What should I do if I have multiple tourist visa stamps in Thailand this year?

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Good morning everyone. Hope your day is starting out well. I have a question. I did a border crossing for my last tourist visa. I also entered Thailand using a tourist visa at immigration at BKK when I arrived in Thailand in January. Now I have a mix of tourist and medical stamps in my Passport. The previous stamp was for medical before my stamp on June 11. My question is this. Since I may have 2 or 3 tourist stamps, but not in a row, does this mean I am out of tourist stamps available for this year and I now have to get a different stamp from immigration? If I have to, I can fly out of Thailand and get a tourist stamp this way. Thank you in advance for any assistance. I will be out of the country July 25-July 29 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I was thinking of doing a 6 month visa from there. 
Shalom Cheers Aloha,
Jackie BlueI

Ask Thailand · Answer

The user is seeking guidance on their current visa situation after having multiple tourist and medical stamps in their passport from previous entries into Thailand. They are unsure if they have exhausted their tourist visa options for the year and ask if they need to apply for a different type of visa. Commenters clarify that the user has utilized their allowed number of land entries for tourist visas for the calendar year, and suggest options to either fly out of the country for a new entry or apply for a tourist visa at a Thai consulate while abroad.

Tod ********* · Answer

Okay, you have used all your 30 day visa exempt entries by land this year so until Jan 1 2019 you can't just go to the border, stamp out of thailand, stamp in and out of another country and stamp back into thailand for a 30 day visa exempt entry.

You can fly out and back in to get a 30 day visa exempt entry which you could extend for 30 days at the immigration office for 1900baht.

OR

you can go to a thai consulate in another country and get a single entry tourist visa which wold stamp you in for 60 days when you enter the country and which you could extend for 30 more days for 1900baht too.

Tod ********* · Answer

Unless you are Cambodian or legally hold residence in Cambodia you're not gonna get a 6 month METV <- multi-entry tourist visa for thailand from the thai consulate in Phnom Penh. All the thai consulates in S/E Asia require you to hold legal residence in the country which you're applying for the visa in.

Tod ********* · Answer

Let's make this easy for you

IF you entered thailand without having BOUGHT a visa from a thai consulate and were stamped in for 30 days you entered on a 30 day visa exempt entry stamp. You can get TWO 30 day visa exempt entry stamps by land in a calendar year, and there is no limit to them when entering by air. There is also no limit to the number of tourist visas you can by from a thai consulate.

So tell us:

how many 30 day visa exempt entries by land you have had

how many 30 day visa exempt entries by air you have had

how many single entry tourist visas from a thai consulate you have had

Tod ********* · Answer

The real question IS

Seeing as you can't BUY a tourist visa at the border but only at a thai consulate; What do you mean by doing a border crossing for a tourist visa?

What should I do if I have multiple tourist visa stamps in Thailand this year?

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