What Are the Recent Experiences of Argentinian Nationals Regarding Visa Runs in Thailand?

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@Biff ******

correctly stated not every nationality can bounce out and back in at land crossings to get 90 day visa exempt entries.

It is what it is.

This is specific to bilateral treaty countries, there was a similar report recently from a Hong Konger also at Mae Sai. She managed to persuade them but was told no more. HK is a peculiarity as it is both a bilateral treaty country but also on the two per year visa exempt list.

To get technical/pedantic these countries do not get a visa exemption but a visa waiver and these are treated differently. Argentina is not on the list of countries on the "two per year" land visa exempt police order that caused Mae Sai to restart allowing border bounces for those countries a few years back, before this Mae Sai were refusing everybody for visa exemptions.

I wouldn't take this as an indication of anything beyond applying to the few bilateral treaty countries, I don't think anything has changed there for most people.

Not every border allows nationals of countries with a bilateral agreement with Thailand to border bounce. Mae Sai is one of those borders. This was not a ‘visa run’ as there is nowhere on the Myanmar side of that border where anyone can get a visa. So, a sign saying ‘no more visa runs’ is somewhat superfluous.

This is the first time I heard of it. But, if he has an Argentinian passport, he doesn't have a visa exception, but a bi-laterial agreement, which is good for a 90 day entry.

To my knowledge, someone with that passport can enter Thailand "unlimited" times, with the definition of "unlimited" being what the immigration officer says it is. A person can't live in Thailand forever without a visa.