Where can I book a budget bus ticket from Bangkok to Siem Reap for a visa application?

@Riaan *********

Similar to most things in Thailand, I think it’s a bit of luck on who you get and what they ask for 😕

@Marc *******

once you receive the “onward ticket”, use it to go onto the official website, ie Qatar Airways was my ticket, input booking ref num-surname etc and email the actual itinerary to yourself with the airline logo on it 😉

@Marc *******

I have applied with it 3 times and no issues. I don’t think they look that far into it

As Wikitravel mentions:

Proof of onward transit :- long happily ignored by Thai immigration, has been known to be strictly applied in some instances (Indian passport holders beware). The requirement is for an international flight itinerary - NOT train, ferry, or other departure type. Airlines, who have to pay for your return flight if Thai immigration doesn't let you into the country, also check this and often will not let you board your flight for Thailand without it.) A print-out of an international e-ticket on a budget airline is sufficient to convince the enforcers, but those planning on continuing by land may have to get a little creative. Buying a fully refundable ticket and getting it refunded once in Thailand is also an option. Land crossings, on the other hand, are a very straightforward process and proof of onward journey is generally not required (Indian passport holders beware again... or anyone, if the border officials simply decide to uphold the bureaucracy).

@Steve ******

From ThaiEmbassy.com (not the official website of the Thai embassy):

They must have a confirmed return ticket to show that they are flying out of Thailand within 30 or 15 days of entry, as appropriate. Open tickets do not qualify. Travelling overland out of Thailand by train, bus, etc to Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (including en route to Singapore), Myanmar, etc is not accepted as proof of exiting Thailand.

Bus ticket can not be checked online>

try and get a thai visa with a bus ticket>

Good luck

@Bonnie ******

It's boarding your flight that's the problem not Thai Immigration, the airline wont accept that is your plan 😂

@Marc *******

you can try, I hope it will be accepted for the visa application. As a Thai bus actually never crosses the border to Cambodia (left hand-right hand)