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I actually did get my 'visa-exemption' stamp to be transferred from my old passport to my new passport when I flew out of DMK a few months ago, which process didn't even take me 1 minute. I don't know if they could do a 1-year visa extension at the airport, to be honest. I do hope so, though.

Yes, you should do both at the immigration office where you made your last 1-year visa extension. Good luck!

Hi, You'd have to get your stamp to be transferred from your old passport to your old passport at Surat Thani-Koh Samui office where you got the stamp. I have a friend who was going to do his 90-day report at CW but was told to do it at the office where he had extended his Non-B visa. Hope that helps.

Yes, you should go to the land crossing at Wang Prachan if you don't mind paying 2,000B as service fee for a border bounce! Any report should be helpful if it's more than 1 month old, so you should appreciate that! You never know what'll happen to you if you enter Thailand on visa-exemption right now, whether it's a border bounce or not, so you should get ready for a worst-case scenario!

Thanks, Mate!

I actually did a border bounce at Padang Besar once a few years ago but I wasn't even asked for the Fee or the Tea Money (whatever you call it). I spent 1 night on the Malaysian side to stay on the safe side, as Ubon Joe suggested.

What if you're going to stay at a Thai friend's?

I would have proceeded to her kiosk for sure to see what would happen if that female officer had been on duty then! I actually am on my way to my local Isaan friend's for Songkran now.

Hi All, I flew to Sai Gon (or Ho Chi Minh City) about 3 weeks ago after spending 5 weeks in Thailand renewing my passport in BKK, and just came back to Thailand for Songkran via Chong Mek today. I got to passport Control only to find that there was only 1 out of 3 kiosks available, which was attended by a male officer in his 50's. I handed over my new passport to him, and not a single word was exchanged between us, let alone a single stupid question like 'Have you booked a flight back to your home country from Bangkok?' 555 Was I just unlucky to be asked so many questions and be forced to book a hotel room and show her the booking confirmation on the spot by that female officer at Chong Mek a few months ago? 555 Have a great Songkran, Everyone!

When I went back to Thailand by land via Chong Mek last month after spending more than 4 months in Vietnam, a female officer first asked me if I had booked a flight ticket back to my 'home country' from Thailand yet and I answered no to the question, adding that I'd go back to Vietnam again by land, and that officer asked me if I had booked a room to stay in Thailand yet but I answered no to that question, either and then that officer told me to book a room and show her the booking confirmation on the spot! I wouldn't think that kind of thing would happen to everybody, but maybe you should get ready for that because anything could happend at some of the Thai land crossings recently. Good luck!

Oh, that's a Visa-Free TRANSIT, isn't it? I meant that the OZ passport holders were allowed a 30-day visa-exempt entry to China, NOT a 240-hour visa-free transit. https://www.visaforchina.cn/DEL3_EN/tongzhigonggao/327343163872251904.html

As for staying in VN for a long time, there would be 2 options, I'd say. 1. Get a 90-day e-Visa. 2. Get a 45-day visa-exempt entry and do a border run to get another 45 days on visa-exemption (if you're allowed this kind of visa-exempt entry). I flew to Sai Gon from Bangkok last week to get another 45 days. I didn't even get asked any STUPID questions by the officer like 'Do you have a ticket to fly back to your home country?' or 'Do you have a booking comfirmation of your hotel room?' as in Thailand! The Thai Immigration will always change their mind and can't even stick at one thing! That's exactly what T.I.T. is all about! 567 Nationals who are allowed a visa-exempt entry to China do include OZ passport holders but don't include US or UK passport ones, for example. History does matter, I'd say, though.

I really wonder if Thailand would decide to reduce the period of visa-free stays in the kingdom from 60 days to 30 days after this news from Vietnam! I do doubt that. 555 https://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/1693484/viet-nam-to-waive-visas-for-citizens-from-12-countries-until-2028.html#:~:text=These countries include Germany%2C France,Sweden%2C Norway%2C and Finland.&text=HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Government,expire on March 15%2C 2025.

I went through Passport Control at DMK just before midnight, when it wasn't busy.

Hi All, After getting my new passport in Bangkok, I successfully got the Thai entry stamp to be transferred from the old passport to the new passport when I flew out of DMK the other day. I first joined one of the queues up to the Immigration kiosks, handed over both my passports to the officer and then I was asked to move to another kiosk, where another officer did the stamp transfer for me. The process didn't even take me 1min. FYI, I was still able to get 45 days to stay in Vietnam on visa- exemption. Hope that helps.