I did a visa run today and i have done it many times myself going in and out of cambodia. There are many 'runners' who will get your passport (including their borders official policemen) stamped on your behalf at 300b. It would be 200b at the arrival on cambodia side.

Today i arrived with an upset stomach, desperately needing the toilet - make the mistake of letting the borders police running to get the stamps for me. To cut the story short, when i went back wanting to collect the passport... they say they don't do viaa runs like that (the very same person who took my passport) but says that my face is 'familiar' and thinks my passport is the one missing at the police station.. he offered to get it back at 5000b, i took the offer because my most important document is with them. Got it back in the end, i hope everyone will not be tempted by letting anyone runs your visa for you.

A fool and his money....

gives a new meaning to the Phrase "Visa Runs"

Why would anybody hand their passport to somebody they don't know just to save a few minutes of time ? Also you know your passport isn't stolen or on any wanted list so why would you hand over 5000 baht to get it back ?

As said a fool and his money are easily and swiftly parted.

If you are in that situation, you will not want to argue. It is like when one of those visa company medium.

If you are in that situation, you will not want to argue. It is like when one of those visa company medium.

Yes, I would !

"desperately needing the toilet "

You know where I would have gone.................

Gotta say, some of you posters to this thread aren't being very charitable. Hey, the guy had to take a dump post haste, and was also looking for a 90-day run solution. Unfortunately, he got a rum tip, but the dump took priority.

Do hope you negative posters don't find yourselves in such a situation one day.

Mac

Gotta say, some of you posters to this thread aren't being very charitable. Hey, the guy had to take a dump post haste, and was also looking for a 90-day run solution. Unfortunately, he got a rum tip, but the dump took priority.

Do hope you negative posters don't find yourselves in such a situation one day.

Mac

If i do, I would like to think I would keep hold of my passport.

I doubt I would fall into over-stay territory while a had a sh!te ...

Gotta say, some of you posters to this thread aren't being very charitable. Hey, the guy had to take a dump post haste, and was also looking for a 90-day run solution. Unfortunately, he got a rum tip, but the dump took priority.

Do hope you negative posters don't find yourselves in such a situation one day.

Mac

Confucius says.."man with pants down in foreign country..shit-house rats ready to pounce".

very interesting story, we all know about the overcharging for couple of hundreds of bahts for xyz reason, but THB5,000.- is very steep price.

You are wright, the VIP service is THB300.- on the cambodian side, means you just sit and wait for them to do the "run" and you pay THB200.- in case you go through by yourself.

Good luck that you get Passport back, it would be pure horror to wait for a new passport,other visarunner's will lern not to leave passport to others, especially in Poi Pet.

very interesting story, we all know about the overcharging for couple of hundreds of bahts for xyz reason, but THB5,000.- is very steep price.

You are wright, the VIP service is THB300.- on the cambodian side, means you just sit and wait for them to do the "run" and you pay THB200.- in case you go through by yourself.

Good luck that you get Passport back, it would be pure horror to wait for a new passport,other visarunner's will lern not to leave passport to others, especially in Poi Pet.

Actually all it should cost for a visa run at Poi Pet is $20, granted you have dollars for the visa.

Just ignore the questions from the touts and “officials” on how long you’re staying. Or give a vague answer.

Earlier this year I did a visa run there. I stamped out of Thailand. Headed over to the Cambodian visa office, handed over $20 and my passport.

Officer outside the booth requested 100 Baht extra, I pointed to the sign “Visa $20” and asked what the extra 100 was for.

Express service, was the answer. I had a book in my hand and pointed to that and said, “I’m not in a hurry” and sat down in the row of chairs.

After about 5 minutes my name was called, and I picked up my passport with the Cambodian visa.

Walking towards the Cambodian immigration, I was queried twice as to how long I was staying. I just pointed to the casinos and said “not sure”.

After Cambodian immigration, picked up some smokes for a friend, turned around and stamped out again.

No one bothered me on the way back to the Thai immigration.

Granted you can do the walk yourself, and don't need to do your visa run from the toliet.

You can see my extensive posts on how to do this run for zero "service charges". I tend to do it old school and sadly no one realy heeds th eadvice so I am going to stop posting it.

Most people seem they would rather pay money to sit under a tree and read or drink beer rather than have a novel experience, learn something, save 300-5000B. Thailand is truly the domain of the retiree and no longer the adventurer.

Back in the day when this visa run was popular I recall loads of expats raving about the ability to pay a stranger B500 to process their passports. Honestly, never read about a passport theft here on TV but - to think you would be in Thailand and give a stranger your pp to run into another country and return it to you - is muddy thinking based on laziness.

Really amazes me people come to third world country but really are so unable to adapt, let alone cope. Yeah, we have all been in that situation -

What the guy should have done is simply gone and taken a dump and if he was in an absolutely blazing hurry, off to 7/11, bought some milk and some Imodium, sit down for an hour and relax. He could then not worry about thong sia for days.

OR...take a dump and just go for it - there are loads of toilets from K-Bank/7-11 to the bldg to obtain Cambodian visa. After that, there are two casinos! There are more toilets in this stretch than between Poipet and Bantaey Meanchay!

Worst case - take a dump, find a guest house, take a rest and use the toilet and try it again the next day. Overstay B500. "Help" with his passport B5000

5000B - a fool and his money. really...