Chong Chom border crossings

[dallen52]

Has anyone had any experience with this crossing point?

I'm told you can park the car and walk across.

Explain you want a walk in 45 days visa free entry to Thailand and it's pretty simple.

Understand there's a service from Buriram?

But getting no response from Buriram ex-pats.

 

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[MJCM]

what do you mean by service?

(Visa run? , there was once by a guy who owned a local Buriram forum, but he is gone and also that service, maybe there is another but no idea about that, ask a travel agent)

 

no recent experience sorry, but car park is approx 100-150 meters from the border (I believe not guarded)

Edited October 2, 2022 by MJCM

[Bigz]

I used this border crossing a few times pre covid so things could have changed. There is a parking lot about 100 meters before the border on the left side of the road. I can't remember the price for overnight parking but wasn't expensive. The crossing is an easy one not too busy. Took around 30 minutes to enter Cambodia and back to the Thai side with a visa exempt. The Cambodian border guards will want a 300 baht bribe on top of the visa fee if you want to return to Thailand on the same day. Some people will offer their help to fill up the papers and help you with the Cambodian visa. Just ignore them the process is easy. You can stock up with cheap booze and cigarettes on the Cambodian side but don't go over the limit as I was stopped and bag searched once on the Thai side. 

 

[Pla Simon]

Hi dallen52.

 

I bounced there recently - check my post in the visa section. 

 

O'smach bounce.

 

You can pull over and park for free, 10 metres before Thai immigration, on the left side of the road.

 

Safe Travels.

 

 

 

 

[EvetsKram]

Best parking is just down bit on left before you reach border, some security, 100 a day. Mototaxi to border gate 20 baht. On land crossing you 30 day exempt, 45 days is by air entry

[sjbrownderby]

I did a border bounce there on Sept 24. Nothing has really changed since pre-Covid days. It is a very popular crossing for people from the Thai side, the casinos on the Cambodian side being the main attraction. There is car parking on the left around 500 metres from the border. From there you can take a motor-bike taxi, costing 20Baht, to the border. Once you have passed through immigration on the Thai side you bear slightly right to a small group of buildings that include an office for issuance of visas and, next to it, the office that will deal with your entry to Cambodia. Once you have completed the application forms (2 forms exactly the same) for the visa, then you hand over the fee and one passport sized photo. The fee is 1500 Baht, the same as before Covid. Once the visa is issued and stuck into your passport, then you move along to the immigration window. You will be asked for 300 Baht if you do not intend to stay overnight. I was not asked to show any proof of Covid vaccinations, nor did I offer to show my vaccine passport.  Once you have entered Cambodia you cross the road and visit the office where you will be 'stamped out' of Cambodia. Re-entry to Thailand will involve filling in of an arrival card (Form TM6), part of which will be attached to your passport and the date of expiry of your visa exempt entry will be stamped on the card together with the expiry date of the visa exempt entry. Your passport will also be stamped the same. My visa exempt entry was 30 days but I understand it is now, since 1 Oct, 45 days. 

[BritTim]

1 hour ago, EvetsKram said:

On land crossing you 30 day exempt, 45 days is by air entry

From October 1st, a visa exempt entry gives you 45 days, regardless of whether entry is by land or air.