How Many 60 Day Tourist Visas In A Row?

[frimu]

Dear all,

I'm a citizen of Switzerland, 38 years young and my plan is to stay in Thailand as a tourist for a year.

Visa wise I was thinking of this solution:

Get a 60 day tourist visa in Switzerland and enter Thailand.

Travel to another country by plane - when it is expired - for 30 days and apply there for my next 60 day tourist visa and come back to Thailand for the next 60 days.

Repeat that process twice and it would be up to a year.

Is there a danger, that my second, third, fourth 60 day visa request might be rejected?

Are there other things that I should be aware of in my plan?

I checked the forum, but didn't find a post with this idea in yet.

Thank you all for your help and cheers

Claudio

[beechguy]

Why not apply for a double entry Tourist Visa first shortly before leaving home, each entry is good for a 60 day entry and each can be extended for 30 days for 1900 Baht. You will just need to make sure you do the second entry before the "use by date" or valdity date.

After that, go to a consulate in Laos, or some other country within the region to apply for other Tourist Visas. There are no official limits, but some consulates will refuse to issue visas, thinking that the applicant is living and working illegally in Thailand.

[visarunservice]

Here's the most frugal and almost always a guarantee way for a dual entry visa. Buy an airplane ticket in advance on nokair or airasia to Udon. Depending on where you are flying it should not be more than $100 usd round trip. Don't waste your time taking a bus service or train. Take the limo service $7 usd right in the airport, the service counter for the purchasing the ticket is right in front when you walk out the departure exit. The van drops you directly at the border where you stamp out of Thailand. Purchase a bus bridge ticket for .75 usd to Laos. Get off the bus and head to window 1 for Laos entry documents. Here's a trick and a hack. Those 3 guys seating on the right on the table in front of the atm machine are volunteers working for tip. Let them fill out the forms and hand it in, this method will push you to the front of the line. Cost for a Laos visa $35 usd, 2 months stay. Please don't forget to give them a tip. Here's the tricky part. Once you pass customs. Here's a hack for free food and drinks before 10 pm sun - thurs, 2 am fri-sat. Make a u turn but stay on the perimeter of the fence next to the Duty free store and head to the casino. Play a little slots or roulette and enjoy the complimentary food. Here's the most important hack Call your Laos assistant in advance. They'll automate all the essentials: transportation, hotel, dual entry visa, and lots of other things. The assistants saved me 75% living per day compared to daily living cost in Thai. Good luck and let me know how the journey goes.

[wayned]

Apply for a six month triple entry tourist tourist visa just before leaving Switzerland. If you use it correctly, you can get almost 270 days out of it with two border runs and three 30 day extensions at immigration in Thailand - cost 1900 baht each. You would then have to leave and apply for another visa in a neighboring country or rely on visa exept entries - 15 days by land, 30 days by air.

[Maestro]

Some Thai consulates can be quite bureaucratic. I get my visas from the honorary consulate in Zurich an when I once applied without submitting a copy of my return flight ticket they simply ignored my application until I followed up by phone and they requested the copy of the ticket.

[frimu]

Why not apply for a double entry Tourist Visa first shortly before leaving home, each entry is good for a 60 day entry and each can be extended for 30 days for 1900 Baht. You will just need to make sure you do the second entry before the "use by date" or valdity date.

After that, go to a consulate in Laos, or some other country within the region to apply for other Tourist Visas. There are no official limits, but some consulates will refuse to issue visas, thinking that the applicant is living and working illegally in Thailand.

Apply for a six month triple entry tourist tourist visa just before leaving Switzerland. If you use it correctly, you can get almost 270 days out of it with two border runs and three 30 day extensions at immigration in Thailand - cost 1900 baht each. You would then have to leave and apply for another visa in a neighboring country or rely on visa exept entries - 15 days by land, 30 days by air.

Wow, I had no idea that these kinds of visas exist! Thank you! I will try to get one of those after getting a new passport because my old one is not valid the minimal 6 months anymore.

Really cool of you to give me this advice.

