Do UK citizens need to provide proof of exit flights when applying for a multiple entry tourist visa for Thailand?

@XNatell *****************

You need the ticket as proof of you leaving Thailand. You can book the ticket online.

Frank Edvin Johansen someone above has screenshot of requirements from an embassy website, it does say 'FLIGHT out of Thailand'

@Steve ******

I would say it's a ticket to the Thai/savannakhet border, not savannakhet itself, but anyway it's a matter of opinion I suppose, but the opinion that matters, is the opinion of the people issuing visas, and I read these visa pages quite often, and people seem to always suggest they will only accept a flight ticket, showing your exit plan within the time you're stamp in for, and a bus or train ticket will be rejected, personally I've only ever purchased a cheap flight ticket to a neighbouring country, and it's always been accepted.

@Andy *********

Yes, Of course the bus stops at Immigration but the point is you CAN buy a bus ticket online from Mukdahan to Savannakhet, Laos, thus providing onward travel by bus.

@Steve ******

yes I've been on that bus from mukdahan to savannakhet, but what Brandon thurkettle is trying to tell you, the bus stops at the Thai immigration, you stamp out of Thailand, it then it goes across the friendship bridge and stops at Lao immigration, you then need to buy a Lao visa, and walk around on to the Lao side, and arrange another bus or taxi, to go into savannakhet, the bus you crossed the bridge on, it then turns around and goes back to the Thai immigration, and then back to mukdahan bus station, I've done it few times doing border bounces.

@Brandon ***********

Nope you can buy tickets at Mukdahan and Ubon bus terminals. The bus to Savannakhet leaves from Mukdahan bus terminal

@Brandon ***********

there is a bus that goes from Udon Thani bus terminal number 2 to Vientiane. I've not gone on it, but they say at the terminal where you buy the ticket that you must already have a Laos visa.

@Brandon ***********

You can buy a ticket from Nong Khai to Ventiene as well. This is just one ticket out of Thailand and it’s normally sufficient regarding boarder crossings. You can also just purchase an onward ticket.

@Brandon ***********

On 12go you can book a Bus ticket from BKK to Phnom Penh. That will be a ticket out of Thailand.

@Steve ******

that's not a cross border bus though. You can't buy a ticket to show. You just use that bus to get from one immigration checkpoint to the other.

@Brandon ***********

If you don't have any form of your own transport then you HAVE to take a bus across the Friendship bridge at Mukdahan. Walking across is forbidden by Thai and Laos Immigration.

@Brandon ***********

Incorrect. There are buses that cross the border. Ubon to Pakse(Laos) via Chong Mek, Mukdahan to Savannakhet(Laos) via the Friendship bridge, Ubon to O'smach(Cambodia) via Chong Chom are 3 that I know of. I'm sure there must be more.

@Brandon ***********

It is correct that the train stops at the border and then continue on the other side of the border. But you have a train/bus ticket for the entire route and in that way it does not necessarily have to be a plane ticket.







"Is there a direct bus between Bangkok and Cambodia?

Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal and arriving at Phnom Penh. Services depart five times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12h 30m."



"Evidence of travel to Thailand (air ticket paid in full).

A minimum of two inbound and outbound tickets are required for multiple entries visa."

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@Frank ****************

And I'm telling you that there are no bus or train tickets OUT of Thailand. A bus or train ticket to the Thai side of the border will not count as proof of leaving Thailand. And there are no trains or buses that cross the border to take you out of Thailand. Any train or bus will take you to the Thai border and then you must cross the border and get on a new train or bus.

@Brandon ***********

If you read a Thai Embassy site you wil see that they don’t specify a flight ticket. They just say a ticket out of Thailand.

@XNatell *****************

usually only the first hotel