Hello

I am Burmese coming to Laos to apply for tourist visa after staying in Thailand for 14 days (visa free).

When I planned to leave Thailand from Nong Khai, Thai immigration officer denied me to leave by land and told me to take flight.

I had to go back to Bangkok, took a flight, came to Laos and applied for TR visa.

So, I am wondering if I enter Thailand again this time, do I need to take flight or can I cross by land? Thanks in advance.

Has anyone entered Thailand via Nong Khai border with a new DTV?

What was your experience like?

Follow up from my previous post regarding the nong khai border.

Today I exited Thailand via the nong khai border. The immigration lady said “oh last day of extension. Spent long time here. If you want to enter Thailand again then take flight, don’t enter through here”. Do they have a system to flag you that din’t let this person enter through land border or something?

So I guess visa exemption won’t be possible now. I wanted to understand that if I get an actual visa from the Vientiane embassy, then can I attempt to enter through this border?

I really don’t want to fly back because I have heard that people have been denied entry at the airport even if they had valid tourist visas.

I need to enter Thailand because all flights back home also go via bkk 😕

Indian passport.

Hi, I asked similar question before so sorry for asking again but just wanted some advice. I have an Indian passport. I was planning to do a visa run at the end of my 30 day exemption+30 day extension through the Nong Khai border but recently came across something called as a border bounce but not sure what are the advantages/disadvantages. Considering that I have already flown to Thailand multiple times in the last year(spent 4.5 months cumulatively last year), what would be the best choice for me? I am not interested in a visa agency because they are too expensive and it sounds rather uncomfortable being crammed in a van for 10 hours+.

1 - Go to Laos for an hour or so and come back to Thailand(Nong khai border) under the 30 day visa exemption.

2 - Spend a night in Laos and come back to Thailand(nong khai border) under the 30 day visa exemption.

3 - Go to the Thai embassy in Laos and get a 60 day tourist visa and come back through the nong khai border. This would mean that I would need to spend atleast 2-3 days in Laos waiting for this visa. I have booked an appointment already just to be safe.

I am currently on visa extension(after 30 days of visa exemption, for a total of 60 days). I plan to stay in Thailand for 15 more days after my visa ends.

Would it be a good idea to go to Laos for a night or two and then re enter Thailand via the Nong Khai border using visa exemption or is it too risky?

Last year I had spent a total of around 135 days in Thailand if that matters(Indian passport).

TIA.

Hi, I have one question, is it possible to cross the Nong Khai border with an e-visa ? Or can we do a visa on arrival (for a Mexican passport holder)?

We were also thinking about the visa from Vientiane embassy but not sure about the delay.

Thank you in advance for your responses ☺️

Quick question ... does the Nong Khai border post close for lunch 12 - 1 or is it open all day? Trying to time my arrival there. Thanks

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS:

Re; Lao Border Points

There was a train-wreck of a post (now thankfully deleted) the other night about someone who was denied entry into thailand at the Nong Khai border crossing <-(hands down the EASIEST border crossing in all of thailand to get IN to the country by)

And it seems every Tom, Dick & Somchai poser :O errr poster had to weigh in with their 2 satang's worth of info on what to do.

I want to clear up ANY misunderstanding.

There is ABSO-tively, POSI-lutely ZERO problem with ANY border crossing with Lao and you don't need a service to bounce you out and back with them AT ALL.

It appears the whole story was not related in the thread :O The O/P entered the country and was mistakenly stamped in for 60 days NOT the 30 days they would get on a visa exempt entry.

They foolishly thought that if immigration makes a mistake the stamp is good <- IT IS NOT.

They stayed the full 60 days then went to fly out. When they stamped out they were found to NOT have held a tourist visa but had really entered visa exempt and been stamped in wrong. The fact they didn't correct it <- meant they were now on a 30 day overstay.. Graciously the people at passport control didn't fine them the 15K baht overstay. They did get the overstay stamp though.

AND

when they went to re-enter at the Nong Khai border I think passport control saw the overstay stamp and said, you just overstayed a month you can't get in by land and turned them back to Lao.

Eventually they did get in but it took another day..

This was 100% a problem of their own making, they got stamped in wrong, they didn't go correct it <- Once again people, it is YOUR passport so YOUR responsibility to get errant stamps corrected,

IF you get stamped in for longer than you should you DO NOT get to stay that extra time because immigrations 'messed up'..

You'll get tagged for overstay because you 'messed up' not going to get that stamp corrected.

CHECK your stamp before you walk away from passport control.

I just wanted to let everyone know, despite that thread about the denial at Nong Khai

THERE IS NO ISSUE AT ALL WITH ANY OF THE LAO BORDER POINTS AS FAR AS PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND BACK IN.

Curious about returning back to Thailand from lao at the nong khai border….I’m the next couple weeks..

I have a metv, do I need onward travel proof and/or 20,000 baht do you think?

Has anyone crossed over recently on that type of visa or perhaps a visa exempt?

Thanks!

I'm not sure how to ask my own question. If not, you can delete this message. I then try find out how to do it the right way Question:border bounce Nong Khai: you stamp out Thailand. Can you get into Thailand immediately? Or do you buy a Laos visa, stamp in and out then come back Thailand?