Tourist Visa

[sananeamk0715]

Hello everyone

 

I have 4 Thai visa in my passport. Which one is 2+1 months single entry tourist visa. I done 1 times in Penang Malaysia and 3 times in Vientiane Laos.

 

1)So my question. I never been in Cambodia before. And I heard some people saying 2+1 months single entry tourist visa possible to make in Cambodia. Is that true? If yes is that difficult? Are they make problem or something?

 

2)This question not about Cambodia. For example I get my 2+1 months single entry tourist visa from somewhere. After that if I want to travel other country but my tourist vissingle entry. Is that possible pay some money and buy one more entry and back to Thailand?

[Maestro]

You can't buy one more entry for an old visa. You must apply for a new visa at a Thai embassy or consulate.

[sananeamk0715]

36 minutes ago, Maestro said:

You can't buy one more entry for an old visa. You must apply for a new visa at a Thai embassy or consulate.

You mean even I make new visa cannot buy entry right

[Maestro]

You don't "buy an entry". You get a new visa and this visa allows you one entry, subject to the decision of the immigration official at the entry point.

[Tanoshi]

8 hours ago, Maestro said:

You can't buy one more entry for an old visa. You must apply for a new visa at a Thai embassy or consulate.

I think the OP is asking if after obtaining a new TV and using that single entry to enter Thailand, can he purchase a re-entry permit during the validity of that Visa to visit another Country and return.

The answer would be yes, he can.

[JackThompson]

The Cambodian Thai Consulate may give you a "red stamp" on a Tourist Visa they issue, if your previous stays in Thailand are close together.  If only making one Tourist Visa a year, this is unlikely.  A "red stamp" would mean you would need to get a new passport from your embassy before being able to get more Tourist Visas from many consulates in the region.

 

Requirements last time I checked for the Thai Consulate in Phnom Penh were:

• Bank Account statement showing $1000 USD+ (Thai or Foreign bank is OK)
• Proof of a Flight Out of Thailand (not sure if within 60 or 90 days required at this consulate - at most, 90 days is ok)
• Proof of where you will be staying in Thailand (hotel-booking or rental-contract)

[sananeamk0715]

7 hours ago, Maestro said:

You don't "buy an entry". You get a new visa and this visa allows you one entry, subject to the decision of the immigration official at the entry point.

Yes I know they give single entry and if you go other country within this visa when you back to Thailand your visa already expired. I mean if I obtaining new 2+1 months single entry tourist visa and can I purchase a re-entry permit during the validity of that visa to visit another country and return? If yes how much and from where can buy

[sananeamk0715]

2 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

I think the OP is asking if after obtaining a new TV and using that single entry to enter Thailand, can he purchase a re-entry permit during the validity of that Visa to visit another Country and return.

The answer would be yes, he can.

Yes that's what I want to know. I mean buy re-entry for 2+1 months single entry tourist visa. Go other country visit and come back with single entry tourist visa. How much and from where can buy re-entry

[sananeamk0715]

1 hour ago, JackThompson said:

The Cambodian Thai Consulate may give you a "red stamp" on a Tourist Visa they issue, if your previous stays in Thailand are close together.  If only making one Tourist Visa a year, this is unlikely.  A "red stamp" would mean you would need to get a new passport from your embassy before being able to get more Tourist Visas from many consulates in the region.

 

Requirements last time I checked for the Thai Consulate in Phnom Penh were:

• Bank Account statement showing $1000 USD+ (Thai or Foreign bank is OK)
• Proof of a Flight Out of Thailand (not sure if within 60 or 90 days required at this consulate - at most, 90 days is ok)
• Proof of where you will be staying in Thailand (hotel-booking or rental-contract)

Yes I also check and kinda afraid now because I have 4 Thai 2+1 months single entry tourist visa. May be get red stamp from Cambodia. It's better go travel there make visa in Laos.

[JackThompson]

13 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Yes I also check and kinda afraid now because I have 4 Thai 2+1 months single entry tourist visa. May be get red stamp from Cambodia. It's better go travel there make visa in Laos.

If those visas you list are close-together, Vientiane, Laos may also red-stamp you.  But Savanakhet is not reported (yet) to do this. 

The requirements in Savanakhet are similar to Phnom Penh (money + flight + hotel/condo), but the money-requirement is only 20K Baht (or equivalent in your currency) shown via bank-statement/book. 

 

Another thing on Phnom Penh: Unless someone else can confirm they restored "express" service in the last couple months, it may take 3 or 4 days now to get a Tourist Visa there.  Savanahket has "next day" service (subject to days-open / holidays).

