LAOS visa run and coronavirus

[Jimmy B]

Just seen news Laos is closing checkpoints. Doing a  Non o marriage visa run next week at Savannakhet. My visa runs out on the 20th march but my stamp is ok until the 14 th April. If necessary can I extend this stamp for a further 30 days at my local immigration. Might do a border run at Mae sot to get an extra three months if not possible. Cheers.

[ubonjoe]

Laos only closed a few small crossings. Savannakhet and Vientiane are still open.

You can apply for a 60 day extension to visit your wife at you local immigration office.

Best to do a border hop for a new 90 day entry before your visa expires on the 20th.. That will give you almost 5 months of total stay by getting the 60 day extension before you need to worry about getting a new visa.

[Jimmy B]

Thanks Ubon????. If I were to go for a 60 day extension on the 14th April. What will I need to bring.

I need to get back to the UK within the next month so extending for a further 5 months is out of the question for me. Cheers.

 

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[ubonjoe]

Your wife will need to be with you when you apply. Marriage certificate and copy of it, copies of you wife's house book registry and ID card. A completed TM7 form with a 4 X 6 photo attached. The fee is 1900 baht.

If you did the border hop for 90 days you could get a single re-entry permit to keep the remainder of the 90 days valid when you use it to enter the country after your trip,

[Jimmy B]

So after the border hop, straight to imigration for a re-entry permit at Mae sot or have to do at bkk airport. Any special documents needed? It's a multiple entry non o marriage visa not an extension of marriage if that makes a difference. Thanks Ubon.

[Maestro]

With a multiple-entry non-O visa you do not need a re-entry permit.

 

Upon every arrival with this visa in Thailand you will receive permission to stay for 90 days.

[Jimmy B]

My visa will be finished on this re-entry so unable to do another border run. Ubon Joe says I can get a re-entry permit allowing me to return to Thailand to finish the final 90 days granted to me. That's how I understand it anyway.

[ubonjoe]

9 hours ago, Jimmy B said:

So after the border hop, straight to imigration for a re-entry permit at Mae sot or have to do at bkk airport. Any special documents needed? It's a multiple entry non o marriage visa not an extension of marriage if that makes a difference. Thanks Ubon.

You can get the re-entry permit at your local immigration or either airport in Bangkok on departure from the country 24 hours a day.

[Jimmy B]

Thanks ubon. So if Mae sot closes, I could go to Tak immigration with the wife, do 60 day extension on my stamp ( visa would have expired) and a re-entry permit (in the same day), go to the UK for 1 month and be allowed back in to finish the remaining 30 days. Sorry for so many questions but you are the visa guru.

[ubonjoe]

11 hours ago, Jimmy B said:

Thanks ubon. So if Mae sot closes, I could go to Tak immigration with the wife, do 60 day extension on my stamp ( visa would have expired) and a re-entry permit (in the same day), go to the UK for 1 month and be allowed back in to finish the remaining 30 days. Sorry for so many questions but you are the visa guru.

You can get a re-entry permit for the 60 day extension.

[Jimmy B]

Your answer is unclear. So no need to apply for re-entry permit comes with the extension automatically? and yes I will be allowed to

re enter ( after a month in the UK) to finish the remainder of the extension?

[ubonjoe]

9 hours ago, Jimmy B said:

Your answer is unclear. So no need to apply for re-entry permit comes with the extension automatically? and yes I will be allowed to

re enter ( after a month in the UK) to finish the remainder of the extension?

I don't know how your can read it that way.

After getting the 60 day extension you will have to a apply for a single re-entry permit and pay the 1000 baht fee for it.

No problem to use the re-entry permit after being out of the country for a month but remember you will only be stamped into the country until the date the 60 days ends.