Visa Run: Land Borders

[ggwyn]

Regarding the 30 day stamp on arrival tourist visa for 'farang' (Australian) passports.

Is it possable to exit Thailand at a land border and then immediatly re-enter without entering the neighbouring country?

Greg

[thaiflyer1]

Yes..........all you need are your entry and exit stamps from the neighbouring country although by obtaining the entry stamp you have technically entered the country already.

Edit..........if your asking can you just exit Thailand and then re-enter without obtaining the entry/exit stamps for the neighbouring country then the answer is no.

Edited May 11, 2005 by thaiflyer1

[Teach]

...and if you are originating from Bangkok do it with an organized visa run company. My rec. is Jacks Golf Bt.2000 all in including all you can eat buffet lunch and coffee and no queing that's worth the money alone.

Tel: 02-251-1946

Daily runs at 05.30 and 07.00 back around 15.00 & 16.30 Hrs consec.

T.

[Axel]

The topic is for Land Borders, the answer is clear, no, you need to show that you come from the neighboring country and immigration is making sure, you have a chop from that country.

Different story if you enter Thailand by air, immigation does not care where you come from and does not check for previous chops as yo very well could arrive from your own country and thus have none.

[djlest]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

DONT PAY JACK GOLF OR ANY OTHER ORGANIED COACH TOUR EVER AGAIN!!!

I MADE THE SAME MISTAKE!

For the last year i have paid the 2000 and got the buffet dinner and forms filled out for me...yes! but for what????

What a rip off!!! i could have saved 10 000 baht in total if i know what i know now.....

DONT DO IT! DO THIS INSTEAD!!!

Last week i went to Central bangna at 6.30am

low and behold at 6.45 comes a coach just a little down from BIG C.

If you are hovering around you will see that the coach is full of rich japanese gamblers, just going to poipet for the day to spend their pocket money.

so................

get on!!!!

The nice guy will completely understand you,

Takes you directly to the border of POIPET,

give you cofee and a cream cake!

and..................................................... a BUFFET ticket for as much food as you can eat at the STAR VEGAS CASINO! or ??? Depending on which bus you get!!!! Another casino freebee lunch....

all for 100 baht!!! yes its true!!! absolutely!!! try it an see for yourself!!!

so.................

after that you have 5 procedures to do yourself at the border...and trust me! its easy!!

1. Walk into poipet ( bearing left) to check out / stamp out of thailand.

2. Cross over the road and dodge the hecklers and you will see a VISA office. Go there and fill the form out, then give 2 passport pics and 1000 baht to the guy through the hole in the window. you will get your passport back in 5-10 mins.

3. Staying on the right hand side now, go and check into cambodia. its a 5 minute walk down. you will be given another form, and its a good idea to put on the form that you intend to stay cambodia for 5 days and state that you will stay in the tropicanna hotel/casino or anywhere you care! just incase they try and insist that 1 day stays cost more....

4. Okay....now!! the choice is yours, depending on where your meal voucher got you. if you got a bus taking you to TROPICANA casino go fill that empty stomache! but if it was STAR VEGAS. well better check back out of cambodia first...cos its on the way back on the thai side....and a 10 min walk back otherwise!

so, walk across the street and you will see the exit booth, check out of cambodia / get stamped out!

then if youve eaten and are ready to go!

5. Walk back the way you came, bearing now to your left hand side, and passing all the limbless beggers. show your passport to the guy sitting at the table, and make sure he gives you a form... this form you fill out whilst you are walking towards the last gate house...here you will be stamped back into thailand!!!

PS....its a lots easier than it sounds.... i did it first time round with no problems, except i forgot to get stamped out of cambodia so had to walk back...

A word of advice.....BRING A PEN!!!!

OKAY>>>>>>> so what now?????

well by now its 10.30 0r 11.30am

yes....the bus only takes 3 hours from central bangna, did i forget to mention that??? and if you were quick to eat, you will wanna go home now!!!

So, go back to where the bus dropped you! you will see lots of tour coaches waiting to go back to bangkok....######!! you will probably see JACK GOLF there too... just spread that word to them, that they are getting ripped off!!! and that will be your good deed for the day!!!

then ask a few coach drivers 'where are they going?' just tell a driver you will pay him 100 baht to go back...and they nearly always oblige....

so......................TOTAL COST 1200 BAHT including BUFFET LUNCH!

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, and put these money grabbing, farang exploiting Jack golf types out of business....,

the differnce between waiting 10 mins for your visa really aint worth 800 baht extra, and i got home earler anyway...so, go figure!!!

im sure that if BANGNA central is too far for some of you folk. there will certainly be alternative Japanese Casino runs from other sukumvit areas.

so...put your ears to the ground, or ask a Philipino, they always in the know on how to do farang things cheaply

I HOPE THIS SAVES A LOT OF EXPATS MONEY IN THE LONG-RUN...

AND IF NOT IN THE LONG_RUN>>>I JUST PAID YOUR BAR FINE!!!

so...enjoy!!!

[thaiflyer1]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

DONT PAY JACK GOLF OR ANY OTHER ORGANIED COACH TOUR EVER AGAIN!!!

I MADE THE SAME MISTAKE!

For the last year i have paid the 2000 and got the buffet dinner and forms filled out for me...yes! but for what????

What a rip off!!! i could have saved 10 000 baht in total if i know what i know now.....

DONT DO IT! DO THIS INSTEAD!!!

