sunshine42
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This was on the website www.thai.It. -Travel guide.
(Thailand Visa for UK Citizens - Thai Visa for British
Thailand visa for UK citizens is not required for short term visit to Thailand. If you're British and hold a passport issued by the United Kingdom which is valid for at least 6 months from the day of your arrival to Thailand, you can visit Thailand on a Free Visa Exemption as long as your planned stay in Thailand doesn't exceed 30 days. For a longer stay UK citizens need to get a Thailand Visa in advance.
Thailand Visa Exemption for British
UK citizens can stay in Thailand without a visa for up to 30 days. The duration of visa-exempt stay is the same for the arrivals at the airports and border crossings (big advantage for British as most of nationalities get less than coming to Thailand by land). You can use Thailand visa exemption only if you haven't entered Thailand as a tourist for more than 90 days in the past 6 months.
As a citizen of the United Kingdom you can use Thailand Free Visa-Exempt Stay if you have the following:
- UK citizen passport valid for at least 6 months from the day of your arrival
- A return or onward travel ticket within 30 days
- Dully filled-in Arrival Card which will be handed to you during your flight
- A proof of funds - at least 10,000 THB per person and 20,000 THB per family in cash (equivalent in any currency) )
Not sure where their information of, ‘You can use Thailand visa exemption only if you haven’t entered Thailand as a tourist for more than 90 days in the past 6 months.’ has been obtained from.
Does anybody have current (2019) information regarding the above requirement?
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Thanks guys for your input. I will fly into DM and hope reason prevails and the law is respected!
I have been in Thailand less than the 180 day unofficial limit, in fact when I return at the end of this month I shall only have been in Thailand for 4 of the previous 12 months.
All this uncertainty I guess is the price we Farang are going to have to pay if we want to continue spending more than just a couple of weeks each year in LoS. Starting to wonder if it is worth it.
Will report back how it goes.
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Like many of you I have been,with growing alarm reading the recent reports of trouble with immigration at the Bkk airports, especially Don Muang.
May I ask the Thai Visa members for their opinions on the likelihood of having any problems entering in the current immigration climate.
Next week I shall be flying into DM from Vietnam, on a Visa Exempt entry, the first time I have ever entered this way. I will have in my possession a return ticket to my home country of the UK (within the 30 days granted entry) 20,000 baht cash and hotel bookings for the duration. My previous history of stays in Thailand are as follows;
Nov 2009 - Mar 2017, Lived and worked, with the appropriate Visas and Work Permits full time. Everything always to the letter of the law and not one problem. Left Thailand and returned to my home country, UK.
Nov 2017 - Apr 2018, Returned to Thailand on a Single Entry TV, which I extended
for 30 days. Left for 7 days at the end of the permitted stay and got another SETV
from Vietnam, which I again extended for 30 days. Left Thailand within the permitted time and returned to my home country. Total duration of stay being just under 6 months.
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019, Returned to Thailand again on a SETV, which I extended for 30 days. Left Thailand end of Jan and have now been in Vietnam ever since.
Never had any overstays or any other problems. However in the current climate is this considered "too much time spent in Thailand" Do you think I will have any problems with immigration at Don Muang?
Your thoughts please.......
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Trouble at Don Muang
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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NanLaew said:
"However, the OP is planning using a visa-exempt entry on top of a recent history multiple SETV + ext to stay long-term"
Wrong....As I clearly stated in my original post, I have a return ticket to my home country within 30 days, hardly planning to stay "long term" when I fly out 3 weeks after arrival.
NanLaew said:
"If the OP does get lucky and does get allowed in, will he try and do it again? And again?"
Get lucky?.....Try and do what again?..... to enter for a 3 week holiday on a Visa Exempt when I have never used this entry method before.
Are you suggesting I should be refused a first Visa Exempt entry in case I may or may not possibly want to use this entry method again in the future?
NanLaew said:
"the preferred exit/re-entrypoint for 'budget' travelers, the immigration oversight on people 'like that' using the 'wrong visa' to stay long term"
"Budget travelers"(sic) "People like that" ......For goodness sake, just listen to yourself.