Which visa run is quicker: Koh Samui or Chiang Mai?

@Miri ****

the best way to go about it is to have your school explicitly tell you what they need (specifically how much time they need or what visa/stamp you need to be on).

When you know this information you will know exactly what you need to do and then we can help find the best solution.

@Steve *******

did ask you the right question. Are you sure they can’t work with 45 day exempt stamp? (Border bounce)

If that’s the case, and you confirm that, then whether you bounce to Malaysia from Samui or CM to Laos it will be the same stamp just depends what’s most convenient for you.

@Miri ****

if you “border bounce” (terms are very important here because people love to nit-pick) you will get 45 days (before March 31) or if you do a visa run you will get 60. The visa run will require a consulate visit which could mean a few days depending where you go to process.

From what it sounds like with your education visa it’s important for the school to tell you what their requirements are. If they just need time to process everything then 45 days will be enough.

If they need to get the ed visa approved and have you enter on that it will require another trip.

If there is anything I can recommend is to have them tell you what they need and do what they say. If you have to bounce and then re-enter on the visa do it. If they can process it while you’re here but need days left, it saves you an extra trip.

Long story short they know what they need, or at least know how many days they need.

@Steve *******

yes I think so too. I’m just establishing now why I’m bad at geography and how the Samui bounce is faster than CM as

@Todd ********

so eloquently pointed out.