *************
choosing to provide the path of least resistance. And ease of access
Bart **************
@Shakoor ****
no, you are only misleading. The question is whether entering by car is okay and it is, it yields the exact same resistance as flying.
Shakoor *****
@Bart *************
I’m not the IO Who may or may not allow him to get in so I can’t give a 100% answer on which way is best. And as far as I know neither are you. With the recent shake up with Visa exception.

Non of the past visa gurus can say anything with 100% because there isn’t enough empirical data to support their answer.

But one thing that still stands true is flying in is still better then driving in, so I provided the best possible advice. Which isn’t misleading, isn’t demeaning and still carries the support of vast majority of members of this group, flying in is better than driving in.
Bart **************
@Shakoor ****
you keep misleading, and that is harmful. It would be great if you could stop.

You write that you are not the IO and that hence you cannot answer the topic starter's question. Now, that is entirely fair. We cannot all know everything and so if you don't know that the limit of two land entries is no longer applicable then that is fine.

Although I agree that flying is often better than driving, I must also say that the two of us stand pretty much alone in that regard and the rest of the (senior) group members are all saying that driving is better. My thought is that they're mislead by the numbers: there are just many more people who fly and therefore it looks like also a larger portion of the flyers are stopped, but I think land borders, where the abusers go, are looking much more thoroughly to entrants than air borders where normally regular holidayers go. So we agree, but your statement that the rest of the group supports you is just false. Pretty much nobody agrees with us.

Further; if there was a limit of two entries per calendar year and the Thai authorities scrap that, then I think it goes a little too far to say that not much is certain and that land border IO's can still deny entry based on a no longer existing rule. The limit is scrapped, and we should assume that entering is now possible. That is the answer to the topic starter's question. Not that flying is the way to go, that's not the answer the TS needed.
Wayne *********
We will take a guess about what country passport you have and say you get 60 days
Grace ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Wayne ********
oh sorry, uk passport! So it doesn’t make a difference that I’ve already been to Thailand twice since September?
Wayne *********
@Grace *******
all entry depends on the Immigration officer your standing in front of when you arrive. Thailand does not have any restriction on how many times you fly into Thailand. The 2 entries by land was lifted when they started offering the 60 days exempt instead of the 30 days.
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