30 Day..extension?

[350torana]

Excuse my typing, drunk as a a nit. My wife just got a visa for Aussie , 1 year mutliple. The trouble is, our flight to Melbourne is booked on the 9 th of August. My visa expries on the 4th. I have never really understood all the rules with visas. Can I extend a 30 day, in BKK, with a passport full of a ###### of alot of Cambo visas from Poopet and Had Lek? I really could not be bothered making another visa run.

Thanks

[bkkmadness]

It depends on what visa you have now to how long the extension will be.

Is it a transit visa ie. did you get 30 days from just doing a border run?

Or is it a proper tourist visa that you got from a Thai embassy outside the country?

When does the current visa expire?

[lopburi3]

You can probably receive a 10 day extension from immigration with the outbound ticket helping to defray your reputation as a border runner.

If you have a Thai wife you might ask yourself why do 30 day runs when a non immigrant O visa is easily available. Perhaps obtain on your Oz visit?

Edited August 2, 2005 by lopburi3

[350torana]

Yup, it is a transit visa. Expires on the 4th of this month. Beleive me I hate doing border runs. Thanks for advice Lop Buri, much appreciated. If not an O visa , 60 days, multiple will make life alot easier

[Loose Cannon]

Yup, it is a transit visa. Expires on the 4th of this month. Beleive me I hate doing border runs. Thanks for advice Lop Buri, much appreciated. If not an O visa , 60 days, multiple will make life alot easier

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I might as well squeeze my question in here: I have a passport packed with tourist and 30-day visas. I am currently on a tourist visa and would be looking for hte 30 day extension. Will it be given to me? I seem to remember that they started giving you only 10 days back when they raised the fee to 1900baht. When that happened I stopped going for the extension and just did the border run/visa trip.

What is the current situation? Is 30 days extension the norm again or do the actually do it case by case?

thanks

[lopburi3]

30 days is the normal extension of a 60 day tourist visa. 10 days or less is normal for a 30 day entry without visa.