[JackThompson]

23 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Yes I know they give single entry and if you go other country within this visa when you back to Thailand your visa already expired. I mean if I obtaining new 2+1 months single entry tourist visa and can I purchase a re-entry permit during the validity of that visa to visit another country and return? If yes how much and from where can buy

You can buy a re-entry permit at the immigration-office which serves the area where you are staying - or - at an airport but only *after* passing through outgoing-customs when boarding an international flight. 

 

Note that your "visa" is marked "used" (is dead) when you enter the country with it.  The "re-entry permit" only preserves the date the permission-of-stay stamp which exists in your passport when that re-entry permit is issued.

[NorthernRyland]

10 hours ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Yes I also check and kinda afraid now because I have 4 Thai 2+1 months single entry tourist visa. May be get red stamp from Cambodia. It's better go travel there make visa in Laos.

You're really pushing your luck at this point and it's better just fly back home for a while then come back with a METV if you qualify. 

[sananeamk0715]

12 hours ago, JackThompson said:

If those visas you list are close-together, Vientiane, Laos may also red-stamp you.  But Savanakhet is not reported (yet) to do this. 

The requirements in Savanakhet are similar to Phnom Penh (money + flight + hotel/condo), but the money-requirement is only 20K Baht (or equivalent in your currency) shown via bank-statement/book. 

 

Another thing on Phnom Penh: Unless someone else can confirm they restored "express" service in the last couple months, it may take 3 or 4 days now to get a Tourist Visa there.  Savanahket has "next day" service (subject to days-open / holidays).

Actually I have 3 Thai 2+1 months single entry visa which one close to each other.

 

First one 15/08/2016 to 14/11/2016

second one 14/11/2016 to 13/02/2017

third one 13/02/2017 to 20/05/2017

 

After that I back my country from 04/05/2017 to 10/07/2017 

 

So I mean I have  2+1 months single entry 3 visa close to each other after all I back country for more then 2 months and after 2 months later come back to Thailand  until now make once 2+1 months single entry visa which one is 6/09/2017 to 08/12/2017

 

So I don't think so any problem about red stamp for my next visa run.

[sananeamk0715]

12 hours ago, JackThompson said:

You can buy a re-entry permit at the immigration-office which serves the area where you are staying - or - at an airport but only *after* passing through outgoing-customs when boarding an international flight. 

 

Note that your "visa" is marked "used" (is dead) when you enter the country with it.  The "re-entry permit" only preserves the date the permission-of-stay stamp which exists in your passport when that re-entry permit is issued.

"Note that your "visa" is marked "used" (is dead) when you enter the country with it.  The "re-entry permit" only preserves the date the permission-of-stay stamp which exists in your passport when that re-entry permit is issued."

 

I don't get it. Let's say my new visa 08/12/2017 to 08/03/2018 2+1 months single entry visa. So I want to travel Cambodia 01/01/2018 to 05/01/2018 so when I come back this 5 days already used from my Thai visa or they stop this 5 days? Or what do you mean? 

[sananeamk0715]

3 hours ago, genericptr said:

You're really pushing your luck at this point and it's better just fly back home for a while then come back with a METV if you qualify. 

Actually I have 3 Thai 2+1 months single entry visa which one close to each other.

 

First one 15/08/2016 to 14/11/2016

second one 14/11/2016 to 13/02/2017

third one 13/02/2017 to 20/05/2017

 

After that I back my country from 04/05/2017 to 10/07/2017 

 

So I mean I have  2+1 months single entry 3 visa close to each other after all I back country for more then 2 months and after 2 months later come back to Thailand  until now make once 2+1 months single entry visa which one is 6/09/2017 to 08/12/2017

 

So I don't think so any problem about red stamp for my next visa run.

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[JackThompson]

20 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Actually I have 3 Thai 2+1 months single entry visa which one close to each other.

First one 15/08/2016 to 14/11/2016

second one 14/11/2016 to 13/02/2017

third one 13/02/2017 to 20/05/2017

After that I back my country from 04/05/2017 to 10/07/2017 

So I mean I have  2+1 months single entry 3 visa close to each other after all I back country for more then 2 months and after 2 months later come back to Thailand  until now make once 2+1 months single entry visa which one is 6/09/2017 to 08/12/2017

So I don't think so any problem about red stamp for my next visa run.

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I got a red-stamp at Vientiane based on visas prior to a 7-month break out of Thailand.  That is not to say that you will, but you could.

 

21 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

"Note that your "visa" is marked "used" (is dead) when you enter the country with it.  The "re-entry permit" only preserves the date the permission-of-stay stamp which exists in your passport when that re-entry permit is issued."

 

I don't get it. Let's say my new visa 08/12/2017 to 08/03/2018 2+1 months single entry visa. So I want to travel Cambodia 01/01/2018 to 05/01/2018 so when I come back this 5 days already used from my Thai visa or they stop this 5 days? Or what do you mean? 

