90 Days X2? Anybody Tried It Yet?

[smx1313]

A while back I posted a formula that would allow one, in theory, to stay 6 months.

1. 60 day visa from Consulate

2. 30 extension

90 days.

Then 3 30 day visa runs.

6 months.

Repeat process as needed.

Now by reading this board I've seen conflicting reports on whether or not this would work.

Has anybody tried something like this?

What were the results?

Thank you.

[ChokChaiChas]

A while back I posted a formula that would allow one, in theory, to stay 6 months.

1. 60 day visa from Consulate

2. 30 extension

90 days.

Then 3 30 day visa runs.

6 months.

Repeat process as needed.

Now by reading this board I've seen conflicting reports on whether or not this would work.

Has anybody tried something like this?

What were the results?

Thank you.

No-one could have disputed your formula.

All the signs are that consecutive 30 day visa runs are to become a thing of the past so the validity of the formula may never be fully tested.

[Dupont]

Advice from Phuket Immigration is that no more 30 - 30 - 30 after the tourist visa.

The visa run companies are also saying this!

Ranong visa run company bosses are devastated by this, and they along with the boats that service this industry are some of the first Thais to feel the sting (financially) from this.

Once enough Thais are affected, things will change. They don't care a fig about foreigners, but hungry thais, loosing money ususally equates to protests and marched on governemt offices etc.

[visarunner]

Advice from Phuket Immigration is that no more 30 - 30 - 30 after the tourist visa.

The visa run companies are also saying this!

Ranong visa run company bosses are devastated by this, and they along with the boats that service this industry are some of the first Thais to feel the sting (financially) from this.

Once enough Thais are affected, things will change. They don't care a fig about foreigners, but hungry thais, loosing money ususally equates to protests and marched on governemt offices etc.

That would be new , rumours again.

It is still possible to do 3x30 in a row , extent it once for 7 days , get a TV ,extent it for 30days and you can start a new SIX-Month Period.

[farangsay]

Advice from Phuket Immigration is that no more 30 - 30 - 30 after the tourist visa.

The visa run companies are also saying this!

Ranong visa run company bosses are devastated by this, and they along with the boats that service this industry are some of the first Thais to feel the sting (financially) from this.

Once enough Thais are affected, things will change. They don't care a fig about foreigners, but hungry thais, loosing money ususally equates to protests and marched on governemt offices etc.

That would be new , rumours again.

It is still possible to do 3x30 in a row , extent it once for 7 days , get a TV ,extent it for 30days and you can start a new SIX-Month Period.

Are you sure ?

There is s thread entitled "New requirement to show air ticket at land border, For 30 day stamp'

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=114167

Although I have not yet seen a post where somebody actually had to produce a ticket

(or was refused re-entry for not having one) it would render 3 consecutive 30 day visa

runs well nigh impossible.

[BronzeRider]

OK - then I have a question:

If no more 30 - 30- 30 then a Tourist Visa (60 days) from another country(without extending) but just a border run for 30 days, this would prohibit me from entering again?

BR

[visarunner]

Advice from Phuket Immigration is that no more 30 - 30 - 30 after the tourist visa.

The visa run companies are also saying this!

Ranong visa run company bosses are devastated by this, and they along with the boats that service this industry are some of the first Thais to feel the sting (financially) from this.

Once enough Thais are affected, things will change. They don't care a fig about foreigners, but hungry thais, loosing money ususally equates to protests and marched on governemt offices etc.

That would be new , rumours again.

It is still possible to do 3x30 in a row , extent it once for 7 days , get a TV ,extent it for 30days and you can start a new SIX-Month Period.

Are you sure ?

There is s thread entitled "New requirement to show air ticket at land border, For 30 day stamp'

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=114167

Although I have not yet seen a post where somebody actually had to produce a ticket

(or was refused re-entry for not having one) it would render 3 consecutive 30 day visa

runs well nigh impossible.

Some Philipinos in Aran/PoiPet have been prevented from departing because they were not able to produce tickets which would entitle them to re-enter.

It is OK to buy a open ,yearly ticket and change the booking date before you do a border run .

[Dupont]

Advice from Phuket Immigration is that no more 30 - 30 - 30 after the tourist visa.

The visa run companies are also saying this!

Ranong visa run company bosses are devastated by this, and they along with the boats that service this industry are some of the first Thais to feel the sting (financially) from this.

