What are the best options for a 30-day visa run to Myanmar from Bangkok?

Dec 5, 2019

5 years ago

ORIGINAL POSTER

Has anybody done a 30 day on arrival border crossing from leaving from Bangkok to the Kanchanaburi/ Phu Nam Ron - Myanmar border lately? I’ve found a visa run service that leaves from Bangkok and costs 2000฿. Apparently that’s the only fee il have to pay. I’ve checked twice with the company and they have said there is no additional cost when I arrive. I’ve never used a visa service company before and I’m wondering what are the best options from Bangkok. 

I’ve seen that the border pass costs 500฿. Or there is a 950฿ fee for a bus across no mans land including the border stamp. 

Also cheap busses running from Bangkok to the local bus terminal in Kanchanaburi. Then catching another bus to the border and travelling back the same way etc. 

Does anybody have any experience with this border crossing?

1,015

views

likes

all likes

replies

images

users

TLDR : Answer Summary

The post discusses experiences and options for making a 30-day visa run from Bangkok to the Kanchanaburi/Phu Nam Ron border with Myanmar. A visa run service is mentioned, costing around 2000฿, which includes entry and exit stamps. However, respondents suggest alternative options to save money, such as taking local buses from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi and then to the border, and clarify various fees involved in crossing the border.

NON-O RETIREMENT VISA RESOURCES / SERVICES

Go to the Retirement Visa Section for information on requirements, including age restrictions, financial requirements, and necessary documentation.
For immediate assistance, contact Thai Visa Centre directly via LINE at @ThaiVisaCentre or Email them.
Explore recent discussions by using the Non-O Retirement Visa tag in the search box at the top of the page.
Join the Thai Visa Advice Facebook Group to ask your questions, and get advice from others.

Tod *********

and I think after that

@Le**

can figure out on his own the way they want to get to the border for a new visa exempt entry stamp.

Good Luck, (y)

5 years ago

Benjamin ******

For what it's wroth, I believe it's a popular topic. Just sort by topics, and a lot of posts will appear about how to do this border hop.

5 years ago

Benjamin ******

Yes I did.

1. It's 960THB for the day pass and the van taking you from the border, over to Htee Kee, and back again.

2. In *THEORY* you can walk across to the immigration office, and pay for it yourself. It will be about a 5km hike each way. Not good.

3. There are buses running from Bangkok to Kanchanburi. That would be bus/ minivan #81, which is 100THB which you can catch from Sai Tai Mai (southern bus terminal). From Kanchanburi, it'll be 60THB for the bus from the bus station to the border.

4. I wouldn't think about paying someone 2,000THB to hold your hand and take you across the border :\ way too much money.

5 years ago

Tod *********

@Benjamin *****

the 2000baht is the price of the border bounce from BANGKOK there and back and includes getting stamped in and out at Phu Nam Ron.

5 years ago

Reply to

Tod *********

You're confused about the cost of getting driven across no-mans land, stamped in and out of myanmar and then driven back at the Phu Nam Ron border which IS 960baht with the cost of getting stamped in and out of Myanmar at Mae Sot, or Mae Sai <- which is 500baht.

5 years ago

Tod *********

The cost for the border bounce by a visa run company has the entry/exit stamp to Myanmar built into the price.

5 years ago

Robert *******

Sorry but this is not the place to find cheap cheap transfers. This page is for Thai visa advice. You can use goolge or one of the bankok pages to find information to get it all as cheap as possible, Or contact this company which is reliable and has a daily service.

*****************************************************************************************************

5 years ago

Levi *******

ORIGINAL POSTER

Robert Lagas I’m not looking for cheap cheap deals. I’m looking for visa advice on this border crossing.

5 years ago

Reply to

Levi *******

Tod *********

What is your nationality?

5 years ago

Levi *******