Stewart12

A little update; I called 1178 this morning, and they were a little cagey. I told them I entered 60 days VE, and got a 30 day extension at immigration. I said "Can I get a 60 day extension to visit Thai wife?" and the guy on the phone indicated that it was possible - but wouldn't confirm it. He said "Because you've already had an extension for 30 days, I don't know if you can get another 60 - you will need to confirm with your local office." I'm still going to try the other office to see if they'll do it, but I'm not so sure it's doable now. Question; If I don't have enough space in my passport for the full page Lao sticker, do you see any issues with me walking in and out at Chong Mek? I'm thinking if they stamp me out, but I can't get a Lao stamp, will they allow me back in rather than leaving me in no-mans land between Thailand & Laos?

Have you ever tried exiting, doing a little shopping in the duty free and just turning back around? My memory isn't as good anymore, but I'm sure people used to post about another crossing near ubon which didn't require a full passport stamp from Laos, just exit and re-enter.

They screwed me with that last time too. The time before that, I was given a QR code and paid only 1,500 thb - using the kiosk next to the visa application booth. The funny thing is, they have all of these signs showing how to pay (get QR code and pay at kiosk), but they wanted me to give 2,000 thb in cash to the visa application booth - not at the kiosk. Corruption at its finest. Oh, and yes - I will upate you on the 60 day extension. My wife is going to call the hotline too to triple confirm. We asked the visa agent "ThaiVisa" this morning and they confirmed you can get 60 days on top.

Same here. I'm going to try the other Ubon office - near Sisaket- when the 30 day extension is almost up. I think I got this one from that office previously.

Same office

@DrJack54Hey, I saw earlier that you can get 60 days VE, 30 days extension + 60 days visit thai wife; is this true? I was at the IO the other day and the woman said no - only 90 days. She said you have to leave and re-enter if you want to stay longer.