Triple Tourist Visa 60days + 30 Extensions

[james777]

Would a triple Tourist visa equate to 3x60 day(each with a 30 day extension available) all for only the one trip to Penang at the start and the extensions handled here within Thailand at any Immigration office...which equals 240 days as a non-working tourist without the necessity of having to do border visa-runs during that period....correct?

[thaiflyer1]

Wrong...........if you have a triple entry tourist visa you get an intial 60 day stay which can be extended by 30 days at any immigration office in Thailand then its over the border and back into Thailand using the 2nd entry on the tourist visa for another 60 day stay and further 30 day extension then back over the border and back into Thaliand for the final time using the 3rd entry on the tourist visa and a further 60 day stay and final 30 day extension at the end. Make sure when you get the triple entry visa they have given you the correct validity in which to use the 3 entries (use by validity will be wrote on the visa) Wouldnt want you to try to come back into Thailand for the final time only to discover the visas validity had expired. Final note...........once you have the triple entry visa further trips to Penang are not neccessary all your border run consists of is literally stepping over the border into a neighbouring country and straight back in again.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

The period of validity of a triple entry visa is 6 months only. That is all entries must be made in that time. With two extensions you will run out of time and the third entry will be a waste, unless you shorten the second stay.

[astral]

If you watch the expiry date of the visa in you passport

and do the third border run on the last day, you can extend the stay to

nearly 9 months, with an extension on the 3rd entry as well.

Edited October 23, 2004 by astral

[thaiflyer1]

If you watch the expiry date of the visa in you passport

and do the third border run on the last day, you can extend the stay to

nearly 9 months, with an extension on the 3rd entry as well.

Agreed...........i think we have been down this road before.