bangkok blue Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Can anyone advise on how the visa is obtained by entering Cambodia on the new bus service from Mo Chit? Do you need the E-visa? If not, do you have to que yourself at the border, or will someone from immigration come on the bus and take everyone's passports while we just wait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sosisbesar Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Apply for e-visa if you haven't already got one: http://pattayatoday.net/features/your-visa/joint-visa/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkok blue Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 Thanks, but is the E-Visa a necessity, or can it be done at the border when travelling on this new bus and if so how? Everyone gets off and does it themselves, or an immigration official or bus rep' will take the passports and do for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sosisbesar Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 (edited) Passengers without visas cannot continue with the service but are left behind at the border to make their own way onwards. Edited March 6, 2013 by sosisbesar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkok blue Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Really??? So, there is no way to use this service unless you get the visa before via E-visa? Where does it state this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theboy Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Get an E-Visa - very simple, and no messing about with the cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sosisbesar Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Really??? So, there is no way to use this service unless you get the visa before via E-visa? Where does it state this? Geesh! You ask for information and when you get it you demand written evidence??? Pray tell, should it be notarized too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) i would also like to know where u heard or read this? Seems something this important would have been mentioned in the article or at least before u buy ur ticket http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easier-stuff/337216/bangkok-cambodia-buses-launched this makes a better trip to sr. Step 1, travelfrom Bangkok to Aranyaprathet by train, leaving Bangkok'smain Hualamphong station at 05:55 every day and arrivingAranyaprathet 11:35. The fare is just 48 baht(about £1 or $1.60), no reservation necessary, simply turn upand buy a ticket at the station on the day (the ticket officewill be open!). They may offer a combined train+bus ticketto Siem Reap, but I recommend only buying the train ticket, tostay flexible with onward transport. Bangkok toAranyaprathetis 255 km, 159 miles. The train is 3rd class only, butit's clean, spacious and it's a pleasant and enjoyable ride,clickety clacking along with a breeze blowing through the openwindow. There'salso a 13:05train from Bangkok arriving Aranyaprathet at 17:35, but this is abit toolate to move on from the frontier and you may have to spend thenight at Poipet. Useful tip: This train also calls atPhaya Thai station at 06:10 (next to the Phaya Thai BTS Skytrainstation) and Makkasan station at 06:20 (Makkasan railway stationis not the same as the Airport Rail Link's Makkasanstation, make that clear to your taxi driver). Boarding atthese stations can be more convenient if you're staying innorthern Bangkok. Step 2, take atuk tuk from Aranyaprathet station to Poipet. Aranyaprathet is only 6 kilometres (3.8 miles) from theCambodian border at Poipet, and you'll find tuk-tuks waiting foryou at the station. Take a tuk-tuk from the station toPoiphet, cost 80-100 baht, journeytime 10 minutes. If you haven't already bought aCambodian e-visa, tuk-tuk drivers may try and take you to atravel agency to buy a Cambodian visa at inflated prices. This is no real problem, just say 'No' and insist that they takeyou direct to the border point and they will do so. Theymay tell you it's an 'official' visa office, andofficial-looking people may even ask to 'see' your passport orvisa, just ignore them and repeat that you want to be taken tothe official border post, and you'll be taken there. Theofficial Cambodian visa office is after Thai exitformalities, between the Thai and Cambodian border posts. So it's really very simple: If you haven't had yourpassport stamped by a Thai border guard at the Thai border postand passed through the 'Angkor' arch (see the photos of thesebelow), it ain't the official Cambodian visa office! The official visa cost is $20. Step 3, walkacross the border. The border is open 07:00-20:00, andCambodian visas can be bought thereif you haven't bought aCambodian e-visa beforehand. First get yourpassport stamped at the Thai side, then walk on for 100 yardsunder the 'Angkor' 'Welcome to Cambodia' archway to theCambodian border post to buy your Cambodianvisa, have your fingerprints scanned and your passport stamped. Be careful with yourvaluables when crossing the border, just in case there are pickpocketsaround. The whole process should only take around 30minutes, but at busy times it can take an hour, sometimes more. At the exit from Poipet border post onto the bigroundabout, you will see (or be guided to) an official free transit busto the 'Poipet Tourist Passenger International Terminal' 10 minutesdown the road from where all the share taxis and buses leave forSiem Reap or Battambang or Phnom Penh. This shuttle bus(and the man with the official badge who guides you to it) islegitimate. Step 4, take abus, minivan or share taxi from Poiphet to Siem Reap. This is 152 km (95 miles) and should take around 2½ hours by sharetaxi or 3 hours by bus now that the highway has been improved.Prices are posted at the ticket counter at the Poipet TouristPassenger International Terminal. A shared taxi costs $12 fora seat or $48 for the whole car. A bus costs $9, minivan $9. You mayalso be approached y taxi drivers outside the border post, perhaps $40 for ataxi all the way to Siem Reap. spend the night in sr ( or more) and than bus down ( 5-6 hours) to PP Edited March 8, 2013 by phuketrichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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