Free-visa Poipet - Aranya

[AurelMax]

Hi there :-)

I've heard that the Thai immigration office does not deliver a 30 days free visa anymore at the Poipet - Aranya border... Can anyone confirm that?

If that's true, is there any other possibility than buying a tourist visa? I just go in Thailand to catch my plane, I don't really feel like buying a new visa...

Thanks for your help

Aurel

[jstumbo]

I think you are confusing visa on arrival and visa exempt entries. Any border immigration checkpoint should give a visa exempt entry. But some do not have the facilities to issue visa on arrivals.

[AurelMax]

Thank you!

Can anyone confirm (or not) that the border Poipet - Arnya pratet does have these facilities? A flight Pnom Phen to BKK is not that expensive, and if that can avoid me buying a new visa...

Thank you

[jstumbo]

Visas on arrival are only available for a small number of countries. I have no idea where you are from, but most western countries cannot get them. Western countries get visa exempt entries instead.

Countries allowed to get Visa on Arrival:

1. BHUTAN

2. CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC and TAIWAN

3. CZECH REPUBLIC

4. CYPRUS

5. ESTONIA

6. HUNGARY, Rep. of

7. INDIA

8. KAZAKHSTAN, Rep. of

9. LATVIA

10. LIECHTENSTEIN

11. LITHUANIA

12. MALDIVES

13. MAURITIUS

14. OMAN

15. RUSSIA

16. SAUDI ARABIA

17. SLOVAKIA

18. SLOVENIA

19. POLAND, Rep. of

20. UKRAINE

Countries that are allowed a 30 days visa exempt entry:

1. AUSTRALIA

2. AUSTRIA

3. BAHRAIN

4. BELGIUM

5. BRAZIL

6. BRUNEI

7. CANADA

8. DENMARK

9. FINLAND

10. FRANCE

11. GERMANY

12. GREECE (Helenic Republic)

13. HONG KONG

14. INDONESIA

15. ICELAND

16. IRELAND

17. ISRAEL

18. ITALY

19. JAPAN

20. KOREA, Rep. of

21. KUWAIT

21a. LAOS

22. LUXEMBOURG

22a. MACAU

23. MALAYSIA

24. NETHERLANDS

25. NEW ZEALAND

26. NORWAY

27. OMAN

28. PERU

29. PHILIPPINES

30. PORTUGAL

31. QATAR

31a. RUSSIA

32. SINGAPORE

33. SOUTH AFRICA

34. SPAIN

35. SWEDEN

36. SWITZERLAND

37. TURKEY

38. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

39. UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

40. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

41. VIETNAM

Countries that are allowed 90 days visa exempt entries:

1. ARGENTINA

2. BRAZIL

3. CHILE

4. KOREA, Republic of

5. PERU

Edited April 27, 2008 by jstumbo

[sjaak327]

What nationality are you, It it amazing that people don't state their nationality when asking visa questions...

In any case, if you are from those 20 countries listed above, you can only enter the country on a visa on arrival or a pre-arranged visa. If you are, then poipet/aran isn't for you, as they don't have facilities to issue visa on arrival.

From MOFA Thailand:

List of Thailand’s Immigration Checkpoints which provide facilities for issuance of visa on arrival :

1. Suvarnabhumi Airport

2. Don Muang International Airport , Bangkok

3. Chiangmai International Airport , Chiangmai

4. Phuket International Airport , Phuket

5. Hatyai International Airport , Songkhla

6. U Tapao Airport , Rayong

7. Mae Sai Immigration Checkpoint , Chiengrai

8. Chieng Saen Immigration Checkpoint , Chiengrai

9. Chieng Khong Immigration Checkpoint , Chiengrai

10. Betong Immigration Checkpoint , Yala

11. Sadoa Immigration Checkpoint , Songkhla

12. Samui Airport , Surat Thani

13. Sukhothai International Airport, Tak Immigration Checkpoint

14. Bangkok Harbour Immigration Checkpoint, Bangkok

15. Sri Racha Immigration Checkpoint , Chonburi

16. Mabtaput Immigration Checkpoint , Rayong

17. Nong Khai Immigration Checkpoint, Nong Khai

18. Samui Immigration Checkpoint , Surat Thani

19. Phuket Immigration Checkpoint , Phuket

20. Satun Immigration Checkpoint , Satun

21. Krabi Immigration Checkpoint , Krabi

22. Songkhla Harbour Immigraion Checkpoint , Songkhla

23. Chiangrai Airport Immigration Checkpoint, Chiangrai

24. Surat Thani Airport Immigration Checkpoint , Surat Thani

If you happen to be from the 41 countries that are visa exempt, then you will get a free 30 days exempt stamp at any border. They might ask for proof of onward travel, they might not.

[kash]

Thank you!

Can anyone confirm (or not) that the border Poipet - Arnya pratet does have these facilities? A flight Pnom Phen to BKK is not that expensive, and if that can avoid me buying a new visa...

Thank you

No difference in flying or go through poipet. Departure tax in PP is $25 so you lose money even before you have bordered the plane ...

[sniffdog]

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What nationality are you, It it amazing that people don't state their nationality when asking visa questions...

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Let me guess .... from Belgium?

[Lite Beer]

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What nationality are you, It it amazing that people don't state their nationality when asking visa questions...

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Let me guess .... from Belgium?

Snifdog you cheated.

As said he can get a 30 day Visa Exempt Arrival Stamp.

[sniffdog]

No ..... I didn't cheat ... I was just a little more clever than Sjaakie ... (just this once)

[Savanna]

1. If you get the visa exempt stamp would they want to see your forwarding travel arrangements?

2. What happens if you get the visa exempt stamp and you realise you are going to be staying longer than 30 days, can you extend or MUST you leave?

[lopburi3]

1. Cambodian border entry visa exempt often requires proof of onward travel within 30 days. Other borders this is almost never required.

2. You may be able to extend 7 days (1,900 baht) with proof of travel - otherwise you must leave before that 30 day period ends.

[sniffdog]

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Cambodian border entry visa exempt often requires proof of onward travel within 30 days.

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However, those on organized visa tours (Jack Golf etc ) to either Ban Laem or Poi Pet don't

have to worry about that at the moment.

Edited April 29, 2008 by sniffdog

[sjaak327]

If you are going to stay longer then 30 days, consider obtaining a tourits visa, as it's only 1000 baht and good for 60 days, as opposed to 1900 baht for only 7 days.

[AurelMax]

I do come from Belgium, Sniffdog get the point :-)

I've been confusing visa on arrival and visa exemption entry... It's the second one I'm gonna ask, and I have a proof I leave Thailand on the 4th of May, so it's not gonna be a problem (hopefully, you never know what can happen at borders )

Thanks for your help, all

Cya