What are the recent changes to Thailand's entry visa rules regarding unlimited land entries?

Ok.. so if we are going to stay 5 months and we do the following....

1x60days (entry by air) then 2x60 days land border entries ( we stay close to Cambodian border so easier than going to immigration office).

Would that work? Is it definitely now 60 days on land entry?

Thanks in advance for advice 🙏🏻

Can anyone report that they have made their 3rd land entry with this new scheme?

Just received my 4th land border stamp from Malaysia!

Any more field reports of 3rd or more Land Entry using Visa Exemption from other Land Borders?? Hopefully, reports from the Land Borders with Laos perhaps??

Great work as always, and, personally, heard this great news here 1st in this FB Group, not other websites, FB Pages, or FB Groups!

never trust immigration officer !!!! Few years ago they asked me to come back to immigration office on the next day even if i had a ticket number and it was my last day on my visa. They said i will not have overstay (and it was amnestie time during covid), next day the same officer gave me overstay. So unlimited? i don't believe it (yet)

If anyone hears about this at Malaysia borders please comment!! 🙏

Let's keep an eye on it a bigger sample size would be good.

Which borders overland? Ranong to Myanmar, Satun, Sadao, Padang Besar? Any info about that?

Would it be a good or a bad news for people who are staying here with entries exempts for a long time (more than 4 or 5 months a year) ? I am not even sure….

The good thing with the 2 entries per year was that they were almost guaranteed. Now it could be exactly the same as arriving per air, and someone could just get a declined entry arriving from Vientiane for the first time in the year just because he would have stayed too long before ?

So i don’t know what to think about it and i think i prefer if they keep the 2 entries per year rules. But ofc that’s just my opinion

Fantastic news. Awaiting for the official confirmation 👍

Tod Daniels Please confirm whether the stamp is valid at all land crossings for 60 days

Hopefully, more field reports at more land border checkpoints using different countries' passports come in!

Tod bringing the good stuff as usual 👏

Interesting given the land entry is unlimited how does someone show evidence of their intention to leave Thailand within the 60 days? My understanding is that the criteria for the visa exemption is a flight out. Does this now mean a booked train ticket would be ok?

I find it very hard to believe.

The core of Tod’s statement is that you can use the 60-days visa-exempt entry back-to-back for an unlimited number of entries.

That would be a step back to the 1980-ies and 1990-ies.

The assumption is based on a statement of only one single immigration officer at a land border crossing. And I reckon we haven’t received any more such statements, so far

And the holder of the passport was a Filipino - they are indeed allowed to enter Thailand unlimited times, entitled so as being a citizen of an ASEAN country.

Hi. Thanks for sharing!

I'd be careful saying that's quite a normal situation with a softer entrance right after the rules update. There is no experience with new stamps yet, so the border staff could be more welcoming at the start.

It was almost the same after COVID stamps were lifted, it was almost the same when visa exemption stamps were extended from 30 to 60 days for some countries a few months ago.

So... I'd say we can't be really sure that it means "unlimited stamps", especially on land the border immigration points. For now, it looks like that. But the previous experience guides us to something different.

Seems they want people to stay more then 183 days and tax them is what I suppose.

Where do I find the new 60 day rules the UK embassy still had not updated thier website when I looked

THX so much

Any update about the destination Thailand visa? Is this finally working?

Besides the cost, the struggle and the time we spend, let's give them some credit for the reduced Co2 emissions. 👏

It really depends on the immigration officer at the airport?

I'm curious to see how this one ends because one (or three for that matter) immigration officers saying and doing something may not yet be as convincing. Just as embassies writing sometimes ludicrous things on their page, with the only difference that IO's actually execute the policy (so their mistake takes an actual effect).

It also kinda worries me that by now two embassies appear to write that exemption in general is limited to two per calendar year. I vaguely recall that some already had this posted so it may have just popped up because people looking for info found these (false) claims, but if it's newly posted... I guess time will tell.

What does the Gazette say about this?

If the land crossing is unlimited will that also apply to flying in?

Visa exemption stamp.

So me asking a basic question in a comment gets removed by mods, but this misinformation gets to stand. Fantastic.

Now a bunch of people are going to get turned back at the border because of this fool.

We will just have to see if this is a one off case or many others get it. Too early to make any conclusions, just too risky for people that are planning to do this.

That may not be correct, please see the latest from the London Embassy, limited to 2 times a year by any means.

Bit of a big statement following just 1 immigration officer’s decision on 1 person !!!

Immigration appear to have been told to open the doors !!

3 days ago the immigration officer at Suvarnabhumi Said different. 2 by land, unlimited by air.

What if you were already here on 30 day when it became official and do an extension? Will it still only be 30?

Sounds amazing..I hope all the authorities having the same idea ..🙏🏻

Good news🤩

Surprised you of all people take this as gospel….😉😀

Aranyaprathet/ Poipet border crossing?

Arse and elbow comes to mind every time the "official" immigration line is spoken by a random officer and posted here, LOL !

very surprised the individual TRIED for a 3rd land entry ...surely the knew its been two for a while ....

You are always on top of it all Tod👍

@Tod ********

has spoken. So it shall be.

Breaking and first ??? I saw already 20 stamp pictures the last 2 days 😊

FILIPINO CAN MAKE LAND BORDER RUN UNLIMITED! THE PASSPORT ON THE PIC IS A FILIPINO PASSPORT! HIM ENTER THAILAND FROM CAMBODIA TO CHANTABURI PROVINCE! HOPE THIS HELPS.

@Serge ***

check this out !

Surely this is a rogue or misinformed Immigration Officer

@Tod ********

What land crossing did they use?

@Tod ********

, I’d like to thank you for all that you do for this group, in keeping us informed of changes and the information you provide. Volunteering your services like this is amazing!

And new 60 days on arrival can be extended for how many days please?

Where can I find the list of the countries?

Hopefully all officers have the same interpretation of the law. I have an example of the opposite. On the 16th, the day after the change came into force, a friend with a Bulgarian passport received a visa-on-arrival for 15 days instead of 60 days with the explanation that the law "had not yet come into force". I never found a logical explanation why countries appear in both lists - 60 days and 15 visa-on-arrival. Absolute nonsense that allows officers to interpret the law according to their mood. I know, I know TIT😏

Maybe be careful of each individual Immigration Officer's interpretation and how they feel on the day 🥴

Hopefully it's a rigid "unlimited" 👍

And just like that, we are wanted here again! Dtv the new tourist visa!

Thanks Tod.

Probably depends on the mood of the immigration officer as well.. this one was DEFINITELY in a good mood 🤣

Very nice

I love the last sentence 😝🤣😂🤣😂👌🏻🙌🏻

Great news, thanks for the update. I got questioned when coming in last week due to having been on a visa-exemption just a couple of months ago. Flight entries each time. The officer reluctantly stamped me in, however did not say anything about getting a proper visa next time; going to anyway rather than take any risks.

Oh wow, and it’s a Philippine passport!

Arrived one day before this went into effect!

Yes, but for those who are already having ideas, remember that immigration officers probably won't let you abuse the system now more than they did in the past. If you keep doing back to back visa runs, you'll get pulled aside and told to get the proper visa, eventually. I did that for a while and got away with it but considering all the extra questioning I was subjected to, it became apparent that after 5 back to back visa runs complete with extensions for each of them, if I tried to do it just one more time, I would have been turned away.

If this is the case ... Wow!

3 weeks ago I got a grilling by a Suvarnabhumi immigration supervisor for using too many visa exempt entries. Now this. TIT.