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How to do border run from Koh Samui or Koh Phangan?

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I need to go out of the country for 1 day and then return to get visa exempt again. Any ideas?

Ferry to mainland, bus to railway station, train to Malaya ( Penang if don't want to stay near border ), return same way.

Helps if have visa exempt entry to Malaysia.

Do you even need to stay a whole day? I went, crossed border, came back straight away. Was only in Malaysia about 1/2 hour.

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1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Ferry to mainland, bus to railway station, train to Malaya ( Penang if don't want to stay near border ), return same way.

Helps if have visa exempt entry to Malaysia.

Do you even need to stay a whole day? I went, crossed border, came back straight away. Was only in Malaysia about 1/2 hour.

can you be more specific? YOu are saying I need to travel south to Malay border and go to Penang border? What do you mean by visa expempt to Malaysia? I dont understand

4 minutes ago, parafareno said:

can you be more specific? YOu are saying I need to travel south to Malay border and go to Penang border? What do you mean by visa expempt to Malaysia? I dont understand

????????????????

I'm not saying you need to do anything- that's up to you.

Going to Malaysia is easiest from Samui or Phangan.

Penang is in Malaysia.

Visa exempt to Malaysia is the same as visa exempt to Thailand.

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1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

????????????????

I'm not saying you need to do anything- that's up to you.

Going to Malaysia is easiest from Samui or Phangan.

Penang is in Malaysia.

Visa exempt to Malaysia is the same as visa exempt to Thailand.

i went to penang before from Trang with a bus. I guess I will try again. They make no problems at the border? You have to overstay the night?

7 minutes ago, parafareno said:

i went to penang before from Trang with a bus. I guess I will try again. They make no problems at the border? You have to overstay the night?

I don't know if YOU have to stay overnight. I didn't one time, and another time I stayed on Penang a couple days. You'll have to find out about how long you have to stay from someone else.

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10 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't know if YOU have to stay overnight. I didn't one time, and another time I stayed on Penang a couple days. You'll have to find out about how long you have to stay from someone else.

i thought you border hopped recently not few years ago

30 minutes ago, parafareno said:

i thought you border hopped recently not few years ago

Last time about 4 years ago. Went to Penang. I doubt it's changed much.

55 minutes ago, parafareno said:

i went to penang before from Trang with a bus. I guess I will try again. They make no problems at the border? You have to overstay the night?

hi mate, this thread describes a recent border bounce to Malaysia. the OP used a crossing I'll admit I've never heard of because apparently Padang Besar is a problem if you want to do an out/in. 

 

ps. dunno why you need to go all the way to Penang unless you want to apply for a 60-day tourist visa.

 

 

Before COVID I did fly to KL from Samui and back. 

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There are a number of visa-run companies on Samui that arrange everything, including transport in minibus. Might be worth checking some of them. Easyway is one possibility, Samui Visa another.

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is there immigration office in koh larn where I can extend my visa?

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7 minutes ago, parafareno said:

is there immigration office in koh larn where I can extend my visa?

Might help if you found outwhere you are before posting????

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17 minutes ago, parafareno said:

is there immigration office in koh larn where I can extend my visa?

? Is that a typo?

Koh Larn?

The little island off Pattaya?

An immigration office there?

On 10/27/2022 at 4:12 AM, Hummin said:

Before COVID I did fly to KL from Samui and back. 

I don't think there is a direct flight anymore. Ditto for Surat Thani

2 hours ago, RickG16 said:

I don't think there is a direct flight anymore. Ditto for Surat Thani

Correct.

The only international flight to Samui is from Singapore.

I used to drive down with my car to Satun to do the visa runs. I had to catch the first ferry to mainland then just drive down to Malaysia it took about 3-3.5 hours. Very nice scenery, pleasant driving, once police stopped me for having the lights turned on but I guess if its off it should have been the same he just wanted the money, anyway I was always able to catch the last ferry and at 8.30 was in Samui again.

On 10/29/2022 at 8:29 PM, Tropicalevo said:

Correct.

The only international flight to Samui is from Singapore.

Same thing. Do visa E that way.

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12 hours ago, huahinjoe said:

I used to drive down with my car to Satun to do the visa runs. I had to catch the first ferry to mainland then just drive down to Malaysia it took about 3-3.5 hours. Very nice scenery, pleasant driving, once police stopped me for having the lights turned on but I guess if its off it should have been the same he just wanted the money, anyway I was always able to catch the last ferry and at 8.30 was in Samui again.

you went with motorbike?

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