Does my friend from Uk have to apply for tourist visa in London?

[bbabythai]

My friend comes to Thailand sometimes for holidays. He was here a few months ago and is coming back next month. He plans to fly into bkk and spend a week or so here and then cross land border into cambodia and then back into Thailand a few weeks later. 

 

Does he need to go to the consulate in London to get a tourist visa multi entry OR can he simply just do it at the borders. Are  thai immigration going to give a s**t as long as he can show ticket back to the Uk?

 

thanks

[Jip99]

He will get 30 days visa exempt on entry at Suvarnabhumi and again when returning over the land border.

 

If that covers the length of his stay, and he has a return 'ticket' there are no issues with immigration and a Tourist Visa is not required if his second stay is under 30 days.

[elviajero]

He doesn’t need a Tourist Visa, but if he travels without a visa the airline might want to see an onward flight (to anyway) dated within 30 days of his entry.

 

If he travels with a Tourist Visa he won’t need an onward flight. Visas are easily obtained from the Lobdon Embassy by post.

[chrisinth]

17 hours ago, bbabythai said:

Does he need to go to the consulate in London to get a tourist visa multi entry OR can he simply just do it at the borders. Are  thai immigration going to give a s**t as long as he can show ticket back to the Uk?

If your friend is after a METV (multi entry tourist visa) then yes, he will need to get it in his home country. There are a few exceptions to this, issuing METV's to none natives, but not in countries bordering Thailand.

 

If he is just looking to stay a short time in Thailand and cross to Cambodia for a few weeks, then he shouldn't need a METV. 

 

You said in your OP that your friend was here a few months ago; how many times did he do a border crossing when he was here? This could affect his travel as the new rules allow for only 2 land crossing within the period of January to January if on visa exempt.