Tod Daniels

Nope there's no chance that happens because you don't leave your passport when you apply for an in-country non o visa art any office. At Chaengwattana you apply you pay the 2,000 baht you get a receipt that says come back in 2 weeks and on that date you show up with your passport and they ink in a new 90-day stamp and a non-o visa

I think what you had heard was, some of the services that take people to the Cambodian borders charge an extra fee for people on non-immigrant type visas or extensions whether the extension is canceled or not to get out and back at a Cambodian border the same day. That is totally something the officers at the borders there charge. You won't have any issue at all and there won't be any special fee to get out on a 90-day single entry non-o visa with the Nong Khai border. It's the Cambodian crossings that are doing that and only some of them

I think IF you have a TM30 filed at that address you're fine, (the TM30 is address specific NOT owner specific) and you shouldn't need to re-file at all BUT If you want to make a log in/user there is no App for mobile anymore It's all done thru the main website for the TM30 here ONLINE TM30 There are videos that show how its done and the user manual too

correct, they are chinese, they live HERE in thailand not cambodia they went there last week and applied and waited out the 5 working day processing time not counting the day you apply

Well if that's the case, it's definitely time to slog on out to your immigration office and get it sorted out 😞 never heard of that happening (which doesn't mean it has NEVER happened just that I never heard about it 😛 )

Nope, only info I got was the stamp and am waiting on the entry stamp as soon as they fly back in guess it's just the stuff on the website DTV Requirements Phnom Penh Thai Consulate

I think what they're actually trying to say there is a limit of two SIXTY DAY free stamps per year (air or land) <- meaning these new entries don't have anything to do with the previous free entries you got when it was 30 days by land 🙂 OR That is how I am interpreting what they're rambling on about, keep in mind though I am not the sharpest knife in the shed 😉

Let's see how it plays out, BUT right now no one can dispute that a THIRD free stamp land entry this year is possible. Probably a couple THOUSAND people have that 60 day land entry stamp after already having their TWO free 30 day entries by land this year Guess it'll take someone who has taken two 30 day free stamp land entries, their first 60 day land entry (maybe a 30 day extension), their second 60 day land entry (maybe another 30 day extension) and THEN goes to try for the 3rd 60 day free stamp entry by land Get back to me in about SIX MONTHS 😜 as that's about the soonest we'd know if 😮 Actually that isn't gonna work either because there's only FIVE months left in this year, so no one could get more than 2 60 day land entries (with 30 day extensions) before the year rolls over and as you say the count 'resets'

can you post an image of the bottom left of the PDF approval they sent you that shows the next report date? Just curious, when does your current extension run out? I ask because several people got "short" 90 day report dates because it only approved them until their current stay stamp expired Might not be why yours was short though 😕 just a thought

Daithi85 Make sure you check the system every day. Sometimes they do "extended" appointments and add more bookings on days I had someone looking for an appt last week and it was middle of August openings, then the next day it came up for Wed next week 😮 and they snapped it So check that system a couple times a day to see if more bookings come open

Remember you heard (saw) it first from Tod Daniels (legend in his own mind) Here's the first DTV (sticker visa) from the Thai Consulate in Phnom Penh

I think you don't understand how that system works ALL the appts show up but only the dark blue ones are "clickable" as in you can book one looks like the 23rd of Aug is the first available appointment

Hang about there is no 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗜'𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲? you don't have a yearly extension yet, you HAVE to return to the immigration office on that day you can't be "out of the country" you'll lose the extension and have to start all over from ZERO if you don't get back to the immigration office the day that under consideration stamp runs out 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝟯𝟬-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱? <- Remember a re-entry permit is ONLY valid for the duration of the stamp you're on now MEANING if you're on a 30 day under consideration stamp any re-entry permit you buy now will only be good until that stamp expires (doesn't add any time to your current stamp). SO unless you're exiting/re-entering thailand multiple times in the next 30 days a multiple re-entry permit is pissing money away. 😕 You can certainly get a re-entry permit (but as I said it will only be valid until your current under consideration stamp expires) and you have to be back IN thailand on that date to go to the immigration office

There seems to be sporadic checking of a TM 30, especially if you have an extensive entry/stay history on visa exempts and got extensions from any other province other than Bangkok. However it's a crapshoot and some people are asked and some people are not asked, I would say if you have a TM 30 receipt take it because if you're there and ask for it is not the time to find out you need one.

You see this is the double edged sword part of this new unlimited 60 day entry by land stamp. In theory it is unlimited entry on visa exempt stamps by air as wel,l but we know how that works out when people with extensive entry/stay histories show up at the airport trying to milk another free entry stamp to further their stay in Thailand. It remains to be seen whether the land borders will jump on the bandwagon of looking at entry/stay history with a critical eye like they do at the airport or whether they turn a blind eye to the entry/stay history and just let people in. Using a service where you pay them up front and pay nothing at the border, known as an all-in service, almost guarantees 100% that you get out and back in without issue. As a rule those services will not even let you on the minivan if you can't get out and back at the border. They will just turn you away. Now there are border bounce companies up north that act more as taxis, meaning all they do is lug you to the border and cut you loose leaving you to make your way across and back on your own. They do not facilitate you getting out and back in, they have not pre-negotiated the price of the visa for you to get into and out of the other country and they are nothing but glorified taxis. That is not the case with any of the border bounce companies going from Bangkok or Pattaya and as far as I know the border bounce companies in the South that bounce with Malaysia are also all in type of services, when you pay them they take you to the border get you out get you back in and bring you back.

