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Thanks very much for your comment! Alright, one of my possible itineraries would be to enter Thailand for 2 weeks, go to Malaysia for a week, come back to Thailand for another 2 weeks, and would it be possible to come back to Thailand after staying in Vietnam for 1 month or so. (I can get a 45-day stay in Vietnam on VE.) On my 3rd VE entry maybe I'd stay in the Kingdown longer by making a 30-day extention and then I'd never come back to Thailand again this year. Would that kind of extension be possible in this case? I wouldn't mind it if not possible, though. Thank you again for your time! Yes, ubonjoe was such a great man!

Thank you very much for your comment indeed! The reason I asked you this question was just because some said that you're allowed to enter Thailand on VE only twice per calendar but others said that you can do that more than twice unless you stay in the Kingdom for long on each visit. Which was confusing to me so I needed to seek for clarification. For me, I'm currently staying in Vietnam and planning to come back to Thailand to see my local friends for a few weeks for Songkran next month. I'll then probably go down to Penang, Malaysia for a week (I do love Penang) before coming back to the Kingdom by land to see some other local friends of mine (I've got so many local friends in BKK, Isaan, Chiang Rai, Chonburi, Chumphon and Phuket, etc. after having lived in Thailand for a decade on Non-B visa. Not only can I speak Thai but write to them in Thai.) So I might spend a month or so on my 2nd entry (VE) because 2 weeks might not be long enough, and that does make me wonder if I can come back to Thailand on the 3rd entry (VE) later this year. I'm not going to make a 30-day extension to try to stay in the Kingdom as long as possible, though. Thank you again for your comments! You do sound nice and friendly, and very helpful! You've been a member since ubonjoe took good care of this forum, haven't you? So have I! Oh, I do miss him..

Thank you for your comments! How about staying in Thailand for about 1 or 2 months per visit without doing any extentions?

Hi All, I’m planning to come back to Thailand for a few weeks next month on VE, and might go down to Malaysia for a week before coming back to Thailand for another few weeks on VE again. I’ve learned that you’ve been allowed to enter Thailand on VE not more than twice per calendar year since November 2025, but would it be hard or even impossible to re-enter Thailand on the 3rd VE later this year? I’ll spend a few weeks at most on every visit to Thailand. Thank you in advance!

Sorry for not being able to get back to you much sooner. Thanks very much for your advice! I've already come back to Thailand from Vietnam 3 times this year. I was actually going to twice but I was invited to the wedding by a Thai friend of mine after I visited Thailand on my 2nd VE entry, so maybe I'd save my 2nd VE entry just to stay on the safe side for next year, because I wouldn't like to get stopped and even get turned back at the border crossing at Chong Mek (I've got stopped there once before). I'm still deciding whether or not to come back to Thailand to see my EN friend in BKK next March. I've actually known her for more than 25 years now and she will come back to Thailand on her 2-week holiday every year, so I wouldn't like to miss the chance. I'll see what happens. As for the local VN beer, it's 'Dung Quat' and I'll always buy 12 bottles for 80B! 555 It even sells at a local pub for 10B per bottle! I did empty 9 bottles yesterday! Cheers!

As I said, I'll go stay in Thailand for a week on my 1st VE entry next March, and for 2 weeks on my 2nd VE entry next April. I'll move back and forth between VN and Thailand by land via ChongMek as always. I don't know how long I'll stay in the Kingdom for on my possible 3rd VE entry, though. FYI, I'm enjoying some local beer here for 7 Baht per bottle (350ml) every day!

Hi All, I'm currently staying in Vietnam now. I'm planning to go to Thailand on VE to see my EN friends in BKK next March for a week before coming back to Vietnam. And I'm going back to Thailand on VE again to see my Thai friends for Songkran next April for 2 weeks before coming back to Vietnam again. Would you think it possible to go back to Thailand on VE again after these 2 VE entries into Thailand? Thank you in advance.

Hi All, Has anybody done this yet?

Oh, I miss Joe! He did help me a lot! He never ever sounded aggressive or rough but nice and calm, and was very very helpful!

Hi, Yes, apparently there're two daily ordinary trains from Padang Besar to Hat Yai. 1 Padang Besar 10:15 - 11:00 Hat Yai 2 Padang Besar 15:40 - 16:25 Hat Yai (Malaysia is 1hr ahead of Thailand) You can check this link for the timetable from Butterworth to Padang Besar. https://www.ktmb.com.my/assets/pdf/2023/Jadual-Komuter-Utara-16-Sept-2023.pdf Hope that helps.

Hi All, I came back to Thailand from Vietnam via Chong Mek on a visa-exemption earlier this week no problem. I did my TDAC registration a few days before going to the Thai land crossing, where I handed both my passport and my smart phone with the screenshot of my card on the screen to a male officer, who wouldn't even have a look at my card. Not a question was asked nor a word said. As for the registration, I entered the address (province) in Vietnam and the phone number of the owner of my place. This is my 3rd entry to Thailand via Chong Mek and that on a visa-exemption. Hope that helps.

I know he is. That's just in case he should go back to VN and try to go back to Thailand by land. I hope you understood that, though.

FYI, you can take a sleeper bus from Sai Gon or Ho Chi Minh City to Pleiku (or 'Gia Lai' as the locals call), where you can hop on an International bus to Pakse, Laos and spend the night there. And the next morning you can take the international bus to Ubon Ratchathani via Chong Mek. That's going to be a long journey, though.

FYI, you can only get your visa-exemption stamps transferred from your old passport to your new one at airports when you fly out of Thailand. That's what I did at DMK a few months ago, though.

It's not even 5km but just 1.5km from the border post. I've been to that immigration office once before.

Hi All, I nearly forgot to tell you that I would apply for and get a Cambodian e.visa before re-entering Thailand and use an agent for a border run to Cambodia to stay on the safer side.

Hi! Are you staying in VN now? So am I. I'm enjoying BIA 333 (15 baht per can) every day! You're going to fly to BKK or DMK from SGN later this month, aren't you? I'm afraid that you might get stopped at Passport Control when you arrive in Thailand because of your travel record. And you're going to Cambodia (Poi Pet?) for a border bounce after that, aren't you? One of the best bets would be for you to apply for a Cambodian e.visa before entering Thailand to stay on the safe side. You never ever know what will happen at Passport Control in Thailand in these days, at airports or land borders! Maybe you'd avoid female officers there! Good luck!

FYI, one of my friends, who had extended his Non-B in Phuket, was trying to do his 90-day report at CW several months ago, but in vain, and then he was told to do the report in Phuket.

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?