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Do I need to stay overnight outside Thailand to obtain a new 30-day tourist visa after a visa run?

Sep 20, 2018
8 years ago
Hi guys,

Quick question,I am on my 30 day tourist visa at the moment and was wondering if I fly out to K.L as a visa run do I have to stay the night or spend anytime outside the thai boarder before re entering,to get a new 30 day tourist visa and will it cost me...any information on this would

Be muchly apprated cheers team👍🏻
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The user inquires about the requirements for conducting a visa run to Kuala Lumpur for a new 30-day tourist visa, specifically whether an overnight stay is necessary and the associated costs. A comment suggests considering a visa extension for 1900 baht instead.
Jon *********
Why not just get a 30-day extension for 1900 baht?
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Or book a $3/night hostel, have them check you in/report you, and act like you just arrived in Phuket. lol
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@Jonathan ********
yer true man and then probelly not nessary thanks for the inside my man👊🏻🙏🏻
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@Blake ****************************
actually, in Pattaya I needed all that paperwork for a 30-day extension. It was because I was in an Airbnb and the Airbnb never reported me to immigration when I arrived. Also, there was a fine because I hadn’t been reported. I just went to Bangkok and did it there instead and didn’t need the paperwork or to pay the fine. I guess you can also go into immigration and just act like you’ve been staying in a hotel.
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Garrett Greenwald legend Garrett thanks heaps man,it was late in the day I went to to visa office so I’m thinking the certain officer was just trying to get rid of me for the day.One thinks! Muchly apprated for setting the information correct.
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Cheers for all the info dude all pretty new to me.cheers!
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Garrett Greenwald so you don’t need Certificate of residence to extend? I said to the immagration officer I am looking to extend my 30 day tourist visa had my passport and stamp and he gave me this lol.
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Said I needed all this lol.
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Garrett Greenwald that’s nuts lol the guy I got at immagration Phuket must have been giving me the run around then.....😬😬
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Yer bro,looked into this as I live in Thailand but my landlord is being an uncontactble man at this point to sign off on the paper work needed to get the 30 day extension...also looked into a visa shuttle bus run but they where going to charge me 2000 bht for the trip to satun and another 1000 baht for some reason to stamp back in.
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