I entered Thailand on a 45 exempt visa on 6 December. I come from UK and had applied for a 90 day O retirement visa but it didn't arrive in time for me to use to enter Thailand. I now have that visa and I can activate it anytime up until the beginning of March. Do I need to leave Thailand and reenter to be able to activate this 90 day visa? Because I hate coach travel if I need to leave and reenter I was planning to fly to Vientiane, stay overnight and fly back to BKK. Is this long enough away? Separate question. I am renting a condo in Pattaya but no TM 30 has been filed. If I wanted to extend my 45-day exempt visa in the Pattaya immigration office would I be asked for a TM30? Many thanks for your advice

I'm going to Vientiane to extend my visa so that I can switch to a Non-o immigrant when I come back (marriage to a thai)

My question is what is the quickest and most inexpensive way to get there? Fly to udon thani and take a bus, fly to BKK? Any suggestions to make this a quick and easy trip would be helpful.

I'm hoping I don't run into problems as this is my theirs land crossing this year but I'm going to bring all my marriage paperwork with me so they can see proof.

I am planning to go to Vientaine for my ED Visa the week of the 19th. Can anyone recommend a company to use for the trip to get me through and back in one piece. Lol. First time and going alone.

Hi, my friend is flying tmr from CNX-UdonThani-Vientiane to apply her NON-ED Visa (taking a Thai course for a year). My questions

1) she will fly to UdonThani, take an hour bus to border, a "Tuk-tuk" to hotel for next morning Embassy visit -is this correct?

2) will she need to have any reasonable amount of cash with her to show the officer or will they require her to show finance/ bank statement?

3) she don't speak any Thai, will it be easy to get transport back to border and bus to airport and catch her 1800 flight back to CNX?

Thank you for any advice😊

Vientiane Visa Advise.

I'm going to get a SE tourist visa on Monday.

I'll be flying to Udon Thani on Sunday and spending the night there.

Can people advise how I can get to Vientiane for Monday morning. What is the best way to get from the city to the border- then from the border to the Thai embassy? is there any cost for entering Laos?

Thanks