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How long can I stay in Thailand after going to Vientiane on a UK passport with a tourist visa exemption?
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Sep 24, 2018
8 years ago
Jen ********
ORIGINAL POSTERSorry if this has been asked eleventy billion times before, I did a search but mustn't have used the right terms. If I go by land from Thailand to Vientiane and back, how long do I get? 15 days or 30? UK passport, currently in Thailand on tourist visa exemption.
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As a UK passport holder currently in Thailand on a tourist visa exemption, if you travel by land to Vientiane and return, you will receive 30 days upon re-entry to Thailand. However, you can apply for a 60-day tourist visa at the consulate for an extended stay.
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Jade *********
30 days. But if you go to the consulate you can apply for a 60 day tourist visa.
Jen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Robert ******
ah okay, thanks for explaining. I never had any intention to do that, I'm going to Vientiane but all I wanted to know was how many days I'd get. Yvonne's comment confused me. Questions answered, thanks.Robert *******
Depends on the Visa you use, with some visa's you can apply every year for a new Extension of Stay. With a Tourist Visa you can apply once for a 30 day Extension of Stay. If you come back for another extension of stay you will be denied the extension and get the stamp Not Approved and 7 days to leave the country.
Jen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Robert ******
sorry, I didn't understand that. If I applied to extend my exemption for a second time I'd be told to leave the country?Robert *******
You can not get 7 days next to an airport somewhere in Thailand. If your application of Extension of Stay at the Immigration Office gets denied, you will get a stamp: Application not approved and 7 days to leave the country.
Jen ********
ORIGINAL POSTERAlready extended it once by 30 days, can't do that again, can you? 7 days wouldn't be long enoguh
Yvonne *********
You can get 7 days at Immigration Office, near the airport.
Jen ********
ORIGINAL POSTERThank you! 30 will be more than enough :)
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