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SONGKHLA, Oct 26 - Songkhla's Ban Prakob border crossing point in Na Thawi district bordering Malaysia is soon to be fully opened to welcome the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

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Seems there soon will be another option for doing borderruns in the South.

Will I be able to get a Non B visa or just 2 tourist visa here? NO thai consulate on malay side?

AEC is 2015 so don't hold your breath. No there will not be any Consulate there - it will just be an alternate sea path to Penang for freight shipments in my reading.

AEC is 2015 so don't hold your breath. No there will not be any Consulate there - it will just be an alternate sea path to Penang for freight shipments in my reading.

''it will just be an alternate sea path to Penang for freight shipments''

Why?

One might suspect because of the increased need for such service after duties are removed and all of the area is a free trade zone.