My friend arrived today from UK travelling with two others who are here for short holiday 21 days . He though has came back for a longer break, he was here at end of 2024 on a tourist 60 day visa and extended it from 60 to 90 days and then he went home to Uk early December, not sure exact date. He booked a return flight for another 90 day trip , no hassle at the departing airport not sure if Qatar or emirates but they just said will he be applying for a visa extension, no problem with airline to let him fly as his return flight was in 90 days. When he got to immigration in Bkk he was in his words grilled by immigration officer on what his intentions were. Where would he stay , where was he travelling. She told him not allowed to visit for 90 days and go away short time and come back for another 90 days , he must apply e visa online , at one point he thought she wasn’t going to give him entry it was really bad the other two friends got scared as they heard all this and thought he was going to be refused entry. The officer was very rude and direct , visa not for long visit only tourist for holiday, the more he tried to reason the more she said it.

He did not argue as he was on verge of being refused . Now immigration officer has put a note on his file to warn other officers. He’s panicking, she said ok you have holiday , go away for long time come back for holiday , it beggars belief they want tourist that they do this , this friend took early retirement and is loving visiting Thailand but this has put him off . He travels Europe a lot so he might return to that . I told him to get a multi entry retirement visa to last him 15 months but after this 3 months he is not coming back until September/ October , so should he risk return in September and do retirement visa then or get it on this trip even though he won’t use it again from when he leaves in April until he returns in September.

Has anyone else suffered at immigration? This guy is actually genuine lol he fell in love with the lifestyle but he’s genuinely just using the system to holiday nothing else. I told him to get an agent to do his extension at 60 days as he will never know what this officer put on his file and he might be refused. He is shaken by the experience

Sorry for long post I have literally just left these friends and this was the main topic of conversation

Hi - what would be the best way to stay 4-6 months in Thailand? I will be coming from UK

Single Entry Visa: 60+30 days (90 total). A border run should give me another 60 days if I am correct when I arrive back at immigation, for 5 months total?

Multiple Entry Visa: 60+30 days (90 total). A border run will give me another 60+30 days automatically upon re-entering Thailand for up to 6 months total?

I was hoping to do a border run by air after the 80 day mark, is it important that I stay in the neighbouring country for atleast 1 night with the single or multiple entry visa, or will it not make a difference for the latter as the visa has already been pre-approved?

Thank you!

Hello guys, previously, I entered and exited Thailand and obtained a 2-month tourist visa for the second time. Now, I want to extend it again to travel more, but the only option I know about is annual language schools. Is there any other solution for 3-6 months?

hello, is the 60 day free visa on arrival still going for american tourists? i just flew back to usa to get a new passport. if not does anyone know of any expedited visa services that take 2-3 days for acceptance? i receive my new passport back on wednesday, the 20th and my flight is on monday the 25th. any suggestions of what i should do? any suggestions and information would be greatly appreciated. thank you

I just got my DTV Approved in Jakarta.

This is what i submitted

-1 Copy of my passport

-proof The airbnb stay in Jakarta

-Indonesia Temporary stay(u get that in email)

-3 months Bank statements and a google screenshot showing How much it is from my currency to Baht.

-Filed out the application

-1 Doctor appointment that i got online for free. i just booked 1 doctor appointment for 20 Nov, got eMail confirming that its confirmed, i printed that out and thats it.

Wish you all luck, Jakarta is really one of the easiest when it comes to this.

Hello All, I’m looking for the professional advice,

If I’m arriving to Bangkok without visa from Canada and get 60 days exemption visa, in the airport, can I change or ask right away to get retirement non 0 visa ?

Thank you for any help,🙏

Hi I am looking for some advice, if we have put a flight down on an E- Visa, is it possible to change the flight?

I've read conflicting information, i'm coming from the U.S. and i would like to stay for 2 weeks, do i need to apply for any kind of visa or do i have an automatic entry if under 30 days?

Hmmm... 2-part question;

I've done the 2 land borders using visa exemption already this year

However:

... if I come by land crossing next time but *with a non-b for work*... then, is that allowed?

2nd part: if yes, that's allowed to be done, and therefore it gets me in for 90 days [in which time the full year extension must be done] during those 90 days can I get a re-entry permit, leave for 3 weeks and return on a still valid non-b? (Getting the full year extension once I'm back)

My school couldn't confirm or deny whether a re-entry permit works for people in those initial 90 days/prior to having the 1 year extension

As always, thanks

Hello everyone!

I’m South African: planning to travel to Thailand for a 21-day meditation course in Dui Suthep in July. I’ll be traveling from Uzbekistan.

Question is: can anyone confirm if South Africans can get a 30 day visa on arrival at the airport or not?

I have tried searching in the group but found nothing. (If anyone can refer me to a post with a similar question that’d be great too)

TIA