December / New Year’s immigration office closures.

Please be aware that immigration offices around the country will be closed on these dates (other than usual weekend closures).

Thursday 5th December

Tuesday 10th December

Saturday 28th December until Wednesday 1st January.

Offices will re-open on Thursday 2nd January.

Many offices are busy following a closure day and will be super busy after a 5 day closure.

If you can avoid going on those days it’s probably best to do so.

Office closures do not affect airports, nor land or sea borders.

Any info regarding immigration office? Will they be open tomorrow? Might be too early to ask but thx for any info.

ATTENTION ALL

IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLOSURES June 2024

Immigration offices nationwide will be closed on:

Monday 3 June: H.M. Queen Suthida's Birthday

Plan accordingly.

* Land borders are open like normal during holidays.

​​ATTENTION MEMBERS

IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLOSURES May 2024

Immigration offices nationwide will be closed on:

**Monday 6 May: Substitute for Royal Coronation Day

Friday 10 May: Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day

Wednesday 22 May: Visakha Bucha**

Plan accordingly.

* Land borders are open like normal during holidays.

If you have a stamp that is expiring during holidays when the immigration offices are closed and you show up at the immigration office on the very next working day you will not be fined for overstay and can get your extension like normal. But you will get an overstay stamp in your passport that says; "overstay xxx days, fine waived due to holiday/closure".

Early warning for immigration office closures for May 2024.

Apart from weekends the offices will be closed on:

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 (Substitute for Coronation day)

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 (Royal Ploughing Ceremony)

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐲 (Visakha Bucha Day)

Airports and land/sea borders are not affected by public holidays.

ATTENTION MEMBERS

IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLOSURES October 2023

Immigration offices nationwide will be closed on:

**Friday 13 October: King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Day

Monday 23 October: Chulalongkorn Day

**Plan accordingly.

* Land borders are open like normal during holidays.

* Check before you go if there were other reasons for that border checkpoint to be closed

If you have a stamp that is expiring during holidays when the immigration offices are closed and you show up at the immigration office on the very next working day you will not be fined for overstay and can get your extension like normal. But you will get an overstay stamp in your passport that says; "overstay xxx days, fine waived due to holiday/closure.

Here are the holidays for May where immigration offices around the country will be closed.

Thursday 4th May - Coronation day.

Friday 5th May - special “bridge” holiday.

Wednesday 17th May - Royal Ploughing Ceremony

(Awaiting confirmation if the 17th is a regional holiday or nationwide. Will amend as I get confirmation).

If you can possibly help it avoid going to your immigration office on the days surrounding closures. They tend to be way busier.

Note. May 1st is Labour Day but immigration offices are open.

Also note that immigration booths at all air or land borders are open as usual.

Heads up for April immigration office closures.

Thursday 6th April closed for Chakri Memorial Day.

Thursday 13 - Monday 17th (inclusive) closed due to Songkran.

Many offices will be manic on Tuesday the 18th after being closed for 5 days so try to avoid if you possibly can.

Airports and land borders operate as normal during these times.

**ATTENTION MEMBERS

IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLOSURES December 2022 & January 2023**

Immigration offices throughout the country will be closed on:

Monday, Dec 5: King Bhumibol Birthday Commemoration Day

Monday, Dec 12: Substitution holiday for Constitution Day

Friday, Dec 30: Special holiday

Monday, Jan 2: Substitution holiday for New Year’s Day

Plan accordingly.

* Land borders are open like normal during holidays.

* Myanmar borders are not open yet for foreigners.

If you have a stamp that is expiring during holidays when the immigration offices are closed and you show up at the immigration office on the very next working day you will NOT be fined for overstay and can get your extension like normal. But you will get an overstay stamp in your passport that says; "overstay xxx days, fine waived due to holiday/closure".

​​ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS - REMINDER

IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLOSURES OCTOBER 2022

ALL Immigration offices in the country will be closed on;

Thursday, Oct 13: King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Day

Friday, Oct 14: Special Holiday

Monday, Oct 24: Substitution for Chulalongkorn Day

Plan accordingly.

* Land borders are open like normal during holidays.