Advice on steps ln leaving & re-entering Thailand @ Mukdahan / Savannakhet please.

[JOCKANESE]

Just a wee bit of advice if you could please.

Wife & I are "planning" to Exit Thailand at Mukdahan to Savannakhet then re-enter @ Mukdahan a couple of days later if all is well with the Non O Visa application at tha Thai consulate. I think we have all the documentation in order but as i've never exited Thailand only to re-enter soon after (and also never by a land border) i just wanted to get the stages clear in my new boy brain;

We drive to the overnight car park at the bridge, then i have to get an EXIT stamped in my passport ? would that be at the bridge passport control or 300 metres away @the Thai Immigration office ? then what are our oprtions for crossing the bridge, Tuk Tuk,Private hire cabs or could we get a coach ticket at the bridge ?

 and then i presume we just do the revers order coming back.

     Cheers in advance

Jock

[ubonjoe]

You will clear departure immigration at the bridge.

After that you would take the bus (they sell the tickets before immigration) to the Lao side of the bridge and clear Lao immigration. You will need a Lao visa on arrival that costs $40 before clearing Lao immigration.

You can also apply for a visa for Laos online. https://laoevisa.gov.la/index

[JOCKANESE]

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You will clear departure immigration at the bridge.

After that you would take the bus (they sell the tickets before immigration) to the Lao side of the bridge and clear Lao immigration. You will need a Lao visa on arrival that costs $40 before clearing Lao immigration.

You can also apply for a visa for Laos online. https://laoevisa.gov.la/index

Awesome, many thanks as always. (just for any others interested, the online E-Visa for Laos must be done minimum 5 days in advance of travel, we ran out of time for that so it has to be visa on arrival for us)

All the best.

Jock

Edited August 22, 2022 by JOCKANESE

[FARANG KIWI]

17 hours ago, JOCKANESE said:

Awesome, many thanks as always. (just for any others interested, the online E-Visa for Laos must be done minimum 5 days in advance of travel, we ran out of time for that so it has to be visa on arrival for us)

All the best.

Jock

Would be really awesome to get a trip report from you after your return.

Especially costs \ transport options that you used to move around...  Cheers

[JOCKANESE]

UPDATE

 

         Just got back last night with a new 90 day Non Imm O.

 

       All went smoothly with just a couple of minor unexpected requests.

   Getting there = We parked up in the large covered car park at the bridge (250 THB per night) then went through Immigration and caught the coach (50 THB per person, coaches every hour and a half or so.) Bit of a scrum getting on the coach with loads of cargo piled up on back seats and our seat had a large packed item making it a squeeze. We could have got a hired car at the wee souvenir shop next to the big car park, we decided against it thinking it was not good value (3500 THB)  to just take us to our hotel in Savannakhet. But we met a fellow Brit in Lins Cafe (recommended) and he said he does use that same firm and the deal is - they take you through the immi (doing some of the paperwork) and deliver you to the Thai consulate to drop off application then take you to your hotel, then collect you next day - take you to consulate to collect visa then back to the Thai side  (i don't know if all that is true but i believe this guy is legit, worth checking this "taxi" firm out to take a fair bit of hassle out of the equation if we need to go back in future). Best to get a number of a tuk tuk driver for getting around town if like us, people get digs a bit out of the centre of town. We used a food delivery called "Foodpanda" which was good - GoTeddy is another option. You will need access to a Laos mobile number for foodpanda (our landlady @ Thongkan Mansion helped us out there).

 

Visa application went as hoped except we were asked to get a copy of the Khor Ror 22 (the wife chatted with the guy and i think he asked for that because she mentioned it), the Thai consular staff do seem to have a reputation for being very helpful. I've attached a photo of the opening times for the Consulate - We didn't know that applications were only between 0900 - 1100 and collections from 1400 - 1600 next day (we missed it on our day of arrival but did book the digs for a couple of days just in case.

 

Coming back -  Landlady was great, took us to collect visa then to the bridge to get the coach (taxi options there as well but we stuck with the coach). All went well but i was asked to provide C-19 vaccine evidence (which we had anyway because we expected the Laos Immi to ask for it), i didn't expect the Thai Immi to ask for that (maybe it's because i was wandering around with my mask pulled down and not being as diligent as the locals. Would they have asked for it if i was masked up ? who knows.

 

All the costs for Visas and transportation were as expected.

Good luck.

Jock

[sanook 1]

21 hours ago, JOCKANESE said:

UPDATE

 

         Just got back last night with a new 90 day Non Imm O.

 

       All went smoothly with just a couple of minor unexpected requests.

   Getting there = We parked up in the large covered car park at the bridge (250 THB per night) then went through Immigration and caught the coach (50 THB per person, coaches every hour and a half or so.) Bit of a scrum getting on the coach with loads of cargo piled up on back seats and our seat had a large packed item making it a squeeze. We could have got a hired car at the wee souvenir shop next to the big car park, we decided against it thinking it was not good value (3500 THB)  to just take us to our hotel in Savannakhet. But we met a fellow Brit in Lins Cafe (recommended) and he said he does use that same firm and the deal is - they take you through the immi (doing some of the paperwork) and deliver you to the Thai consulate to drop off application then take you to your hotel, then collect you next day - take you to consulate to collect visa then back to the Thai side  (i don't know if all that is true but i believe this guy is legit, worth checking this "taxi" firm out to take a fair bit of hassle out of the equation if we need to go back in future). Best to get a number of a tuk tuk driver for getting around town if like us, people get digs a bit out of the centre of town. We used a food delivery called "Foodpanda" which was good - GoTeddy is another option. You will need access to a Laos mobile number for foodpanda (our landlady @ Thongkan Mansion helped us out there).

 

Visa application went as hoped except we were asked to get a copy of the Khor Ror 22 (the wife chatted with the guy and i think he asked for that because she mentioned it), the Thai consular staff do seem to have a reputation for being very helpful. I've attached a photo of the opening times for the Consulate - We didn't know that applications were only between 0900 - 1100 and collections from 1400 - 1600 next day (we missed it on our day of arrival but did book the digs for a couple of days just in case.

 

Coming back -  Landlady was great, took us to collect visa then to the bridge to get the coach (taxi options there as well but we stuck with the coach). All went well but i was asked to provide C-19 vaccine evidence (which we had anyway because we expected the Laos Immi to ask for it), i didn't expect the Thai Immi to ask for that (maybe it's because i was wandering around with my mask pulled down and not being as diligent as the locals. Would they have asked for it if i was masked up ? who knows.

 

All the costs for Visas and transportation were as expected.

Good luck.

Jock

 

What is the requirements for non vaccinated (c 19) to enter laos, and then thailand again? 

[ubonjoe]

13 minutes ago, sanook 1 said:

What is the requirements for non vaccinated (c 19) to enter laos, and then thailand again? 

It is about the same to enter Thailand but the test can be done up to 72 hours before entry.

 

[sanook 1]

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It is about the same to enter Thailand but the test can be done up to 72 hours before entry.

 

So only Atk, no pcr test? 

[ubonjoe]

9 minutes ago, sanook 1 said:

So only Atk, no pcr test? 

Yes but it needs to be professionally done test with a certificate.

[Adam219]

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It is about the same to enter Thailand but the test can be done up to 72 hours before entry.

It does say 48 hours in the image you quoted and also at https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/laos/entry-requirements

[ubonjoe]

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It is about the same to enter Thailand but the test can be done up to 72 hours before entry.

 

13 minutes ago, Adam219 said:

It does say 48 hours in the image you quoted and also at https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/laos/entry-requirements

What you quoted is for Thailand not Laos.