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By Barry Kenyon

May 2, 2025

Same day border hoppers – those obtaining extra time in Thailand by crossing briefly into Cambodia or another neighbouring country – do have to fill in the online TDAC form whilst waiting an hour or two before returning here. Those travelling with an agency may find the TDAC form is filled in by accompanying staff, but those travelling alone will need to deal alone with the new bureaucracy.

Most of those undertaking border runs are Destination Thailand Visa holders seeking another six months’ sojourn, visa-exempt foreigners looking for a further 60 days and some multiple entry non-immigrant visa holders who must leave Thailand after three months stay. Immigration officers at land entry points say that the rules and regulations for border hops are under review by a governmental working party examining visa exempt regulations and their many repercussions. For now, there are no national changes.

In other developments, foreign visitors at Thai airports who have not filled in the TDAC in advance may find computer desks and helpful officers on duty to assist the forgetful and the computer illiterate. The foreign affairs ministry has stated again that the TDAC has to be filled in 72 hours or less (not more) prior to arrival in Thailand. In general, inauguration day on May 1 went smoothly at airports and land and sea entry points, although some passengers believed they must print the confirmatory email to give to the immigration officer on arrival. In fact, it is OK simply to show him or her the email on your mobile phone.

Foreign visitors are reminded by the Thai cyber police about fake websites which charge a processing fee for completing TDAC before absconding with people’s biometric information and credit or debit card details. Investigations are underway and at least one fake site has been blocked already. The legitimate TDAC service is presently free but must be repeated before every entry to Thailand. It’s [members only]

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Good afternoon

I arrived in Thailand on 14th Jan and my visa expires on 14th March. To extend this my Thai partner and I travelled to Laos today with intentions of returning to Thailand on 13th March. I have been told by the Thai office at Nong Khai that I will not be allowed back in via Nong Khai and must fly to Bangkok to get entry back into Thailand. As I stay near Phang Khon in Sakon Nakhon I will then have to fly back to Udon Thani for my partner to collect me with vehicle we have left at Nong Khai as we have done on last 2 visits to Laos. Any advise would be more than welcome, sorry if it is a bit long winded, many thanks, Chris

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS:

HCMC and Hanoi Thai consulates closed until Feb 3rd

With the Viet New Year holiday coming up, the consulates will be closed starting Saturday and remaining closed until Monday Feb 3rd

It is doubtful any online eVisas will be processed by the consulates during that time.

So if you're going to use either consulate in Vietnam DO NOT GO next week :P

Wait until they re-open (or plan on camping out in Vietnam for a good while) ;)

Hi, can someone confirm/ or not! that i can get a 60 day tourist visa on arrival, and do I need to fill in a online visa application form? im planning to land BKK around end march, ive tried looking online, and varied answers!

thanks

Hi all thanks for accepting me as a member of your group.I'm coming out too thailand on the 2nd Dec until 28th February,the problems is ive already had 2 stays in thailand from 10th July until 6th Aug and from 27th September until 17th October this year.After reading about visas it's confusing me which if any visa I will require,ive emailed the thai embassy regarding this and upto now not had no reply back off them after sending it last week.I want to make sure everything is legal and done properly,it is also saying on the visas application they want proof of my accommodation which upto now i can only prove 28 days which I've booked into a hotel.This being i wanted to travel around thailand and neighbouring countries for all the remaining days,any advise or recommendations would be helpful thankyou in advance

Hello. Looking for some advice, please.

I have completed my employment contract and my NONB expires on 31 July 2024. My flight out of the country is on 6 August 2024. My HR team said I could pay 1900baht to extend my nonB for 7 days. Is that correct? What documents would be needed?

Thanks in advance

Hi there,

I had a SETV and did two land border runs on October and December. Considering we just entered a new calendar year, would we be allowed a new land border run although i already did two in 2023?

I just came back from Cambodia after I did my tourist visa from there and before that I make it from Penang Malaysia.. when I reach the passport control they stop me and send me to another disk and the officer there started to ask me why you come here like this is your third visit what you are doing here!!! is that is a normal situation because this is my third time

Is this passport too damaged for travel?

Traveling to Thailand in August on a US passport. Just gonna use the visa exempt. From what I’ve read it looks like there aren’t any restrictions to entering Thailand anymore. Looks like they’ve dropped the insurance requirements. I read starting June 1st they are charging 300 baht entry fee which includes travelers insurance. Is the 300 baht just part of your airline ticket or do you pay when you arrive? I know you can read a lot of articles about what’s happening in Thailand and they can change the next day so I figured I’d ask on here cause I know a lot of you are experts on this stuff. Thanks