Thanks a lot! Claudio

[frimu]

Here's the most frugal and almost always a guarantee way for a dual entry visa. Buy an airplane ticket in advance on nokair or airasia to Udon. Depending on where you are flying it should not be more than $100 usd round trip. Don't waste your time taking a bus service or train. Take the limo service $7 usd right in the airport, the service counter for the purchasing the ticket is right in front when you walk out the departure exit. The van drops you directly at the border where you stamp out of Thailand. Purchase a bus bridge ticket for .75 usd to Laos. Get off the bus and head to window 1 for Laos entry documents. Here's a trick and a hack. Those 3 guys seating on the right on the table in front of the atm machine are volunteers working for tip. Let them fill out the forms and hand it in, this method will push you to the front of the line. Cost for a Laos visa $35 usd, 2 months stay. Please don't forget to give them a tip. Here's the tricky part. Once you pass customs. Here's a hack for free food and drinks before 10 pm sun - thurs, 2 am fri-sat. Make a u turn but stay on the perimeter of the fence next to the Duty free store and head to the casino. Play a little slots or roulette and enjoy the complimentary food. Here's the most important hack Call your Laos assistant in advance. They'll automate all the essentials: transportation, hotel, dual entry visa, and lots of other things. The assistants saved me 75% living per day compared to daily living cost in Thai. Good luck and let me know how the journey goes.

This is a suggestion to stay in Laos for two months inbetween. Right? That's a good suggestion, asI still need to see North Laos and all of the South.

Do you mean to call the Laos assistant to get a Thai tourist double entry visa to go back to Thailand afterwards? Did I get that right?

Thanks a lot for your advise

Claudio

[frimu]

Some Thai consulates can be quite bureaucratic. I get my visas from the honorary consulate in Zurich an when I once applied without submitting a copy of my return flight ticket they simply ignored my application until I followed up by phone and they requested the copy of the ticket.

Ok. I will have to figure this out by asking them in the consulate of Zurich?

Or does someone know the requirements now? Do you need to show an onward flight ticket for all visa types now?

Thank you

Claudio

[visarunservice]

Here's the most frugal and almost always a guarantee way for a dual entry visa. Buy an airplane ticket in advance on nokair or airasia to Udon. Depending on where you are flying it should not be more than $100 usd round trip. Don't waste your time taking a bus service or train. Take the limo service $7 usd right in the airport, the service counter for the purchasing the ticket is right in front when you walk out the departure exit. The van drops you directly at the border where you stamp out of Thailand. Purchase a bus bridge ticket for .75 usd to Laos. Get off the bus and head to window 1 for Laos entry documents. Here's a trick and a hack. Those 3 guys seating on the right on the table in front of the atm machine are volunteers working for tip. Let them fill out the forms and hand it in, this method will push you to the front of the line. Cost for a Laos visa $35 usd, 2 months stay. Please don't forget to give them a tip. Here's the tricky part. Once you pass customs. Here's a hack for free food and drinks before 10 pm sun - thurs, 2 am fri-sat. Make a u turn but stay on the perimeter of the fence next to the Duty free store and head to the casino. Play a little slots or roulette and enjoy the complimentary food. Here's the most important hack Call your Laos assistant in advance. They'll automate all the essentials: transportation, hotel, dual entry visa, and lots of other things. The assistants saved me 75% living per day compared to daily living cost in Thai. Good luck and let me know how the journey goes.

This is a suggestion to stay in Laos for two months inbetween. Right? That's a good suggestion, asI still need to see North Laos and all of the South.

Do you mean to call the Laos assistant to get a Thai tourist double entry visa to go back to Thailand afterwards? Did I get that right?

Thanks a lot for your advise

Claudio

Personally I would rather stay in Laos for 2 months or the whole block of vacation. Get away from the usual tourist that make the typical scene in Asia feel exactly like back home in the United States or any developed country. When your Laos Visa expires there's no need to be panic, the Freedom Bridge is accessible late and a u turn when you get to the Thai side will get you another 60 day stay in Laos. You can get as many Laos 60 days visa as you want so don't panic because they wont red stamp anyone willing to spend money in Laos. But you want to visit Thai? Let the Laos Concierge arrange an hour or 2 boat crossing to Thailand to cure your hunger for Pad Thai or any other things Thai. You want to stay in Thailand for 120 days no problem. The concierge will also handle the arrangement for the single or dual entry visa . All you have to do is go get a nice freshly cut coconut and head to the Thai consulate to watch the other foreigners get first degree burns waiting to get rejected by the Consulate. Don't be like Mike and follow what others do, let the concierge take care of those pesky annoying things, besides spending the whole day in the hot sun to find out that the line cuts off at the person before you, you did not get approved, or they have not returned your passport. You've not only wasted a day waiting, you probably wasted 2 days. 1 day for apply and another day to wait to get your passport back. Don't be a cheap butt because how much is 72 hours of your time? If you need more help. Please feel free to ask

[frimu]

