What is the best entry point into Thailand and travel options from Siem Reap to Bangkok?

Mar 20, 2020
5 years ago
Nathan ********
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My plan to border bounce at Nong Khai today isn't going to happen because I won't have enough time to go to Khon Kaen before the Lao consulate there closes at 4pm. So I bought roundtrip plane tickets from Chiang Mai to Siem Reap (Cambodia), but just realized that the return flight will be stopping in DMK, which seems to be one of the strictest entry points. I only have two entries on my Argentinian passport (and so I'm wondering if they're likely turn me away), and now I'm thinking I want to take a bus/van from Siem Reap to Bangkok. Does anyone know what entry point is least likely to give me problems and whether there's a van service I can use either from Siem Reap or from the border to Bangkok? And what are the hours that the borders are open?
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User is exploring travel options to enter Thailand after having to cancel plans for border bouncing at Nong Khai. They express concerns about potential issues at DMK airport due to limited entries on their Argentinian passport and seek advice on the least problematic entry points and van services from Siem Reap to Bangkok, as well as border hours.
Sabrina ********
Nong Khai border is open.
Risto ************
Ok. Understand.
Risto ************
You can only go to Laos from Nongkhai if you get a visa from a Lao Consulate in advance, and they will require a medical certificate for you to get one.
Robert *******
Open as in, go there and you buy a Visa on Arrival at the border check point and continue your way into Laos,

or Open as in if you bought a Visa at the Laos Consulate in Khon Kaen or Bangkok and you have a medical certificate you can enter Laos?

Please, only open or close does not help anymore.
Tod *********
The ONLY border anyone reported bouncing out and in at with ANY success is the Cambodian Border at Ban Pakard In Pong Nam Ron in Chanthaburi Province.
Rusty ************
@Tod ********
as of when?
Nick ********
Did you make it to the border to get denied an exit stamp or did you make this decision before seeing the border?
Nathan ********
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@Nick *******
I haven't left Chiang Mai yet.
Véronique ****
Same situation here! I am waiting for updates since yesterday evening but nothing...
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