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It answers both the question of tourist visa - easy to obtain as many other posts have mentioned - and the 90 day count being taken seriously - first report I have seen of limited remaining days being given rather than the full 30.

Another interesting report. But notice who had the problem:

she also learned that some filipinos who was on that trip had went first to cambodia to do a 4th visa run but unfortunately got only their few remaining days out of 90 days.

The rule was enforced for the Filipinos only. As others have speculated before, the new regulations may just be a sort of smoke screen, inconsistently enforced and only used to weed out specific "undesirables." Let's face it. Thais can be somewhat racist and they obviously prefer white-skinned Brits/Americans/Europeans over fellow South East Asians.

It will be interesting to hear any reports of a whitey from the West being given the same treatment.

PeaceBlondie also makes an interesting point.

i dunno about racism, but my friend said those filipinos whom i've mentioned earlier also had gotten a tourist visa in laos with no hassles, no questions asked, even if they already have notes in their passports which says they've been to cambodia 4 times since the new rule.

hi,

just want to inform you guyz that my friend had just come back last saturday from her trip to savannakhet, laos. she got her tourist visa after 3 stamps from cambodia and without any hassles. she used thai visa as a guide and transpo. she said it was tiring but at least worth it.

she also learned that some filipinos who was on that trip had went first to cambodia to do a 4th visa run but unfortunately got only their few remaining days out of 90 days.

i hope this update helps those who are still in wonder if they could still get a tourist visa after the 3 stamps from cambodia.

cheers!

ok thanks a lot. i'll check tomorrow.

bangkok. vietienne or sa.....? i forgot the other one, sorry :. a place near the thai embassy/consul. thanks.

hi, does anyone here knows where the bus or train terminal for laos? my friend wants to go there but doesn't know where it is. please help. thank you again.

why is nobody applying for a tourist visa after the 2nd VOA?!

then the embassies and consulates around thailand are certainly not overrun yet ...

and one would still have a spare VOA to be on the safe side ...

or just trying to postpone spending satangs?

not money.... but waiting for someone... thailand is more cheaper place to stay into and more accessible to that someone who is waiting for her bf who travels every now and then coz of work.

2 friends (one from Germany and one from the USA) who recently arrived for a 2 week holiday entered Thailand initially on the 30 day visa exemption stamp. They left Thailand for a short visit to Cambodia and returned to Thailand on a 2nd 30 day visa exemption stamp.

Both showed me their visas, and neither had any numbers or notes written in their passports indicating the number of stays.

Thai Immigration seems to be inconsistent in notating visa stamps, or maybe there is a method to their madness.

thank you guys. i'm crossing my fingers.

that had happen to me too. on my 2nd 30 day stamp, no number or anything but on the airport stamp they've put number 1.

If you leave and try to return with another entry without visa you will receive a stay of 11 days. We have no confirmation that this is how it will work yet but it appears to be the case.

i see. thanks lopburi. that clear things out. i might take the advice of rocky. thats if i can get a ticket within the month. i am contacting njbookstore to confirm me if i can still get a tourist visa with my status right now. anybody have their number? thank you.

i arrived here oct 20th midnight. i did my first border run with a friend last nov. 8 then 2nd border was yesterday.

That would indeed leave you with 11 days remaining out of 90 days were you to stay in Thailand for the entire period of your current entry stamp. Note that Thai immigrations has jumped the gun a bit by writing down 11 days left as there is nothing to say that you will use the entire duration of the current entry stamp, in which case 11 days would be inaccurate.

i am sorry, i don't quite understand that. you mean after my visa expire i can still extend for 11 days right? or you mean after my visa expire, i cannot use the entire 11 days? is that it?

Cashe, was your number 1 stamp on or about the 17th of October?

The writing beneath - the first word is definitely 'remain' or 'left', the word after 11 looks a bit like 'day' so it seems to suggest that after the 4th of Jan that you have 11 days left before the 180 days 'holiday' or proper tourist visa.

i arrived here oct 20th midnight. i did my first border run with a friend last nov. 8 then 2nd border was yesterday. yes, a thai friend told me that it means i can still extend up to 11 days after my visa expire. she works in a language school as a receptionist and goes to MOE to process some MOE letter for students who needs to get NON-Ed visa. So she knows a thing or two. She said I can either do a border run or just get an extension at the immigration here.

TRIPO - i don't know yet, im thinking of penang, kl and singapore but maybe singapore i have a friend who knows someone from there.

MAESTRO - my home country is philippines, i cannot get a double tourist entry visa even if i have the money. thats why im going to try to get one at malaysia or singapore.

sorry guyz it was the visa class that was in red ink. i will edit the topic title if i could edit it.

i forgot to tell you that they have also written two number 20 on both page of my passport that has visa stamps.

here are the picts:

hi guys,

i just got back from cambodia for my 3rd visa run. it was successful but on my passport the number 3 on my 3rd stamp is in red ink which was not done before. plus they wrote something in thai underneath it. should i be bothered by this? i am going off to penang or kl next month to get a tourist visa. i hope the red ink will not cause me any problem in getting a tourist visa next month. what do u think? anybody had experience this?

Embassies and Consulates are normally closed only on national holidays of there country and of the country that they are located in.

2x thank you sir for the fast response. in my other question i forgot to say thank so my thank you now is for this one and for that one.

Does anyone know if all consulates and embassies will be close this holiday season? from what date and until when? thank you.

geeeezeee!!!!!!! I am sorry if I am going to be blunt here. Just can't take this story.

Dear, can't you see the girl is 100% gold digger? She doesn't love you a bit, not even the other guy. She loves your money thats for sure. So DROP HER DEAD! (not literally okay? she doesn't deserve even that).

You can find other women who will be far more better than her. Just stop focusing on her. You are still young. She doesn't deserve you. She deserves nobody.

The rule is 90 days max on non visa entry and the count started on October 1. No you can not go to immigration to get an extension (except for emergency). Travel agents (where you provide passport in same city and they run it to Embassy are normally allowed - but some will want to see each applicant at times). What is not allowed is someone else taking your passport across international borders.

so, this means that i can still do a visa run on december in order to get a 30 days entry stamp?

hi,

this might have been discussed before but i just want to confirm it. i have just arrived in bangkok with 30 days entry stamp. i read that you could only do 2 visa runs and then just go to thai immigration here to get an extension. so if i do a visa run this nov, i can still do another visa run on december to complete the 90 days? or if i do visa run this nov. i have already used the 60 days allowable stay and just go to the thai immigration for an extension? which one is right? please advise. am kind'a confuse .

i also read here that agents are not allowed anymore, is this only in laos or anywhere you want to get a thai visa?

plus, had anyone tried sunbelt in getting a non-immigrant b?

thank you for your help. i am sorry to bother you guys with all these questions.

again, thank you in advance .