tok

1 - It has been reported and advised against in more than one thread to appear at 11:30 am.

Actually I was officially told the previous day at 11.50am, when incidentally they were STILL processing new applicants, that up to 12pm was acceptable. In reality 11.25 would have been too late too, I suspect it was before 11am that they stopped processing new applicants as at least 50 people had used 'messengers' before me that day.

The point I was trying to make was that the 'closure' time for new applicants obviously varies depending on workload.

500 BHT for a single lesson is kinda expensive. Anything cheaper?

yoga elements in Chidlom is probably the best studio for authentic yoga, I trained there as a teacher myself a couple of years ago. You can buy a 'book' of vouchers, 10 or 20 I think wich are valid for several months, so you can go as you please.

BUT you know you should really be going regularly 2-5 times a week (nearer the 5 actually) to get most benefit from yoga !

So I arrived at the Thai Embassy in Vientiane on march 4th, one day before the free tourist visas were to be issued. On inquiry I was told if I wanted a free visa to return between 8am and 12pm the following day March 5th. As I was collecting 3 visas (wife and child too) the saving made sense and I left.

I returned as instructed on Thursday 5th March at 11.30am only to be told they had stopped accepting new applications for the day. I went to great pains to point out I had been told I could arrive 'anytime BEFORE 12pm' but it fell on deaf ears. Apparently they stop accepting applications after x number of applications on that day - I was told 500, but I think this is probably over optimistic, perhaps 300...

Re-submitting on Friday would have meant an extended stay in Laos until Tuesday due to Thai bank holiday, we had train tickets booked back to BKK on the Friday evening !

Having left the compound, i was approached by visa touts - obviously having a field day, and after much deliberation reluctantly handed over 3 passports and 4500B in 'commission'. I picked up the visas the following day at 1pm prompt outside the embassy gates. The only upshot was I was spared the huge queue to officially pick up visas.

Moral of the story - get there early and queue for hours along with everyone else, or pay!

Hi all,

Anyone recommend somewhere to print pdf's cheaply - everywhere I ask they charge 10-20B per page. To copy a book is usually more like 1-2B per page, so am looking for a pdf in a similar price range.

thanks

cj

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Thank you all for your advise and help

30 day entry is entry without visa for most people. The majority of countries obtain a 60 day stay with a tourist visa which can be extended another 30 days. You obtain that from a Consulate in Laos/Malaysia or Singapore in the local area and should be no problem to obtain.

Thank you.

Are (can) the 60 day tourist visas (be) multiple entry ?

Is it possible to obtain a 2nd 60 day visa after the first 60 day (or with extension 90 day) visa has expired by doing another visa run ?

Or is only a 30 day tourist entry visa then possible.

Hi,

I wander if anyone can advise.

I have been in Thailand since October 2006 on a 3 month non-immigrant single entry visa that was subsequently extended for another 2 months and expires in May. I am here with my wife for medical treatment, which is why we managed to persuade immigration in BKK for the extension. However we've been told that there will be no further extensions.

I have two questions I'd really appreciate any advice on:

1. Is it legally possible for us to do a visa run and get a 30 day tourist visa to extend our stay ?

2. Is it legally possible for us to do a visa run and obtain another non-immigrant 3 month visa to extend our stay ?

We have plenty of supporting medical paperwork to show we have been here for medical reasons and the treatment is not yet finished.

Best,

tok