Help With A Tourist Visa Or Something That Allows Me To Stay For 3-6 Months

[mike404045]

hello,

upon entering thailand i was given a 30 day visa on arrival, its not long enough and i need to extend that stay for as long as possible.

im looking to stay here for 3-6 months if i can. i dont know anything about tourist visa's i only travel on non-immigrant cat 0 visas but this time i didn't get one... why i didnt i really dont know?????

anyways i just tried calling the immigration office and blew all my phone credit going back and foward through the automated voice menus!!

can someone please tell me what i need to do to get a multiple entry visa, if i cross the border in mae sai can i buy a visa there.

or do i need to get it from the immigration office?

thanks guys

[mrjohnno]

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I'd leave Thailand and go the the Thai Embassy in Vaentaine, Laos and apply for a 60 day visa there. Not sure if you can get more than a single entry though. When your 60 days are close to finishing got to the local immigration office (I have no idea where it is) and get it extended for 30 days (1,900 Baht) This will give you close to 90 days. If you can get a double entry then you can leave Thailand via a bourder crossing and come back without having to go to the Embassy again.

[mrjohnno]

How were you getting a Non-O previously?

[Mario2008]

You will not get a visa in Mae Sai, by crossing the border there and returning you will only get 15 days.

I gather you are near Chiang Mai, in that case the best thing is to apply for a double entry tourist visa in Vientianne.

[mrjohnno]

You will not get a visa in Mae Sai, by crossing the border there and returning you will only get 15 days.

I gather you are near Chiang Mai, in that case the best thing is to apply for a double entry tourist visa in Vientianne.

And do the visa run to Mae Sai?

I'd still like to know how the OP was getting a Non-O before

[mike404045]

How were you getting a Non-O previously?

im half thai, so i get that type of visa for visiting family here.

i spent all day trying to get through to the immigration office and embassy's i finally spoke to someone from oz embassy that gave me a phone number,

that person i spoke with refered me to somewhere else and so on and so forth till i spoke with someone who told me what mario said, that

i wont be able to get longer than 15 days if i cross mae sai border by land.

they recommended i go to the thai embassy in myanmar and get a visa there.

so i called up the embassy there and was told i could get a 60 day visa for i think it was 35USD.

really should've just got the non-o visa back in melbourne, not sure what i was thinking??

i will have a look at going to the thai embassy in vaentaine, see if it would be cheaper than going to myanmar..

thanks for the input guys

[Mario2008]

If you are half Thai you are Thai and have a right to a Thai passport. Both Thailand and Australia don't have any problem with that.

Otherwise, in Thailand on proof of Thai nationality you can get 1 year extensions very easily from immigration.

[mrjohnno]

If you are half Thai you are Thai and have a right to a Thai passport. Both Thailand and Australia don't have any problem with that.

Otherwise, in Thailand on proof of Thai nationality you can get 1 year extensions very easily from immigration.

Birth cert should do that I guess. @OP Don't give Burma the money mate

[mike404045]

@mrjohnno if its cheaper to go to laos then thats where i'll go...

yeah born in australia, mum is thai.

my mother thought about getting me a thai passport when i was alot younger but she said that it was too much of a hassle doing all the paper work and whatever else. and before i never spent longer than a month here, but over the last 5 years ive spent 3 in thailand so if i had of had a thai passport i would've saved alot of money and time doing these silly border runs.....

anyways although i dont plan on staying on long trips in thailand in the near future, its still something i would love to get done (if its possible)

probably a good idea to do a bit of research to see what i need to do and what the requirements are.

though i dont imagine it will be easy to do

[mrjohnno]

@mrjohnno if its cheaper to go to laos then thats where i'll go...

Isn't there a visa charge to enter Laos? Anyway, I wish you the best.

[Mario2008]

@mrjohnno if its cheaper to go to laos then thats where i'll go...

yeah born in australia, mum is thai.

my mother thought about getting me a thai passport when i was alot younger but she said that it was too much of a hassle doing all the paper work and whatever else. and before i never spent longer than a month here, but over the last 5 years ive spent 3 in thailand so if i had of had a thai passport i would've saved alot of money and time doing these silly border runs.....

anyways although i dont plan on staying on long trips in thailand in the near future, its still something i would love to get done (if its possible)

probably a good idea to do a bit of research to see what i need to do and what the requirements are.

though i dont imagine it will be easy to do

A Thai passport could be obtained if you have a Thai birth certificate. If born in thiland this you obviously have, if born abroad you must obtain the Thai birth certificate from the Thai embassy you were born in. It is some paperwork and would require the cooperation of your parents, but not very difficult to do.

Immigration will give you a 1 year extension of stay if you can proof your Thai nationality or that one of your parents is Thai.

[leedstony]

http://www.thaiconsul-uk.com/downloads-and-visas.aspx

[mike404045]

http://www.thaiconsu...-and-visas.aspx

thank you for the link