Best answer on here 👍 👍 👍 Billpro785 follow this advice 🙂

On an OA visa that you get from the thai consulate in your country before you come here you show the proof of insurance (and it doesn't have to match the issue dates of the OA because you NEED the insurance to APPLY for the OA so usually the OA visa is issued a few weeks after you have the year 100K USD insurance policy It will be written ON the PDF how long your insurance is valid for and when you arrive here you will get stamped in until the insurance expires (up to 1 year)

Her thai house book can show anywhere, it's not uncommon for thaiz to be registered at other places and there is no requirement she have a house book listing where you actually live You are correct you WILL need to have a TM30 (notification of foreigner in residence) filed at the immigration office where you stay showing you are registered as staying there. Make sure you go to the immigration office where you're going to get the year extension and get the hand out listing the requirements so you can get the documents, bank letter, photos, map etc together before you go apply for the year extension successfully

nope I'm about as far from an agent as you can throw a stick and by all accounts am pretty "anti-agent" meaning that most people can "push their own paper" and get their own extensions, etc I'm just someone who years ago didn't believe people who said "rules change all the time" "they're always different", "they're too hard to understand" 😮 I made it my "mission" (more a hobby) to learn about entry/visa/extension to thailand, by going to immigration offices and talking to officers, going to borders and seeing how the process worked there, and over the many years I've been here it's added up to hundreds of visits to immigration offices, check points etc. You seem like you just don't want to believe the fact that they discontinued the two free entry by land in a calendar year rule from Jan 1 2017, BUT they did, got confirmation from the Malay border and got confirmation from the Lao border that they're doing it Believe what I'm telling you or not, I broke the news, I backed it up with stamps, then I backed it up with MORE stamps, and other people weighed in that their borders said the same thing too.

VERY well said 👍 👍 👍 I too believe this "no limit 60 day by land" is a double edged sword, and now it'll be more like the airports comin' in and you will be at the mercy of the officer stamping you in as far as if they think you've been here too long milking time here on free stamp entries w/30 day extensions 😮 and turn you back at the border.. .. At least before when it was a hard limit of two free stamp entries per calendar year, you knew if you got hassled at the airport flying in OR got denied entry you could just show up by land and get in without much trouble at all as long as you hadn't burned both free entries by land that year 🙂 Time will tell how 'unlimited' the program will actually be, at this time border bounce companies have no issue getting people back in on the new 60 day stamps (even people who flew in for 30 days, took a 30 day extension, then maxed out their two 30 day land entries w/30 day extensions <- meaning they'd been IN country SIX months by the time they bounced out and back, yet get stamped in without issue Now is it because the company already greases the wheel to get people out/back the same day OR is it because there really is no limit on the land entry stamps, dunno honestly.

Here's slightly less of a train wreck of stamp history 😁 First 30 day Land Entry; 27 Apr until 26 May Second 30 day Land Entry 26 May until 24 June 30 Day Extension in country 24 June until 24 July THIRD LAND ENTRY (60 days) 21 July until 18 Sept

Okay people you can't be IN THAILAND or out of the country you're using for the eVisa system, most consulates ON the eVisa system state on their website that you must be IN that country to apply for the visa thru the eVisa program You show proof of travel from the country you're applying in TO thailand, you show where you live in that country. This is on London's thai consulate website

I have a limited skill set here in the glorious "Land 'O Thaiz" and that is I know entry/visa/extension inside, outside, upside down, in a box with a fox. I've been to Immigration offices hundreds of times, talking to officers over the years, I talk talk to border crossings, agents, border bounce companies all over the country. Hands down I am the smartest foreigner in thailand about entry/visa/extension information, If I do say so myself, <- which I just did 😉 Any more questions or you good now?

and why is that? The MFA <- Ministry of Foreign Affairs office runs the Embassies and Consulates scattered around the world and sell VISAS outside of thailand They have less than zero to do with free stamp entry to thailand OR anything visa/extension wise that happens inside the country That stuff is run by the Immigration Division of the Royal Thai Police. To give you an idea of how bad some of the websites are out there at the embassies/consulates SOME are still saying land entry is limited to 15 days, 😞 That stopped in 2017

This post also has abso-tively, posi-lutely ZERO to do with entering by air free stamp and no where did I say unlimited air entry. This is a rule change in the number of times you're allowed in by land free stamp entry Believe me IF you try to live here on back-2-back free stamp air entries w/30 day extensions and you're gonna get pulled aside SOONER rather than later and asked WTH you think you're doing. If they let you in, you'll be told to get a visa sorted, OR they'll just deny you entry and ship you out on your dime.