my british friend / british passport holder lives in cambodia and would like to make regular visits to thailand by land crossing only, what are his options tourist visa/30 day on arrival ect and how many times can he do this without going back to the uk.

thanks for any help

He would only be able to do two 30 day visa exempt entries per calendar year at a land border crossing.

Getting single entry tourist visas would be another option. Not sure how many he could get at the embassy in Phnom Penh.

How long does he plan on staying and how often? 

 

Is he officially resident or working in Cambodia?

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

He would only be able to do two 30 day visa exempt entries per calendar year at a land border crossing.

Getting single entry tourist visas would be another option. Not sure how many he could get at the embassy in Phnom Penh.

How long does he plan on staying and how often? 

 

3 times a year about a month or more each time if possible

As mentioned, if he stuck to border crossings and went to few different ones he could achieve what is required on VE. Add an ocassional weekend break to Saigon (UK can enter visa exempt) and obtain setv. 

Etc etc many options to mix it up, esp for amount of time your friend wants to visit los. He is a tourist. Oh just noticed your "month or more"... He can extend each VE and setv one time.

50 minutes ago, salavan said:

3 times a year about a month or more each time if possible

That could be the two visa exempt entries per calendar year that can be extended for 30 days and one single entry tourist visa.

32 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

As mentioned, if he stuck to border crossings and went to few different ones he could achieve what is required on VE.

Not unless the 3rd one was done in a different calendar year than the other two.

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Not unless the 3rd one was done in a different calendar year than the other two.

Ubon...does that mean in any calander year the TOTAL border crossings using VE is 2. Regardless of using various border crossings.

Ta

30 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Ubon...does that mean in any calander year the TOTAL border crossings using VE is 2. Regardless of using various border crossings.

Ta

Yes it does. They check for entries at any crossing.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Ubon...does that mean in any calander year the TOTAL border crossings using VE is 2. Regardless of using various border crossings.

Yes, but only land border visa exempt entries are counted towards the limit of two.

13 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

That could be the two visa exempt entries per calendar year that can be extended for 30 days and one single entry tourist visa.

Thanks joe

Can the tourist visa be obtained in the Thai embassy in Cambodia every year without going back to the uk

5 minutes ago, salavan said:

Thanks joe

Can the tourist visa be obtained in the Thai embassy in Cambodia every year without going back to the uk

Yes it could be done at the embassy in Phnom Penh. One tourist visa a year would not be a problem.

3 minutes ago, salavan said:

Thanks joe

Can the tourist visa be obtained in the Thai embassy in Cambodia every year without going back to the uk

Yes for sure. You certainly wouldn't go back to UK just to obtain setv.

He could obtain in pp or places like Saigon, Vientiane etc. If his situation ever changed and wished to visit los more often he could obtain METV but that would require being in uk