NON O IMMI Visa Extension And Border Run

[giogio]

i am on my 3rd extension of non-o-immi (retirement). italy passport.

i plan to leave thailand once this extension expires, but i will require 2 more months of stay to see the end of my rental contract.

 

i am based near pattaya

how should i do a border run? and where? is better laos or cambodia?

and what are the requirements both side of the border?

 

my plan would be:

at the end my extension i exit thailand and enter cambodia at nearest entry which is poipet, where i get tourist visa on arrival.

how long should i stay in cambodia to be allowed back to thailand on a 30 days entry stamp?

and what are the requirements to reenter thailand? (flight out, cash, etc)

 

then in thailand i apply for a 30 days tourist extension.

 

is there anything flawed with this plan?

 

many thanx for contributions

[flyingtlger]

 Cambodia....

[DrJack54]

OP, your plan will work.

From Pattaya Cambodia best option.

Recommend using one of the companies providing minivan run.

You should not deal with Poipet. 

This guy @Pattaya57 recently did a border run to Cambodia with a company he recommended.

He can advise

[Pattaya57]

19 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

This guy @Pattaya57 recently did a border run to Cambodia with a company he recommended.

He can advise

My border run was a 6 seater van with luxury seats for 3700 baht from Pattaya (you can get 9 seater for 3000 baht).

 

This included the Cambodian visa and coordination at the border to help make it go smoothly

 

[Liquorice]

52 minutes ago, giogio said:

i am on my 3rd extension of non-o-immi (retirement). italy passport.

i plan to leave thailand once this extension expires, but i will require 2 more months of stay to see the end of my rental contract.

Sorry, do you mean a 3rd entry from a Non Imm O multi entry visa.

 

If so, if you make a border run just prior to the visa expiry date, on re-entry to Thailand you'll be granted a further 90 day permission of stay.

 

What date does your Non Imm O visa expire?

[giogio]

17 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Sorry, do you mean a 3rd entry from a Non Imm O multi entry visa.

 

If so, if you make a border run just prior to the visa expiry date, on re-entry to Thailand you'll be granted a further 90 day permission of stay.

 

What date does your Non Imm O visa expire?

i am on an extension. 

 

i dont understand your concept. are you saying that if i exit and reenter before my extension expires, i would be granted 90 days? (though i have never heard)

[giogio]

30 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

My border run was a 6 seater van with luxury seats for 3700 baht from Pattaya (you can get 9 seater for 3000 baht).

 

This included the Cambodian visa and coordination at the border to help make it go smoothly

 

i pm you to know more. can you please pm me back?

[Pattaya57]

54 minutes ago, giogio said:

i pm you to know more. can you please pm me back?

You didn't ask a question in your PM?

All info is in my trip thread I linked to. After reading that any questions just ask here.

 

[Liquorice]

54 minutes ago, giogio said:

i am on an extension. 

OK now I understand. You're on your third 1-year extension of permission of stay

It was how you worded your question. You can't extend a visa.

 

Follow @DrJack54 and @Pattaya57 advise.
It shouldn't be a problem to enter VE, then extend for a further 30 days.

[DrJack54]

1 hour ago, giogio said:

i am on an extension. 

 

i dont understand your concept. are you saying that if i exit and reenter before my extension expires, i would be granted 90 days? (though i have never heard)

There are two different visas.

Seems that you are on 12 month extensions from a single entry non O

There is a multiple entry non O.

That visa has a validity of 12 months and you must exit every 90 days

When you reenter you are stamped in for 90 days.

Hence if you exit and reenter just prior to expiry of your ME Non O you would be stamped in for another 90 days

 

From your OP it's not clear what you actually have visa or extension wise. 

[giogio]

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

There are two different visas.

Seems that you are on 12 month extensions from a single entry non O

There is a multiple entry non O.

That visa has a validity of 12 months and you must exit every 3 months. 

When you reenter you are stamped in for 90 days.

Hence if you exit and reenter just prior to expiry of your ME Non O you would be stamped in for another 3 months. 

i have been in thailand for 4 years uninterrupted without ever crossing border, doing my 90 dd report

[giogio]

5 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

OK now I understand. You're on your third 1-year extension of permission of stay

It was how you worded your question. You can't extend a visa.

 

Follow @DrJack54 and @Pattaya57 advise.
It shouldn't be a problem to enter VE, then extend for a further 30 days.

ok

[giogio]

16 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

You didn't ask a question in your PM?

All info is in my trip thread I linked to. After reading that any questions just ask here.

 

thank you

 

i had not realized there was a link attached. my pardon

 

does the same company at queen victoria inn in soi 6 runs the 3.000 baht 9 seater?

[Pattaya57]

1 minute ago, giogio said:

does the same company at queen victoria inn in soi 6 runs the 3.000 baht 9 seater?

No. I found two agents on soi bukhao that offer 3000 for 9 seater (between soi 15 and the market). I'm sure there are many more but a mate recommended I go to Queen Vic and was very glad I paid the extra 700 baht for less people and comfy seat

 

[foreverlomsak]

8 minutes ago, giogio said:

i have been in thailand for 4 years uninterrupted without ever crossing border, doing my 90 dd report

So you're on annual extensions, why don't you just extend for 1 year more (only 1,900 Baht, a lot cheaper than a border run) and leave when you like. When you leave do not get a re-entry permit, that will get what's left of your annual extension cancelled.

[giogio]

5 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

So you're on annual extensions, why don't you just extend for 1 year more (only 1,900 Baht, a lot cheaper than a border run) and leave when you like. When you leave do not get a re-entry permit, that will get what's left of your annual extension cancelled.

for visa i use an agent

[foreverlomsak]

4 hours ago, giogio said:

for visa i use an agent

one of the problems associated with not doing your own extensions

[sandyf]

22 hours ago, giogio said:

my plan would be:

at the end my extension i exit thailand and enter cambodia at nearest entry which is poipet, where i get tourist visa on arrival.

how long should i stay in cambodia to be allowed back to thailand on a 30 days entry stamp?

and what are the requirements to reenter thailand? (flight out, cash, etc)

 

Why not think about a couple of days in Vietnam, somewhere like HCMC is not that expensive to fly to and being Italian you would not need visa to enter, 45 days visa exemption.

A lot more pleasant and relaxing than a border run, but if you go to the border avoid Poipet.