What are the procedures and requirements for extending a 30-day visa exempt stamp for an American passport holder in Thailand?

Apr 12, 2023
2 years ago
Michael ***********
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I have a niece coming with an American Passport with a 30 day Single Entry Tourist Visa on Arrival. She plans to stay for 59 days.

I have four questions. . .

1. How soon after she arrives can I go in for an extension? (I'd like to do it soon after she arrives).

2. Do I understand correctly that the extension is always added to the end of her current visa, no matter when she gets the extension?

3. How much does an extension cost?

4. What is the most efficient place and time of day to get this done in Chiang Mai? (I've heard Central Festival is faster than Chiang Mai Immigration these days).

Thanks in advance for your help.
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A user is inquiring about the process of extending a 30-day visa exempt entry for their niece arriving in Thailand on an American passport. They specifically ask about the timing for applying for the extension, whether the extension is added to the current visa's expiry date, the cost of the extension, and the best location and time for processing in Chiang Mai. Respondents clarify that extensions can be applied for any time after arrival, cost 1900 baht, and note that the Central Festival Mall is considered more efficient than the main immigration office for processing.
Bob **********
Sheโ€™s not arriving on any visa itโ€™s an free exempt stamp and yes you can go extend as soon as you like itโ€™s 1900 baht
James ********
Where will she be staying in Thailand?

While most Thai Immigration offices allow you to make application for the 30 Day extension of stay within 30 days, several ask the application be made during the week before the stamped in ending date.

Jomtien Immigration only accepts the application for the 30 days extension of stay during the last 7 days of your current ending date.

Ask your local Thai Immigration office for their requirement.

The 30 days are ADDED to your permission to stay date.

These are the common found requirements for the 30 days extension of stay at Thai Immigration office for 1900 Thai baht.

Most Thai Immigration Offices require a TM30 on file with them.
Tod *********
Okay let's dial in your errant terminology FIRST

There is no such animal as a ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

IF she is 'Murican and shows up here without having bought a visa from a thai consulate before she wings here way here, she'll get stamped in FREE for 30 days on what's called a "visa exempt entry" <- it is not a tourist visa, it is not a visa at all, just a free entry stamp.

๐Ÿญ. ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป? (๐—œ'๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€).

- She can apply for the 30 day extension any time after she arrives as Chiang Mai has a 45 days or less remaining on your current stamp policy to apply for extensions.

๐Ÿฎ. ๐——๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ, ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

- Extensions are ADDED to the expiration of her current stamp, she doesn't lose time going early

๐Ÿฏ. ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜?

- All extensions cost the same 1900baht

๐Ÿฐ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ? (๐—œ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€).

- Central Festival Mall is faster than the main immigration office most of the time
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