Just wanted you to know that immigration at Aranyaprathet is asking for a confirmed "ticket" out of Thailand within 30 days of your entry stamp to get a visa except stamp. I am not sure if that ticket could also be a train ticket.

I had not been on a visa run for over a year. The buildings were new and air-conditioned. The number of "farangs" seemed way down......maybe 70% from the last time I did a visa run. In fact, I was looking at those that were crossing and did not see any of them with air-tickets.......so I assumed they had tourists visas (if you enter with a tourists visa the ticket rule does not apply).

I originally thought that a lot of visa run companies would go out of business because of the rule changes (totally insane in my view). But, maybe not. One thing I noticed was a huge increase in the number of Thais crossing he border to go gambling. Perhaps the visa run companies have now turned into Thai gambling run companies. I also saw a lot of economic growth around the border area.

It took me 18 hours of traveling to get that stupid stamp! Very frustrating! End of story.

Nope! Only a airline ticket (as reported).

Ban Laem though accepts a bus ticket if you buy it on the spot for 200 baht. Take Jack Golf to Ban Laem (4 times a week).

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It took me 18 hours of traveling to get that stupid stamp! Very frustrating! End of story.

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Go back home. Or take alternative measures to get another visa. If you take a visa run from Pattaya,

it will take you no more than 9 hours.

Edited October 1, 200718 yr by sniffdog

Nope! Only a airline ticket (as reported).

Ban Laem though accepts a bus ticket if you buy it on the spot for 200 baht. Take Jack Golf to Ban Laem (4 times a week).

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It took me 18 hours of traveling to get that stupid stamp! Very frustrating! End of story.

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Go back home. Or take alternative measures to get another visa. If you take a visa run from Pattaya,

it will take you no more than 9 hours.

If it were that easy.........actually, I live in the center of Thailand and that makes it difficult as hel_l to do any visa runs, no matter which direction I go. Thanks for the info. on Jack Golf.......several people are not doubt interested in that type of info.

To be fair to all readers and companies I would like to add more recommendable companies.

Check out the details under

www.jackgolf.com

www.thaivisarun.com

www.thaivisaservice.com

It took me 18 hours of traveling to get that stupid stamp! Very frustrating! End of story.

What did you do, walk there?