Can I Get A 30 Day Extension With 30 Day Tourist Visa?

[LynnSmith]

My passport is filled with two-entry tourist visas. I always get a 30 day extention after each 60 day period i'm inside Thailand. This time, I arrived with just a 30 day tourist visa I got upon arrival, at the Bangkok airport. Can I extend that for an extra 30 days inside Thailand?

thanx

[Maestro]

From what you say you arrived without a visa and received permission to stay for 30 days. You get a 7-day extension only, for the usual fee of 1,900 Baht.

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Maestro

[LynnSmith]

From what you say you arrived without a visa and received permission to stay for 30 days. You get a 7-day extension only, for the usual fee of 1,900 Baht.

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Maestro

That makes sense to me. Can someone please direct me to where on this site, it explains what one is entitled to, without tourist visas, simply getting "permission" when arriving at the airport. I can't find it. Also, is there someplace where it makes clear the rules for how long the maximum one can keep doing this, that is entering without a visa applied for and received outside of Thailand in advance.

THanks for your fast reply!

[dr_Pat_Pong]

From what you say you arrived without a visa and received permission to stay for 30 days. You get a 7-day extension only, for the usual fee of 1,900 Baht.

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Maestro

That makes sense to me. Can someone please direct me to where on this site, it explains what one is entitled to, without tourist visas, simply getting "permission" when arriving at the airport. I can't find it. Also, is there someplace where it makes clear the rules for how long the maximum one can keep doing this, that is entering without a visa applied for and received outside of Thailand in advance.

THanks for your fast reply!

You will have to cross a border and get another 30 days on re-entry. Remember that you only get 3 x 30 day visa exempt entries in 6 months.

[Maestro]

...is there someplace where it makes clear the rules for how long the maximum one can keep doing this, that is entering without a visa applied for and received outside of Thailand in advance...

The rule that says that you are allowed a maximum of 90 days on visa-exempt entries within a 6-month period is in Royal Thai Police Order No. 608/2549:

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/2notice/rtp608EN.pdf

... Can someone please direct me to where on this site, it explains what one is entitled to, without tourist visas, simply getting "permission" when arriving at the airport...

The rule about visa-exempt entry good for 30 days for the nationals of some countries is here on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2482.php?id=2490

Regarding the 7-day extension on a visa-exempt entry, I am not aware of any published rule. It appears to be an unpublished, internal guideline of the immigration bureau.

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Maestro

[funfun]

From what you say you arrived without a visa and received permission to stay for 30 days. You get a 7-day extension only, for the usual fee of 1,900 Baht.

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Maestro

That makes sense to me. Can someone please direct me to where on this site, it explains what one is entitled to, without tourist visas, simply getting "permission" when arriving at the airport. I can't find it. Also, is there someplace where it makes clear the rules for how long the maximum one can keep doing this, that is entering without a visa applied for and received outside of Thailand in advance.

THanks for your fast reply!

"[in other words - for a single stay up to 30 days, you simply arrive at the airport in Thailand, and provided you come from an approved list of countries, and have an onward reservation confirmed, that is what you will receive - FREE. You can usually extend this permit once for 7 days (1900 baht) on application to any Immigration Office, provided you can show a confirmed ticket out of Thailand dated during that 7-days. After that, YOU MUST LEAVE Thailand]"

Taken from

http://www.pattayaexpatsclub.com/visainformation.htm

chris