How do I go about staying in Thailand as a tourist for 3 month's
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To stay in Thailand as a tourist for three months, you can begin with a 60-day tourist visa obtained before your arrival. After this period, you can apply for a 30-day extension at an immigration office. Alternatively, some travelers suggest border hopping, where you leave the country briefly and return for another entry stamp. Depending on your nationality, you may enter Thailand visa-exempt for 60 days and request a 30-day extension thereafter. However, airlines may ask for proof of onward travel, thus booking a flexible return flight before traveling is advisable.
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You from uk tdac 60 days immigration 3o days we’re here now do every year
Simply apply on your now compulsory digital arrival form the date arriving and the date leaving and if your return air ticket confirms that dates you have no problem.
O out off the country for 5 days visit Cambodia. Vietnam very cheap or Malaysia come back get another 60 days on arrival or pay near 5000 baht to an agent
If you are going HOME after 90 days, just book a return flight, that means you will be allowed on the outbound journey without any questions. Get a 60 day tourist visa whilst in your home country. After 60 days in Thailand, apply for the 30 day extension at immigration. If they do give you 30 days, thats you sorted. If they only give you 7, take it and book a flight out to a nearby country for the remainder of the time. Obviously book your new trip (If refused the 30 days) with a return to wherever you choose, that gets you back to Suvarnabhumi in time for yoiur main flight back home
If you havent got a history of border hopping, you should be OK for the 30 day extension but either way is an easy solution (unless your budget doesnt allow for the extra trip for the last 23 days)
I’m from Canada. I got 60 days tourist visa on arrival. When I went to extend for another 30. They gave me only 7 day extension. I bounced out to Vietnam. Will return next week
Bruce MckennaNope. Visa-on-arrival is max 15 days. Visa-exempt is 60 days for many countries. He should check with the Thailand embassy in his country.
Anthony Power you will probably be unable to even board without a return flight depending upon the airline. So In my experience get a flexible return and when in Thailand apply for the extension and change you flight
60 day visa exempt entry stamp (depending on passport country) + 30 day extension -you get that from immigration office a week before your 60 days expires
Ant W Tailor this makes absolutely no difference if you have a reason to be here…. I entered 6 times last year and I’m here again now. All on tourist Visa. Leave every 2 month and come back after 2 weeks
Depends a lot what country passport you hold. Also some other factors limit or give options, but unfortunately you are not such a famous person, that anyone could give any solid answer with only information being "I".
Philippe Dupront nothing is guaranteed. But it's perfectly fine and easy to do if you want to border bounce instead of extend. Or extend and then border bounce. Also no problem
Philippe Dupront actually if you have no other visa-exempt history in the recent 365-days period, you can do two visa exempt entries, leave before the 60 days out of the first one are up, re-enter visa exempt, get stamped in for 60 days again and even get one 30 days extension on top of that. 60+60+30= 150 days. This pattern is absolutely no problem if you don't abuse it with other entries during a one-year period
Andreas Mueller I agree with you, but that remains theoretical. At the beginning of January, I was turned back at the Laotian border by Thai immigration. They demanded that I return to Thailand by air via Bangkok. In Thailand, there's a difference between theory and practice. It's called the immigration officer's discretion.
Anthony Power you have to email the airline, some accept if your return flight is within 90 days. But many airlines require you to have an onward travel proof within 60 days