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Personally I would rather stay in Laos for 2 months or the whole block of vacation. Get away from the usual tourist that make the typical scene in Asia feel exactly like back home in the United States or any developed country. When your Laos Visa expires there's no need to be panic, the Freedom Bridge is accessible late and a u turn when you get to the Thai side will get you another 60 day stay in Laos. You can get as many Laos 60 days visa as you want so don't panic because they wont red stamp anyone willing to spend money in Laos. But you want to visit Thai? Let the Laos Concierge arrange an hour or 2 boat crossing to Thailand to cure your hunger for Pad Thai or any other things Thai. You want to stay in Thailand for 120 days no problem. The concierge will also handle the arrangement for the single or dual entry visa . All you have to do is go get a nice freshly cut coconut and head to the Thai consulate to watch the other foreigners get first degree burns waiting to get rejected by the Consulate. Don't be like Mike and follow what others do, let the concierge take care of those pesky annoying things, besides spending the whole day in the hot sun to find out that the line cuts off at the person before you, you did not get approved, or they have not returned your passport. You've not only wasted a day waiting, you probably wasted 2 days. 1 day for apply and another day to wait to get your passport back. Don't be a cheap butt because how much is 72 hours of your time? If you need more help. Please feel free to ask

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Here's the most frugal and almost always a guarantee way for a dual entry visa. Buy an airplane ticket in advance on nokair or airasia to Udon. Depending on where you are flying it should not be more than $100 usd round trip. Don't waste your time taking a bus service or train. Take the limo service $7 usd right in the airport, the service counter for the purchasing the ticket is right in front when you walk out the departure exit. The van drops you directly at the border where you stamp out of Thailand. Purchase a bus bridge ticket for .75 usd to Laos. Get off the bus and head to window 1 for Laos entry documents. Here's a trick and a hack. Those 3 guys seating on the right on the table in front of the atm machine are volunteers working for tip. Let them fill out the forms and hand it in, this method will push you to the front of the line. Cost for a Laos visa $35 usd, 2 months stay. Please don't forget to give them a tip. Here's the tricky part. Once you pass customs. Here's a hack for free food and drinks before 10 pm sun - thurs, 2 am fri-sat. Make a u turn but stay on the perimeter of the fence next to the Duty free store and head to the casino. Play a little slots or roulette and enjoy the complimentary food. Here's the most important hack Call your Laos assistant in advance. They'll automate all the essentials: transportation, hotel, dual entry visa, and lots of other things. The assistants saved me 75% living per day compared to daily living cost in Thai. Good luck and let me know how the journey goes.

This is a suggestion to stay in Laos for two months inbetween. Right? That's a good suggestion, asI still need to see North Laos and all of the South.

Do you mean to call the Laos assistant to get a Thai tourist double entry visa to go back to Thailand afterwards? Did I get that right?

Thanks a lot for your advise

Claudio

Personally I would rather stay in Laos for 2 months or the whole block of vacation. Get away from the usual tourist that make the typical scene in Asia feel exactly like back home in the United States or any developed country. When your Laos Visa expires there's no need to be panic, the Freedom Bridge is accessible late and a u turn when you get to the Thai side will get you another 60 day stay in Laos. You can get as many Laos 60 days visa as you want so don't panic because they wont red stamp anyone willing to spend money in Laos. But you want to visit Thai? Let the Laos Concierge arrange an hour or 2 boat crossing to Thailand to cure your hunger for Pad Thai or any other things Thai. You want to stay in Thailand for 120 days no problem. The concierge will also handle the arrangement for the single or dual entry visa . All you have to do is go get a nice freshly cut coconut and head to the Thai consulate to watch the other foreigners get first degree burns waiting to get rejected by the Consulate. Don't be like Mike and follow what others do, let the concierge take care of those pesky annoying things, besides spending the whole day in the hot sun to find out that the line cuts off at the person before you, you did not get approved, or they have not returned your passport. You've not only wasted a day waiting, you probably wasted 2 days. 1 day for apply and another day to wait to get your passport back. Don't be a cheap butt because how much is 72 hours of your time? If you need more help. Please feel free to ask

Hello,

Thanks for your advice again.

I'm quite connected to Thailand already. But Laos once for 60 days sounds like a really good idea!

And then getting back relying on this concierge service. That's a really good tipp!

Cheers

Claudio

[jdean]

Exactly how to find this Laos Concierge please? In the casino?

[bendejo]

Once while waiting to be called to the window at the Thai consulate in Vientiane a fellow who worked there chatted with some of us. I think he was taking a cigarette break. He said that it was possible for them to issue a triple-entry visa, but that it would still expire in 90 days, just like the double-entry.

This was a few years ago, don't know much else about this or if the rules have since changed.