First - the 60-days you get entering the country with a Tourist Visa is a separate "permission of stay" from the 30-days extension you get later.  So, your "08/12/2017 to 08/03/2018 2+1 months single entry visa" is not how you should look at it. 

 

Using your example-dates, what you get when entering "Dec 8, 2017 would be a "permitted stay" date of "Feb 5, 2018" for your first 60-days, then, if you apply for a 30-day extension, you would get a separate "permitted stay" date of "March 7, 2018" 

 

Your re-entry permit only preserves the date of the existing "permission of stay" stamp - one or the other - whichever is active when you get your re-entry permit. 

 

If you preserved the first "permitted stay" date of "Feb 5, 2018", then left the country some time before that, and then returned - when you get stamped-in, you will get a new "permitted stay" date of "Feb 5, 2018" - no extra days - the exact same date you had before.

[Tanoshi]

10 hours ago, sananeamk0715 said:

I don't get it. Let's say my new visa 08/12/2017 to 08/03/2018 2+1 months single entry visa. So I want to travel Cambodia 01/01/2018 to 05/01/2018 so when I come back this 5 days already used from my Thai visa or they stop this 5 days? Or what do you mean? 

Your getting confused with the validity of the Visa (3 months)

A TV issued on 8/12/17 would be valid until 7/3/18. (Enter before date).

That means you can enter Thailand anytime from the date of issue (8/12/17) until the enter before date. (7/3/18).

 

Once you use that Visa to enter Thailand you are given a 'permission to stay' stamp for 60 days.

Your single entry Visa is now 'used'

If you entered on say 10/12/17, you will be given a permission to stay stamp until 7/2/18.

If you wanted to go to Cambodia on 1/1/18 for 5 days, you would need to purchase a re-entry permit because you've already used the single entry of that now 'used' Visa.

When you re-enter, you will be given a 'permission to stay' stamp again for the remainder of the 60 days, until 7/2/18.

 

Just before 7/12/18, you can extend your permission to stay by 30 more days at your local Immigration office for 1,900 baht.

You permission to stay will then be extended to 9/3/18.

 

If you have permission to stay for 60 days, but choose to spend 5 days in Cambodia, that is your personal choice. Your permission to stay will not be extended 5 days, it remains at 60 days.

 

 

[wump]

12 hours ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Actually I have 3 Thai 2+1 months single entry visa which one close to each other.

 

First one 15/08/2016 to 14/11/2016

second one 14/11/2016 to 13/02/2017

third one 13/02/2017 to 20/05/2017

 

After that I back my country from 04/05/2017 to 10/07/2017 

 

So I mean I have  2+1 months single entry 3 visa close to each other after all I back country for more then 2 months and after 2 months later come back to Thailand  until now make once 2+1 months single entry visa which one is 6/09/2017 to 08/12/2017

 

So I don't think so any problem about red stamp for my next visa run.

You will get a visa without any problems as you spent some time back home. I think it's best to use Penang for hassle-free service. Don't bother with the reenty-permit, just come back visa exempt. Or the other way round, whichever stay is longer.

[sananeamk0715]

4 hours ago, wump said:

You will get a visa without any problems as you spent some time back home. I think it's best to use Penang for hassle-free service. Don't bother with the reenty-permit, just come back visa exempt. Or the other way round, whichever stay is longer.

Yes I think so because after 2 months back Thailand only make once tourist visa. I heard many people get red stamp in Penang, Malaysia.

[wump]

Don't think you'd get a red stamp from going once to an embassy AFAIK. I have like >10 visa stickers (lots of triples as well) in my passport and never got a warning or stamp anywhere. You'll be fine. Just use an agent so you don't have to deal with sour embassy staff. Well worth the money. In Cambodia it was like 5-10$ and in Penang 400 Baht or so. Cheaper than taking taxis to the embassy and saves you the wait. But someone said in Cambodia you now have to show up in person so I recommend Penang as your best bet (also visa-free entry - another $30 saved).

[sananeamk0715]

45 minutes ago, wump said:

Don't think you'd get a red stamp from going once to an embassy AFAIK. I have like >10 visa stickers (lots of triples as well) in my passport and never got a warning or stamp anywhere. You'll be fine. Just use an agent so you don't have to deal with sour embassy staff. Well worth the money. In Cambodia it was like 5-10$ and in Penang 400 Baht or so. Cheaper than taking taxis to the embassy and saves you the wait. But someone said in Cambodia you now have to show up in person so I recommend Penang as your best bet (also visa-free entry - another $30 saved).

AFAIK mean? lol 

 

Well actually today went Laos embassy for make visa but they said not working tomorrow as well. And I bought my return flight Laos to Thailand on friday. So I can apply Laos visa on wednesday and wednesday night flight(right now around 3100 Baht) Because I was thinking today make visa go by bus and also Laos visa 1600 Baht. I'm thinking about go Penang Malaysia but afraid kinda. Do you know any agency?

