Edit: Oy the visa agency just said if I get the non o I have to wait til it expires to apply for the ltr its a lot of money to an qgent to only get rhe 90 day because I will have enough passive income as of approximately mid September. Visa exempt plus 30 day extension would maybe get me there if they don’t take forever to do the ltr. Maybe 4-5 weeks. Same with the kids educational visas cause they would convert.

I’ve seen people post they’ve gotten their non o from Laos in like 3 days rather than weeks. I’m torn between paying 60,000 for an agent (don’t have time to get the visa before entering the country). If I can just go with my kids for a few days that would be much easier … especially as I will hopefully qualify for the ltr-wp in a few months (getting a big dividend) so it’s a lot of money for something I will hopefully not need for very long

Hi All, currently I am on a 60day exemption visa, which end at the end of the month. I am staying about 1.5 hrs drive from the Lao border. Can I just cross the border and re enter and get another visa for 30 days ???

Sorry to be anonymous but any reason to think we can’t do a same day border bounce at Chiang Khong?

I hope someone can help. How long before a sixty day tourist visa expires can you extend it with another thirty days? Having some difficulty finding an answer. Thanks for your help.

Just posting what happened with us for reference. Arrived end of April (US passport) for first time ever in Thailand planning to stay 90 days. After 60 days, we elected not to file an extension as we wanted to spend a week in Cambodia before returning for a month. We left on time, had a blast in Cambodia.

When we arrived back tonight (BKK) we caught the lecture about this being the last time we would be allowed in for a year. He said the rules had changed and he could only give us 45 days. He said from now on foreigners can only stay a total of 90 days per year. Fine with us we are leaving before then. After a 15 minute back and forth we were allowed to enter. I checked as I exited airport; he stamped 60 days.

Yea, yea, I know that’s not the “rules” or whatever. Just letting people on the every 3 month visa run know they are indeed cracking down if I can catch a lecture for my 2nd entrance ever.

Have the changed the rules again to allow only 2 land boarder crossings?

I have a question regarding the immigration stamp. When I re-entered thailand, I got a 'Out-A' stamp which I did not get before. Does anyone know what this means?

Some background information. Not sure if it's helpful or not. I have been studying thai in Thailand for about 1.5 years. The first 1 year 2 months, I had an ED-Visa. The other 4 months I had a normal visa-exempt in which I had to do a border run. For the last 6 months of my studies, I studied in Chula.

How many nights do you have to stay in Laos to be able to get entry stamp back into Thailand

A friend of mine was turned back at BKK. He had gone in and out too many times. He is back in Canada now. Other than going through the Embassy, paying his fees and getting rejected, how can he tell if he would be able to apply for a VISA now?

Have been in Thailand for 3 months total this year. Do I need a visa when I am going back this month?