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Do I need to exit Thailand by plane to renew my NON B visa?

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Oct 17, 2018

6 years ago

Princess **************

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Hello, I'm staying and working here at Samui. I have a NON B Visa (Multiple entry) that will expire on November 8 2018, but my stamp will expire tomorrow (October 18, 2018). I changed my job and I need to change my Visa into Single Entry but the documents from my employer is not yet finished. I went to Immigration and they said that I needed to go out of Thailand by Plane and comeback so that I will acquire 3 months more of extension. Do I really need to go by plane not by bus?

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The user is currently working in Samui with a NON B Visa that is about to expire. They were advised by Immigration to exit Thailand by plane and return to get a new 90-day extension. However, a commenter suggests that traveling by bus to a neighboring country and returning is also a valid option to renew the stay.

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Robert *******

If the valid until or Enter Before date on your Multiple Entry Non Immigration B visa is 8 Nov 2018, you can also go by bus, cross the border and come back to activate a new 90 day of stay period.

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Biff *******

Often the best thing to do when an official says something like that is to just smile. Then do what you need to do anyway 😊

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Mikkel *******

It doesn't matter how you cross the border as long as you get stamped out of Thailand, in and out of another country and in to Thailand again.

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Princess **************

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Because immigration insisted that I should go by plane not by bus.. So I'm very confused on what I should do.

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