How can I visit Thailand for 90 days with a UK passport and a potential Thai passport issue?

Sep 16, 2023
a year ago
Sannita *********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Hi, looking for some advice as it’s a bit hazy online.

I am wanting to visit Thailand for 90days.

Currently I can only find that it’s possible for 60 days.

Is there a way as a tourist (uk passport) to do 90?

- To throw things into the mix I’m hoping to get my Thai passport on this trip. So was thinking if I leave Thailand for a couple of days on my uk passport and renter on my Thai passport (but my question is how would this work with my return flight? If I am boarding with a different passport, than I entered with?)

TIA
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TLDR : Answer Summary
To stay in Thailand for 90 days as a UK passport holder, you initially need to obtain a 60-day tourist visa before your trip and then apply for a 30-day extension at a local immigration office. Alternatively, if you are eligible for dual nationality and can obtain your Thai passport during this trip, you could exit Thailand briefly on your UK passport and re-enter on your Thai passport. It's important to note that the rules around using different passports for entering and exiting Thailand may have changed recently, allowing for more flexibility in using both passports rather than strictly one for each entry and exit.
Michael ********
Ok proper advice if you have Thai heritage, you can apply for an ancestry visa.

Immigration order No
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Simple as that and you can stay for as long as it takes you to sort out your passport.

And as Richard said the law changed recently about entering and rentering so dont listen to those that say you have to leave on your british passport blah blah
Gregor **********
if you ENTER Thailand on your UK passport, you will need to LEAVE it on your UK passport. . . . . . . . . . only on your NEXT trip, you can check-in with the Thai passport, leave the UK on your UK passport, enter Thailand with the Thai passport. After your holiday, check-in on your UK passport, leave Thailand on your Thai passport and enter UK on your UK passport
Michael ********
Gregor **********
@Michael *******
it actually nothing new, Immigration officers used to give their ok when one showed both passports. The good old way I described still works, according to these "not so news". You enter Thailand with the Thai passport and leave Thailand with the Thai passport. Why friggle around? There is no "discrimination" by this method
Brandon ************
@Gregor *********
it's very new. If you entered with a foreign passport you were a foreigner and had to do 90 day reports and TM30 and get extensions from immigration.
Gregor **********
@Brandon ***********
that's not how to proceed. If you got two citizenships, you enter and leave Thailand with the Thai passport, book the flights and check in to the flights with the UK passport. It's the common practise since years
Michael ********
@Gregor *********
no the law changed last month
Frank **********
You should leave on the same passport you entered with.
Terry ********
You use the passport of the country you’re going to.
Richard *********
60 day tourist visa, than 30 day extension<>

as of last week you no longer need leave Thailand if ur a dual national to get ur thai passport < as long as u hav eur house paper an did card

Only takes a few days
Brandon ************
If you want 60 days you must apply for a tourist visa before you travel. That will give you 60 days when you arrive and then you can apply for a 30 day extension at your local immigration office.

As far as using your passport, the passport you show to the airline and the passport you use to enter are 2 completely separate issues.
Sannita *********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Brandon ***********
thanks super clear. Do you know if the 30 day extension is usually easy/problem free to get approved?
Sannita *********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Brandon ***********
sorry last question. Can I do it as soon as I arrive in Thailand? Thanks!
Brandon ************
@Sannita ********
most offices let you apply for extension when you have 30 days or less left. So no you can't do it immediately after arriving. Some offices only let you apply during your last week.
Brandon ************
@Sannita ********
as long as you can get a TM30 from where you're staying then it should be easy
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