How is the visa situation now?

[GoGet]

Hello,

 

I'm GoGet, a very nice and polite guy.

Not retired, not married, no intention to get married.

 

How is the visa situation overall now?

 

Background:

 

I have been here for a very long time. I used to do border runs before. Then there was some issue about people catching a cold or something like that so the borders kind of seemed to freeze for a while. 

 

During that period, it was possible to get long term visas, which I did. Paid a bit extra, got 15 months volunteer visa. 

 

It's about to expire.

 

How is the situation now? Is it still possible to get those long-term visas anywhere?

 

Or is everyone back to doing border runs just like in the old days?

 

Any advice?

 

GoGet

[DrJack54]

Would not recommend a non O volunteering with extention 

[Sparktrader]

Living there for years you should know.

[freedomnow]

Should be fine overland coming in if you can get a tourista visa Vientiane meaning not too many from them already...though your nationality not listed.

 

[GoGet]

Has editing the posts been disabled? It used to be possiblle to edit and update them as new replies were posted to provide additional information. 

[DrJack54]

17 minutes ago, GoGet said:

Has editing the posts been disabled? It used to be possiblle to edit and update them as new replies were posted to provide additional information. 

The 3 dots top right of your post has option to Edit.

That option has limited time span.

Not sure. At a guess 20-30 minutes. 

[JeffersLos]

2 hours ago, GoGet said:

15 months volunteer visa

Well done for staying here to volunteer. 

 

What volunteering did you do here?

[problemfarang]

3 hours ago, GoGet said:

Then there was some issue about people catching a cold or something like that so the borders kind of seemed to freeze for a while.

well.. we people who are living on planet Earth named 'people catching a cold or something' as Covid-19 pandemic for... probably 3-4 years now. So i do believe why we Earth people close our borders to the people from another planet such as yourself Mr. Polite Man. I think you don't/didn't have this issue on your planet which makes you really lucky. 

 

3 hours ago, GoGet said:

It's about to expire.

this makes me believe that you are still here in Thailand which makes your post very interesting.. because seems you didn't checked previous posts about visas... Also this means that your volunteer visa is like.. 3-4 years?! didn't get covid visa?!

 

3 hours ago, GoGet said:

During that period, it was possible to get long term visas, which I did. Paid a bit extra, got 15 months volunteer visa.

here is the fun part for me of your trolling post.. you mentioned you are here (on planet Earth, Thailand) for a long time 15 month volunteer visa.. well this 'people catching a cold or something' situation is going on for 3-4 years, so im wondering how have you managed to stay in Thailand with this 15 month visa so far? 

 

3 hours ago, GoGet said:

How is the situation now? Is it still possible to get those long-term visas anywhere?

well.. the visa situation is great if you are working, have a wife or any reason which grants you a permission to stay in Thailand without begging or trying to find ways to stay.. So, yes you can get long-term visa. 

 

3 hours ago, GoGet said:

Or is everyone back to doing border runs just like in the old days?

yes, please do that. 

[Jack1988]

I don't think you can stay here long time if you are not retired or you don't want to get married. I would never do border runs, it's stressful and a waste of money

 

Volunteer visas for not really doing volunteer? Many do like that and pay a lot of money to visas agency 

[Jack1988]

3 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

Well done for staying here to volunteer. 

 

What volunteering did you do here?

Probably any type of volunteer 

[BritTim]

Border bounces by land for visa exempt entries (right now allowing a 45-day stay, extendable once for 30 days at an immigration office) are allowed twice per calendar year. Outside of this, you will need to get tourist visas. The rules currently being applied by embassies/consulates in the region post Covid are not totally clear. Some options that used to be available (such as Hong Kong and Yangon) are not available at the current time, but might return. Even with a visa, entering by land would be prudent. Staying multiple years more will probably be hard.