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September 18, 2024
6 days ago
Pierre ********
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Hello everyone.

In order to assess the percentage of people accepted and rejected, I am conducting this survey. Thank you for your feedback.
August 26, 2024
a month ago
Rahul *******
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Hi everyone,

need your advice and suggestions.

I have been to Thailand 2 times this year from April and then did border run in May.

June i went to Malaysia and then to bali . I will be reentering Thailand in September for 3rd time.

Will i be allowed to enter Thailand 3rd time but after around 3 months. ??

Also if i am not allowed how can i enter again
March 29, 2024
6 months ago
Liana *******
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Hi all, has anyone recently finished one year of education visa in Thailand and then tried to return to Thailand on a tourist visa within a few weeks/one month of leaving? Wondering if there is any anecdotal evidence about how immigration officers are responding to this at various borders. Thanks so much in advance!
April 14, 2023
a year ago
Andy *********
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Just a quick post about our experience bringing our 12 year old niece from Vietnam to Thailand. Something we've not done before - traveled with a child, and also not our own child. We got the Viet government form, which lists the Mother & Father, has my wife's information too. All notarized, which we had translated to English, and notarized. Checking into the Tan Son Nhat airport, the Viet Air desk, or Immigration, never checked anything but her passport. When we arrived at Suvarnabhumi, immigration never asked either. Must say I was a bit surprised, but happy.
January 10, 2023
2 years ago
Saliy ****
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Update: had a good experience crossing the border from Thanaleng (Laos) back to Nong Khai. We didn’t do a border run exactly, we stayed for 5 days (Also surprised about Vientiane, its a nice place if you want to take a break from busy Bangkok). IO didn’t asked questions, everything went very fast and easy. If you already have 2 visa exempt I suggest to do a border run through Nong Khai - Laos.

Hello,

I have a question about crossing land border between Nongkhai to Laos. Me and my boyfriend are Dutch and we both entered Thailand twice by air since October ‘22 (2 times visa exempt). Our current visa exempt is till January 14th. We are thinking about doing our first border run from Nongkhai to Laos, because we haven’t set a date for our return flight (probably end of February). I think if we enter Thailand by air again the immigration officer at the airport will ask us questions about our stay in Thailand and probably need to show a outbound flight.

Do you think we can do a border run for a new visa exempt without any problems?
December 31, 2022
2 years ago
Sven *******
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What about having / travelling to Thailand with 2 valid passports?

So, I am about to get a second passport. Any gotchas or potential upsides?

Sure, I am aware that I would have to stick to using either one of them for each trip into Thailand. But I am asking myself a couple of related questions:

Any legal obstacles of possessing and carrying two valid passports while entering Thailand?

Any potential upsides? My primary passport is half covered with Thai stamps (including some COVID extensions). So, on my most recent entry they shook me down for bribery money at the border. So, if I entered with my second, fresh passport, could I expect that border crossing to be more smoothly? Would they be likely to even notice I am the same person?

Would a second passport effectively enable one to do more border runs per year?

Who has got experience of entering / staying in Thailand making use of two passports?

Cheers.
October 14, 2022
2 years ago
Meno *****
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Hi... Has anyone done an:

- OA (RETIREMENT) Visa EXTENSION for another 1year

...in KRABI immigration?

If yes, when &, how was the experience?

...& did they charge more than the official 1900 Baht for this extension?

Was paperwork needed as normal, or troublesome?

I've heard this branch is quite corrupt, & asking for 3000 Baht "expedited same-day on-the-spot” extension, or pay the normal fee of 1900 baht, but return in 2 weeks to get the completed extension 🙄
August 7, 2022
2 years ago
Matt ****
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I had five air entries into Thailand from May 1 to July 31. Every time I got a 30 day stamp on arrival. On my last entry, the passport control officer took a little too long scrutinizing my passport. I started strongly leaning towards getting a multiple entry six month tourist visa. But, on my way out of Thailand to spend a month back in the USA, I spoke to two different immigration officers at BKK and asked them if it would be best to get a visa for my next arrival at the end of August. Both were emphatic that as long as my entries are via air, and I stay less than 30 days per entry, I don't need to worry. Wondering if anyone else has had any experience with having a bunch of visa-free entries in a relatively short period of time and if there's ever been any problems. I might have just spoken to two incredibly lenient officials on my way out.
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