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Sep 4, 2024
2 months ago
Salim *******
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How often can you border bounce?

I’m currently on my second tourist visa, I would like to go to tokyo and back before I fly to cambodia to apply for DTV visa. Is this possible? Or will i get into trouble when coming back from tokyo amd having my third entry in the country.

Dutch(The Netherlands) passport.
Jul 28, 2024
4 months ago
Nongnuch ********
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I'm currently having a huge argument with a moderator of an English-speaking group

He is absolutely convinced that he believes what Tod Daniels wrote a week ago about the 60-day visa-exempt entry.

I, on the other hand, and the admin of another English-speaking visa advice group, are of the opinion that you shouldn't believe everything and should wait and see whether more reports of this kind come in.

It's true - there have been no other such statements so far.

Tod Daniels (a great guy, the visa guru of the advice groups!)

came to the conclusion a week ago that since July 15th you can make UNLIMITED 60-day visa-exempt entries via a land border. The limit of crossing a land border twice per calendar year has been dropped, he wrote

unfortunately, he is basing his argument on ONE single report, as well as the passport and the story of a Filipino who was stamped in at Nong Khai

this Filipino had already overstayed three times (!!) and had already made THREE 30-day visa-free entries since the beginning of the year!

and then the guy claims that after a 60-day visa-exempt stay permit was stamped into his passport, he asked the official how many times he could re-enter from there on

and the official answered him: "unlimited!"

I don't believe a word of this story

because - who is so stupid as to point out to the official at the border with such a stupid question that he might have made a mistake?

He would have expect that the border official will take a closer look at his passport and possibly revoke the stamp!

Do you understand?

that's why I don't believe this story

and Tod Daniels may have fallen for this story

And what else can you say about the little phrase "unlimited visa-free travel"?

The phrase "unlimited visa-free travel by air" has already suggested something that didn't actually exist

In the past, at a certain point, let’s say, the third consecutive attempt at visa-free travel, you would be taken aside at all airports (and at land borders!) and questioned about your true intentions.

And you would be warned that this would be the last time you would be allowed to enter without a suitable visa for a specific purpose.

So, please, why would it have been changed to "unlimited visa-free travel for 60 days for the rest of your Life" as of July 15th?

Based on just ONE report from a Filipino traveler about his experiences at a land border to Laos?

Why should one now start to believe that the phrase "unlimited" actually means unlimited entries by air and land?

Each entry is still granted at the discretion of the immigration officer at the border.

If an immigration officer decides that you have used visa-free entry often enough in a row and have "abused" it for a long-term stay, you can flush the next "unlimited" entry down the toilet
Jun 22, 2024
5 months ago
Richard ********
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Hi

Is it mandatory to get first a 30 days extension after an visa exemption entry to apply for a retirement non O visa ?
Jun 4, 2024
5 months ago
Hello, what is the procedure for a tourist visa in Vietnam.

3.4 Evidence of transportation

Flight itinerary for ROUND TRIP ticket (in Thai or English)

Flight reservation/itinerary must show the applicant’s full name, arrival and departure’s date and time, and flight details

I'm travelling from Bulgaria to Bangkok without entering Thailand, then I go to Vietnam...

Should my round trip ticket be to Bulgaria,Vietnam, or anywhere out of Thailand?

I've been to Laos and is much easier, but they don't have appointments the next 25 days
May 13, 2024
6 months ago
Marcus ************
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From Siam Legal updated 2024. This reads as if one can simply transfer 40k from an American account each month to qualify. That sounds quite lenient to me.
Mar 26, 2024
8 months ago
Leonard *********
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I’m getting mixed messages about the 800k baht requirement for the non-O extension even before reading the 5th check box. Is it needed in there for 2 months or 3 months prior to application in the Phuket immigration office?
Mar 14, 2024
8 months ago
Dustin **********
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I entered Thailand on a 30 day visa exemption at the beginning of March. I decided to apply for an Ed visa and was going to get a 30 day extension at immigration to allow time for the Ed visa process. But after receiving the letter from the MOE you have to go to immigration with at least 15 days left on your visa exemption, and for me that would probably fall on Songkran and once immigration reopens I wouldn’t have 15 days remaining. The school suggested I do a land border run at the beginning of April to get a new 30 day visa exemption, then start the Ed visa application, then get a 30 day extension at immigration until my Ed visa is granted. I’m not so worried about the land border run because it would be my first one ever. My question is whether immigration will give me a 30 day extension if they see two consecutive visa exempt entries. My only other entry was in September 2023 on a 60 day tourist visa which I extended once, then I left the country for 3 months to travel Vietnam. How likely am I to be denied the extension after doing a land border run for a second visa exemption?
Mar 13, 2024
8 months ago
Makro *****
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My Multiple Tourist Entry Visa 6 months already expired but i still can stayed until end of April. After that i return to States and how long i can reapply for a new one come back to Thailand?
Feb 19, 2024
9 months ago
Andy *********
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Possibly a dumb question.

I have a multiple entry non-immigrant O visa, valid until September. I am currently here on a 90-day stay, which will expire at the end of this month.

Can I apply for a 60-day extension of stay based on visiting family, taking me to roughly April 30, then do a border bounce and get another 90 days? Or will the extension of stay void the visa?

Thanks
Jan 4, 2024
10 months ago
Danielle *******
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Hello, I went with my American friend to Samut Prakan Immigration to extend her visa free entry for 30 days. After handing over her passport to the officer we learned that the immigration officer at Suvarnabhumi gave her the wrong stamp which gives her 90 days instead of the expected 30 days as pictured below. The person at the desk in Samut Prakarn told us to go to the airport to get it fixed and insisted that she cannot actually stay for 90 days.

So I have two questions, is this stamp valid for 90 days? If not, where would we need to go in the airport to get the correct stamp?

Thank you in advance.
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