Hi guys just wondering, if you have a tourist visa for Thailand, and you decided that you wanted to fly to Hong Kong for a few days and come back, do they terminate your visa as you leave, or is it still valid for when you arrive back. Look forward for your help

You will need a re-entry permit at your immigration office, cost 1000 baht.

If you return without it you will be given a 30-day visa exempt stamp.

When you enter the country your Visa is dead.

You stay in Thailand on a permission to stay.

If you leave after a few days your permission to stay is finished.

You can get a Re Entry Permit from Immigration. 1,000 Baht. This will keep your permission to stay alive. It does not add any days.

oh ok thanks. is it difficult to get the re entry permit at immigration

When you enter the country your Visa is dead.

You stay in Thailand on a permission to stay.

If you leave after a few days your permission to stay is finished.

You can get a Re Entry Permit from Immigration. 1,000 Baht. This will keep your permission to stay alive. It does not add any days.

Just in the process of getting a 1 year visa and when you say get a Re-Entry permit from immigration are they situated at the Airport?

or do you have to go to an office in Town? Thanks for your help in anticipation of this matter...

They are routinely issued, so should not be a problem. You need to obtain from your local immigration office. If you are in Bangkok you will need to go to the immigration office at Chaeng Wattana.

Re-entry permits are not availeble at the airport. You have to go to your own immigration office. In your case you can go to a immigration office, as you are not residing in Thailand.

The cost would be 1,000 baht for a single and 3,800 baht for a multiple. Don't forget to bring a photo of yourself, passport size.

actually im in Bangkok at the moment so will have to go at immigration here

actually im in Bangkok at the moment so will have to go at immigration here

Chaeng Wattana Immigration location details.

You could apply for a new tourist visa in Hong Kong.

They are free at the moment.

You need to clarify what kind of visa you had and you want.

If you came with a tourist visa single entry then indeed it is used and dead at the moment you enter.

Later on you indicate to apply for one year visa : this is no longer a tourist visa but a Non Immigrant Visa for which you have different types but for which you require to explain what you are going to do in Thailand if you have the money resources to do so.

There are two questions, from 2 different persons, which makes it a bit confusing.