Need to spend two days in Laos ay at chiang saen crossing

[Nick Carter icp]

6 minutes ago, novacova said:

Without paying the ~4000฿ fee for expedited service? Where exactly is this report? And did the report specify that the same day in&out crossing was done “without paying for expedited service”? The info here seems weedy and unclear. It’s easy for someone to report “yeah I crossed in and out the same day, no problem” leaving gaps in the information. 

 

   Yes, you could just leave and come back the same day and no need to pay anything extra .

   I am just going form my own experience and I do keep an eye on the situation and this is the first time that I recall them enforcing the rule .

   I am quite sure that this new visa run service is a new thing and began recently when they starting enforcing the two day out rule .

[Caldera]

Interesting thread. As has been pointed out here many times since overland visa exempt entries became "unlimited", you either pay a border bounce service or you take your chances with whatever policies the checkpoint you've chosen has come up with.

[Nick Carter icp]

22 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Interesting thread. As has been pointed out here many times since overland visa exempt entries became "unlimited", you either pay a border bounce service or you take your chances with whatever policies the checkpoint you've chosen has come up with.

 

   I would prefer it if they would just charge 2000 Baht for a 60 day Visa exempt and kept the same rules instead of keeping changing them or at least give a few months notice of any rule changes 

[BrandonJT]

47 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   I would prefer it if they would just charge 2000 Baht for a 60 day Visa exempt and kept the same rules instead of keeping changing them or at least give a few months notice of any rule changes 

No, the preferred method would be if the rules were uniform across the country, at every border and point of entry.  At least then you would know what to expect.  A few months notice of a rule change doesn't mean much when each individual border can set their own rules regardless of the official rule.

Maybe the ETA will change this and maybe it won't. Guess we will have to wait and see.

[Nick Carter icp]

1 hour ago, BrandonJT said:

No, the preferred method would be if the rules were uniform across the country, at every border and point of entry.  At least then you would know what to expect.  

 

   "No" , I didn't suggest otherwise to your preferences 

[Caldera]

8 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I would prefer it if they would just charge 2000 Baht for a 60 day Visa exempt and kept the same rules instead of keeping changing them or at least give a few months notice of any rule changes 

 

Well it's Christmas soon, that makes a nice addition to your wishlist for Santa... ;)

[CMBob]

17 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   This thread title does say Chiang saen and its about the Chiang Saen crossing  though , that's why I thought that you were referring to the Friendship bridge at Chiang Saen , rather than the other bridge at Nong Khai

And perhaps that causes a little confusion.  Chiang Saen and Chiang Khong are both in Chiangrai province heading into Laos and neither crossing is near the other.  So:

(1)  You attach a paper that you say you got at the Chiang Khong crossing.  So why is the thread title about the Chiang Saen crossing? Do you know that the same 2-night rule applies at Chiang Saen?

(2)  Are you saying that the 2-night rule applies to those of us with a one-year Thai visa/extension (retirement/marriage), DTV, etc.?  

[Nick Carter icp]

9 minutes ago, CMBob said:

And perhaps that causes a little confusion.  Chiang Saen and Chiang Khong are both in Chiangrai province heading into Laos and neither crossing is near the other.  So:

(1)  You attach a paper that you say you got at the Chiang Khong crossing.  So why is the thread title about the Chiang Saen crossing? Do you know that the same 2-night rule applies at Chiang Saen?

(2)  Are you saying that the 2-night rule applies to those of us with a one-year Thai visa/extension (retirement/marriage), DTV, etc.?  

 

   Chiang Saen and Chiang Kong crossings are 21 Kilometres apart , which is very close to each other 

The person who wrote the OP crossed at Chiang Saen and I crossed at Chiang Kong , hence the difference .

   I don't know the answer to question 2 . Maybe those with those kind of visas can answer