Once enough Thais are affected, things will change. They don't care a fig about foreigners, but hungry thais, loosing money ususally equates to protests and marched on governemt offices etc.

That would be new , rumours again.

It is still possible to do 3x30 in a row , extent it once for 7 days , get a TV ,extent it for 30days and you can start a new SIX-Month Period.

No rumours, first hand this. Went in with my mate this week and we have spoken to many people about it, including Big Boat visa boss, Ranong Immigration (direct). Ranong Immigration are stating cannot come back in after the 60day tourist and the 30 day extension!!

Phuket Visa and accounting who are well connected are saying the same... Go to Penang only option.

This could be the usual confusion and waffle, but my friend ahs been on their case all week and they are sticking by this. I was there extending my O visa but was party to the conversations he had with officers there and the Visa run firm.

Edited April 6, 2007 by Dupont

[visarunner]

Advice from Phuket Immigration is that no more 30 - 30 - 30 after the tourist visa.

The visa run companies are also saying this!

Ranong visa run company bosses are devastated by this, and they along with the boats that service this industry are some of the first Thais to feel the sting (financially) from this.

Once enough Thais are affected, things will change. They don't care a fig about foreigners, but hungry thais, loosing money ususally equates to protests and marched on governemt offices etc.

That would be new , rumours again.

It is still possible to do 3x30 in a row , extent it once for 7 days , get a TV ,extent it for 30days and you can start a new SIX-Month Period.

No rumours, first hand this. Went in with my mate this week and we have spoken to many people about it, including Big Boat visa boss, Ranong Immigration (direct). Ranong Immigration are stating cannot come back in after the 60day tourist and the 30 day extension!!

Phuket Visa and accounting who are well connected are saying the same... Go to Penang only option.

This could be the usual confusion and waffle, but my friend ahs been on their case all week and they are sticking by this. I was there extending my O visa but was party to the conversations he had with officers there and the Visa run firm.

Thanks for the update , obvious one addl way of interpretation.

At the Cambodian border ( Aran/PoiPet) the Immigration officers are even informing people to go to Immigration either in BKK or even in Aran to extent the 30day visa exempt stamp by 7 days in order to start 1,2 and 3 again.

[visarunner]

A while back I posted a formula that would allow one, in theory, to stay 6 months.

1. 60 day visa from Consulate

2. 30 extension

90 days.

Then 3 30 day visa runs.

6 months.

Repeat process as needed.

Now by reading this board I've seen conflicting reports on whether or not this would work.

Has anybody tried something like this?

What were the results?

Thank you.

This way does not work.

You need to extent one of the 30day visa exempt stamp by 7 days and than you will overcome the fix SIX-MONTH period.

[Khun Bob]

Or you could spend however many days necessary outside of thailand, then just come back in on day 181 ? This could of course be combined with getting a tourist visa - this may work out cheaper then a 7 day tourist visa extension (is this 1900 baht ?)

HTH

Alternatively are those cambo casinos open 24 hours - well if so just camp down there for a few days and get to really use that cambodian 30day visa...

Why dont the visa run comapnies set up a budget guest house on the othger side of the border for people who want to pass a few days there and then come back and do this for less then the cost of a 7 day extension - in cambo 100 baht a night - need 4 nights so an extra 400 ontop of the normal visa run price ?

A while back I posted a formula that would allow one, in theory, to stay 6 months.

1. 60 day visa from Consulate

2. 30 extension

90 days.

Then 3 30 day visa runs.

6 months.

Repeat process as needed.

Now by reading this board I've seen conflicting reports on whether or not this would work.

Has anybody tried something like this?

What were the results?

Thank you.

This way does not work.

You need to extent one of the 30day visa exempt stamp by 7 days and than you will overcome the fix SIX-MONTH period.

Edited April 7, 2007 by Khun Bob

[smx1313]

A while back I posted a formula that would allow one, in theory, to stay 6 months.

1. 60 day visa from Consulate

2. 30 extension

90 days.

Then 3 30 day visa runs.

6 months.

Repeat process as needed.

The formula is not mine. I 1st read it in Untamed travel. An interview with a police offical explaining (or trying to) how the new law worked. This was back in Oct.

Made sense at the time and I was planning on using it. But now...I don't think so.

Very risky.