What is the best way to extend my Visa on Arrival in Thailand for another 60 days?

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Sep 3, 2024

4 months ago

Anja ***********

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Ok. Visa on arrival 60 days and I need another 60 days . What s the best way??

Immigration only get s you another 30 days.

So maybe better to Laos for 2 nights? But do I need a visa for this visarun??

Or any other country for a few days where I donot need a visa?

Pls advise.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

To extend a 60-day visa on arrival in Thailand, you can take a short trip to a neighboring country and return for a new 60-day stamp. Countries like Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore offer visa-free entry for many nationalities. If traveling to Laos, the visa at the border costs around $40. Ensure to check if your passport allows visa exemption for the country you choose. It's advisable not to overstay your visa, and the method of entry (air vs. land) may affect your visa status.

Bent *************

You don’t need to stay a few says outside Thailand.

4 months ago

Nimal *************

You need to arrive by an international flight. If arrive overland you’ll get only 2 weeks. This was the rule sometime back and don’t know whether it’s amended now!

4 months ago

Nimal *************

Graham Seal Sorry! That happened to me after arriving from Laos by boat few years ago!

4 months ago

Graham ******

@Nimal ************

All Visa Exempt entries whether by air, land or sea have been the same for years. It's currently 60 days.

4 months ago

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John ********

If your country is visa exempt, 60 days, then 30 day extension, then hop over a border somewhere and come back in, get another 60 day stamp. If you go into Laos, I believe the visa at the Laos border is now $40 USD, it used to be $30 when I used to do border bounces at Nong Khai.

4 months ago

John ********

@John *******

he wants another 60 days, so waste of time and money to get the extention. Just go to another country to get the 60 days.

4 months ago

John ********

@John *******

All depends how long you intend staying, if only ninety days, no reason to bother doing a visa run for the sake of 1,900 baht. Probably cost you more than that in travel plus expenses.

4 months ago

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Bob *********

Go to Penang, Malaysia for a few days flights are cheap via Air Asia (install their app)

4 months ago

Henrik *****

What you wan’t and what you can get is not always the same.

4 months ago

Aake **********

Its not a visa on arrival its a visa exemption

4 months ago

Michael ********

Malaysia and Singapore is visa free for most countries. Vietnam is visa free for brits depends what passport you have

4 months ago

Nigel **************

Depends on your passport. That controls whether u can go visa free or not.

4 months ago

Brandon ************

You can go anywhere you'd like, and then return and get a new 60 day stamp. Whether the country you go to requires you to have a visa or not is better asked in a group related to that country as this is a Thailand visa group.

4 months ago

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Brandon ************

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