What should I know about my 90-day visa for Thailand, and why am I confused about its dates and duration?

@Jean-Claude ********

I shall explain once even though many people have done it already.

Many countries don’t get the 60 day free so still need to apply for the 60 day visa. Also by having the actual visa some people believe it will guarantee them entry so prefer to spend the money.

Your mistake was thinking the 60 day visa was for 90 days because it is VALID for 90 days. I understand English is not your first language so just accept your mistake and move on.

@Jean-Claude ********

Cool down, Jean-Claude Bauduin

There is no 90-days tourist visa

There only is a 90-days Non-imm-O visa based on marriage or retirement, yet it would have cost 80.- Euros fee

So if you only paid 40.- Euro, all you got is a “single entry 60-days Tourist Visa”.

It is valid for a one entry (single entry) for 90 days, starting on the day of its issue. You must enter Thailand before the expiry date of the visa validity.

When you enter on November 8, you will get stamped in for a 60-days stay permit (“admitted until”) until January 7, 2025

Always immediately check the stamp you receive from the Immigration officer if he/she stamped you in correctly for 60 days

About two weeks before the stay permit expires, visit Immigration and apply for the 30-days touristic extension

It costs a fee of 1900.- THB and will carry you on to February 6, 2025

@Jean-Claude ********

Everybody tells you that you're wrong about your understanding but you just don't like the answers. Why even ask for advice ? Good luck to you explaining 90days at immigration at arrival 👍🏻

The only way to save some little time would be to apply online for a 30 days extension on your 60'days tourist visa



Usual cost of 1900 + 500 service fee. You still need to go to immigration to collect your sticker.

@Greg **********

maybe wrong, but i reacted on what he wrotes... 90 days visa

@Jean-Claude ********

j'ai eu le même cas de figure avec un visa de 6 mois. Reçu en seulement en 3 jours. J'ai donc perdu un mois , car le départ prévu un mois plus tard.

yep. u just need activate/use the visa before its end date and u still get the 90 days, i used to use the o' visa for years to get 90 days per entry .i got a 1 yr multi entry o visa for yrs till they stopped it .

@Jean-Claude ********

60 days on exemption is free, the 30 days extension is 1900 Baht..

@Jean-Claude ********

A 30 days extension is 1900 baht. 4000-5000 baht with an agent. Total waist of money. Easy peasy, passport with stamp, pass photo, receipt of TM.30 if asked for, 1900 baht cash and apply on a TM.7 form at the immigration.

@Jean-Claude ********

you are indeed completely confused. Read the excellent comments from others and sort yourself out. The errors here are yours. And once again, there is no 90 day tourist visa. Only 60 days. Or did you apply for a Non-immigrant visa?

@Jean-Claude ********

you clearly don't understand your visa since you talk about wrong dates which they are not

@Jean-Claude ********

not wrong dates - read the comments and read properly what is written in your visa. The valid from is the earliest you can enter Thailand and valid until is the last day you can enter Thailand and it also says for how long you can stay in Thailand

@Jean-Claude ********

you clearly don't understand visa validity dates. A single entry tourist visa is valid to be used once within 90 days from the day it is granted, and allows a 60 day stay once you use it to enter the country. You can enter the expiration date and still be stamped in to stay for 60 days. You can extend that entry for an extra 30 days one time at immigration offices within Thailand. Think of the visa like a gift certificate you buy from a store that expires in 90 days. It has nothing to do with the value of the gift certificate itself. And yes, we know that both tourist visas and visa exempt entries grant 60 day stays, and both can be extended once for the extra 30 days. The tourist visa still exists because some people either are from a nationality that doesn't qualify for visa exempt entry, or because they have a potentially problematic previous entry history of many visa exempt entries, and getting an actual tourist visa helps reduce the risk of being denied entry. No one granted your visa for the wrong dates. Single entry tourist visas always expire 90 days from the day the consulate issues it. Consulates do not date the validity start date in the future to match your travel dates. That's not how it works.

@Jean-Claude ********

Are u sure you didn’t apply for a 60 days tourist visa valid for 90 days. Non Immigrant visa normally cost the double of what you paid (€80) and there’s no onward ticket requirement, in fact you can apply without uploading any tickets at all? Tourist visa can be more strict regarding this.

@Jan *****************

the 40 Euro Tourist Visa is for 60 days and can ve extended for 30 days same as the visa exempt.

@Rene *****

which is why I said the length of time requested rather than 90 days - unless he applied for a non-O (in which case the price seems low)