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Is it possible to stay in Thailand for 4 months with a 60-day visa extension and a border bounce?
Hi feeling unsure. We plan to get a 60 day visa Laos then extend 30 days. Then do border bounce at Ranong and extend further 30 days after that so total 4 months. Is that possible? I get confused with the border bounce / land entry etc. Thanks 🙏
Answer summary
The original poster is considering staying in Thailand for a total of 4 months, starting with a 60-day visa from Laos, followed by a 30-day extension, and then doing a border bounce at Ranong to extend their stay further with another 30-day extension. Several comments confirm that this plan is feasible, though there are important factors to consider, especially regarding rapid changes in border accessibility. Users suggest that if the arithmetic is correct, they could achieve this total duration, though caution about the unpredictable Myanmar border is advised. Additionally, alternatives such as the Multi-Entry Tourist Visa (METV) could provide more flexibility for extended stays.
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Stephen *******
You need a visa to enter the border country at ranong I think Burma I forget now. but i did a visa run to Satun a month ago rather than ranong because of need for visa at this crossing at ranong. No visa needed to enter Malaysia at satun. I used kvb visa run out of phuket. Great day no issues.
Brown ********
Spot on
Nongnuch ********
I spend six months in a year (less than 180 days) every year since 17 years (!!) in Thailand. I got myself a "1-year extension od stay based on being over 50/retirement" soon after my 50th birthday. I use the 800,000.- THB bank proof for the financial requirement. I entered on a 5th of October on a "90 days Non-Imm-O visa", so EVERY other year the Extension needs to be "renewed" on a January 4th (as the EOS begins a day after your 90-days stay permit expires)
Nigel **************
@Nongnuch *******
thanks 😉 I'm thinking that is what I'm going to do. Once I get it all sorted the first time it seems to be the best optionNigel **************
Your name makes me think you are Thai but obviously not?
Nongnuch ********
@Nigel *************
you can always ask me for visa- or Thailand related advice. I will tell you straight away a FACT, or I will either tell you that I don't know. . . . I am not the one like so many FB group members who know Jack Shit but are keen to spread their false informations out of their arses, just to have had their 5 cents worthNongnuch ********
@Richard ********
read my other post and better ask for an excuse, paddy. You might know Jack Shit, whom I never met in Jack-son, Tennesssee, but I know Tod Daniels, the jock shit of Thai visa advice groups
Richard *********
@Nongnuch *******
LOL: I'll make sure to never seek ur adviceanyone that puts off 90 day reports or extensions till there due date doesn't know jack shit.
Nongnuch ********
@Nigel *************
It's the name of my GF. . . . . I am just a bloke from Germany and I am involved in Thai visa advice for many years, got my own German speaking FB groupNigel **************
I do wish that the Thai Immigration Authorities would undertstand that there are a hell of a lot of us who want to spend 4 or 5 months as tourists in Thailand and allow us to get a visa for that instead of all the
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+ extensions stuff. We do not want to live here just spend a few months enjoying the country. 🤔🤔🤔🤔Roberto *********
@Nigel *************
I guess if your arithmetic is sound, you can work out that ***
comes under 9? 😆
Steve *******
@Nigel *************
They do! Get the multi-entry Tourist Visa.Nigel **************
@Steve ******
u have to leave the country twice to get your 6 months out of thatNigel **************
@Roberto ********
but I only want to stay ***
months not 9Roberto *********
@Nigel *************
If you have an METV you do two border bounces you get nine months, not six!Nigel **************
@Steve ******
ahhh not to bad. I didn't think u could extend the 60 by 30Steve *******
@Nigel *************
Nope, just once to get 180 days, 60+30 leave and return 60+30.Roberto *********
@Nigel *************
That's even better although the financial criteria is more dauntingRoberto *********
@Nigel *************
So you get a METVNigel **************
@Roberto ********
I will get a retirement visa 😅😅
Graham ******
@Nigel *************
but the only extension on a retirement visa is 12 months unless you get an OA which gives you a year entry stamp, overkill for a ***
month stayRoberto *********
If you haven't got much recent history of entries into Thailand you'll be fine
Jakee **********
OPMaybe multi entry is better, haven't sussed out best way yet
Jakee **********
OP@Roberto ********
we're presently on 30 day extension after 30 day exemptRoberto *********
@Jakee *********
So you're on 60 at the moment, you want another 90 and then another 60? Is that correct? Giving you 210 consecutive days as a "tourist"?Nongnuch ********
@Jakee *********
I spend six months in a year (less than 180 days) every year since 17 years (!!) in Thailand. I got myself a "1-year extension of stay based on being over 50/retirement" soon after my 50th birthday. I use the 800,000.- THB bank proof for the financial requirement. I entered on a 5th of October on a "90 days Non-Imm-O visa", so EVERY other year the Extension needs to be "renewed" on a January 4th (as the EOS begins a day after your 90-days stay permit expires)Jakee **********
OP@Roberto ********
I could get retirement visa but time here varies and usually less than 6 monthsJakee **********
OP@Nongnuch *******
thanks for info. Will bear that in mind. We're looking at retirement visa but only spend approx 6 months here...Roberto *********
@Jakee *********
Just be aware many immigration officers get twitchy if you exceed 180 in a year. Under Thai tax laws you then become a tax resident, and they will assume you're working in the country (which you may well be, but that's another story), and could deny or restrict your entryNongnuch ********
@Jakee *********
So you already are on the 30+30 days visa exempt, wish to re-enter with a 60+30 days tourist visa, and after that do another border run and visa-exempt entry? All I can say is, Immigration might refuse the 30 days extension for your second visa-exempt entry. Have a plan B just in case they will keep the 1900.- THB and stamp you with "application denied, you have 7 days to leave the kingdom"Jakee **********
OP@Roberto ********
Yes. Then leave till next Oct. Usually visit other country's in between but different circumstances this year....
Brandon ************
Should be fine just be wary about Ranong as Myanmar borders can open and close without warning
Wayne *********
60 day visa plus extension is 90 days or 3 months, a border bounce gives you 30 days exempt plus 30 days extension gives you a total 150 days
Nigel **************
@Wayne ********
exactly what I was planning to do this trip until I was stopped at the airport and told u cannot do that any moreWayne *********
@Nigel *************
how would the airport know what you were planning to do ?Nigel **************
@Wayne ********
yeah! Was quite sure my plan was perfectly okay. It was okay last year. Lesson learnedWayne *********
@Nigel *************
that's common so you didn't think ahead and have a fwd flight within the 60 days so they question you. Next time you now know get a throw away ticket within the 60 daysNigel **************
@Wayne ********
SETV has to show arrival date and departure date. 5 months apart. Had ongoing travel booked for 89 days but that was not allowed either. Told I had to have onward travel booked for 60 days as the 30 day extension is never guaranteed.Wayne *********
@Nigel *************
setv does not announce your going to do a border run or an extension so how did the airport know ? I have done many setv and they never question meWayne *********
@Nigel *************
so how did the airport know you were going to do it ? Surely you did not tell them ?Nigel **************
@Wayne ********
from the SETVWayne *********
@Nigel *************
only doing it once will not be an issue plenty of people doing it. If you did it a few times is probably why you got told
Nigel **************
@Wayne ********
never done it beforeActivity
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