bigbadthaijohn

Cleaned up topic to remove a post with misleading info and a bickering session when a correction to it was made. Also posts commenting on the bickering removed.

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You can get a visa exempt entry (not a visa) at the Chiang Khong crossing to Laos. If from a G7 country you would get a 30 day entry if not it will only be for 15 days.

You could then extend that entry for 30 days at an immigration office for a fee of 1900 baht.

At Chiang khong, can we just cross over and come back, or do we have to stay for a while?

Also, I am now on a visa exempt stamp (only one I've had in years), which I have extended once for 30 days. Is there an issue at the moment with doing back-to-back exemptions?

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Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll figure it out and post what happens.

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No, I didn't. In the first sentence, I said I have extended once for 30 days already.

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No you did not.

On my way back into Thailand this time, I didn't have time to get a visa, so I am on a 30-day exemption stamp. You can't extend that for 60 days.

I will try going to Chiang khong for another 30-day exemption stamp, then go get a new non-O next month.

I'll let everyone know how it goes.

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No, I didn't. In the first sentence, I said I have extended once for 30 days already.

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Thanks for the idea. I live relatively close to immigration, so I'll check it out.

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Are you sure? Even on a visa exempt stamp which has already been extended 30 days?

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On my way back into Thailand this time, I didn't have time to get a visa, so I am on a 30-day exemption stamp. You can't extend that for 60 days.

I will try going to Chiang khong for another 30-day exemption stamp, then go get a new non-O next month.

I'll let everyone know how it goes.

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Hi all.

I am currently on a 30-day visa exemption which I have extended once for 30 days (expires may 4).

Was planning to go make a new non-O visa in savannakhet next week, but my wife has to have surgery, and I don't want to be gone that long next week.

So, I have 2 questions. Can I get another extension at immigration? I understand that if it's possible at all, it would only be an extension for 7 days.

Or, can I do a border crossing at Chiang Khong (because I'm in Chiang rai) to get another 30-day exemption stamp? The current visa exemption I'm on is the only one I've had in years. Before this, I was in a non-O visa.

US passport.

Thanks

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Right. I meant to type 2,900.

Thanks again.

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Thanks, Joe. Am I right in thinking that the extension and reentry permit would run me a total of 3,900 baht?

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Hi all,

I have an interesting issue. My current nonO SE marriage visa expires on March 1st. My plan was to go to Savannakhet to get a new nonO ME visa. However, I have to take a business trip to south Africa at that time.

I will leave from bkk on Feb 27th, and return on Mar 6th. My new plan is to return on a 30-day visa exemption, then go to Savannakhet later in March.

I just want to make sure that I won't have a problem returning on the visa exemption. I've had no exemptions within the last 6 months and am an American.

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Thanks guys. Very helpful.

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She is Canadian, so a g7 nation. So that means that at a land border, she will get 30-day visa exempt stamp?

Is that now also extendable a further 30 days? Her return flight is in 6 weeks, so that would work perfect if that's the case.

We're in Chiang rai, so Mae sai would be convenient, but if that wouldn't work, what about Chiang khong?

Sorry for being out of touch with the current rules, but it has been quite a few years since I've done a border run.

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Does anyone know what the current status of the visa on arrival is in Mae sai?

I have a friend who is finishing up the volunteer project she was working on. Her nonO volunteer visa will be up soon, but she wants to stick around to relax for a bit. She would rather not go make a tourist visa if she doesn't need to.

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Because I thought that with an non-O marriage visa, if you do the re-entry just before your visa expires, you get a new 90 days. Perhaps I'm wrong.

I've never tried to do that before.

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"Volunteers" are not usually given Multi entry visas!

You are confusing very different visas .........................................

A single entry visa is valid for a single (ONE) entry only.

First, there is no need for the quotations around volunteers. They are volunteers, working with an officially registered foundation.

Second, I am not confusing the visas. I know they are different. That is why I am asking about it. I never said that there is a multi-entry volunteer visa. I have a lot of experience with nonB visas, but not much with the volunteer visas since I just joined the foundation about 4 months ago.

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A "foundation" which clearly cannot supply the documentation required for an extension of stay to be granted.

There is no "volunteer" visa !

http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/services/4908

But before I go, I would like to say that there is no need for you to make implications about things you know nothing about. If you have nothing constructive/helpful to say, then just be quiet. Don't cast aspersions on others just because you have a bent view of the world.

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If that's the way it is, then that's the way it is.

I'm just really trying to figure a way around dealing with CM immigration. They were extremely unreasonable.

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It is more likely that the "foundation" has failed to provide adequate documentation for an extension of stay.

Have you asked CM what they require ?

Why do you feel it is necessary to add quotes around foundation?

And yes, I did ask exactly what was required. 3 times. Each time I came back it was something different. In the end, the extensions were obtained, but if there was any to avoid that, it would be preferable. Apparently there is not. So be it.

Because I thought that with an non-O marriage visa, if you do the re-entry just before your visa expires, you get a new 90 days. Perhaps I'm wrong.

I've never tried to do that before.

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"Volunteers" are not usually given Multi entry visas!

You are confusing very different visas .........................................

A single entry visa is valid for a single (ONE) entry only.

First, there is no need for the quotations around volunteers. They are volunteers, working with an officially registered foundation.

Second, I am not confusing the visas. I know they are different. That is why I am asking about it. I never said that there is a multi-entry volunteer visa. I have a lot of experience with nonB visas, but not much with the volunteer visas since I just joined the foundation about 4 months ago.

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Because I thought that with an non-O marriage visa, if you do the re-entry just before your visa expires, you get a new 90 days. Perhaps I'm wrong.

I've never tried to do that before.

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"Volunteers" are not usually given Multi entry visas!

You are confusing very different visas .........................................

A single entry visa is valid for a single (ONE) entry only.

Second, I am not confusing the visas. I know they are different. That is why I am asking about it. I never said that there is a multi-entry volunteer visa. I have a lot of experience with nonB visas, but not much with the volunteer visas since I just joined the foundation about 4 months ago.

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Thanks, guys. I appreciate it.

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If that's the way it is, then that's the way it is.

I'm just really trying to figure a way around dealing with CM immigration. They were extremely unreasonable.

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Because I thought that with an non-O marriage visa, if you do the re-entry just before your visa expires, you get a new 90 days. Perhaps I'm wrong.

I've never tried to do that before.

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Thanks for answering, elviajero. Are you positive about that?

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Hi everyone.

I want to ask if you are on a single entry non-O volunteer visa, and you get a re-entry permit, when you come back in, do they give you another 90 days, or do they only give you until the original date?

I am in charge of a group of volunteers who are coming to the end of their initial 90 days. For most of them, an additional 90 days would cover their stay. However, when our foundation recently was doing extensions for some volunteers, Chiang Mai immigration made some major problems, even though we are a fully registered foundation and the work permits were already obtained.

Thanks for any advice.

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It is. The ngo is international and has been operating here for a number of years. However, we just got our official foundation status about 2 months ago. Which is just about the same time I joined up, meaning I was one of the first to get a non-O visa.

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I agree. Definitely not impossible, but I just need to make sure my understanding is accurate. My visa needs to be extended at the end of the month, so we might not have time to get the approval yet. So I'm looking at a 90-day extension first, if I am not mistaken.

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