Last week i went to Central bangna at 6.30am

low and behold at 6.45 comes a coach just a little down from BIG C.

If you are hovering around you will see that the coach is full of rich japanese gamblers, just going to poipet for the day to spend their pocket money.

so................

get on!!!!

The nice guy will completely understand you,

Takes you directly to the border of POIPET,

give you cofee and a cream cake!

and..................................................... a BUFFET ticket for as much food as you can eat at the STAR VEGAS CASINO! or ??? Depending on which bus you get!!!! Another casino freebee lunch....

all for 100 baht!!! yes its true!!! absolutely!!! try it an see for yourself!!!

so.................

after that you have 5 procedures to do yourself at the border...and trust me! its easy!!

1. Walk into poipet ( bearing left) to check out / stamp out of thailand.

2. Cross over the road and dodge the hecklers and you will see a VISA office. Go there and fill the form out, then give 2 passport pics and 1000 baht to the guy through the hole in the window. you will get your passport back in 5-10 mins.

3. Staying on the right hand side now, go and check into cambodia. its a 5 minute walk down. you will be given another form, and its a good idea to put on the form that you intend to stay cambodia for 5 days and state that you will stay in the tropicanna hotel/casino or anywhere you care! just incase they try and insist that 1 day stays cost more....

4. Okay....now!! the choice is yours, depending on where your meal voucher got you. if you got a bus taking you to TROPICANA casino go fill that empty stomache! but if it was STAR VEGAS. well better check back out of cambodia first...cos its on the way back on the thai side....and a 10 min walk back otherwise!

so, walk across the street and you will see the exit booth,  check out of cambodia / get stamped out!

then if youve eaten and are ready to go!

5. Walk back the way you came, bearing now to your left hand side, and passing all the limbless beggers. show your passport to the guy sitting at the table, and make sure he gives you a form... this form you fill out whilst you are walking towards the last gate house...here you will be stamped back into thailand!!!

PS....its a lots easier than it sounds.... i did it first time round with no problems, except i forgot to get stamped out of cambodia so had to walk back...

A word of advice.....BRING A PEN!!!!

OKAY>>>>>>> so what now?????

well by now its 10.30 0r 11.30am

yes....the bus only takes 3 hours from central bangna, did i forget to mention that??? and if you were quick to eat, you will wanna go home now!!!

So, go back to where the bus dropped you! you will see lots of tour coaches waiting to go back to bangkok....######!! you will probably see JACK GOLF there too... just spread that word to them, that they are getting ripped off!!! and that will be your good deed for the day!!!

then ask a few coach drivers 'where are they going?'  just tell a driver you will pay him 100 baht to go back...and they nearly always oblige....

so......................TOTAL COST 1200 BAHT including BUFFET LUNCH!

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, and put these money grabbing, farang exploiting Jack golf types out of business....,

the differnce between waiting 10 mins for your visa really aint worth 800 baht extra, and i got home earler anyway...so, go figure!!!

im sure that if BANGNA central is too far for some of you folk. there will certainly be alternative Japanese Casino runs from other sukumvit areas.

so...put your ears to the ground, or ask a Philipino, they always in the know on how to do farang things cheaply

I HOPE THIS SAVES A LOT OF EXPATS MONEY IN THE LONG-RUN...

AND IF NOT IN THE LONG_RUN>>>I JUST PAID YOUR BAR FINE!!!

so...enjoy!!!

What a load of crap.............are you on a percent?

Youve said it costs you 1200 baht................if you aint got the extra 800 baht to do it properly <deleted> off back home and dont forget the backpack on the way!

Chiang induced reply

Edit just checked his other post exactly the same

Edited May 11, 2005 by thaiflyer1

[jayenram]

Can't imagine it being legal but this is a friend's story.

Stamped out of Thailand at a land border crossing. Applied for Khmer visa offering US$20.00 fee. They told him it was Bht 1,200.00. He explained that it wasn't, it was US$20.00. They refused to take the US$20.00 so he told them to bugger off (although politely) and returned to Thai Immigration where he obtained his entry stamp without question.

[~G~]

About a year ago, I crossed from Mukdahan to Savanaket, Laos. While still being on the Thai side, the Thai officials took my passport to another room to check it for some reason or another. After a minute or two they gave it back, saying "OK" and showing me the way out to take the boat to Laos.

Unfortunately, they FORGOT to stamp my passport with the exit stamp!!!

When I reached Laos, they woudn't let me in! No Thai exit stamp, no Laos! I had to take the boat back to Mukdahan.

then, when I reached the border post in mukdahan, they asked me to fill the visa form! It took some long minutes to explain what happened here, by the end of which they apologized for the incident and told me I don't need to pay again for the boat ticket. Then again to Laos....

The whole thing took about 4-5 hours.. waiting for the boat again and again...

Conclusion: Always make sure they put the exit stamp in your passport!

[~G~]

...and if you are originating from Bangkok do it with an organized visa run company. My rec. is Jacks Golf Bt.2000 all in including all you can eat buffet lunch and coffee and no queing that's worth the money alone.

Tel: 02-251-1946

Daily runs at 05.30 and 07.00 back around 15.00 & 16.30 Hrs consec.

T.

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Where does the bus leave from?

[Oleg_Rus]

Where does the bus leave from?

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bus stop opposite Soi Cowboi, little wait and few minutes opp Fortune Town Ratchada.

Bus is clean, spacious and nice. I did b.run by myself once to Poipet. surely cheaper but less confortable though.