[JackThompson]

11 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Well actually today went Laos embassy for make visa but they said not working tomorrow as well.

If you already applied already at a Thai Consulate in Laos today (Monday), and they are closed tomorrow (Tuesday), then you'd get your visa on Wednesday.

 

11 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

And I bought my return flight Laos to Thailand on friday. So I can apply Laos visa on wednesday and wednesday night flight(right now around 3100 Baht) 

If you applied for a visa on Wednesday, you'd get your visa and passport back on Thursday.  

 

11 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Because I was thinking today make visa go by bus and also Laos visa 1600 Baht. I'm thinking about go Penang Malaysia but afraid kinda. Do you know any agency?

If you haven't left Thailand yet (are not in Lao, and didn't just go to Laos embassy), and are thinking of Penang, "Jim's Place" is an agent who can help with your visa, there. 

[sananeamk0715]

 

9 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

If you already applied already at a Thai Consulate in Laos today (Monday), and they are closed tomorrow (Tuesday), then you'd get your visa on Wednesday.

 

If you applied for a visa on Wednesday, you'd get your visa and passport back on Thursday.  

 

If you haven't left Thailand yet (are not in Lao, and didn't just go to Laos embassy), and are thinking of Penang, "Jim's Place" is an agent who can help with your visa, there. 

No no I'm still in Thailand now. I mean today I went Laos embassy in Thailand for apply Laos visa they not working and I think tomorrow also because in Thailand father's day. So wednesday can apply Laos visa but before I thought I can make monday and go by bus monday night so I bought my flight ticket Laos to Thailand on friday. But now they not work today and tomorrow if make visa wednesday can go by airplane wednesday night but it's around 3100 Baht. So I can apply Thai visa thursday and friday take passport but friday my flight also 2:45 pm and consulate open 1:30 pm. I have to rush. Also pay Laos visa 1600 Baht. 

 

Or go Malaysi also no need visa. But afraid get red stamp. Even have 4 tourist visa.

[ubonjoe]

2 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

No no I'm still in Thailand now. I mean today I went Laos embassy in Thailand for apply Laos visa they not working and I think tomorrow also because in Thailand father's day.

Unless you are from a country that cannot get one you can get a Lao visa on arrival when you arrive in Laos.

See: https://www.laos-guide-999.com/laos-visa-on-arrival.html

You could take a bus tomorrow night and apply for the visa at the Thai embassy in Vientiane.

The embassy was closed today and will be closed tomorrow as well.

[sananeamk0715]

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

Unless you are from a country that cannot get one you can get a Lao visa on arrival when you arrive in Laos.

See: https://www.laos-guide-999.com/laos-visa-on-arrival.html

You could take a bus tomorrow night and apply for the visa at the Thai embassy in Vientiane.

The embassy was closed today and will be closed tomorrow as well.

Unlucky I'm from Turkey. Laos and Vietnam only visa required country for Turkish citizenship in Southeast Asia lol

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Unlucky I'm from Turkey. Laos and Vietnam only visa required country for Turkish citizenship in Southeast Asia lol

You could start your trip to Vientiane tomorrow night by stopping in Koen Khen and getting your visa at the Lao consulate there early on Wednesday. You may get your visa quicker there.

It is a 2.5 to 3 hour trip to the bridge in Nong Khai from Koen Khen.

Then be at the embassy early on Thursday to get a low queue number so that you would be one of first people to get your visa on Friday.

[sananeamk0715]

10 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You could start your trip to Vientiane tomorrow night by stopping in Koen Khen and getting your visa at the Lao consulate there early on Wednesday. You may get your visa quicker there.

It is a 2.5 to 3 hour trip to the bridge in Nong Khai from Koen Khen.

Then be at the embassy early on Thursday to get a low queue number so that you would be one of first people to get your visa on Friday.

Yeah I never think like that way. For sure I'm gonna do like this right now. Thank you so much! Are the visa requirements same as Laos embassy in Bangkok? For example in Bangkok they want:

 

-Passport
-Application Form
-Photos 2x
-1,600 Baht
-Credit Card Copy
-Flight Ticket Copy
-Hotel Reservation Copy
-Passport Copy
-Departure Card Copy
-Thai Visa and Stamp Copy
 

[ubonjoe]

3 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

Are the visa requirements same as Laos embassy in Bangkok?

Not sure but they should be the same if not less.

[sananeamk0715]

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

Not sure but they should be the same if not less.

I think so must be more freedom there. I feel like less documents. Because even no official website for Laos embassy in Khon Kaen. 

[ubonjoe]

5 minutes ago, sananeamk0715 said:

I think so must be more freedom there. I feel like less documents. Because even no official website for Laos embassy in Khon Kaen. 

There is a discussion here about the location and contact for the consulate here.