What are the alternatives for obtaining a tourist visa to Thailand after multiple visa runs by land?

@Te***

, I think you are confusing two different things

A "visa-run" where you go to a thai consulate and get a visa for thailand

AND

A "border-bounce" where you stamp out of thailand, stamp in&out of another country then stamp back into thailand to either get a visa exempt entry stamp or to activate another entry on a multi-entry visa.

It is ONLY the out/in at the borders that are limited to TWO visa exempt entries in a calendar year. IF you had a tourist visa when you entered by land it is not counted.

I'd say just go to Vientiane or Savannakhet. As long as you don't have the warning stamp that you have gotten too many tourist visas from them you're fine using that consulate again

Not sure about that but like three people came on here for help last week and said the 20k on hand was required. They were detained for hours. They wouldn't even let them go to an ATM machine to get the money.

Make sure you have that 20,000 baht in cash on you. There's been a bunch of stories this past of people denied entry and detained.

If 2 times border bounce by land this year, then you need to either go out and come back by air, or get a tourist visa rather than come back visa-exempt. Of the Thai consulates I've used, the one in Vientiane has always been pretty user-friendly. Penang is also okay, maybe depends where you are now and which is closest.

Apply at embassy