autumnm7

@khunPer & @JackThompson Thank you so very much for the information!  This has been on my mind for sometime and I am glad to be pointed in the right direction ????

Much appreciated!

Hello,

We would like to move from Bangkok to Koh Samui.

There are 4 of us and we all have Non Immigrant visas.

We obtained the visa's from my husband who is working in Bangkok and has a work permit.

When we move to Koh Samui my husband will commute to Bangkok monthly for working.

Is the visa tied to the Provence you obtained it from or are you free to live anywhere in the kingdom as long as you file/update your place of residence (90 day report)?

Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Hello,

My husband and I need to apply for a 30 day extension of our visa. Do we both need to travel down to the Immigration building or is this something that 1 person can do on behalf of another with the proper paperwork? I would like to spare my husband the time and the trip if I could do it for both of us.

Thank you for your time and any advise!

Autumn

But the big question should be why is a meter taxi in Phuket more than a Bangkok taxi?

I think that out of all the "taxi's" that are operating in Phuket- something like only 128 have meters....

Try a Kodak photo shop !

There are many in Patong !

Thank you!

Hello, we are needing to get our passport photo's done for a visa run and are in Patong Beach, Phuket. Does anyone have any advise on where I could go to get this done? Thank you,

Autumn

Hello,

We are a family of 4 traveling to Penang at the end of the month and are wanting to obtain tourist Visa's for Thailand while we are there. Does anyone have a service or agent they can recommend? I would love to have someone who could come to our hotel if that is possible- but if not that is ok too. We are staying in Georgetown. Thank you in advance for your help!

Autumn McTaggart

A visa exempt entry cannot be extended, at most you can get an extra 7 days at 1,900 baht per person.

Mario,

Thank you for the info- that is unfortunate

Hello, thank you all for all of your answers. I have (surprise surprise!) another question-

We fly into BKK on July 1st from Mexico City. I am unable to procure us visa's from this end.

We arrive in BKK and are issuied a 30 day visa. I book us flights to Loas using Nok Air fly and ride (Thanks Ubonjoe!)

Flights booked for August 25th

If I book the flights almost 2 months out- is it possible to get a visa extension in BKK - extending our visa from 30 days to 60 days before we have to make the visa run?

The reason I ask this is because we are set to be in Phuket from July 9th until August 20th- my travel options flying in and out of Phuket verses BKK are much more limited (and expensive)

and if it is possible to do it on the back end - when we return to BKK on August 20th - that would be awesome. But I don't know if this would work. Any advise is greatly appreciated!

Just having a domestic flight to Udon probably would not be be considered proof of onward travel.

Nok Air offers flights to Vientiane from Bangkok that are fly/ride via Udon that might work.

When arriving without a visa, you will get 30 days on arrival. But there is a catch, you must have a ticket out of Thailand within 30 days of arrival. Immigration leaves the checking over to the airline, some don't check and others check very carefully and will deny you boarding if you don't have a ticket out within 30 days.

With a visa there is no need for a ticket out of Thailand.

Arrive and get a 30-day visa waiver but you must have ongoing flights after 30 days to show to Thai immigration,they may ask to see these ongoing flights at your country of departure,they do in the UK.See if a Mexican travel agent can issue you with fake ongoing flights for a few pesos,shouldn't be a problem there!

Next,when you land either go directly to Vientiane,Laos to apply for 60-day double entry visas or wait until the end of your 30-day visa waiver to make the trip.Laos is by far the quickest and easiest embassy as they have fantastic relations with Thailand (Isaan,North-East Thailand is an extension of Laos!)

You'll need at least 2 days,hand your passports in before 11:30am one day,then collect them with your shiny new visas the next afternoon,they're closed at the weekend.

Easat, thank you for your information- I never thought of this part! Since we will be in Phuket- air asia flies directly to Udon Thani - do you think that booking flights to there and traveling into Issan to get our double entry visa's is a good idea?

You will have to get a visa before you fly to Thailand, or the airline might not board you. The US seems your best option to get a double entry visa.

Yes, double entry plus extensions gives you 180 days, (or 179 days if the day you leave is the same day you re-enter Thailand).

Thank you Mario,

When we arrive via air from mexico city through LA, we are automatically issued a 30 day visa. We are not in the US so I cannot get a visa from there- Looking to find out my best option once we are in the Thailand

If you are in the US you can do it by courier service. Double entry would be best. The Honoray Consulate in Portland is very friendly. Here's their website: Visa application porcedures, Portland Oregon.doc I think that they will only mail to a US address.

Wayned,

Thank you for your advise but we are in Mexico and leaving directly from here to go Fly to Bangkok. So I cannot get a visa from the us at this point.

Hello everyone,

I posted earlier about obtaining a double entry visa at the royal thai embassy in Mexico City. We are traveling through Mexico city and I thought I might be able to get one here, but unfortunately they only offer them to residents of Mexico. Which is really too bad for it would have solved all my problems!

To make a long story short- we are a family of 4 - my husband is Canadian and myself and 2 little girls American, are flying into Bangkok on July 2nd. We are then flying over to Phuket and will be there until August 20th. We then fly back to Bangkok for 2 months - and then perhaps on to Chiang Mai until the new year. We are looking to stay in Thailand for 6 months.

I am looking for advise regarding what to do Visa wise. Since we have 2 little girls ages 4 and 2 - the less border runs the better. I am interested in the double entry visa - but was wondering where would be the best place to go get it and when. I thought if we had this visa and did the 30 day extension on both ends- this would fulfill our Visa needs for the 6 months we are in Thailand. Am I right to think this?

Thank you in advance for any advise, words of wisdom or help. I find this process very confusing and throwing 2 small kids into the mix definitely ups the ante!

Hello, can you tell me where you applied for and received your double entry visa? I am trying to get one here in Mexico City at the Thai royale embassy (we are a US family traveling through Mexico) and the lady I am in contact with keeps saying I need a residence form. Any help would be great.

Hello,

we are a family of 4 from the USA currently in Mexico City. We are traveling to Thailand in July and would like to stay for 6 months traveling around. I was wondering if it was possible to get a double entry visa from the Thai consulate here in Mexico City. Has anyone done this? Also- when we do obtain this visa (fingers crossed) do we right away to get the 30 day extension of the visa thus making it 90 days until we have to leave the country or do we wait until day 58?