Newbie Question - Double-Entry Tourist Visa For Us Citizen

[Sportacus]

Howdy all,

First post here and TY for all the great information on the board

I am a 40 y.o. US citizen planning to travel from the US to Thailand this July, hopefully for a stay of about six months. I am still having a little trouble figuring out some of the things related to visas.

From what I have read here, it seems like this should not be an issue with a single double-entry tourist visa, using a 30-day extension on each entry?

I am little confused about the 2X entry however, because I cannot find any mention of this on the Royal Thai Embassy in DC website: http://www.thaiembdc...sa/Tourist.aspx

Is the standard tourist visa, 2X entry by default? There doesn't seem to be any mention of multiple entries on the Embassy website. Many other countries I have looked at specify different fees, for single-entry, double-entry, multiple-entry etc. visas.

Thanks!

[Lite Beer]

When you apply you indicate how many entries you want.

Usually one, two or three. $35 each entry.

http://www.thaiembdc.org/consular/visa/Tourist.aspx

[MTH]

Howdy!

If you're planning on spending about 6 months in Thailand, then yes, get a double entry tourist vista.

On arrival you will get 60 days stay, extend this at a local immigration office for an additional 30 days.

Then do a boarder run to an adjoining country, to utilize your second entry on your tourist visa, and you'll get another 60 day stay.

Lastly head on down to your local immigration office for an additional 30 days.

All in all you'll get pretty close to 6 months stay.

Just make sure that you don't apply for a visa too early before departure, as you will have to do the boarder run before your visa expires.

Check with your local Thai consulate and find out about turnaround for visa applications.

[MTH]

BTW, no, a standard tourist visa is usually a single entry visa.

According to the web site you referenced to, they will only offer a 3 month validity on their tourist visas.

There is also a link on that site: "Visa processing fee", that states the price for each entry of a visa, tourist visas being $35 per entry.

[Sportacus]

Great! thanks guys, I think that answers my questions.

I missed the multiple entries thing because it was on the Fees page…

http://www.thaiembdc.org/consular/Visa/VisaFee.aspx

my introduction to Thai bureaucracy! lol

[moe666]

Check with the Honorary Consulate in Portland, Or. No hassel no fuss , you may need to give a sch of travel to get a double entry but check with the gal who runs the shop there she is real helpful. I might say get over the thai bureaucracy attitude they are no better or worse than any other countries . From my own experience if you have your ducks in order their is no problem. Its better to go in with a positive out look and friendly smile on your face than a anticipation of things going wrong.

You can google Thai consulates USA and get the phone number. Good luck

[lopburi3]

http://www.thaiconsulnewyork.com/english/index.php

The above Consulate serves your location and clearly outlines the two entry tourist visa for $70 - you can apply by mail.

[Sportacus]

@moe – perhaps you might consider getting an attitude adjustment of your own, before trying to advise others. Specifically, a sense of humor seems to be indicated.

@lopburi – Thank you! I hadn't realized that there was more than one consulate serving my area.

As well, it appears that the NY consulate requires fewer supporting documents, as they don't ask for an itinerary, or evidence of funds, which are both on the list for DC consulate website. While I don't know if the DC consulate enforces that, it's one less thing to worry about, as I haven't arranged my flights yet. I did call the NY consulate to confirm, and it seemed like their only concern was a passport and the fee