30 Day Entry Stamp And Visa Runs

[sbeckett]

Hello everybody,

I'm Austrian and I want to do one of the visa runs by tomorrow morning to the Cambodian border, but I'm unsure whether I'm right or not, so any help would be very appreciated.

I was already in Thailand the last four months with the typical 30 day entry stamp:

Arrival October 21, Departure November 5

Arrival December 1, Departure December 8

Arrival December 29, Departure January 1

Arrival January 24 allowance for 30 days until February 22, Extension for another 7 Days has been approved until March 1, 2007

So I need to leave the Kingdom by tomorrow and I already went to one of these travel agencies to book a visa run for tomorrow.

Can I do the visa run or not? I'm a little bit confused now and I don't want to be rejected at the border.

Thanks for your help!

Edited February 28, 2007 by sbeckett

[tijnebijn]

For what I understand is that they are counting days and not entries.You clearly still have another 30 days to stay!It is a total of 90 days in 180 you can do the without the visa thing,so you stay apprx the 60 right now,count your days stayed in Thailand altogether and you will se how many you have left....

But clearly not every officer seems to understand the same,so maybe you need a bit of luck,but still will have 7 days for sure!!So just go and see! good luck

[MrDK]

For what I understand is that they are counting days and not entries.

Does anyone have a definite answer/clarification on the method of counting days/entries.

I am leaving for BKK in a couple of weeks and already have 3 stamps within the past 1/2 year, but far from 90 days as follows:

Entry 05 Oct 2006 - Depart 08 Oct 2006 (4 days)

Entry 12 Oct 2006 - Depart 15 Oct 2006 (4 days)

Entry 01 Feb 2007 - Depart 12 Feb 2006 (12 Days)

My next entry will be on 05 April 2007

[Krub]

For what I understand is that they are counting days and not entries.

Does anyone have a definite answer/clarification on the method of counting days/entries.

I am leaving for BKK in a couple of weeks and already have 3 stamps within the past 1/2 year, but far from 90 days as follows:

Entry 05 Oct 2006 - Depart 08 Oct 2006 (4 days)

Entry 12 Oct 2006 - Depart 15 Oct 2006 (4 days)

Entry 01 Feb 2007 - Depart 12 Feb 2006 (12 Days)

My next entry will be on 05 April 2007

You are allowed 90 days stay within 180 so you are fine for your next entry

[CRUNCHER]

For what I understand is that they are counting days and not entries.

Does anyone have a definite answer/clarification on the method of counting days/entries.

I am leaving for BKK in a couple of weeks and already have 3 stamps within the past 1/2 year, but far from 90 days as follows:

Entry 05 Oct 2006 - Depart 08 Oct 2006 (4 days)

Entry 12 Oct 2006 - Depart 15 Oct 2006 (4 days)

Entry 01 Feb 2007 - Depart 12 Feb 2006 (12 Days)

My next entry will be on 05 April 2007

You are allowed 90 days stay within 180 so you are fine for your next entry

On 5th April it will be 182 days since your first entry and in that time you will have stayed in Thailand 20 days. I am not sure how the 180 days rolls forward, but presumably, as it rolls forward you will be able to get 3 back to back 30 days entries.

This raises the question how the 180 day part of the equasion is going to work. Anyone any thoughts? Presumably you could alternate 90 days visa with one, or even 2, 30 days entries for ever?

Edited March 11, 2007 by CRUNCHER

[Maestro]

Presumably you could alternate 90 days visa with one, or even 2, 30 days entries for ever?

Forever is a long time! You can do it as long as a Thai consulate in the region continues to give you a tourist visa when you need it. I have seen many reports here about Manila refusing it outright. Phnom Penh seems to refuse it when you already have many Cambodian stamps in your passport and when they do give you one it is accompanied with the note “only this time”. Singapore reportedly also uses the “only this time” annotation, even when you go there for the first time. I don’t remember about Yangon but I believe it is also not a good choice for a tourist visa.

Slowly, the list is getting longer; more and more consulates are taking a closer look at the history in your passport and start to refuse a tourist visa, saying that you already have been in Thailand so long that they do not believe that you are a real tourist. In the end it will be up to you to convince them that you are.

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Maestro

[h90]

Hello everybody,

I'm Austrian and I want to do one of the visa runs by tomorrow morning to the Cambodian border, but I'm unsure whether I'm right or not, so any help would be very appreciated.

I was already in Thailand the last four months with the typical 30 day entry stamp:

Arrival October 21, Departure November 5

Arrival December 1, Departure December 8

Arrival December 29, Departure January 1

Arrival January 24 allowance for 30 days until February 22, Extension for another 7 Days has been approved until March 1, 2007

So I need to leave the Kingdom by tomorrow and I already went to one of these travel agencies to book a visa run for tomorrow.

Can I do the visa run or not? I'm a little bit confused now and I don't want to be rejected at the border.

Thanks for your help!

I got asked from the Cambodian officer if it is true that Adolf Hitler was Austrian. Of course I told "YES", as it is a fact. Than he asked me if people in Austria loves Hitler or not. I thought thats a pretty dangerous question, so I answer "some do, some do not" ....