Single Entry Expires, Need To Do Visa Run To Cambodia

[byrumar]

Hello there,

I am looking for some advice regarding visa runs to Cambodia. I have a 90 day single entry visa and I need to make a trip over to the border to another country, stamp out, and reapply for a new visa. I want to go to Cambodia, but I have heard from some friends that application process at the Thai Embassy in the Phnom Penh can be difficult. Either it takes longer than 2 days or it basically a waiting game on the second day.

Usually Visa Run's should take 2 days... leave your visa the first morning, return the following afternoon to pick it up. I've already done a Visa Run in Lao and the process was quite simple and easy.

Does anyone have any experience in reapply for a 90 day single entry visa in Cambodia?

Anything helps:)

Thanks!

[Mario2008]

Not sure which visa you mean.

Phom Phen takes 4 days to issue, all other consulates in the region 2 days.

[byrumar]

I have an Non-immigrant "0" Single Entry Visa. Are you sure it takes 4 working days? Is there anything I can do to get it sooner?

[byrumar]

...Or would you suggest that I do my Visa Run in Vietnam?

[beano2274]

A single O based on what?

[byrumar]

I'm a volunteer. Sorry to be so vague, I don't know which information is important to report.

[Mario2008]

Volunteering requires a work permit. If you have a work permit it will be easy to get a 1 year extension of stay from immigration inside Thailand. The biggest problem is often for the organisation you volunteer for to get their act together and do the paperwork.

Without acompaning letters from the organisation you will not get a non-O.

[byrumar]

I have an non-o and a WP and all the proper documentation, I just need an extension.

[Mario2008]

I have an non-o and a WP and all the proper documentation, I just need an extension.

If you have a work permit there is no need to go abroad. Just have the organisation call your regional immigration office and see which documents they require for an extension of stay. It isn't that difficult and no minimum income is required.

The extension will either be for 90 days or for 1 year, depending on which documents the organisation can show.

For a large part it will be the same documents as for the work permit.

[Mario2008]

2.21 In the case of necessity where the alien must stay to perform duties in a public charitable organization, a foreign private company, a foundation, an association, a foreign chamber of commerce, the Thai Chamber of Commerce, or the Federation of Thai Industries:

Each permission shall be granted for no more than one year. In the case where there is no certification made by any government agency under Criteria (3) hereof, each permission shall be granted for no more than 90 days of stay.

The alien:

(1) Must have been granted a non-immigrant visa (NON-IM).

(2) Must have been confirmed and requested by the authorized person or the person holding the highest position in the organization, and/or

(3) Must have been confirmed and requested by the head of a government agency equivalent to or higher than the departmental level or by the head of a state enterprise or by the head of another government agency relating to the organization